Luísa CoheurView profile
Associate Professor
Luísa Coheur is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science , Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), and a researcher at INESC-ID 's Human Language Technologies group. She served on the Management Committee of IST-Taguspark (2020-2023), overseeing pedagogical organization and library services. Education: Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing (IST/Université Blaise-Pascal) Postgraduate in Higher Education Pedagogy (University of Lisbon, 2023) Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (IST) Research Interests: Specializes in NLP with focus areas in: Dialogue systems and conversational AI Machine translation (including Portuguese Sign Language) Question answering architectures Educational technology and accessibility Cyberbullying detection in social media Her work integrates linguistic theory with machine learning for real-world applications. Publication Trends: Over 120 publications emphasizing machine translation evaluation (e.g., fine-grained error detection), NLP for social good (cyberbullying datasets), sign language processing, and educational tools. Recent works leverage active learning and transformer models for low-resource scenarios. Awards: IST Outstanding Teaching Award (2023) Recognized as 'Excellent Professor' >20 times via IST QUC Advising & Projects: Supervised 10+ PhD and 80+ Master's students. Secured participation in 17 national/international projects (e.g., EU-funded initiatives in NLP). Leads pedagogical innovation like educational escape games for STEM courses. Labs/Teams: Core member of INESC-ID's Human Language Technologies group , developing resources for Portuguese NLP. Collaborates with clinicians on assistive tech (e.g., VITHEA-Kids for autism language skills).






