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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Available #NLProc PhD positions:
- Explainable NLU, main supervisor: myself, start in Spring 2026 tinyurl.com/3uset3dm
- Trustworthy NLP, main supervisor: @apepa.bsky.social, start in Spring 2026 tinyurl.com/yxj8yk4m
- Open-topic: express interest via ELLIS, start in Autumn 2026 tinyurl.com/2hcxexyx

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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for PhD opportunites in #NLProc #XAI? We @copenlu.bsky.social @aicentre.dk @apepa.bsky.social are hiring for a start in Spring or Autumn 2026.
📆 Application deadline: 31 October 2025
ℹ️ Details: www.copenlu.com/news/phd-fel...
👀 Reasons to apply: www.copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/

PhD fellowships for start in Spring or Autumn 2026 | CopeNLU

Would you like to join our lab as a PhD student in 2026? We have several openings. Read more about reasons to join CopeNLU here. Start in Spring 2026 We have two fully funded 3-year PhD fellowships av...

www.copenlu.com

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 9d

🎓 Fully funded PhD in Trustworthy NLP at the UCPH & @aicentre.dk with @iaugenstein.bsky.social and me, @copenlu.bsky.social
📆 Application deadline: 30 October 2025
👀 Reasons to apply: www.copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/
🔗 Apply here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
#NLProc #XAI #TrustworhyAI

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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 Looking for PhD opportunities in Natural Language Processing?

Our group has several openings for a start in Spring or Autumn 2026 -- apply by 31 October: www.copenlu.com/news/phd-fel...

#NLProc #XAI @copenlu.bsky.social @apepa.bsky.social @aicentre.dk

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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thanks to everyone who joined us @aicentre.dk for the Pre-ACL 2025 workshop!
We had 7 inspiring keynotes, 26 poster presentations, and there was time for informal mingling as well.
Thanks to DSSA for the generous support.
See some of you in Vienna for #acl2025nlp! #NLProc
aicentre.dk/events/pre-acl

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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎓 Looking for PhD opportunities in #NLProc for a start in Spring 2026?

🗒️ Add your expression of interest to join @copenlu.bsky.social here by 20 July: forms.office.com/e/HZSmgR9nXB

Selected candidates will be invited to submit a DARA fellowship application with me: daracademy.dk/fellowship/f...

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Jun 16

⏰ Poster submission deadline TODAY for the [email protected] Workshop 🇩🇰
📅 We've finalised our schedule and speakers: Thamar Solorio, Smaranda Muresan, @davidjurgens.bsky.social, Nanyun Peng, @danishpruthi.bsky.social , Kai-Wei Chang, and Mausam www.aicentre.dk/events/pre-a... @aicentre.dk

Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · May 28

Join us in Copenhagen for the Pre-ACL 2025 Workshop! 🇩🇰

We’re excited to welcome researchers and practitioners in Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, and Language Technology to a one-day workshop on 26 July 2025 – just ahead of ACL 2025 in Vienna.

Learn more: www.aicentre.dk/events/pre-a...

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Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · May 28

Join us in Copenhagen for the Pre-ACL 2025 Workshop! 🇩🇰

We’re excited to welcome researchers and practitioners in Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, and Language Technology to a one-day workshop on 26 July 2025 – just ahead of ACL 2025 in Vienna.

Learn more: www.aicentre.dk/events/pre-a...

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · May 8

⏰ Only one week left to apply for this fully funded PhD fellowship at the University of Copenhagen & @aicentre.dk ! Don’t miss the chance to explore interpretability for LLMs under my and @iaugenstein.bsky.social's supervision @copenlu.bsky.social

Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Apr 11

🎓 Fully funded PhD in interpretable NLP at the University of Copenhagen & @aicentre.dk with @iaugenstein.bsky.social and me, @copenlu.bsky.social
📆 Application deadline: 15 May 2025
👀 Reasons to apply: www.copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/
🔗 Apply here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
#NLProc #XAI

Interested in joining us at the University of Copenhagen? | CopeNLU

The University of Copenhagen is a great place if you're both interested in high-quality NLP research and a high quality of life.

www.copenlu.com

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CopeNLU @copenlu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Jingyi Sun, @apepa.bsky.social, @iaugenstein.bsky.social. Evaluating Input Feature Explanations through a Unified Diagnostic Evaluation Framework.
arxiv.org/abs/2406.15085
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#NAACL2025 #NLProc

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CopeNLU @copenlu.bsky.social · Apr 28

The CopeNLU group will be giving four paper presentations and one invited talk at #NAACL2025 this week, on topics including explainable AI and cross-cultural #NLProc
Schedule + more details ⤵️
#XAI @apepa.bsky.social @rnv.bsky.social @nadavb.bsky.social @frimelle.bsky.social @iaugenstein.bsky.social

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Apr 11

🎓 Fully funded PhD in interpretable NLP at the University of Copenhagen & @aicentre.dk with @iaugenstein.bsky.social and me, @copenlu.bsky.social
📆 Application deadline: 15 May 2025
👀 Reasons to apply: www.copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/
🔗 Apply here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
#NLProc #XAI

Interested in joining us at the University of Copenhagen? | CopeNLU

The University of Copenhagen is a great place if you're both interested in high-quality NLP research and a high quality of life.

www.copenlu.com

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Arnav Arora @rnv.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨New pre-print 🚨

News articles often convey different things in text vs. image. Recent work in computational framing analysis has analysed the article text but the corresponding images in those articles have been overlooked.
We propose multi-modal framing analysis of news: arxiv.org/abs/2503.20960

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Mor Geva @megamor2.bsky.social · Mar 31

🎉 Our Actionable Interpretability workshop has been accepted to #ICML2025! 🎉
> Follow @actinterp.bsky.social
> Website actionable-interpretability.github.io

@talhaklay.bsky.social @anja.re @mariusmosbach.bsky.social @sarah-nlp.bsky.social @iftenney.bsky.social

Paper submission deadline: May 9th!

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Feb 17

Our work comparing highlight and interactive explanations has been accepted to #NAACL2025! arxiv.org/pdf/2406.15085

Despite being a less explored approach, span interactive explanations outperform other explanation types across multiple dimensions. #XAI #NLProc
@copenlu.bsky.social

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Feb 17

Check our new work on making natural language explanations more faithful to a model’s reasoning. We combine GNNs + highlight explanations to improve faithfulness!
Read more: arxiv.org/pdf/2412.12318
@copenlu.bsky.social

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Lovisa Hagström @lovhag.bsky.social · Jan 2

📚 How good are language models at utilising contexts in RAG scenarios?
We release 🧙🏽‍♀️DRUID to facilitate studies of context usage in real-world scenarios.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.17031

w/ @saravera.bsky.social, H.Yu, @rnv.bsky.social, C.Lioma, M.Maistro, @apepa.bsky.social and @iaugenstein.bsky.social ⭐️

A Reality Check on Context Utilisation for Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) helps address the limitations of the parametric knowledge embedded within a language model (LM). However, investigations of how LMs utilise retrieved information o...

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Greta Warren @gretawarren.bsky.social · Feb 14

How can explainable AI empower fact-checkers to tackle misinformation? 📰🤖

We interviewed fact-checkers & identified explanation needs & design implications for #NLP, #HCI, and #XAI.

Excited to present this work with
@iaugenstein.bsky.social & Irina Shklovski at #chi2025!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.09083

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Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · Jan 10

📣 Open 3-year Postdoc Position at DIKU, UCPH!

Find more information and apply here: di.ku.dk/english/abou...

🗓️ Application deadline is 29 January 2025.

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Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · Jan 8

📢 Open PhD Position in Interpretable Natural Language Processing at the Department of Computer Science, UCPH!

🗓 Application deadline is 15 January 2025.

Find more information about the position and apply here 👉 di.ku.dk/english/abou...

@apepa.bsky.social @iaugenstein.bsky.social

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Jan 2

Only two weeks⌛️left to apply for this fully funded PhD fellowship in Interpretable NLP at the University of Copenhagen & @aicentre.dk! Don’t miss the chance to explore interpretability for LLMs under my and @iaugenstein.bsky.social's supervision.

Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · Nov 8

🎓 Fully funded PhD Fellowship in Interpretable NLP at the University of Copenhagen & Pioneer Centre for AI available!
📆 Application deadline: 15 Jan 2025
👥 Supervisors: Pepa Atanasova & me
🤝 Reasons to apply: www.copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/
📝 Apply here: employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
#NLProc #XAI

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Jan 2

It was a pleasure collaborating with @lovhag.bsky.social on this project and exploring how language models handle different types of context retrieved by actual retrieval systems. We released a dataset 🧙DRUID to facilitate future studies on real-world context usage 🔗 huggingface.co/datasets/cop...

Lovisa Hagström @lovhag.bsky.social · Jan 2

📚 How good are language models at utilising contexts in RAG scenarios?
We release 🧙🏽‍♀️DRUID to facilitate studies of context usage in real-world scenarios.
arxiv.org/abs/2412.17031

w/ @saravera.bsky.social, H.Yu, @rnv.bsky.social, C.Lioma, M.Maistro, @apepa.bsky.social and @iaugenstein.bsky.social ⭐️

A Reality Check on Context Utilisation for Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) helps address the limitations of the parametric knowledge embedded within a language model (LM). However, investigations of how LMs utilise retrieved information o...

arxiv.org

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hi Julian, thanks for creating the XAI starter pack! I also work on both explainability and interpretability! Would love to be added 😊

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Anna Rogers @annarogers.bsky.social · Nov 22

📢 NAACL reviews have been released!

🆕 feature alert: ARR now has review issue flagging! Thanks @jkkummerfeld.bsky.social & OR team for help with implementation, and other EiCs for supporting the idea! It'll be live after author response. More details here: aclrollingreview.org/authors#step...
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · Nov 19

would love to be part of the list! :)

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