Vera Demberg
Professor
Chair of Computer Science and Computational Linguistics
Department of Computer Science
co-opted Professor at Department of Language Science and Technology
Research interests
- Cognitive Models of Human Language Understanding
- Multimodality: Language Processing in a Dual-Task Setting
- Parsing and Grammar Formalisms
- Experimental Psycholinguistics
Mini-bio
| Since 2016 | Professor (W2) for Computer Science and Computational Linguistics, Saarland University |
| 2010-2016 | Head of Independent Research Group at the Cluster of Excellence, Saarland University |
| 2006-2010 | Doctorate at the School of Informatics, Edinburgh University |
| 2008 | Internship with Google, Mountain View (3 months) |
| 2004-2005 | MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University |
| 2001-2006 | Diplom in Linguistics, Stuttgart University |
Prizes and awards
| 2014 | Selected for Falling Walls Lab 2014, Berlin; awarded A.T. Kearney Scholarship for the Falling Walls Conference |
| 2011 | Cognitive Science Society Glushko Dissertation Prize, awarded 10,000 USD |
| 2011 | Runner-up for 2011 CPHC / BCS Distinguished Dissertations Competition |
| 2011 | Runner-up for FoLLI E. W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2011 |
| 2008 | Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Finalist, awarded 1,000 EUR |
| 2007 | Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Finalist, awarded 1,000 EUR |
| 2007 | Young Scientist Award for the best platform presentation by a junior scientist at the 13th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 2007) |
| 2005 | Edinburgh University Jim Howe Prize for best student in MSc AI |
| 2002-2006 | Full time scholarship from Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst |
Phone: +49 681 302-70024
vera(at)coli.uni-saarland.de
Saarbrücken Campus
Building C7 4, Room 3.05