136 - Including Signed Languages in NLP, with Kayo Yin and Malihe Alikhani
In this episode, we talk with Kayo Yin, an incoming PhD at Berkeley, and Malihe Alikhani, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, about opportunities for the NLP community to contribut...
19 Mai 20221h 2min
135 - PhD Application Series: After Submitting Applications
This episode is the third in our current series on PhD applications. We talk about what the PhD application process looks like after applications are submitted. We start with a general overview of th...
2 Mar 202236min
134 - PhD Application Series: PhDs in Europe versus the US, with Barbara Plank and Gonçalo Correia
This episode is the second in our current series on PhD applications. How do PhD programs in Europe differ from PhD programs in the US, and how should people decide between them? In this episode, we ...
19 Okt 202138min
133 - PhD Application Series: Preparing Application Materials, with Nathan Schneider and Roma Patel
This episode is the first in our current series on PhD applications. How should people prepare their applications to PhD programs in NLP? In this episode, we invite Nathan Schneider (Professor of Lin...
6 Okt 202143min
132 - Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge and Alquist 4.0, with Petr Marek
In this episode, we discussed the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge and this year's winning submission, Alquist 4.0, with Petr Marek, a member of the winning team. Petr gave us an overview of thei...
27 Sep 202141min
131 - Opportunities and Barriers between HCI and NLP, with Nanna Inie and Leon Derczynski
What can NLP researchers learn from Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research? We chatted with Nanna Inie and Leon Derczynski to find out. We discussed HCI's research processes including methods of in...
20 Aug 202146min
130 - Linking human cognitive patterns to NLP Models, with Lisa Beinborn
In this episode, we talk with Lisa Beinborn, an assistant professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, about how to use human cognitive signals to improve and analyze NLP models. We start by discussing ...
9 Aug 202144min
129 - Transformers and Hierarchical Structure, with Shunyu Yao
In this episode, we talk to Shunyu Yao about recent insights into how transformers can represent hierarchical structure in language. Bounded-depth hierarchical structure is thought to be a key feature...
2 Jul 202135min
