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Pepa Kostadinova Atanasova is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP). She holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen, where her research focused on developing accountable explainable methods for complex reasoning with texts. Her PhD thesis, titled 'Accountable Explainable Methods for Complex Reasoning in Text', received the ELLIS Thesis Award from Informatics Europe. Before her current position, Atanasova gained significant industrial experience through internships at Meta and Google. She is well-versed in methods for interpretability and explainability in language models, working to enhance user understanding of complex models and ensuring factual accuracy in their applications. Atanasova has co-led projects such as the CopeNLU group and engaged in interdisciplinary postdoctoral research, examining the implications of language model explanations on trading behaviors. Her collaborations span across various international research initiatives, reflecting her commitment to advancing the field of NLP.
University of Copenhagen • Copenhagen Ø
Employed with special teaching duties dedicated to courses for industry practitioners.
Focuses on clinical, social, and cognitive psychology.