Valeria de Paiva
Scholar

Valeria de Paiva

Google Scholar ID: AYdo1hMAAAAJ
Topos Institute, University of Birmingham
Category TheoryProof TheoryType SystemsCategorical logicSemantics of Natural languages
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
1,938
 
H-index
19
 
i10-index
36
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
137
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Earned the unofficial title of 'Ambassador of Logic'
  • Active research in category theory, type theory, programming languages, linear and modal logics, and their applications to lexical semantics
  • Recent focus on NLP for mathematical text, building tools to extract, structure, and reason about mathematical knowledge
  • Plenary or invited speaker at major conferences including Strange Loop, EBTC, CALCO/MFPS, and MFPS
  • Maintains the blog 'Logic ForAll' and has a Wikipedia page
Research Experience
  • Research scientist at the Topos Institute
  • Served on the council of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) from 2020–2023
  • Co-chair or organizer of multiple international conferences, including CICM 2025, MFPS 2024, and CALCO/MFPS 2023
  • Mentored 12 PhDs and postdocs at the AMS Applied Category Theory MRC 2022
  • Organized several Encontro Brasileiro de Teoria de Categorias (EBTC) events
  • Co-organized the 2024 Hausdorff Institute Trimester Program 'Prospects of Formal Mathematics' in Bonn