Katharina von der Wense

Professor Katharina von der Wense holds an endowed professorship at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), where she leads the new research group for natural language processing. She concurrently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on computational morphology, models for languages with limited resources, and applications of natural language processing in education and medicine. With over 50 publications, her work has been recognized, including the recent IJCNLP-AACL 2023 Social Impact Award. Her research group's activities can be explored at their webpage.

Her research interests bridge theoretical linguistics and applied computational methods, emphasizing interdisciplinary solutions for under-resourced languages and real-world societal challenges in education and healthcare. She actively contributes to advancing AI-driven tools for multilingual contexts and ethical NLP practices.