Computational approaches to media narrative analysis either miss nuanced storytelling patterns through coarse-grained analysis, or require domain-specific taxonomies that limit scalability. We show joint event and character modeling can address this gap. Details in our #ACL2026 (Main) paper. 🧵1/10

What’s the best way to analyze online discourse on any given topic? Is there a right way to use NLP tools to sift through massive datasets? To find out, we tested several tools across different collaboration settings and report findings in an #ACL2026 (Main) paper: arxiv.org/abs/2408.09030 🧵1/7

Strong showing from Boulder NLP at #EMNLP2025! 🚀 Come find us at these sessions to discuss morphology, semantics, LLMs, cultural analytics, HCI, and more. See you in Suzhou! 🇨🇳

Big news! Sundance Film Festival reveals Boulder, Colorado as our new location starting in 2027 and beyond. The annual event by the nonprofit Sundance Institute will continue to entertain and inspire audiences through independent film. 🎬 Read more: sndnc.org/boulder2027 #SundanceFilmFestival

Already a time capsule, but back in January a bunch of us working at the intersection of the humanities and AI/ML came together to sketch out eight provocations from the humanities for genAI research. Here's a 🧵 1/ arxiv.org/abs/2502.19190

Spent a great day at Boulder meeting new students and old colleagues. I used to take this view every day. Here are the slides for my talk titled "Alignment Beyond Human Preferences: Use Human Goals to Guide AI towards Complementary AI": chenhaot.com/talks/alignm...

If you're applying to NLP PhD programs, consider Maria’s new group at CU Boulder - she’s amazing, and the larger Boulder NLP community is a great place to learn, grow, and collaborate! Feel free to reach out if you want to chat about the CS PhD program or life in Boulder! My DMs are open.

After going to NAACL, ACL and #EMNLP2024 this year, here are a few tips I’ve picked up about attending #NLP conferences. Would love to hear any other tips if you have them! This proved very popular on another (more evil) social media platform, so sharing here also 🙂 My 10 tips:

📢 Check out the lineup of papers our students will be showcasing at #EMNLP2024 in Miami next week! 🌴 We'll be presenting new work on morphology, Q&A, and narratives.🔍