Elisa Kreissمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
Elisa Kreiss is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at UCLA, affiliated with the College of Letters & Science. She leads the Coalas Lab (Computation and Language for Society Lab), focusing on advancing understanding of how communicative context shapes language use through natural language processing, psycholinguistics, and human-computer interaction. Her work addresses challenges in image accessibility for visually impaired users, supported by grants from Google, NSF, and Stanford initiatives. Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, Stanford University (advised by Christopher Potts) Research Interests: Her research bridges AI ethics, image accessibility, and human-centered evaluation of machine learning systems. Key themes include: Generating context-aware image descriptions for accessibility Ethical implications of vision-language models Interpretable AI through causal reasoning Awards: Google Research Awards National Science Foundation Grant Stanford Human-Centered AI Initiative Support Stanford Community Impact Award (2022) Lab & Advocacy: Directs the Coalas Lab, emphasizing inclusive research environments. Advocates for diversity in STEM and accessible technology design.













