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Alex Lascarides

Professor of Semantics at the University of Edinburgh
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[12]
Date of birth
1950
Occupation
researcher, linguist, university teacher
Employer
University of Edinburgh[9]
Field of work
pragmatics, semantics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence[5][6][7][8]
Educated at
University of Edinburgh
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[10]
Official website
homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk[15]
Doctoral student
Mirella Lapata[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Given name
Alexandra[14]
Member of
Royal Society of Edinburgh[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alexandra Lascarides en Alex Lascarides cs Alexandra Lascarides
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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DBLP author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
000129116
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
254902073
SHARE Catalogue author ID
299845
WorldCat Entities ID
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Field of work 7
artificial intelligence, computer science, semantics, computational linguistics, pragmatics, programming language semantics, artificial intelligence model
Author of 6
A formal semantics for situated conversation, Evaluating Persuasion Strategies and Deep Reinforcement Learning methods for Negotiation Dialogue agents, Interpreting English Pitch Contours in Context, Linguistic Fundamentals for Natural Language Processing II: 100 Essentials from Semantics and Pragmatics, Online learning and mining human play in complex games, Preference Change
← Authored by 6
A formal semantics for situated conversation, Evaluating Persuasion Strategies and Deep Reinforcement Learning methods for Negotiation Dialogue agents, Interpreting English Pitch Contours in Context, Linguistic Fundamentals for Natural Language Processing II: 100 Essentials from Semantics and Pragmatics, Online learning and mining human play in complex games, Preference Change
Affiliated with 3
University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto, Edinburgh College
Occupation 3
researcher, linguist, university teacher
Award received 1
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Doctoral student 1
Mirella Lapata
Doctoral students 1
Mirella Lapata
Educated at 1
University of Edinburgh
Employer 1
University of Edinburgh
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sex or gender 1
female
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Alex Lascarides is a researcher, linguist, and university teacher born on January 1, 1950 [1][2][3]. She earned her education at the University of Edinburgh and has been employed there since 1998 [4]. Her research focuses on pragmatics, semantics, computational linguistics, and artificial intelligence [2]. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [5] and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [5].

Why It Matters

Alex Lascarides's notable doctoral advisees include Mirella Lapata[17], a computer scientist[18], of United Kingdom[19], awarded the Karen Spärck Jones Lecture[20].

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What did Alex Lascarides do for work?

Alex Lascarides worked as a researcher[2], linguist[3], and university teacher[4].

What awards did Alex Lascarides receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[10].

Related Entities

artificial intelligence artificial intelligence model computational linguistics computer science Mirella Lapata programming language semantics

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  2. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . rse.org.uk. Retrieved . rse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [11] ↑ . rse.org.uk. Retrieved . rse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . VIAF ID. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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