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Frank Keller is a Professor in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with EdinburghNLP, the Natural Language Processing Group. His research spans natural language processing, cognitive science, and computational narrative, with dual foci on language-vision integration and narrative modeling.
Professor Keller's primary research encompasses natural language processing and cognitive science, specifically investigating language and vision tasks such as image description, visual grounding, video summarization, and visual story telling. His secondary focus involves computational narrative modeling, where he develops frameworks for analyzing characters, plot turning points, and suspense in long-form texts including movie scripts and books—addressing challenges in LLM comprehension of extended narratives.
Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal strong trends in multimodal narrative generation, particularly visual story creation with grounded characters and movie script summarization. His work bridges cognitive modeling with practical NLP applications, exploring human reading mechanisms through neural attention models and advancing procedural video understanding through implicit argument prediction.
Scientific Awards:
- EMNLP Best Paper Award (2002)
- Nominated for ACL Best Short Paper Award (2019)
Professor Keller actively supervises eight current PhD students including Anil Batra and Gautier Dagan, and has mentored 26 alumni now at institutions like MIT, Google DeepMind, and Copenhagen University. His research receives substantial funding through the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible NLP, supporting next-generation NLP researchers.
As a core member of EdinburghNLP, he leads interdisciplinary teams collaborating with the Pioneer Center for AI and Copenhagen University. Current projects integrate cognitive science with multimodal learning, focusing on narrative structure analysis, visual grounding, and human-AI interaction systems for complex tasks like trailer creation and scientific poster summarization.
