Computational Linguistics

Department of Linguistics | College of Arts & Sciences


IU Computational Linguistics is a group of faculty, student, and staff researchers based in Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Linguistics. We work with natural language using computational methods in order to investigate scientific questions about language and build intelligent systems for processing language. Our areas of strength include natural language processing (NLP), speech processing, corpus linguistics, low-resource NLP, and more.

Current members: see our colloquium schedule.


Core Faculty

Damir Cavar

Damir Cavar

Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics

Luke Gessler

Luke Gessler

Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics

Sandra Kuebler

Sandra Kuebler

Professor, Department of Linguistics

Shuju Shi

Shuju Shi

Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics

Francis M. Tyers

Francis M. Tyers

Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics

Associated Faculty

Michael N. Jones

Michael N. Jones

Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Kenneth de Jong

Kenneth de Jong

Professor, Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Program

Larry Moss

Larry Moss

Professor, Department of Mathematics

John Paolillo

John Paolillo

Associate Professor, Department of Informatics

Allen Riddell

Allen Riddell

Associate Professor, Department of Information and Library Science

Chung-Chieh (Ken) Shan

Chung-Chieh (Ken) Shan

Professor, Department of Computer Science

Current Students

Muhammad Abdo

Muhammad Abdo

Ph.D. student, CL

Meesum Alam

Meesum Alam

Ph.D. student, CL

Phakphum Artkaew

Phakphum Artkaew

Ph.D. student, CL

Sadia Ashraf

Sadia Ashraf

Ph.D. student, CL

Yue Chen

Yue Chen

Ph.D. student, CL

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis

Ph.D. student, CL

James Decatur

James Decatur

Ph.D. student, CL

XD

Xiao Dong

M.S. student, CL

Story Ellis

Story Ellis

M.S. student, CL

Alexandra Fort

Alexandra Fort

Ph.D. student, CL

Benjamin Glidden

Benjamin Glidden

M.S. student, CL

SH

Shusuke Hashimoto

M.S. student, CL

Nils Hjortnaes

Nils Hjortnaes

Ph.D. student, CL

Armando Hull

Armando Hull

M.S. student, CL

Snigdha Khanna

Snigdha Khanna

Ph.D. student, CL; Ph.D. student, Cognitive Science M.S., CL 2025

Joseph Larson

Joseph Larson

Ph.D. student, CL

SL

Siyi Lian

Ph.D. student, CL

HL

Holly Lopez

Ph.D. student, Information Science

Elias Naske

Elias Naske

M.S. student, CL

Wenchen (Victor) Shi

Wenchen (Victor) Shi

Ph.D. student, CL

Shane Sparks

Shane Sparks

M.S. student, CL

Kenneth Steimel

Kenneth Steimel

Ph.D. student, CL

Rin Steitz

Rin Steitz

Ph.D. student, CL

JS

Jacob Striebel

Ph.D. student, Computer Science

Daniel Swanson

Daniel Swanson

Ph.D. student, CL

BT

Beck Tabor

M.S. student, CL

Shane Taylor

Shane Taylor

Ph.D. student, CL

Grace Teuscher

Grace Teuscher

M.S. student, CL

JW

Jinyuan Wang

M.S. student, CL

CZ

Charlotte Zhu

M.S. student, CL

Esra Önal

Esra Önal

Ph.D. student, CL

Alumni

Elya Brown

Elya Brown

M.S., CL 2025

Anastasia Kuznetsova

Anastasia Kuznetsova

Ph.D., CL 2025

Melissa Lieffers

Melissa Lieffers

M.A., CL 2025

Jeremy D

Jeremy D

M.A., CL 2023

Everett Green

Everett Green

M.A., CL 2023

Hai Hu

Hai Hu

Ph.D., CL 2021

LK

Levi King

Ph.D., CL 2021

AM

Anthony Meyer

Ph.D., CL 2019

CS

Charese Smiley

Ph.D., CL 2018

OS

Olga Scrivner

Ph.D., CL 2015

SG

Siyuan Guo

M.A. 2014

YH

Yu-Yin Hsu

Ph.D. 2014

RI

Ross Israel

Ph.D. 2014

Wen Li

Wen Li

M.A., CL 2014

MR

Marwa Ragheb

Ph.D. 2014

Muhammad Abdul-Mageed

Muhammad Abdul-Mageed

Ph.D., CL 2012

DB

Daniel Bishop

M.A. 2012

TM

Tina May

M.A. 2012

GR

Gabriel Recchia

M.A. 2012

CR

Chris Riley

M.A. 2012

PR

Paul Rodrigues

Ph.D. 2012

NY

Ning Yu

Ph.D. 2011

SG

Steve Grimes

Ph.D. 2010

DJ

Dustin Jefford

M.A. 2010

LM

Lwin Moe

M.A. 2010

EM

Emad Mohamed

Ph.D. 2010

NP

Natalya Panteleyeva

Ph.D. 2010

Melissa Roemmele

Melissa Roemmele

M.A. 2010

DR

David Rojas

Ph.D. 2010

NS

Nathan Sanders

Ph.D. 2010

KS

Kevin Stowe

M.A. 2010

KW

Kam Woods

Ph.D. 2010

JQ

Jason Quinley

M.A. 2009

TI

Toshikazu Ikuta

Ph.D. 2008

CJ

Charles Jochim

M.A. 2008

AM

Andrew Morin

M.A. 2007

BR

Brian Riordan

Ph.D. 2007

FB

Fernando Balbachan

M.A. 2006

GK

Gary Krug

M.A. 2006

KS

Kazuhiro Seki

Ph.D. 2006

JA

Jay Askren

M.A. 2005

AK

Amber Kennedy

M.A. 2005

DM

Deborah McDonnell

M.A. 2005

KE

Khaled El-Ghamry

Ph.D. 2004

MC

Meagan Cockram

M.A. 2003

EV

Erica H. La Vine

M.A. 2003

Indiana University, Linguistics Dept.
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1020 East Kirkwood Ave
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact: Luke Gessler