Roman Yangarber

Roman Yangarber is a Professor at the Department of Digital Humanities and a Docent at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki. He serves as a supervisor for doctoral programs in Language Studies and has been actively involved in research projects like DD-LANG and Know-AI, focusing on AI-driven language education and assessment.

• PhD in Computational Linguistics, New York University (2000)

His research spans language technology, computational linguistics, and machine learning. Recent work includes educational NLP applications, grammatical error correction using GPT-3.5, and cross-lingual corpus development for Slavic and Turkic languages.

The 2024-2025 articles reflect his focus on educational technology, with topics including text difficulty estimation, Bayesian models for language learning, and intelligent tutoring systems. These works bridge computational methods with language education, emphasizing AI's role in personalized learning.

Scientific Awards:

• Best Paper Award (2018)
• Outstanding paper award (2023)
• The Open Science Award (2018)

Yangarber supervises doctoral and master’s theses and leads projects funded by the Research Council of Finland and EU programs like DIGITAL-SME. His collaborations span institutions such as Charles University and ACL.