Tal Micah August

Tal Micah August is an Assistant Professor at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois. His research focuses on Natural Language Processing, Plain Language Summarization, and Human-Computer Interaction, emphasizing audience-adaptive communication and AI-driven educational tools.

Key research interests include developing intelligent writing assistants, evaluating AI-generated summaries across audiences, and leveraging large language models for legal and mathematical education. He collaborates on projects involving user-centered design and curriculum-grounded AI assessment.

His work has been presented at major conferences like CHI and EMNLP, addressing topics such as interactive writing systems, plain-language metrics, and educational storytelling. No specific grants or student advisees are listed in the provided materials.

Research highlights include the MathFish framework for math reasoning evaluation and studies on audience-specific plain language generation.