Dimensions of Semantic Change: Validation and Application of the SIBling Framework
Invited talk (thanks to Principal Research Scientist Saif M Mohammad) at the National Research Council Canada on two complementary frameworks for studying lexical semantic change: (1) SIBling, which models change along three dimensions (Sentiment, Intensity, Breadth); and (2) LSC-Eval, which generates synthetic benchmarks for evaluating the suitability of methods for their sensitivity to detecting induced change.
Sep 24, 2025
Dimensions of Semantic Change: Applying the SIBling Framework to Mental Health Concepts
Talk at Utrecht University's Natural Language and Text Processing Lab on two complementary frameworks for studying lexical semantic change: (1) SIBling, which models change along three dimensions (Sentiment, Intensity, Breadth); and (2) LSC-Eval, which generates synthetic benchmarks for evaluating methods. Together, they provide tools for tracing socially significant conceptual shifts, with applications to mental health concepts.
Sep 16, 2025
Dimensions of Semantic Change: Validation and Application of the SIBling Framework
Presented my PhD work on modelling conceptual change using two developed frameworks: (1) SIBling, a linguistic model of semantic change; and (2) LSC-Eval, a general-purpose framework for evaluating methods for assessing dimensions of semantic change. Event: Change is Key! Conference (University of Gothenburg, Dept. of Philosophy, Linguistics & Theory of Science)
Sep 12, 2025
A Multidimensional Framework for Evaluating Lexical Semantic Change with Social Science Applications
Accepted to present the foundational paper introducing 'SIBling', our linguistic model of conceptual change, at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2024). ACL is a prestigious A*-rated conference in computational linguistics, recognized for its international impact and highly competitive acceptance rate (~21%), drawing approximately 4,000 attendees (Bangkok, Thailand).
Aug 14, 2024
Semantic Shifts in Mental Health-Related Concepts
Presented on the 'Semantic Shifts in Mental Health-Related Concepts' at The 4th International Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change 2023 (LChange'23), collocated with the EMNLP-2023 conference (Sentosa, Singapore).
Dec 6, 2023
The concept creep of mental illness
15-minute presentation for the The Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) and the Australasian Congress on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID) SASP-ACPID 2023 Conference in Noosa in the Stream: Impacts & Perceptions of Mental Illness (QLD, Australia).
Nov 25, 2023
The Semantic Inflation of 'Trauma' in Psychology
30-minute presentation (with ~30 minute Q&A) on Honour's thesis findings at the Computational Cognitive Sciences Lab (VIC, Australia)
Apr 1, 2022