[Call for Participation] GermEval2024 GerMS-Detect - Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora @Konvens 2024
GermEval2024 Shared Task: GerMS-Detect – Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora1st CALL FOR PARTICIPATIONWe are pleased to announce the GermEval Shared Task GerMS-Detect on Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora collocated withKonvens 2024.Competition WebsiteImportant Dates:Trial phase: April 20 - April 29, 2024Development phase: May 1 - June 5, 2024Competition phase: June 7 - June 25, 2024Paper submission due: July 1, 2024Camera ready due: July 20, 2024Shared Task@KONVENS: 10 September, 2024Task descriptionThis shared task is about the detection of sexism/misogyny in comments posted in (mostly) German language to the comment section of an Austrian online newspaper. The data was originally collected for the development of a classifier that supports human moderators in detecting potentially sexist comments or identify comment fora with a high rate of sexist comments. For details see theCompetition Website.OrganizersThe task is organized by theAustrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI).Organizing team:Brigitte Krenn (brigitte.krenn (AT) ofai.at)Johann Petrak (johann.petrak (AT) ofai.at)Stephanie Gross (stephanie.gross (AT) ofai.at)