Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme to Lund in Data Science of Human Multimodal Communication (MULTICOM)

The European Commission has granted funding for a new International Joint Master’s Programme entitled Data Science of Human Multimodal Communication (MULTICOM) over 6 years. The programme is led by the universities of Murcia (coordinator), Lund and Erlangen-Nürnberg, and also has industrial and academic partners. The programme aims to train students to analyse complex human communication—speech, gestures, gaze, facial expressions, etc.—using cutting-edge data science tools combined with theories of language, cognition, and culture. The Centre for Languages and Literature hosts the MA programme but the Humanities Lab's resources will play a key role in this development.

“This is very exciting and quite unique”, says Marianne Gullberg, who leads the programme in Lund. “Understanding human communication requires data and tools, but also insights into cognition, linguistic and cultural diversity. MULTICOM brings together the humanities and technology, providing our students with the skills needed to understand and work with both perspectives."