Anne Göhring

Anne Göhring is an Academic Associate at the University of Zurich, working within the Language, Technology and Accessibility research team at the Institute of Computational Linguistics. With over a decade of experience in computational linguistics and natural language processing, she has established herself as a specialist in machine translation, sign language processing, and German language analysis. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications, particularly focusing on accessibility technologies and resource-poor languages.

Her educational background includes:

• 2001-2010: Studies in Spanish Linguistics and Literature, Computational Linguistics
• 2006-2007: Erasmus study year at Universidad Complutense Madrid

Dr. Göhring's research spans multiple domains of computational linguistics with a strong emphasis on practical applications. She has made significant contributions to machine translation systems, particularly for hybrid approaches and low-resource languages like Quechua. Her recent work has increasingly focused on sign language processing, developing corpora and translation systems to improve accessibility. She also conducts important research in semantic role labeling, sentiment analysis, and German language processing, with applications ranging from social media analysis to veterinary text mining.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a clear trajectory toward accessibility-focused NLP research, particularly in sign language technologies. While maintaining expertise in German language processing and machine translation, her 2023-2024 work shows a strong emphasis on sign language corpora development (SwissSLi) and pose-based identification systems. Earlier work focused more on semantic analysis, sentiment detection, and cross-lingual processing, demonstrating remarkable versatility across NLP subfields.

Dr. Göhring has been actively involved in numerous research projects:

• 2011-2014: SNSF project SQUOIA on Hybrid Machine Translation
• 2015: CTI project SentiSpider on expectation-based sentiment analysis
• 2016-2018: What's up, Switzerland? corpus project
• 2018-2022: Sentiment inference research
• 2021-2024: NCCR Evolving Language Project: IMAGINE
• 2022-2026: Flagship IICT

Throughout her career, Dr. Göhring has supervised numerous student projects and taught courses ranging from introductory computational linguistics to specialized seminars on machine translation and NLP for medicine. Her teaching portfolio demonstrates commitment to both foundational knowledge and cutting-edge applications in the field.

She is an active member of the Language, Technology and Accessibility research group at the University of Zurich, collaborating extensively with researchers like Manfred Klenner, Sarah Ebling, and Martin Volk on diverse NLP challenges.