Barbara Plank
Full Professor Chair For AI & Computational Linguistics
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolBarbara Plank is a Full Professor and Chair for AI & Computational Linguistics with 14 years of experience bridging cutting-edge NLP research and academic leadership, currently heading the MaiNLP lab at LMU Munich and co-directing the Center for Language & Information Processing. Her research spans multilingual and low-resource NLP, domain and transfer learning, multitask models, and social-media information extraction, with a strong track record of translating theoretical advances into practical tools and advisory roles. She serves as President of the Association for Computational Linguistics and advises industry and research centers, reflecting peer recognition across academia and industry. Barbara’s career blends deep scholarly roots—from a PhD in Computational Linguistics to visiting professorships across Europe—with hands-on initiatives in training MSc programs and shaping national AI agendas, highlighting a rare combination of technical depth and institutional impact.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, European Master of Language and Communication Technologies, MSc, European Master of Language and Communication Technologies at Free University of Bozen-BolzanoPhD, Computational Linguistics, PhD, Computational Linguistics at University of GroningenMSc, European Master of Language and Communication Technologies, MSc, European Master of Language and Communication Technologies at University of Amsterdam
Danish, English, Dutch, Italian, German
Github Skills (50)
pytorch10
dynet10
bilstm10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
ranking10
jax10
science10
computer-science10
react10
extraction9
natural-language-processing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bplank/multilingualtokenizer
Jan 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
bplank/install-ubuntu18.04-CUDA-tensorflow-keras
Jan 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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