The GLAM Technical Meetups were started last Summer. The idea is to meet a couple of times in the year to exchange ideas and experiences on Tech in GLAM.

Our 2nd event, Practical applications of Machine Learning in GLAM, will take place on Monday December 5th, starting at 19h15 in Bern.

For this meeting, we want to talk about machine learning (ML) in our field. The application of ML grows fast and will help us to do more boring work with fewer human interactions. For sure, there are drawbacks and legit criticisms toward ML. We do not believe it will solve all our problems and make human expertise obsolete. But there are problems we can solve with ML. We will host three talks from experts with practical experience in the field. After the presentations, we can discuss the potential and dangers of ML.

Talks & speakers :

🎤 Markus Stauffiger, 4eyes, Latest research meets client requirements: Machine Learning based multimedia information retrieval used in archives.

🎤 Laura Rettig, SWITCH, Research Data Connectome

🎤 Dr. Tarun Chadha, ID Service ETHZ, next level Access e-periodica

Then it will be open for discussion 🗣️ on the topic with a small apero 🥂🍪

Details and registration : https://www.meetup.com/glam-libraries-archives-museums-technical-meetup/events/288500337/

We hope to see you there !

The organizers :

Sebastian Schüpbach, Universitätsbibliothek Basel

Tobias Steiner, Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz

Lionel Walter, arbim IT