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Reut Tsarfaty

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I am a post doctoral researcher working on statistical Natural Language Processing with Prof. Joakim Nivre and colleagues at Uppsala University. My research interests lie at the intersection of NLP, AI and Linguistics. In my research I develop models for the automatic analysis of texts in cross-lingual domains using machine learning methods in a data-driven setup. I aim to answer research questions such as the following: How can we induce robust processing models for different languages? How can we quantitatively evaluate the quality of machine-generated linguistic output in cross-framework and cross-lingual settings? How can we embed natural language processing in larger AI settings and real-world applications?

Before coming to Uppsala, I defended my PhD at the Institute for Logic Language and Computation (ILLC) , at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). My PhD project "Integrated Morphological and Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution for Modern Hebrew" was supervised by Prof. Remko Scha and Dr. Khalil Simaan, and funded by NWO Mozaiek grant 017.001.271 (PI, 180K EUR). In my PhD dissertation, titled "Relational-Realizational Parsing", I developed a statistical parsing model that is suited for languages with free word-order and rich morphosyntax. In my MSc of Logic master's thesis, also defended at the ILLC, UvA, I was concerned with "The Semantics of Aspect in Modern Hebrew" and the role the verbal morphological templates (binyanim) play there. The thesis work was supervised by Prof. Michiel van Lambalgen.

Prior to that, I completed my BSc at the Computer Science Department at the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, and worked as a software engineer at Intel Israel Ltd.

In my spare time I am involved with NLP consultation and NLP entrepreneurship in Tel Aviv's Startup city, and I attend philosophy reading groups at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Reut Tsarfaty, PhD
Uppsala University, Sweden
Visiting address: Engelska parken, Thunbergsv. 3 H
Postal address: Box 635, 751 26 UPPSALA
Telephone: +46-18-471-7006