Alex Lascarides

Professor of Semantics at the University of Edinburgh
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Alex Lascarides is a researcher, linguist, and university teacher born on January 1, 1950 [1][2]. She earned her education at the University of Edinburgh and has been employed there since 1998 [3]. Her research focuses on pragmatics, semantics, computational linguistics, and artificial intelligence [2]. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [4] and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [4].

Alex Lascarides

Summary

Alex Lascarides is a human[1]. She was born on January 1, 1950[2]. She worked as a researcher[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Alex Lascarides was born on January 1, 1950[2].
  • Alex Lascarides's professions included researcher[3].
  • Alex Lascarides worked as a linguist[4].
  • Alex Lascarides worked as a university teacher[5].
  • Alex Lascarides's field of work was pragmatics[7].
  • Alex Lascarides's field of work was semantics[8].
  • Alex Lascarides's field of work was computational linguistics[9].
  • Alex Lascarides's field of work was artificial intelligence[10].
  • Alex Lascarides was employed by University of Edinburgh[11].
  • Alex Lascarides received the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[12].
  • Alex Lascarides was a member of Royal Society of Edinburgh[13].
  • Alex Lascarides is recorded as female[14].
  • Alex Lascarides's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Alex Lascarides supervised Mirella Lapata as a doctoral student[16].
  • Alex Lascarides's given name is recorded as Q6081128[17].
  • Alex Lascarides's official website is recorded as http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/alex[18].
  • Alex Lascarides's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[19].

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Origins and Family

Alex Lascarides was born on January 1, 1950[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include researcher[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5]. Fields of work include pragmatics[7], a language subsystem[20]; semantics[8], an academic major[21]; computational linguistics[9], an interdisciplinary science[22]; and artificial intelligence[10], a type of technology[23]. Alex Lascarides was employed by University of Edinburgh[11]. She supervised Mirella Lapata as a doctoral student[16].

Recognition

Alex Lascarides received the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[12].

Why It Matters

Alex Lascarides ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

Her notable doctoral advisees include Mirella Lapata[24], a computer scientist[25], of United Kingdom[26], awarded the Karen Spärck Jones Lecture[27].

FAQs

What did Alex Lascarides do for work?

Alex Lascarides worked as researcher[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5].

What awards did Alex Lascarides receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[12].

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  1. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . rse.org.uk. Retrieved . rse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . rse.org.uk. Retrieved . rse.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [2] . VIAF ID. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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