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Gyu-Ho Shin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and previously taught at Palacký University Olomouc and the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
His research focuses on the cognitive and computational mechanisms underlying language acquisition and development. He investigates how exposure to linguistic environments interacts with general cognitive abilities to shape linguistic knowledge, employing a methodological pluralism that combines corpus analysis using NLP, behavioral experiments, and computational modeling. His work is grounded in usage-based constructionist theories and emphasizes explainability in AI and AI literacy for researchers.
His research spans interdisciplinary areas including language acquisition, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, psychology of language, and second language acquisition, with a particular focus on Korean. His recent publications in journals like Cognitive Science, Developmental Science, and Studies in Second Language Acquisition reveal trends in using advanced computational methods to model child and adult language comprehension, particularly of complex constructions in Korean, and in analyzing learner corpora to understand proficiency development.
He has been awarded significant research grants from organizations such as the Academy of Korean Studies and Language Learning journal, supporting his work on Korean language acquisition and computational methods.
Shin advises students and conducts research involving interdisciplinary teams, often collaborating with colleagues on projects related to Korean linguistics and computational modeling. He teaches courses at UIC on AI for language research, computational linguistics, statistics, and the psychology of language, continuing a strong commitment to pedagogy in quantitative and computational methods.
