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Pepa Atanasova

@apepa.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen; interpretability, xAI, factuality, accountability, xAI diagnostics apepa.github.io

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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📅 One week left to apply for this postdoctoral position on multidisciplinary emergence of AI deception at the University of Copenhagen 👇
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We are hiring a postdoc for a project on emergent deception in human-AI interaction, combining behavioural psychology, economics, and machine learning. Supervised by Ingo Zettler and me at @copenlu.bsky.social & @cphsodas.bsky.social , Copenhagen. ⏰Deadline: 5/July/2026 📅Start: 1/10/2026 Link 👇
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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🎓 A bit over a week left to apply if you want to join us for a PhD or postdoc position in #XAI #NLProc @copenlu.bsky.social @aicentre.dk @apepa.bsky.social #academicjobs #ML ⤵️
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@iaugenstein.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD and a postdoc on a project titled "A Mechanistic Framework for Mitigating the Susceptibility of LLMs to Learning False Information". 👇
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EMNLP @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The First Call for Industry Track Papers for #EMNLP2026 is officially out! Are you deploying NLP in real-world applications? Share your insights, challenges, and deployed systems with the community. 🗓️ Deadline: June 16, 2026 🔗 Link: 2026.emnlp.org/calls/indust...
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Call for Papers: EMNLP 2026 Industry Track
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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Back after a successful #EMNLP2025 conference in Suzhou, China -- some impressions ⤵️ Our papers: www.copenlu.com/news/8-paper... @apepa.bsky.social @rnv.bsky.social @siddesh.bsky.social @kirekara.bsky.social @shoejoe.bsky.social @zainmujahid.me @lucasresck.bsky.social @copenlu.bsky.social #NLProc
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Sekh (Sk) Mainul Islam @sekh-copenlu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
What is the interaction dynamics between Parametric Knowledge (PK) and Context Knowledge (CK) in generating longer Natural Language Explanation (NLE) sequences?
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
⏰ One week left to apply for the two PhD Fellowships in Trustworthy NLP and Explainable NLU! The two positions have a starting date in spring 2026. Check the original post for more details👇
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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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 · 03/10/2025
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/
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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...
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🎓 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 · 01/09/2025
📣 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 · 27/07/2025
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 · 27/06/2025
🎓 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 · 16/06/2025
⏰ Poster submission deadline TODAY for the pre-@aclmeeting.bsky.social 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
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Pioneer Centre for AI @aicentre.dk · 28/05/2025
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 · 08/05/2025
⏰ 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
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CopeNLU @copenlu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Jingyi Sun, @apepa.bsky.social, @iaugenstein.bsky.social. Evaluating Input Feature Explanations through a Unified Diagnostic Evaluation Framework. arxiv.org/abs/2406.15085 bsky.app/profile/apep... #NAACL2025 #NLProc
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Evaluating Input Feature Explanations through a Unified Diagnostic Evaluation Framework
Explaining the decision-making process of machine learning models is crucial for ensuring their reliability and transparency for end users. One popular explanation form highlights key input features, ...
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CopeNLU @copenlu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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 · 11/04/2025
🎓 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
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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.
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Arnav Arora @rnv.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🚨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 · 31/03/2025
🎉 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 · 17/02/2025
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 · 17/02/2025
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 · 02/01/2025
📚 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 ⭐️
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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 · 14/02/2025
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 · 10/01/2025
📣 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 · 08/01/2025
📢 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 · 02/01/2025
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.
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Pepa Atanasova @apepa.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
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...
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Anna Rogers @annarogers.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📢 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... /1
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Isabelle Augenstein @iaugenstein.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
🎓 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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