GermEval2024 Shared Task: GerMS-Detect – Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora
1st CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
We are pleased to announce the GermEval Shared Task GerMS-Detect on Sexism Detection in German Online News Fora collocated with Konvens 2024.
Important Dates:
- Trial phase: April 20 - April 29, 2024
- Development phase: May 1 - June 5, 2024
- Competition phase: June 7 - June 25, 2024
- Paper submission due: July 1, 2024
- Camera ready due: July 20, 2024
- Shared Task @KONVENS: 10 September, 2024
Task description
This 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 the Competition Website.
Organizers
The task is organized by the Austrian 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)