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<h2 id="practices-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-reprediction">practices in the age of algorithmic reprediction</h2>
<p>Algologs = a 1 + 1 day dialog with algorithmic practices. This two-day event is an extention of Algolit, a workgroup where text-based practices and algorithms meet. Algologs is part of a series of occurances meant to open up the usually Brussels-based Algolit meetings by inviting external speakers, presenters and participants to join the conversation. During Algologs, we will increase the % of engagement with everyday algorithms.</p>
<p>On Friday evening we explore a multiplication of Algoliterary ways of converting words to numbers x infrapunctural reliefs x bookscanner pipelines x “We Are Going to Take Over the World, One Robot at a Time”. Together we will log algorithmic attitudes, voices and practices.</p>
<p>The presentations on Friday are followed by an Algolit session on Saturday, where we will host a collective dive into the clustering techniques of word-embeddings. We propose to look at a specific implementation of word-embeddings step-by-step, to use it as a source for recipies for small (code or non-code based) experiments.</p>
<p>Calling all extra-amateurs, protoprofessionals and circumstantial algologgers.</p>
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<p><strong>Algolit</strong> is a Brussels-based group of artists, designers, programmers and activists that meet once a month to write textual code experiments together.</p>
<p><strong>Cristina Cochior</strong> is a Rotterdam-based researcher, designer and enthusiast media aggregator who is currently interested in algorithmic stress relief.</p>
<p><strong>the XPUB practitioners</strong> are currently working on OuNuPo: the 5th Special Issue with and around bookscanner culture. XPUB is the Experimental Publishing master at the Piet Zwart Institute.</p>
<p><strong>Marloes de Valk</strong> is a software artist and writer in the post-despair stage of coping with the threat of global warming and being spied on by the devices surrounding her.</p>
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<p><strong>Friday 16th of March, 19:00 - 21:30+</strong><br>
Introductions, infrapunctures, bookscanner samples, big data promises</p>
<p>18:45 - 19:00 doors are open</p>
<p>19:00 - 19:20 Algoliterary introductions<br>
19:20 - 19:40 Infrapunctures<br>
19:40 - 19:50 --BREAK--<br>
19:50 - 21:00 XPUB bookscanner pipelines<br>
21:00 - 21:30 “We Are Going to Take Over the World, One Robot at a Time”<br>
21:30 onwards Drinks &amp; Discussion</p>
<p><strong>Saturday 17th of March, 10:00 - 18:00</strong><br>
Algolit session: From words to numbers through word-embeddings</p>
<p>This session is special edition and part of a longer timeline of monthly Algolit gatherings organised by Constant in the WTC25 in Brussels. In 2018 Algolit decided to open the sessions, to allow incisive jump-in jump-out participation. More information &amp; material around Algolit can be found on <a href="http://algolit.net">algolit.net</a>.</p>
<p>We will start the day with going step-by-step through the script <a href="https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/word2vec">word2vec_basic.py</a>, and slowly slide into both code-based and non-code based experiments, depending on what the attendants are inclined towards. This work session is a moment to try things out yourself.</p>
<p>Note to attendants: It would be good to bring a laptop. Not per se for the reason of working with code or digital tools (we are big enthusiasts of non-coding experiments!), but we usually take notes collectively or look at references. For that reason a laptop is a nice companion!</p>
<p>If you are interested to attend this session, please email info@varia.zone at any point in advance.</p>
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<p><strong>Links to previous exercises around these topics</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.algolit.net/index.php/Algoliterary_Encounters">Algoliterary Encounters</a>, a multi-day event in November 2017 around machine learning &amp; word-embeddings with guided tours, presented tools, two lectures and two workshops.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.algolit.net/index.php/Word2vec_basic.py">word2vec_basic.py</a>, step-by-step</li>
<li><a href="http://www.algolit.net/index.php/You_shall_know_a_word_by_the_company_it_keeps">You should know a word by the compant it keeps</a>, graphs generated by word2vec</li>
<li><a href="http://www.algolit.net/index.php/Crowd_Embeddings">Crowd Embeddings</a>, a first-step into a case study of applied word-embeddings</li>
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<p>The research project of Cristina Cochior is kindly supported by <img alt="cbk rotterdam" src="/images/cbkrotterdam.png">. </p>
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