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SUMMARY:NLP Seminar: Natural Language Processing for Signed Languages
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DESCRIPTION:Kayo Yin (UC Berkeley)\nKayo Yin\, from UC Berkeley\, is pre
 senting her most recent works on Natural Language Processing for Signed L
 anguages. \nYou can join in CE16 or online.\n\nAbstract:   \nSigned l
 anguages are the primary means of communication for many deaf and hard-of
 -hearing (DHH) individuals. Since signed languages exhibit all the fund
 amental linguistic properties of natural language\, we believe that tool
 s and theories of Natural Language Processing (NLP) are crucial for it
 s modeling. However\, existing research in sign language processing sel
 dom attempts to explore and leverage the linguistic organization of signe
 d languages.  \nIn this lecture\, she will talk about why NLP researche
 rs should include signed languages in their research\, best practices f
 or conducting sign language research\, and some of the challenges in sign
  language processing today. She will also present two recent projects t
 hat take steps in extending NLP to signed languages: 1) modeling handsha
 pes to analyze different pressures for communication efficiency in America
 n Sign Language (ASL) and 2) using AI to make STEM education more accessib
 le to DHH students. \n \n\nBio:  \nKayo Yin is a second year PhD stude
 nt at UC Berkeley advised by Jacob Steinhardt and Dan Klein. She currently
  works on LLM interpretability and sign language processing. Before that
 \, she was a Master’s student at Carnegie Mellon University advised by G
 raham Neubig\, and she completed her undergraduate studies at École Polyt
 echnique in 2020. Her research has been recognized by an ACL Best Resource
  Paper award\, an EMNLP Best Paper Honorable Mention award\, an ACL Best T
 heme Paper award\, and the Thomas Clarkson medal. She is the recipient of 
 a Siebel Scholarship and a Future of Life PhD fellowship.\n\n\n 
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