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+# Leave the homepage title empty to use the site title
+title:
+date: 2022-10-24
+type: landing
+
+sections:
+  - block: hero
+    content:
+      title: |
+        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; text-align: center; height: 10vh;">
+          XplaiNLP Research Group
+        </div>
+        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; text-align: center; height: 10vh;">
+          <span style="color: #DCDCDC; font-size: 1rem;">
+          Advancing Natural Language Processing at the Quality and Usability Lab, Technische Universität Berlin.
+          </span>
+        </div>
+    design:
+      background:
+        image:
+          filename: welcome.jpg
+          filters:
+            brightness: 0.3
+        text_color_light: true
+
+  - block: portfolio
+    content:
+      title: Research
+      subtitle: Our mission is to advance the field of Natural Language Processing through explainable and user-centric approaches. We focus on developing transparent, efficient, and practical NLP solutions that bridge the gap between complex language models and human understanding.
+
+      filters:
+        # Folders to display content from
+        folders:
+          - research
+        # Only show content with these tags
+        tags: []
+  
+  - block: collection
+    content:
+      title: Latest News
+      subtitle:
+      text:
+      count: 5
+      filters:
+        author: ''
+        category: ''
+        exclude_featured: false
+        publication_type: ''
+        tag: ''
+      offset: 0
+      order: desc
+      page_type: post
+    design:
+      view: compact
+      columns: '2'
+
+  - block: markdown
+    content:
+      title: Projects
+      text: |
+        ### [NEWS-POLYGRAPH](https://news-polygraph.com/)
+        Verification and Extraction of Disinformation Narratives with Individualized Explanations
+        ### [VERANDA](https://www.tu.berlin/qu/forschung/laufende-vergangene-projekte/laufende-projekte/veranda)
+        Trustworthy Anonymization of Sensitive Patient Records for Remote Consultation (VERANDA)
+        ### [VeraXtract](https://www.tu.berlin/en/qu/research/current-past-projects/laufende-projekte/veraxtract)
+        Verification and Extraction of Disinformation Narratives with Individualized Explanations
+
+
+    design:
+      columns: '2'
+
+  - block: markdown
+    content:
+      title: Partnerships
+      text: |
+        ## Academic Partnerships
+        * Quality and Usability Lab, TU Berlin
+        * Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD)
+        * Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF)
+
+        ## Industry Collaborations
+        * Tech Innovation Hub Berlin
+        * Language AI Research Consortium
+
+        ## Research Networks
+        * European Association for NLP
+        * German Research Network for AI
+    design:
+      columns: '2'
+
+  - block: markdown
+    content:
+      title:
+      subtitle:
+      text: |
+        {{% cta cta_link="./people/" cta_text="Meet the team →" %}}
+    design:
+      columns: '1'
+---