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Marta Maffia is a Researcher at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' in the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies, specializing in Modern Language Teaching. She teaches courses including 'Apprendimento Linguistico' for the Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale program and 'Didattica delle Lingue Moderne' for multiple graduate programs including Lingue e Comunicazione Interculturale in Area Euromediterranea, Letterature e Culture Comparate, and Lingue e letterature europee e americane. Her research focuses on Italian as a Second Language acquisition, particularly among low-literate immigrant populations, with a strong emphasis on oral skills development and prosodic features. She has pioneered work at the intersection of clinical linguistics and Parkinson's disease, examining speech rhythm variations in early-stage patients. Her work also explores multilingual repertoires of immigrant communities in Naples, including religious language practices in Valdese and Methodist churches. Maffia's scholarly output demonstrates a clear trajectory examining language acquisition from multiple angles - educational, clinical, and sociolinguistic. Her recent publications increasingly focus on the application of linguistic research to medical diagnostics, particularly through speech analysis for early Parkinson's detection, while maintaining her foundational work on second language acquisition for vulnerable learner populations. Premio AItLA 2022 for her monograph 'Analfabetismo, abilità orali e lingue seconde. Uno studio su senegalesi apprendenti di italiano L2' Menzione speciale 'Talenti Italiani. I viaggi nell'Italia migliore' 2012 (categoria under 30) for her project 'Nuovi itinerari italiani' on intercultural tourism Maffia serves as principal investigator for multiple research projects including 'GULP – Glottodidattica e Uso dei repertori Linguistici Plurali' and 'STRADD - Speech Technology for [L2] Rhythm, Affect and Disease Detection,' collaborating with institutions including the University of Naples Federico II, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, University of Bologna, and University of Aix-en-Provence. She has coordinated language instruction for immigrant populations through the Associazione Scuola di Pace since 2008 and served as didactic coordinator for immigrant language programs with Virtus Italia ONLUS from 2015-2019.

• Italian as a Second Language
• Language Acquisition
• Clinical Linguistics
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Dmitry Alekseevich Ilvovsky is an Associate Professor at the Department of Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence within the Faculty of Computer Science at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) in Moscow. He also serves as a Research Fellow at the International Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis. Having joined HSE in 2011, he has accumulated over 10 years of scientific and teaching experience in the field of computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. Dr. Ilvovsky holds a Candidate of Technical Sciences degree (2017) and a Specialist degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the Moscow Aviation Institute (2010). His professional interests focus on natural language processing, formal concept analysis, and discourse-based approaches to text analysis. He has made significant contributions to developing methods for detecting disinformation, propaganda, and unreliable information in text data. His recent research demonstrates a clear trend toward integrating discourse structure with deep learning approaches for various NLP tasks. His work spans fact-checking systems, dialogue management, propaganda detection, and text complexity assessment. He has pioneered approaches using discourse trees and structural linguistic information to enhance the performance of language models, particularly in identifying manipulative content and verifying claims against trusted sources like Wikipedia. Gratitude from HSE University (January 2024) Letter of gratitude from the Vice-Rector of HSE (August 2021) Letter of Gratitude from the Faculty of Computer Science at HSE (August 2017) Rector's personal allowance (2016-2017) Academic Work Allowance (2020-2021) Bonus for publication in journal from List A (2023-2026) Bonus for publication in international peer-reviewed journal (2017-2023) Dr. Ilvovsky actively supervises PhD research, notably guiding A. Chernyavskiy's work on models for automatic detection and verification of unreliable information. His teaching portfolio includes courses such as Automatic Text Processing for Bachelor's students and Mentor's Seminar for Master's students. He has also contributed to the development of the International Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Structural Analysis, where he has worked since 2012, organizing international conferences including the Concept Lattices and Their Applications conference in 2016—the first time it was held in Russia.

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Formal Concept Analysis
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Sussi Olsen is an Academic Research Staff member (Researcher) in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, employed at the Center for Sprogteknologi (CST) since 1997. Her work centers on developing and validating linguistic resources for language technology applications. Education: Masters degree in Spanish and Computational Linguistics, University of Copenhagen Her research spans technological language resources, morphological/syntactic/semantic annotation, computational lexicography, corpus linguistics, and resource validation. She specializes in Danish language processing and EU-level language technology infrastructure, with expertise in historical Danish (19th century) and multilingual resource integration. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical NLP applications. Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strategic focus on semantic resource development for Danish, including formal lexicons (COR.SEM), language model evaluation frameworks, and sign language-spoken language integration. These works demonstrate convergence between lexical semantics, benchmarking methodologies, and European language equality initiatives, particularly through EU-funded projects like the European Language Equality agenda. She actively contributes to EU language technology projects including the Central Word Register for Danish (COR), European Language Grid, Federated TermBank, and ELEXIS. Her project portfolio shows sustained engagement with terminology management, semantic annotation standards, and resource validation since 2008. She has presented extensively on historical Danish language processing and semantic annotation methodologies. Olsen is affiliated with the Center for Sprogteknologi and participates in the DigHumLab project. She holds governance roles as Member of the Board of Representatives and Board of Directors of the Danish Language Council, and formerly chaired the Society of Lexicographers in Denmark.

• Computational Linguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• Lexicography
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