Leads a research team including multiple Ph.D. students and has published research in various fields. Research projects have been funded by multiple institutions.
Research Experience
Assistant Professor, jointly in the Department of Computer Sciences and the Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a faculty affiliate with the Data Science Institute. Research supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, etc.
Education
Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, advisors: Jaime Carbonell and Graham Neubig.
Background
Research interests: natural language processing and machine learning. Research goal is to build robust intelligent AI agents that adapt rapidly to dynamic environments and communicate effectively with people speaking different languages. Specific research directions include multilingual NLP and cultures, efficient multimodal large language models, cognitive language agents, and evaluation and mechanistic interpretation.
Miscellany
Looking for 1-2 creative and curiosity-driven Ph.D. students to join the lab. Also happy to work with master's and undergraduate students on research projects.