[python-uk] Volunteers wanted for an academic project

Mon Jul 18 09:00:43 EDT 2016

Thank you for the email, Nicholas and Ed.

The project involves text mining a large OCR'd text of historical records on public health of 19th century London. I already have a set of words I'd like to extract that are related to smell. I'd then like to geo reference these words in order to visualise the data.

I have already attended a week long python and natural language processing workshop. From this I have some of the code and workflow drafted for the project. I think the input required is approximately one week's worth.

The first phase of the project is due by the end of August.

Best wishes,

Deborah

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   1. Volunteers wanted for an academic project (Deborah Leem)
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   3. Re: Volunteers wanted for an academic project (Edward Hartley)

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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:47:04 +0000
From: Deborah Leem <d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk>
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Hi everyone,

I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.

Skills required:

*         Natural Language Processing

*         Text-mining experience

*         Regex

*         GIS experience desirable

Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.

It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.

Kind regards,

Deborah Leem

Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.

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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:11:17 +0100
From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" <ntoll at ntoll.org>
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Hi Deborah,

Sounds intriguing.

You've told us what the skill-set is but not much else about the project. For people to get a better sense of the time commitment and skill level you need, can you let us know what you're expecting?

For example, it *could* be something really simple for an experienced programmer to do, or it may be the moon on a stick. One immediate way the Python community can help you is by giving you an estimate of the time and amount of work you'll need to make your project work.

Looking forward to hearing more...

Also, if you want to meet real Python programmers and learn some Python yourself, you should probably book yourself a ticket to this year's PyCon UK in Cardiff (http://pyconuk.org/)

Best wishes,

Nicholas.

On 17/07/16 20:47, Deborah Leem wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very
> rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to
> reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help
> from Python developers on my text-mining project.
>
>
>
> *Skills required*:
>
> ?         Natural Language Processing
>
> ?         Text-mining experience
>
> ?         Regex
>
> ?         GIS experience desirable
>
>
>
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance
> provided.
>
>
>
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative
> academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for
> more details if you are interested in helping.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Deborah Leem
>
>
>
> *Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas
> to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and
> financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take
> on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.*
>
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.
> 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
> registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office
> is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)
>
> This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 04:49:42 +0100
From: Edward Hartley <ed.hartley at gmail.com>
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Hi,
If NLP is what you're after it may benefit you and the project to take a look at UCREL and license CLAWS http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/claws/. Also look at http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/usas/ Best Ed

> On 17 Jul 2016, at 20:47, Deborah Leem <d.leem at wellcome.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am working on a digital humanities project and have a very rudimentary knowledge of Python. A friend of mine recommended to me to reach out to the Python UK community as I am looking for some help from Python developers on my text-mining project.
>
> Skills required:
> ?         Natural Language Processing
> ?         Text-mining experience
> ?         Regex
> ?         GIS experience desirable
>
> Funding may be available. Full credit will be given for all assistance provided.
>
> It is a great opportunity for you to get involved in a very creative academic research project with researchers. Please get in touch for more details if you are interested in helping.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Deborah Leem
>
> Wellcome exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive. We're a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. We support scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations and spark debate.
>
> The Wellcome Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales, no.
> 210183. Its sole trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
> registered in England and Wales, no. 2711000 (whose registered office
> is at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK)
>
> This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email
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