Oumaima Hourrane

ML/NLP Researcher

[Nedjma Ousidhoum نجمة أوسيدهم @nedjmaou]

Happy to share that our @SemEvalWorkshop shared task @SemRel2024 received a best paper honourable mention award! 😊
Thanks to the great team members.

[IndabaX Morocco @indabax_morocco]

📣 We are thrilled to announce the IndabaX Morocco 2024, an event dedicated to exploring the potential of AI in Africa. Join us on 10th June 2024 at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, for a groundbreaking exploration of AI's impact on various sectors.
#IndabaXMorocco

[David Ifeoluwa Adelani 🇳🇬 @davlanade]

Glad to share that our AfriCOMET paper has been accepted at #NAACL2024 . See you in Mexico.

Try out our model on @huggingface

https://t.co/evV4mx4L8F

with @jiayiwang0720, @swetaagrawal20 @RicardoRei7 @ebriakou @MarineCarpuat
@zodiacJRH
@MasakhaneNLP

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

@nedjmaou @emnlpmeeting Congratulations Nedjma, well deserved!

[Nedjma Ousidhoum نجمة أوسيدهم @nedjmaou]

If you're at #EMNLP2023 drop by our poster presentation today at 4 pm. We present a new sentiment analysis benchmark for 14 African languages. Happy to chat about work on low-resource languages and about our upcoming @SemRel2024 SemEval shared task.

[Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, PhD @Shmuhammadd]

Our paper, 'AfriSenti: A Twitter Sentiment Analysis Benchmark for African Languages,' will be presented at the #EMNLP2023 main conference. If you're attending EMNLP2023, don't miss @nedjmaou presentation of our work on Friday, 4:00 PM.

Paper: https://t.co/yZ3olmvbjU

[David Ifeoluwa Adelani 🇳🇬 @davlanade]

Happy to share our new paper on developing COMET evaluation metric for African languages. Joint work with Jiayi Wang, Marek Masiak, @zodiacJRH and Pontus Stenetorp from UCL, @MarineCarpuat @swetaagrawal20 @ebriakou @RicardoRei7 and @MasakhaneNLP
Paper: https://t.co/ycpS6NkyoM

[North Africans in Machine Learning (NAML) @Namla23]

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that @huggingface is an official sponsor for our upcoming NAML 23 workshop! This partnership marks a significant step in our journey to bring the latest in AI and machine learning to our enthusiastic community.
#Huggingface #NeurIPS2023

[North Africans in Machine Learning (NAML) @Namla23]

Guess what? We're totally blown away by your enthusiasm for the North African in Machine Learning Affinity Workshop (NAML 23) 🎉. Over 40 submissions have poured in, and we couldn't be more thrilled! 🥳

#NAML23 #MachineLearning #NorthAfrica #NeurIPS23

[North Africans in Machine Learning (NAML) @Namla23]

** Deadline Extension Announcement **

Great news everyone! Due to the increasing interest and numerous requests, we've decided to extend the deadline for poster submissions for the NAML Affinity Workshop.

🚀 New Poster Submission Deadline: October 10th

#NAML #NeurIPS23

[Text Based Emotion Analysis (SemEval 2025 Task) @EmoSemEval2025]

We are glad to announce the first SemEval shared task on Semantic Textual Relatedness (STR #NLProc): A shared task on automatically detecting the degree of semantic relatedness (closeness in meaning) between pairs of sentences. New datasets will be provided for 14 languages 🧵1/

[Redouane Lguensat @redouanelg]

If you would like to use your ML skills to help mitigate natural disasters risks, please consider registering to the #MoroccoSolidarityHackathon taking place this weekend at @Mila_Quebec & virtually. You still have today to register solo or with your team. https://t.co/VwxPTZidyY

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

Amazing lecture today by Dr Søren Hauberg at the University of Manchester - GPSS 23, about the latent space geometry.

[alice morrison @aliceoutthere1]

What I love so much is that you can't keep the Moroccans down. Here they are homeless but they are STILL sharing their hospitality with me. Offers of tea and chicken tagine. 🇲🇦🤲🏻🙏🏻

[MJ @mhxjb]

Friends, if you want to help with the current Moroccan crisis, here's a renowned UK organization that's providing help on the premises :
https://t.co/zaGhNpmIXK

Thank you to anyone contributing any amount. Your help is much appreciated 🙏

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

@M_Arif61 That's horrible news and heartbreaking

[North Africans in Machine Learning (NAML) @Namla23]

📣 Registration Now Open for the NAML Affinity Workshop

#NAML #AI #MachineLearning #Research #RegistrationOpen #NeurIPS2023

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

@Salima_Mansouri Thank you my dear Salima 😊

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

Very honored 🙏❤️

[Deep Learning Indaba @DeepIndaba]

We are proud to announce the 2023 Deep Learning Indaba Award winners. These awards recognise excellence amongst Africans in all areas related to African flourishing, innovation and AI. You can read more about the winners here: https://t.co/6I6qNauNrc

[North Africans in Machine Learning (NAML) @Namla23]

📣 Call for Papers: We are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the NAML Affinity Workshop, which will be held at NeurIPS 2023.
This is your chance to share your groundbreaking research, insights, and discoveries with a vibrant community. #NAML #NeurIPS23

[Oumaima Hourrane @oum_hou]

@Dere_I_am Thank you :)