CLASP - Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability
Short description
The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) focuses its research on the application of probabilistic and information theoretic methods to the analysis of natural language.
CLASP is concerned both with understanding the cognitive foundations of language and developing efficient language technology. We work at the interface of computational linguistics/natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science.
CLASP is devoted to research and advanced training in the application of probabilistic modelling and machine learning methods to core issues in linguistic theory and cognition. This is an exciting new interdisciplinary research area that is gaining momentum in the international research community. Through its collaborations and funded research positions it is planned that the centre will become a leading international hub for researchers working in this field.
The centre is funded by a 10 year grant from the Swedish Research Council (2015-2025). The funding from the Swedish Research Council and GU grant allows recruitment of prof. Shalom Lappin, a senior lecturer, a researcher/project coordinator, 12 PhD and 9 postdoctoral research positions. The funding also provides means for workshops, conferences and visits of guest researchers to Gothenburg. CLASP will bring together researchers in theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, logic, AI, cognitive psychology, and robotics.
Shalom Lappin, professor and Director of CLASP
Sharid Loáiciga, Associate Director and Researcher (Docent in Computational Linguistics)
Robin Cooper, Senior Professor
Simon Dobnik, Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics (Docent in Computational Linguistics)
Christine Howes, Associate Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics (Docent in Computational Linguistics)
Asad Basheer Sayeed, Associate Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning
Staffan Larsson, Professor of Computational Linguistics
Jean-Philippe Bernardy, Researcher (Docent in Computer Science)
Aram Karimi, Researcher
Julian Grove, Post-Doc
Kathrein Abu Kwaik/Chatrine Qwaider, PhD student
Sylvie Saget, PhD student
Vidya Somashekarappa, PhD student
Vladislav Maraev, PhD student
Bill Noble, PhD student
Adam Ek, PhD student
Axel Almquist, PhD student
Tewodros Gebreselassie, PhD student
Nikolai Ilinykh, PhD student
Alexander Berman, PhD student
Ellen Breitholtz, Researcher
Susanna Myyry, Administrator
Previous CLASP members:
Charalambos Themistocleous, Post-doc 2016-2018
Aleksandre Maskharashvili, Post-doc 2018-2020
Rasmus Blanck, Post-doc 2018-2020
Yuri Bizzoni, PhD student 2015-2019
Mehdi Ghanimifard, PhD student 2015-2020
Wafia Adouane, PhD student 2016-2020
Stergios Chatzikyriakidis, Associate Director and Researcher -2021