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Guy Lapalme is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the University of Montreal. He is recognized as one of the leading researchers in Canada in logic programming applied to natural language processing. His contributions to the field include spell-checking, dictionary editing, text generation, and translation. In 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, for his work in natural language processing. Lapalme has authored over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and co-authored the book "Prolog for Natural Language Analysis". Over the years, he has supervised 43 master's theses, 22 doctoral dissertations, and 7 postdoctoral researchers, with many of his students now holding faculty positions or founding companies in natural language processing. He is involved with RALI, the Applied Linguistics Research Laboratory, focusing on various topics within natural language technologies and XML-related technologies.
University of Montreal • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Teaching and supervising students in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research.
Most programs require French B2 level; specific departments may require C1 or C2.