Nikolay Arefev

Nikolay Arefev is a Research Fellow at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo. He is affiliated with the Language Technology Group (LTG) and works on the High-Performance Language Technology (HPLT) project. His research focuses on computational linguistics, semantic change modeling, and multilingual natural language processing.

Education: Not explicitly stated in the text, but his role implies advanced academic background in computer science or computational linguistics.

Research Interests: Arefev's work spans computational linguistics, semantic change detection, word sense induction, and machine learning. He develops models for cross-lingual applications and semantic analysis, contributing to projects like the HPLT dataset.

Articles: His recent work explores semantic change using lexical substitution, multilingual models, and transformer-based approaches. Key contributions include diachronic word sense annotations and benchmarking tools for semantic tasks.

Labs/Teams: Active in the LTG group, collaborating on projects like HPLT and LSCDiscovery. His work often involves international conferences and shared tasks (e.g., SemEval).