Interactive Concept Learning for Uncovering Latent Themes in Large Text Collections (2023.findings-acl)
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| Challenge: | Topic modeling is a popular method for identifying emerging themes from text collections. |
| Approach: | They propose a framework that receives and encodes expert feedback at different levels of abstraction. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework combines automation and manual coding, allowing experts to maintain control while reducing the manual effort required. |
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