CIRPA-ACPRI is pleased to invite you to a webinar hosted by the 2024 CIRPA Best Presentation Winner, Nadia Novikova.
Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 1pm EDT
Link: Register
The topic is ” The Linguistic Labyrinth: Natural Language Tools to Support Education and Employment Decisions”.
This practitioner talk will describe OCAS’ experiments with natural language tools for applicants and explorers of Ontario post-secondary programs, based on program and labour market data using a variety of modern AI tools and techniques. We include both structured college program data and natural language data, and link college programs to detailed job data, including both O*NET and OaSIS skill and task taxonomies. This talk will outline the market needs, our process, outcomes, and early validation of natural language tools meant to support research and decision making for post-secondary graduates.
As part of the award, the winner will attend the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) annual forum in Orlando, Florida, from May 20 to 23, 2025 to present the session as the 2024 CIRPA Best Presentation. To help support the attendance, CIRPA and AIR have a joint agreement to cover up to $2,000 for conference expenses.