Sabine Schulte im Walde

Sabine Schulte im Walde is an Apl. Prof. (Adjunct Professor) at the Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS), University of Stuttgart. Her research bridges computational linguistics and cognitive semantics, focusing on noun compounds, semantic change, and multimodal representations.

• Key research areas: semantic drift, compositionality, German particle verbs
• Instrumental in creating datasets for semantic change detection (DWUGs, DURel)
• Recent work explores BERT's limitations in compound semantics and cross-lingual metaphor detection

She contributes to major European NLP initiatives, with publications in top venues like ACL. The IMS group specializes in language-technology intersections, managing 6 professorships, 50+ researchers, and 200+ students in NLP programs.