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[1] From: Helen Piel <helen.piel@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
Subject: CfP: GORDON PASK 1928 - 1996 - 2026. Cybernetics, Conversation, Interaction & AI (45)
[2] From: Ursula Rabar <ursula.rabar@operas-eu.org>
Subject: GRAPHIA Project: Introduction to LLMs Webinar and Use Cases Call (67)
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Date: 2026-02-25 15:36:45+00:00
From: Helen Piel <helen.piel@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
Subject: CfP: GORDON PASK 1928 - 1996 - 2026. Cybernetics, Conversation, Interaction & AI
[From the Mersenne list]
The “philosopher mechanic” Gordon Pask passed away 30 years ago this
spring. His papers are held by the University of Vienna as part of the
Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask & Cybernetics Archives. We are
organising a one-day interdisciplinary symposium to discuss his
wide-ranging research interests, which spanned cybernetics, psychology,
philosophy, the arts, artificial intelligence, systems theory, and
communications theory. The symposium will be preceded by a public
evening lecture (in German), organised as part of the Heinz von Foerster
Lectures series. The speaker will be Robert Trappl, a contemporary and
occasional collaborator of Pask’s.
“GORDON PASK 1928 - 1996 - 2026. Cybernetics, Conversation, Interaction
& AI”
University of Vienna
Symposium/:/ 17 September 2026 (all day, in English)
Heinz von Foerster Lecture/:/16 September 2026 (evening, in German)
Organisers: Marcus J. Carney (Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask &
Cybernetics Archives), Helen Piel (Vienna University Library and
Archives Service)
We are looking for contributions that reflect on and discuss Pask, his
work, and his collaborators historically, epistemologically and/or from
applied points of views. Contributions might also address his legacy in
and relevance for contemporary research and best practices.
Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes, followed by 10-minute
discussions.
Please send your abstract of 250-300 words and a short CV until 24
March 2026 to Marcus J. Carney at marcus.carney@univie.ac.at
<mailto:marcus.carney@univie.ac.at>.
Best wishes
Helen
Helen Piel, MSc PhD
Estates and Archival Collections
University Library and Archive Services, University of Vienna
Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
T +43-1-4277-276 11
helen.piel@univie.ac.at
https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/en/
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Date: 2026-02-25 09:09:06+00:00
From: Ursula Rabar <ursula.rabar@operas-eu.org>
Subject: GRAPHIA Project: Introduction to LLMs Webinar and Use Cases Call
Hi all,
GRAPHIA, an European research project building an open knowledge graph to
connect Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) data has 2 opportunities to
engage: a new webinar in our 2026 series focused on Large Language Models
and call for commercial and industry organisations to provide use cases.
1. Webinar An Introduction to Large Language Models through GRAPHIA
This webinar offers an accessible introduction to how large language models
(LLMs) work - and what they can (and cannot) do for research in the social
sciences and humanities. Using GRAPHIA as a case study, the session walks
participants through the lifecycle of an LLM, from pre-training to domain
adaptation, while introducing core concepts such as tokenisation,
embeddings, transformer architecture, and prompting. We will also present
the ongoing GRAPHIA LLM4SSH initiative, aimed at developing a suite of
models tailored to scholarly needs, and demonstrate how researchers can
access and experiment with LLMs through the GRAPHIA LLM Gateway.
When: 19th March at 2 PM CET
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Tp0tOOV3RS2uyehZ5iyYdA#/registration
2. GRAPHIA Call for Use Cases
GRAPHIA invites industry and commercial organisations working with Social
Sciences and Humanities (SSH) content to explore how the GRAPHIA knowledge
graph infrastructure can support real-world products, services, and
workflows.
Who is this for?
Organisations based in the European Research Area such as (but not limited
to) scholarly and trade publishers, EdTech providers, data aggregators,
SMEs, start-ups, consultancies, or other organisations working with SSH
data.
If you are not an organisation as described above but you know some that
might be interested, feel free to share it with them.
Benefits:
- Early access to tools, services, and infrastructure
- Collaboration with SSH, data, and AI experts
- Visibility for your organisation on the GRAPHIA website and
communications
Deadline for expressions of interest: 5 March 2026
Full details and the short form to express interest can be found here
<https://graphia-ssh.eu/call-for-pilots/>.
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We hope you’ll consider engaging with GRAPHIA, both are opportunities to
help shape how knowledge graphs can meaningfully support SSH research.
With best regards,
Ursula
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Ursula Rabar | Project Community Manager GRAPHIA
<https://operas-eu.org/projects/graphia/> | OA Books Manager OPERAS
<https://operas-eu.org/> | Switzerland
OPERAS Research Infrastructure | HQ: Quai aux Briques 76, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Email: ursula.rabar@operas-eu.org | LinkedIn: @OPERAS Research
Infrastructure
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