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Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that studies the understanding and generation of Natural Languages, written or spoken.
In recent years, with the creation of more complex computational models based on deep neural networks, it was possible to significantly increase the performance of NLP systems in several specific tasks, such as, text summarization, development of question-answer systems, sentiment and opinion analysis, recommendation systems and virtual assistants.
In this context, the application of new NLP models, based on deep learning methodologies, to the Digital Humanities area has gained enormous importance and dimension.
One of the most relevant initiatives in Portugal in this domain was the creation of a research infrastructure for the Science and Technology of Language – PORTULAN CLARIN, financed by FCT – the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, which brings together and makes available computational tools and corpora specific to the Portuguese language.
In this talk, the structure and content of this infrastructure will be presented, with a special attention to the components more suited to Digital Humanities.
