diff --git a/_objects/Summaries-Marcucci.md b/_objects/Summaries-Marcucci.md index e0e8e8d..cc2f54b 100644 --- a/_objects/Summaries-Marcucci.md +++ b/_objects/Summaries-Marcucci.md @@ -63,3 +63,16 @@ date: 2024/10/25 In this session with Mr. During, we explored social networks using a wedding as an example. At weddings, connections are formed based on the guest list, reflecting existing relationships. Seating arrangements are crucial, grouping people by similarities and separating others to avoid conflicts. For instance, older guests sit together, singles at another table, and travelers in their own group. Each table has its own communication patterns, and we calculated how much singles talk to each other, a concept called “edge weight.” We also covered how rumors spread. The professor illustrated how a guest from another table leaves to share a rumor at the singles table, becoming a “broker” who spreads information between groups. We learned terms like “nodes,” representing people or things, as well as unipartite connections (like at a wedding) and bipartite connections (two types, like years after the event). We also discussed “affiliations,” also interpreted as fixed groups, and “interactions,” which involve passing information like rumors. This marriage example helped clarify the next steps we needed to take. Ocean and I worked on our own Palladio project called “Barbie marriage”. In this project, we used Barbie characters to demonstrate how networks work. We connected the characters (nodes) and illustrated their relationships such as “likes” and “does not like”. However, we were unable to integrate the affiliations (interests) into our Palladio map. Overall, I think Palladio has the goal to show us how people are connected and helps us understand how ideas or information move between them. Indeed, it organizes complex relationships that our memory alone can't easily handle. + +--- +title: Session Summaries by Chiara-marcucci +abstract: Summary-6 +authors: + - Marcucci-0211287606 +date: 2024/11/01 +--- + +## [EU Parliament Archives Presentation], [2024/10/30] + +On October 3rd, 2024, I attended an engaging presentation entitled “Hands on History: EU Parliament Archives”, presented by Ludovic Délépine and Marco Amabilino. Their focus was on how artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize access to parliamentary documents. We started with a captivating video that briefly highlighted the question “who is Louise Weiss?” This significant figure in European integration intrigued me, especially since my master's thesis will explore similar themes. A standout aspect was the Archives Unit Dashboard of The Historical Archives, a tool that we also got to explore from home before the presentation. Now available for public download, users can search documents based on the metadata with options in the dashboard to filter by type, language, and year. It aims to democratize knowledge of European Parliament history and serve as a valuable tool for researchers and citizens alike. The presenters also presented technologies like Anthropic Claude and Constitutional AI, designed for multilingual archive exploration, stressing the need for deeper insights into document content, as metadata alone often lacks detail and that it will always require critical evaluation by the user. The presentation emphasized influential data organization techniques by Edgar Codd, a pioneer in data management. Sparck Jones, who worked on term frequency-inverse document frequency, was also mentioned. +As I work on my master's thesis about the role of women in the European Parliament, especially in Luxembourg, I see the EU archive and this ChatGPT-like tool have invaluable resources that will provide essential support for my research. After I asked my question about the helpfulness of the EU Archives in relation with my thesis in the Q&A session, one of the presenters offered guidance on accessing additional information about EU Archive for my thesis, which I greatly appreciated.