About me
I am a PhD researcher at the QLVL Research Group, KU Leuven, and part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network CASCADE. My research focuses on the underlying dimensions of conceptual change, combining quantitative and computational methods to detect, interpret, and explain shifts in conceptual associations over time.
Before joining KU Leuven, I completed an MSc in Linguistics at the University of Stirling, where I received the Research Based Learning Prize for the best Master’s dissertation in Literature and Languages. My work sits at the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, and natural language processing, with particular interests in semantic change, distributional semantics, interpretability, and concept modelling.
I have published and presented work, both as sole author and co-author, at venues including EACL, ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, and Evolang. Alongside my academic research, I have worked on applied NLP problems including large language models, speech recognition, and text-to-speech, and I have experience with statistical modelling, machine learning, and Python/R-based research workflows.
I also have experience in translation, interpreting, and language teaching in English and Vietnamese.
My research interests are:
- Semantics
- Language Variation and Change
- Large Language Models
- Data Science
- xAI
My other, non-academic interests are Martial Arts and (Classical) Singing (I am a Full Lyric Tenor).