Professor Dr. Olga Vechtomova
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Biography
Dr. Olga Vechtomova is a Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with a cross-appointment in the Cheriton School of Computer Science. She leads the Natural Language Processing (NLP) Lab and is affiliated with the Waterloo AI Institute. Her research is supported by several industry and government grants, including the Amazon Research Award and the Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council (NSERC) funding. Dr. Vechtomova's recent research projects focus on aesthetic preferences modeling, controlled text generation, and text style transfer, all aimed at enhancing human artistic creativity through artificial intelligence. She has published over 50 papers in prestigious conferences and journals, such as ACL and EMNLP, and has received accolades like the ACM SIGIR 2019 Test Time Award. Dr. Vechtomova's work spans various areas including natural language generation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational creativity, aiming to bridge AI with creative domains like music, poetry, and art.
Research Interests
Awards
Paper Award
ACM SIGIR Test Time Award
Paper Award
Life Member
Outstanding Performance Award
Courses
Requirements for University of Waterloo
Master Program
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Specialization Notes
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.