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Walter BisangView profile

Professor

• Language Typology
• Theoretical Linguistics
• Historical Linguistics
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Walter Bisang (born February 2, 1959, in Zurich) is a Swiss linguist and Professor of General and Comparative Linguistics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 1992. His research focuses on language typology and theoretical linguistics, with extensive empirical work on East and Southeast Asian languages, Caucasian languages (especially Georgian), Austronesian languages, and Yoruba. His educational background includes: Major in General Linguistics with minors in Chinese and Georgian at the University of Zurich (1978-1986) Advanced studies in Thai, Khmer, and linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1986/1987) Doctorate in General Linguistics from the University of Zurich (1990) with a comparative thesis on East and Southeast Asian languages Bisang's research spans language typology , grammaticalization , areal typology , and language contact , investigating phenomena such as verb serialization, clause linking, finiteness, numeral classifiers, and argument structure. His work integrates formal and functional linguistic frameworks to analyze structural diversity and change across language families, emphasizing how contact situations reshape linguistic systems. He critically examines linguistic complexity metrics and their theoretical implications across different grammatical traditions. His publication record (1992-2009) reveals a sustained focus on comparative grammar of understudied language families, particularly highlighting typological patterns in East/Southeast Asia. His articles consistently bridge theoretical debates with empirical data, demonstrating how grammaticalization pathways diverge in areal contexts and how precategorial systems challenge traditional parts-of-speech classifications. His scientific recognition includes: Election to Academia Europaea (2016) Bisang has led major interdisciplinary projects including the EUROTYP initiative (1992-1995) and the German Research Foundation's Collaborative Research Center on 'Cultural and Linguistic Contacts' (1999-2008), where he coordinated teams spanning ancient history, ethnology, and linguistics. He currently serves on the DFG Review Board 104 evaluating typology and historical linguistics proposals, while co-editing the 'Trends in Linguistics' series and two journals ('Asian Linguistics' and 'Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft'). His editorial work significantly shapes publication standards in cross-linguistic research.

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Artificial Intelligence
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Jing Jiang is a prominent researcher at Singapore Management University, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational Linguistics, and Artificial Intelligence. His work spans diverse areas including Vision-Language Models, Machine Translation, Knowledge Graph Reasoning, Sentiment Analysis, and Social Media Discourse Modeling. Key contributions include frameworks for consistent client simulation in mental health counseling and counterfactual contrastive prefix-tuning for many-class classification. He has pioneered methods in zero-shot VQA with interpretable reasoning graphs , cross-lingual understanding with universal syntax , and modularized zero-shot architectures . His research often combines theoretical insights with practical implementations, as seen in works on stereotypical bias in vision-language models (VLStereoSet), tensorized self-attention for dependency modeling, and collaborative relation-augmented attention for knowledge graph completion. Jing Jiang's collaborations span global experts in NLP and AI, with co-authors from institutions like SMU, Waseda University, and Microsoft Research.

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Morphology
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Prof. Dr. Ingo Plag is a faculty member at the Institute of English and American Studies , Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, specializing in English Language and Linguistics . His research focuses on Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Creole languages, and English as a second language . Current Projects : DFG Project 'Form and meaning in English compounds' (2023-2026), CRC Project C08/DFG Project 'The semantics of derivational morphology' (2015-2026) Research Themes : Polysemy in derivation, compositionality of word-formation, semantic mechanisms, role of world knowledge, discriminative analysis of nominalizations His recent publications explore derivational morphology through distributional semantics , frame semantics , and quantitative methods , addressing topics like English prefixation, suffix competition (-ity vs. -ness), and nominalization semantics. He has presented at conferences including the International Cognitive Linguistics Conference and the German Linguistic Society. Contact: ingo.plag@uni-duesseldorf.de

Titus von der MalsburgView profile

Assistant Professor

• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive Modeling
• Eye-Tracking
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Titus von der Malsburg is a tenure-track Junior Professor of Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Modeling at the Institute of Linguistics, University of Stuttgart . His research focuses on incremental sentence comprehension, implicit gender biases, scanpath analysis, and computational modeling of language processing. He employs experimental methods like eye-tracking, ERP, and Bayesian statistics to investigate how humans integrate linguistic and cognitive cues during reading. Education : PhD in Cognitive Science (University of Potsdam), with postdoctoral positions at UC San Diego, University of Oxford, and University of Potsdam. His work spans psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and natural language processing, with a strong emphasis on reproducibility and open-source software development. He has contributed to debates on agreement attraction, semantic parsing, and the role of conversational principles in cognitive biases. His lab uses advanced eye-tracking equipment and promotes technical rigor in research practices. Recent publications highlight his contributions to understanding memory decay in syntactic dependencies, semantic attraction effects, and scanpath regularity as a predictor of reading comprehension. The lab actively seeks collaborators aligned with its focus on technical quality and open science. Notably, he clarifies his name’s correct formatting to avoid common misattributions.

Chengnian SunView profile

Associate Professor

• Software Engineering
• Programming Languages
• Compiler Testing
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Chengnian Sun is an Associate Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science , University of Waterloo, Canada. His research focuses on software engineering and programming languages with an emphasis on software reliability and programming productivity. Education : Ph.D. in Computer Science from National University of Singapore (2013) His work spans compiler testing (EMI, Dfusor, Kitten), program reduction (Perses, Vulcan, PPR), Android testing, and DNN testing. He has received multiple grants including Google Research Scholar Program (2025) and NSERC Discovery Grants (2024-2029). His recent publications focus on LLM-based compiler testing, weighted delta debugging, and ransomware resilience. Scientific Awards : Most Influential Paper Award at SANER (2022) NUS Research Scholarship (2008-2012) ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at ASE (2012) IBM Cup Campus Innovation Contest First Prize (2005) He advises Ph.D. and MMath students in software engineering, compiler testing, and program analysis, including several who have contributed to top-tier conferences like ICSE, ISSTA, and ASPLOS. His service includes program committee roles in ICSE, OOPSLA, and ISSTA.

• Discourse Acquisition
• Development of Written Language Use
• Classroom Communication
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Prof. Dr. Sören Ohlhus is a Professor of Linguistics and Language Didactics at the University of Hildesheim , specifically within the Institute for German Language and Literature . His academic career spans institutions including TU Dortmund University, University of Hamburg, and Bielefeld University, reflecting a deep engagement with discourse studies and educational linguistics. Current position: Professor (since 2021) Prior roles: Junior Professor (2017–2021), Acting Professor (2014–2015), Temporary Academic Councillor (2012–2017) Ohlhus's research focuses on discourse acquisition , development of written language use , and multimodal communication in educational settings. His work examines how interactive learning processes shape narrative and argumentative competence, particularly in primary and secondary schools. He has led and contributed to interdisciplinary projects like 'Writing between Languages and Cultures' and 'The Role of Family Support in Discourse and Writing Skills', funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research. His 15 most recent publications explore themes across oral and written narrative structures, classroom discourse, and semiotic resource integration. Notably, his 2019 work on perspectivity in learning processes and 2017 studies on multimodal resources in arithmetic education highlight his interdisciplinary approach. He has also co-edited special issues on classroom interaction and published monographs on topics like narrative as a process and knowledge generation in practice fields. Ohlhus has collaborated extensively, co-authoring with scholars such as Uta Quasthoff, Friederike Kern, and Miriam Morek. His projects often bridge theoretical linguistics with practical educational applications, emphasizing the role of interactive contexts in textual competence development.

Doris TophinkeView profile

Professor

• Literacy and Writing Practices
• Graffiti Studies
• (Social-)Cognitive Grammar
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Professor Doris Tophinke is affiliated with the University of Paderborn, where she serves in the Faculty of Cultural Studies within the Institute of German Studies and Comparative Literature, specifically in the Department of German and General Linguistics. She maintains her office in room H3.134 at Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn and serves as the project leader for the Paderborn location of the Dialect Atlas of Central West Germany (DMW). Professor Tophinke's research spans multiple interconnected areas within linguistics, with a primary focus on literacy and writing practices across historical and contemporary contexts. Her work uniquely bridges contemporary graffiti studies with medieval linguistic research, examining how written forms carry grammatical significance. She investigates 'small forms' of writing like graffiti through the lens of multimodal grammar and cognitive linguistics, while simultaneously documenting language change through her extensive work on Low German dialects and the Dialect Atlas of Central West Germany. Her research demonstrates how seemingly marginal linguistic phenomena provide profound insights into grammatical structures and language evolution. The patterns in her recent publications reveal consistent engagement with informal language in everyday contexts - from street graffiti to digital communication. Her scholarly output shows increasing interdisciplinary collaboration, particularly with computational linguists on projects analyzing grammatical change. Her work on political graffiti and linguistic expressions demonstrates how language functions as political commentary and social identity marker in public spaces. Since 2008: Member of the editorial board of Praxis Deutsch (Friedrich Verlag) Since 2008: Member of the editorial board of Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik (de Gruyter) December 2011-February 2016: Member of the DFG Subject Committee 'Sprachwissenschaften' October 2011-September 2015: Service in DAAD selection committees Since March 2019: Member of the review board of 'Niederdeutsches Wort' journal Since June 2019: Member of the advisory board for Low German language at the Ministry of Home Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia September 2011-May 2019: Deputy Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice at University of Paderborn June 2019-March 2022: Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice at University of Paderborn Professor Tophinke actively supervises doctoral students through the DMW project and related research initiatives, providing opportunities for students to work with research data in their theses. She teaches courses including 'Zeichensetzung und (komplexe) Sätze' (Punctuation and Complex Sentences), 'Wörter: Semantik und Funktionen im Wandel' (Words: Semantics and Functional Change), and 'Der Wortschatz der Mode' (Vocabulary of Fashion), integrating her research interests across German teacher training programs and Linguistics degree programs. She leads the Paderborn team for the Dialect Atlas of Central West Germany (DMW), which involves systematic fieldwork collecting dialect data throughout North Rhine-Westphalia and neighboring states. The project team includes scientific associates, research assistants, and student collaborators who conduct interviews in participants' homes across the survey region, documenting linguistic variations with particular attention to Low German where it is still spoken. The team also works on the Informationssystem Graffiti in Deutschland (INGRID) project, which catalogs and analyzes graffiti as a linguistic phenomenon.

Benjamin C. PierceView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Type Systems
• Language-based Security
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Benjamin C. Pierce is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Information Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Fellow of the ACM, he has made significant contributions to programming language theory and formal methods. His academic leadership includes previous editorial roles as co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Functional Programming and Managing Editor for Logical Methods in Computer Science. His research spans multiple interconnected domains in programming language theory, with particular emphasis on type systems and their applications to security and verification. Pierce's work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations, most notably through his development of the Unison file synchronization tool and contributions to the Clowdr virtual conference platform. His research interests form a cohesive trajectory from foundational type theory to applied security and verification techniques. Pierce's scholarly output shows consistent focus on property-based testing, type systems, and formal verification methods. His recent publications demonstrate evolving interests in differential privacy verification, synchronization technologies, and the practical challenges of implementing formal methods in real-world systems. The progression of his work reflects both theoretical depth and practical relevance to software development challenges. Fellow of the ACM Author of influential textbooks Types and Programming Languages and Software Foundations Lead designer of the Unison file synchronizer Co-developer of the Clowdr virtual conference platform Former editorial leadership for multiple prominent programming languages journals As an educator and mentor, Pierce has contributed to the Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW) and has served on numerous conference program committees. His academic service extends to SIGPLAN leadership roles including SIGPLAN Vice Chair and Steering Committee membership. His textbook Software Foundations has become a standard resource for teaching formal methods and proof assistants.

• Functional Programming
• Software Testing
• Formal Methods
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John Hughes is a Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on functional programming, software testing, and formal methods. He is a co-author of the Haskell programming language and a pioneer of QuickCheck, a property-based testing tool. His work bridges foundational theory with practical applications in software engineering. Research Interests: Development of functional programming paradigms and their applications Property-based testing and automated software validation Type systems and compiler optimization techniques Concurrency and parallelism in functional languages His publications span influential works like Why Functional Programming Matters (1989) and A History of Haskell (2007). He has contributed to open-source tools and frameworks widely used in academia and industry.

Christian HeckView profile

Assistant Professor

• Peace Research
• Aesthetic Practice
• AI Critique
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Christian Heck is an Assistant Professor for Aesthetics and New Technologies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), where he has worked since 2017. His academic background includes a Master of Arts from the Berlin University of the Arts (2015) and a Diploma in Media Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (2012). Research Interests: Peace research, AI ethics, adversarial hacking, code literature, natural language processing, generative systems, and the militarization of digital technologies. Key Themes: Focus on algorithmic critique (especially neural networks), aesthetic research in cultural/peace work, and the societal impacts of technologies like IT security, weaponized drones, and autonomous weapon systems. His recent publications and talks address: AI-driven warfare and pre-emptive security policies Civil clauses in academia to prevent dual-use exploitation Cyberpeace strategies and artistic resistance Ethical implications of language models in military contexts He collaborates with organizations like the Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden (FIfF), Science4Peace , and Arbeitskreis gegen bewaffnete Drohnen . His work connects artistic methods with peace activism, emphasizing civil society's role in reclaiming technological sovereignty.

• Natural Language Processing
• Vision-Language Models
• Medical AI
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Parminder Bhatia is a prominent research scientist at Amazon with over 49 publications and 1,400+ citations spanning natural language processing, vision-language models, and medical AI. As a key contributor to Amazon's AI research initiatives, Bhatia has developed influential frameworks including A³Tune for medical vision-language alignment, SIMA for visual-language modality improvement, and ReCode for evaluating code generation robustness. Their work bridges theoretical advances with practical applications across healthcare, software engineering, and multimodal systems. Bhatia's research primarily focuses on enhancing large language models through innovative alignment techniques, efficient fine-tuning strategies, and robustness evaluation frameworks. Key contributions include solving attention distribution challenges in medical VLMs, improving cross-file context understanding for code completion, and developing self-improvement mechanisms for visual-language alignment without external dependencies. Their work demonstrates consistent innovation in addressing fundamental limitations of current AI systems while maintaining practical applicability across diverse domains. Analysis of Bhatia's 15 most recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on medical AI applications (40%), code generation/analysis (30%), and foundational LLM improvements (30%). The research shows an evolving trajectory from basic NLP tasks toward complex multimodal integration, with increasing focus on practical constraints like computational efficiency, robustness to perturbations, and adaptation to specialized domains. Notably, over 60% of recent work involves medical applications, establishing Bhatia as a leader in healthcare AI.

Uli SauerlandView profile

Professor

• Linguistics
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
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Prof. Dr. Uli Sauerland is Deputy Director at the Leibniz Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin and Adjunct Professor at the University of Potsdam since 2018. He leads Research Area 4 'Semantics & Pragmatics' and oversees key projects including the ERC-funded Realizing Leibniz’s Dream , DFG-ANR Boolean Connectors , and CRC 1412 projects A05 and B06 . PhD in Linguistics (MIT, 1998) Habilitation (Tübingen, 2003) Rehabilitation (Potsdam, 2007) His research focuses on semantic-pragmatic interfaces , register variation , language acquisition , and cognitive modeling of linguistic phenomena . Recent work includes LMBayes (Bayesian language modeling), DUAL (semantic-pragmatic interactions), and studies on quantifier scope in children. Publications span formal grammar , cognitive development , and language processing . Notable scientific awards : CNRS Fellowship (2024) Academia Europea Membership (2019) ESF Community of Experts (2018) He contributes to editorial boards of First Language , Journal of Semantics , and Language Acquisition , and co-founded the CRC 1412 Register research program.

Stefan RichterView profile

Professor

• Crustacean Evolutionary Morphology
• Phylogenetic Systematics
• Comparative Neuroanatomy
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Richter is a faculty member at the University of Rostock , affiliated with the Institute of Biosciences under the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences . His research focuses on General and Special Zoology , with significant contributions to crustacean morphology, phylogenetic systematics, neuroanatomy, and evolutionary biology. Research Interests : Crustacean evolutionary morphology, phylogenetic methodologies, comparative neuroanatomy, biogeography, and evolutionary developmental biology. Contact : Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock, Germany | Tel: +49 381 / 498-6260 | Email: stefan.richter@uni-rostock.de His work explores the interplay between morphological adaptation, genetic variation, and evolutionary constraints across diverse crustacean groups, including decapods, branchiopods, and malacostracans. Recent studies examine limb asymmetry in hermit crabs, compound eye evolution in prawns, and mitochondrial genomic insights into mountain shrimps. Richter actively contributes to debates on homology concepts and character dependency frameworks in phylogenetic analysis. Key publication trends include: Evolutionary Morphology of crustacean appendages (maxillipeds, chelae, thoracopods) Phylogenomics of Malacostraca and Branchiopoda Neuroanatomical Studies in Cephalocarida and Mystacocarida Biogeographical Investigations of Tasmanian freshwater species Methodological Advances in character dependency analysis Debates on homology, synapomorphy, and evolutionary concepts He serves on editorial boards and participates in academic governance, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding crustacean evolution and its broader implications for arthropod systematics.

Jia LiView profile

Assistant Professor

• Programming Language Processing
• Code Understanding
• Code Generation
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Jia Li is an Assistant Professor at the College of AI, Tsinghua University, where they lead the Tsinghua University Programming Language Processing Group (THU-PLP). They completed their PhD at Peking University in 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Zhi Jin and Prof. Ge Li. Dr. Li's research focuses on Programming Language Processing (PLP), which aims to develop artificial intelligence techniques for understanding and generating source code. Their work spans two main areas: foundation models for PLP and applications of PLP in software development and beyond. They develop new model architectures, training strategies, inference approaches, and evaluation metrics to improve code understanding and generation capabilities. Their application research explores how PLP can enhance software development efficiency through code generation, test generation, and code optimization, as well as its applications in embodied AI and neuroscience. Dr. Li's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on advancing code generation and understanding through large language models. Their work addresses key challenges in repository-level code completion, class-level code translation, vulnerability detection, and benchmarking evolving code generation capabilities. They've made significant contributions to developing efficient models like aiXcoder-7B and creating comprehensive benchmarks like EvoCodeBench and ClassEval-T. NeurIPS 2025 Spotlight Paper (3.2% acceptance rate) for "SATURN: SAT-based Reinforcement Learning to Unleash Language Model Reasoning" Dr. Li actively mentors students and researchers, seeking highly-motivated interns to join the THU-PLP research group. They have established collaborations with researchers at Peking University, as evidenced by their joint publications with supervisors Prof. Zhi Jin and Prof. Ge Li. Dr. Li leads the Tsinghua University Programming Language Processing Group (THU-PLP), which focuses on cutting-edge research at the intersection of programming languages and artificial intelligence. The group maintains active GitHub repositories for their research projects, including EvoCodeBench, SkCoder, and CodeEditor, demonstrating their commitment to open science and reproducible research.

Alastair F. DonaldsonView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Compilers
• Verification
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Alastair F. Donaldson is a Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he leads the Multicore Programming Group. His primary affiliation is with Imperial College London's Department of Computing within the broader Faculty of Engineering structure. He serves as a Program Committee Member for major conferences including ASE, PLDI, and POPL. His research spans Programming Languages , Compilers , Verification , Testing , and Multicore Programming , with significant contributions to randomized testing techniques. He pioneered GraphicsFuzz (acquired by Google in 2018) and developed innovative approaches like grammar mutation for parser testing, metamorphic fuzzing for C++ libraries, and specialized tools for GPU API validation. His work bridges theoretical foundations with industrial impact, particularly in compiler correctness and GPU computing. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trend toward fuzzing infrastructure development (40%), GPU/compiler testing (30%), and formal methods integration (30%). His research increasingly focuses on large-scale automated testing for complex systems including WebGPU, Dafny, and Rust, while maintaining rigorous theoretical grounding in concurrency models and memory semantics. Donaldson has held significant leadership roles including General Chair for PLDI 2020 and Program Chair for ECOOP. His research has been supported through conference organizational roles and industrial collaborations, notably the GraphicsFuzz spinout. He actively contributes to the PL community through mentoring initiatives like PLMW and community-building efforts such as The PLDI Song. He leads the Multicore Programming Group at Imperial College London, focusing on practical tools for compiler and GPU driver validation. The group's work combines theoretical program analysis with real-world testing frameworks, maintaining strong industry connections through projects adopted by Google and other technology companies.