Heather Christine Lent

Heather Christine Lent is a Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University, affiliated with The Technical Faculty of IT and Design. Her work focuses on advancing natural language processing (NLP) for low-resource and marginalized languages, particularly Creoles, and addressing security challenges in multilingual systems. She leads the "Multilingual Modelling for Resource-Poor Languages" project (2022–2025), funded by Carlsbergfondet and Google.

Her research integrates computational linguistics with ethical considerations, emphasizing equitable technology access. Notable contributions include the CreoleVal benchmark for multilingual evaluation and studies on NLP security in multilingual contexts. She collaborates internationally, including with institutions like George Mason University, and engages in community-driven dataset creation.

Publications highlight themes like adversarial attacks on multilingual models, data quality audits, and cross-lingual transfer learning. She actively participates in workshops and tutorials aimed at fostering inclusive NLP practices, such as the "Connecting Ideas in Lower-Resource Scenarios" initiative.