Nanyun Peng

Nanyun Peng is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and has interdisciplinary training in Linguistics and Economics. Her research focuses on improving the generalizability of NLP models through creative language generation, low-resource information extraction, and zero-shot cross-lingual transfer.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • B.A. in Linguistics
  • B.A. in Economics

Her work has been recognized with awards including an Outstanding Paper Award at NAACL, Best Paper at the AAAI Deep Learning on Graphs workshop, and an IJCAI early career spotlight. She has secured research funding from DARPA, IARPA, NIH, and industry partners.

Scientific Awards:

• Outstanding Paper Award at NAACL
• Best Paper Award at AAAI Deep Learning on Graphs workshop
• IJCAI early career spotlight

Research Grants:

• DARPA
• IARPA
• NIH
• Industrial faculty awards

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