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C.M. Downey @cmdowney.com · 20/08/2026

I'm recruiting Linguistics PhD students! Come work with me on all things multilingual and low-resource NLP! NLP background welcome, but commitment to scientific study of language is essential. My recent work has included ASR for field linguistics and compact LLMs for heritage languages

sas.rochester.edu

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David Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I wanted to see which locally-runnable models are most effective for cultural heritage languages, this page has comparisons of 7 languages: mimno.github.io/PhiloBench/ llama3.1 and mistral are both powerful and fast!

mimno.github.io

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Multilingual Representation Workshop @ EMNLP 2026 @mrl-workshop.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

After the enthusiasm of the shared task last year, we are running another shared task to create a community-made, culturally relevant multilingual benchmark! The deadline to contribute is August 1 AoE. See more details below.

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Multilingual Representation Workshop @ EMNLP 2026 @mrl-workshop.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

📢 Call for Papers: 6th Multilingual Representation Learning Workshop at EMNLP in Budapest, Hungary! Join us and submit your works relating to multilingual NLP Speakers to be announced, so stay tuned! 👀 More info in the CFP: 🔗 sigtyp.github.io/ws2026-mrl.html

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C.M. Downey @cmdowney.com · 06/11/2025

I'm recruiting Linguistics PhD students this cycle! You should apply to work with me if you're interested in anything low-resource NLP. Some topics I'm particularly excited about currently:

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C.M. Downey @cmdowney.com · 22/11/2024

One week left to apply: I'm recruiting (Ling) PhD students! Come work with me on getting NLP to work for as wide a range of languages as possible! Some perks of UR: - Only have to TA 2 semesters total - At least $3k discretionary funds for e.g. conferences - Easy access to upstate NY nature

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Isabel Papadimitriou @isabelpapad.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Do you want to understand how language models work, and how they can change language science? I'm recruiting PhD students at UBC Linguistics! The research will be fun, and Vancouver is lovely. So much cool NLP happening at UBC across both Ling and CS! linguistics.ubc.ca/graduate/adm...

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