Faegheh Hasibi

Dr. Faegheh Hasibi is an Assistant Professor of Data Science at the Institute of Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS) at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on integrating Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing to advance conversational AI and semantic search systems.

Education:

• PhD in Computer and Information Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Research Interests:

• Information Retrieval
• Natural Language Processing
• Conversational AI
• Semantic Search
• Entity Linking
• Knowledge Graphs

Her work specifically explores knowledge-grounded conversational search, entity retrieval, and leveraging knowledge graphs for semantic tasks.

Recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on entity linking methodologies, conversational personalization, and scalable semantic search techniques. Her work consistently appears in top-tier venues including SIGIR, COLING, CIKM, and DESIRES.

Research Grants:

• NWA-ORC grant for "LESSEN: Low Resource Chat-based Conversational Intelligence" (€4.6M, 2022)
• Netherlands eScience Center grant for "REL 2.0: Multi-lingual Entity Linking Toolkit" (€140K in-kind, 2021)
• Radboud-Glasgow collaboration fund for "Task-centric Personal Knowledge Graph Construction" (£18.5K, 2022)

She leads research within the Institute of Computing and Information Sciences (iCIS) and collaborates on projects like LESSEN and Radboud Entity Linker (REL).