Publications: 'Modeling Bilingual Sentence Processing: Evaluating RNN and Transformer Architectures for Cross-Language Structural Priming', in Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Multilingual Representation Learning (MRL 2024); Conferences: Presented work at the 4th Multilingual Representation Learning (MRL) Workshop, co-located with EMNLP in Miami, Florida, November 2024.
Research Experience
Position: Member of the NLP & Culture lab; Research Projects: Cognitive modeling and topic modeling
Education
Degree: Ph.D. in Linguistics (in progress), Ph.D. minor in Computer Science; School: University of Florida; Advisors: Dr. Edith Kaan, Dr. Bonnie Dorr; Major: Linguistics, Computer Science
Background
Research Interests: Psycholinguistics and natural language processing; Background: A second-year Linguistics Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, born and raised in Anyang, China. Under the guidance of Dr. Edith Kaan, studying the relationship between code-switch production and cognitive control. Also pursuing a Computer Science Ph.D. minor under Dr. Bonnie Dorr and is a member of the NLP & Culture lab.
Miscellany
Personal Interests: Cycling adventures, recently solo traveled to Mexico, Peru, Egypt, and the UAE. Active member of the Warmshowers community, hosting fellow cyclists and enjoying being hosted in return. Planning a trip to the Colombian Amazon this winter.