Smaranda Muresan

Smaranda Muresan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Barnard College, with affiliations at Columbia University. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and computational linguistics, emphasizing ethical AI applications, educational technology, and stylistic analysis.

• Academic Affiliation: Associate Professor at Barnard College
• Email: smuresan@barnard.edu

Her work spans multiple subfields including fact-checking systems, argument mining, sentiment analysis, and figurative language processing. She explores abstract reasoning in LLMs through novel benchmarks like the New York Times Connections game and investigates AI's role in creativity, education, and social good initiatives.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to global segmenting algorithms, explainable authorship attribution, and multimodal figurative language analysis. While no explicit student advisees are listed, her research intersects with interdisciplinary teams at Barnard and Columbia.

She actively participates in academic workshops and conferences such as the ACL Annual Meeting and FigLang, shaping standards for computational analysis of nuanced language phenomena.