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Thursday, November 21, 2024

LTI Authors Win Dual Best Paper Awards at EMNLP

LTI PhD students Simran Khanuja and William Chen, along with their co-authors, take two of five Best Paper awards at the prestigious conference
Monday, November 11, 2024

LTI Authors Feature Prominently at EMNLP

33 papers from LTI researchers featured at this year's conference
Tuesday, October 01, 2024

LTI Researchers Design Models To Help Linguists Reconstruct Ancient Languages

A team led by the LTI's David Mortensen is using computer models to help reconstruct ancient languages. Their work received a Best Paper Award at the 2024 Association for Computational Linguistics conference.
Friday, September 20, 2024

LTI, CSD Students Named 2025 Siebel Scholars
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

SCS-Created Tool Uses an LLM To Train Mental Health Professionals
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Rose Leads New Online Graduate Certificate To Master Generative AI, LLMs

LTI Professor Carolyn Rose is the faculty director of CMU's new Graduate Certificate in Generative AI and Large Language Models
Strubell Among CMU Researchers To Tackle Carbon Use, Sustainability Through NSF Expeditions in Computing Awards
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Strubell Among CMU Researchers To Tackle Carbon Use, Sustainability Through NSF Expeditions in Computing Awards

The LTI's Emma Strubell is among a team of researchers contributing to two NSF multi-institution research initiatives aimed at reducing the use of carbon and creating sustainable computing.
LTI's Watanabe Helps Expand Music Generation With Adobe
Thursday, April 11, 2024

LTI's Watanabe Helps Expand Music Generation With Adobe

The LTI's Shinji Watanabe is part of a group of SCS researchers behind one of Adobe's newest ventures, the generative AI music creation and editing tool called Project Music GenAI Control.
Bisk Named to DARPA ISAT Study Group
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Bisk Named to DARPA ISAT Study Group

LTI Assistant Professor Yontatan Bisk was recently announced as part of the 2024 class of the DARPA ISAT study group
Diaz Inducted into SIGIR Academy
Monday, April 01, 2024

Diaz Inducted into SIGIR Academy

LTI Associate Professor Fernando Diaz has been inducted into the Academy of the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval
Raj and Singh Honored by ISCA
Monday, March 25, 2024

Raj and Singh Honored by ISCA

LTI faculty members Bhiksha Raj and Rita Singh each receive recognition from the International Speech Communication Association
MCDS Program Ranked Among Top Data Science Degrees
Wednesday, March 06, 2024

MCDS Program Ranked Among Top Data Science Degrees

The LTI's Master of Computational Data Science program has received recognition from multiple publications as one of the top graduate programs in data science nationally
Diab Speaks on Social Responsibility in AI
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Diab Speaks on Social Responsibility in AI

LTI Director Mona Diab spoke with AUC Today, the magazine of the American University in Cairo, on the importance of responsibility in AI research and development
Diab Named Association of Computational Linguistics Fellow
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Diab Named Association of Computational Linguistics Fellow

LTI director selected for one of the highest honors in the field of computational linguistics
LTI Student Wins NYC AI Hackathon
Thursday, December 14, 2023

LTI Student Wins NYC AI Hackathon

PhD Student Ankit Shah's team win for their project "FactGPT"
Diab Receives Prestigious Award for Development of Arabic Language Technologies
Monday, November 06, 2023

Diab Receives Prestigious Award for Development of Arabic Language Technologies

LTI director honored for her work enabling Arabic speakers to benefit from natural language processing and other language technologies
LTI Student Among Five in SCS Named 2024 Siebel Scholars
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

LTI Student Among Five in SCS Named 2024 Siebel Scholars

MLT student Shih-Lun Wu's research stands at the crossroads of audio, speech and music processing
Sap Receives Amazon Research Award for Generative AI Work
Thursday, October 05, 2023

Sap Receives Amazon Research Award for Generative AI Work

LTI faculty member honored for his work on preventing large language models from producing factually incorrect, unethical or toxic content
Fried Awarded 2023 Okawa Research Grant
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Fried Awarded 2023 Okawa Research Grant

LTI professor honored for his work of modeling human users of natural language processing systems
New LTI Director To Usher in 'Responsible Thinking' at CMU
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

New LTI Director To Usher in 'Responsible Thinking' at CMU

Mona Diab Has Eyes Set on Changing How To Think About AI
LTI Researchers Win Four Times at ACL
Friday, July 14, 2023

LTI Researchers Win Four Times at ACL

Faculty and students from the LTI took home three Outstanding Paper awards and one Resource Award at the prestigious conference
Yang Inducted into SIGIR Academy
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Yang Inducted into SIGIR Academy

LTI Professor Yiming Yang has been inducted into the 2023 class of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) Academy.
Artificial Intelligence Isn't All Scary
Thursday, May 11, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Isn't All Scary

The LTI's Maarten Sap uses AI to study human creativity as it applies to storytelling.
ScottyBot an Alexa Prize SimBot Finalist
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

ScottyBot an Alexa Prize SimBot Finalist

LTI researcher Yonatan Bisk leads a team of researchers working on the AI agent ScottyBot, which was recently named a finalist for Amazon's Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge
New Course Weaves Math and Engineering Into Art
Thursday, December 15, 2022

New Course Weaves Math and Engineering Into Art

"Recrafting Soft Technologies" course developed with help from LTI Interim Director Carolyn Rose
LTI Researcher Dives to Titanic To Test Text-to-Video Technology
Thursday, August 18, 2022

LTI Researcher Dives to Titanic To Test Text-to-Video Technology

Work Could Extend Reach of Video Conferencing
LTI PhD Student Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30
Wednesday, December 01, 2021

LTI PhD Student Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30

Shruti Rijhwani honored for her work in Natural Language Processing for endangered languages
Hauptmann’s Lab Provides Pivotal Analysis of Astroworld Festival Tragedy
Wednesday, December 01, 2021

Hauptmann’s Lab Provides Pivotal Analysis of Astroworld Festival Tragedy

LTI researchers contribute invaluable perspective to Washington Post coverage
LTI Student Wins Best Theme Paper at ACL-IJCNLP 2021
Sunday, August 01, 2021

LTI Student Wins Best Theme Paper at ACL-IJCNLP 2021

Kayo Yin among many LTI researchers featured at prestigious conference
Company Co-founded by LTI Faculty Will Enhance Zoom's Translation Capabilities
Monday, July 12, 2021

Company Co-founded by LTI Faculty Will Enhance Zoom's Translation Capabilities

Kites, a machine translation company co-founded by LTI Professor Alex Waibel, has been acquired by Zoom to bolster the platform's real-time translation.
Neubig Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Neubig Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

TI Professor Is CMU's First Finalist for $250,000 prize
LTI Researchers Star Once Again at NAACL 2021
Tuesday, June 08, 2021

LTI Researchers Star Once Again at NAACL 2021

TI Professor Is CMU's First Finalist for $250,000 prize
Eskenazi Named International Speech Communication Association Fellow
Monday, April 12, 2021

Eskenazi Named International Speech Communication Association Fellow

The Language Technologies Institute's Maxine Eskenazi has been selected as a fellow of the International Speech Communication Association.
LTI's Callan Among Inaugural Inductees to ACM SIGIR Academy
Friday, February 19, 2021

LTI's Callan Among Inaugural Inductees to ACM SIGIR Academy

LTI Interim Director Jamie Callan is among the inaugural inductees to the ACM SIGIR Academy.
AI May Mistake Chess Discussions as Racist Talk, LTI Researchers Find
Thursday, February 18, 2021

AI May Mistake Chess Discussions as Racist Talk, LTI Researchers Find

LTI researchers Ashique KhudaBukhsh and Rupak Sarkar recently determined that the language of chess may trigger false alarms in automated systems designed to filter hate speech.
Neubig Among Three CMU Winners of NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Award
Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Neubig Among Three CMU Winners of NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Award

LTI Associate Professor Graham Neubig is one of three CMU researchers to be awarded an NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Award
Remembering Jaime Carbonell
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Remembering Jaime Carbonell
"Smiling Eyes" May Not Signify True Happiness After All
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

"Smiling Eyes" May Not Signify True Happiness After All

LTI Study Questions Influential Duchenne Smile Hypothesis
LTI Students Train AI To Write Book of Limericks
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

LTI Students Train AI To Write Book of Limericks

Last semester, CMU students used AI to generate limericks that they collected in the volume "For You, Humans."
LTI Researchers Featured Prominently at EMNLP
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

LTI Researchers Featured Prominently at EMNLP

37 Main Conference and 19 Findings Papers Accepted from LTI-Affiliated Authors
Waibel Team's AI Outperforms Humans in Speech Recognition
Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Waibel Team's AI Outperforms Humans in Speech Recognition

LTI faculty member Alex Waibel reports that his lab has developed a computer system that outperforms people in recognizing conversational speech.
LTI and CMU Researchers Find That Even Our Language Is Polarized
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

LTI and CMU Researchers Find That Even Our Language Is Polarized

Machine Translation Tools Find Word Meanings Vary Based on News Viewership
LTI's Anjalie Field Wins 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellowship
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

LTI's Anjalie Field Wins 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellowship

LTI Ph.D. student Anjalie Field is one of 53 recipients of a 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellowship.
CMU Roborace Team Features Strong LTI Presence
Friday, September 18, 2020

CMU Roborace Team Features Strong LTI Presence

An autonomous car programmed by a team of CMU students will race for the first time next week when the international Roborace competition season begins
Amateur Drone Videos Could Aid in Natural Disaster Damage Assessment
Friday, September 04, 2020

Amateur Drone Videos Could Aid in Natural Disaster Damage Assessment

System Developed by LTI Researchers Uses Social Media Posts to Assess Building Damage
Could Your Computer Please Be More Polite? Thank You
Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Could Your Computer Please Be More Polite? Thank You

LTI and CMU researchers work to automatically make requests more polite
A Message From LTI Interim Director Jamie Callan: Confronting Racism
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

A Message From LTI Interim Director Jamie Callan: Confronting Racism

A Message From LTI Interim Director Jamie Callan: Confronting Racism
LTI Well Represented at ACL 2020 Conference
Thursday, April 09, 2020

LTI Well Represented at ACL 2020 Conference

38 Papers from LTI-affiliated Authors Accepted
LTI Mourns Loss of Founder and Director Jaime Carbonell
Friday, February 28, 2020

LTI Mourns Loss of Founder and Director Jaime Carbonell

Pioneering Professor Left Indelible Mark on the World of Computer Science
LTI Team Leverages AI To Give Voice to the Voiceless
Friday, February 28, 2020

LTI Team Leverages AI To Give Voice to the Voiceless

Hate Speech Countered by Detecting, Highlighting "Help Speech"
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