About me

I am a Professor of Natural Language Processing at the University of Cambridge where I co-direct the Language Technology Laboratory (LTL). I am also the director of the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) and the co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Technology and Humanity. I am a Senior Research Fellow of Churchill College, a Fellow of ACL and a Fellow of ELLIS. I'm a chair elect of EACL, the European Chapter of ACL, and previously served as a Turing Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute.  

My research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other areas of AI, specifically on developing, adapting, and applying computational techniques to meet the needs of intelligent applications. I have a particular interest in responsible, human-centric technologies that are informed by an understanding of human cognitive, social, and creative intelligence, with a focus on applications that promote social and global good. Many of my projects are interdisciplinary and involve collaboration with researchers from various fields. Please see my research page for details!

Prior to starting in my current position, I was a Royal Society University Research Fellow in this University, based in Computer Science and Linguistics.  Before that, I was a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in Japan where I worked at the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo. Previously, I was a researcher at  University of Pennsylvania. I did my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and hold masters degrees in both Computer Science  and Linguistics.

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Prospective PhD students: 

• I welcome applications from outstanding candidates for PhD in Computation, Cognition and Language and PhD in Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence. If you are interested in applying, (i) please take a look at my research interests and ongoing projects, and (ii) check that you meet the entry requirements before contacting me. I get many queries, so please make contact early. If you want to apply for PhD funding from Cambridge,  note that the funding deadlines for entry in October 2025 in December 2024-early January 2025, depending on the course. 

• I also supervise PhD students as part of the European ELLIS PhD program. If you are interested in applying please take a look at  the application portal and get in touch.  Note that in addition to the ELLIS application, you also need to make a separate application to the University of Cambridge as described above.

Current Part III and MPhil students: 

• If you want to do your research project with LTL, please see the  projects that we offer.

Contact

Anna Korhonen

Language Technology Lab

Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

Faculty of English Building

9 West Road

Cambridge CB3 9DB, UK

Office: TR-12

Phone: (+44) 1223 767 389 

Email: alk23 AT cam.ac.uk