Emily M. Bender

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Emily M. Bender was born on October 10, 1973.[1] She is a computational linguist, university teacher, and linguist.[2][3][4]

She was educated at Stanford University, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley.[5][6] Her employer is the University of Washington.[2]

Her field includes computational linguistics, endangered language, sociolinguistics, and natural language processing.[2][3].

Key Facts

  • Emily M. Bender was born on October 10, 1973[2].
  • Emily M. Bender's mother was Sheila Bender[7].
  • Emily M. Bender held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Emily M. Bender worked as a computational linguist[3].
  • Emily M. Bender worked as a university teacher[4].
  • Emily M. Bender's professions included linguist[5].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was computational linguistics[9].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was endangered language[10].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was sociolinguistics[11].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was natural language processing[12].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was semantics[13].
  • Emily M. Bender's field of work was syntax[14].
  • Among Emily M. Bender's employers was University of Washington[15].
  • A notable student of Emily M. Bender was Lonny Alaskuk Strunk[16].
  • A notable student of Emily M. Bender was Elizabeth Snell Okada[17].
  • A notable work attributed to Emily M. Bender is The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want[18].
  • Emily M. Bender is recorded as female[19].
  • Emily M. Bender's instance of is recorded as human[20].
  • Emily M. Bender supervised Kristen Howell as a doctoral student[21].
  • Emily M. Bender supervised Joshua Crowgey as a doctoral student[22].
  • Emily M. Bender supervised David Inman as a doctoral student[23].
  • Emily M. Bender supervised Michael Wayne Goodman as a doctoral student[24].
  • Emily M. Bender supervised Olga Zamaraeva as a doctoral student[25].
  • Emily M. Bender earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[26].
  • Emily M. Bender's family name is recorded as Bender[27].

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Origins and Family

Emily M. Bender was born on October 10, 1973[2]. Her mother was Sheila Bender[7].

Education

Emily M. Bender earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[26].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computational linguist[3], university teacher[4], and linguist[5]. Fields of work include computational linguistics[9], an interdisciplinary science[28]; endangered language[10], a type of language[29]; sociolinguistics[11], an academic discipline[30]; natural language processing[12], an academic discipline[31]; semantics[13], an academic major[32]; and syntax[14], a language subsystem[33]. Among Emily M. Bender's employers was University of Washington[15]. Notable students include Lonny Alaskuk Strunk[16] and Elizabeth Snell Okada[17], a linguist[34], specialised in software localization[35]. Doctoral students include Kristen Howell[21], a computational linguist[36], specialised in computational linguistics[37]; Joshua Crowgey[22], a programmer[38], specialised in computer programming[39]; David Inman[23], a linguist[40], b. 1986[41], specialised in linguistic typology[42]; Michael Wayne Goodman[24], a doctoral student[43], specialised in machine translation[44]; and Olga Zamaraeva[25], a computational linguist[45], specialised in computational linguistics[46].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Emily M. Bender is The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want[18].

Why It Matters

Emily M. Bender has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] She is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

She is credited with the discovery of stochastic parrot[48], a word or phrase[49].

Her notable doctoral advisees include Joshua Crowgey[50], a programmer[51], specialised in computer programming[52].

FAQs

Who were Emily M. Bender's parents?

Emily M. Bender's mother was Sheila Bender[7].

What did Emily M. Bender do for work?

Emily M. Bender worked as computational linguist[3], university teacher[4], and linguist[5].

What did Emily M. Bender discover?

Emily M. Bender is credited as discoverer of stochastic parrot[48].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [19] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . mitpressjournals.org. Retrieved . mitpressjournals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . mitpressjournals.org. Retrieved . mitpressjournals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . mitpressjournals.org. Retrieved . mitpressjournals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . faculty.washington.edu. Retrieved . faculty.washington.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [2] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [16] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  25. [17] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.

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  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Educated at → Stanford University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley
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