The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) focuses its research on the application of probabilistic and information theoretic methods to the analysis of natural language. CLASP is concerned both with understanding the cognitive foundations of language and developing efficient language technology. We work at the interface of computational linguistics/natural language processing, theoretical linguistics, and cognitive science.

CLASP is located in Gothenburg, Sweden at the University of Gothenburg. We are part of the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science (FLoV).

News


Research Seminar

On: November 06, 2024

Presented by: Ekaterina Lapshinova-Koltunski from Universität Hildesheim and Saarland University

Cognitive insights into analysis of translationese combining product and process data
Research Seminar

On: November 20, 2024

Presented by: David Pagmar from University of Gothenburg

Context Enabled Ambiguity in the Brain
Research Seminar

On: December 11, 2024

Presented by: Denitsa Saynova & Lovisa Hagström from Chalmers

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Research Seminar

On: February 12, 2025

Presented by: Diego Frassinelli from LMU

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Research Seminar

On: February 19, 2025

Presented by: Elisa Kreiss from UCLA

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Direction


Chief Scientist

Shalom Lappin

Research Projects The Probabilistic Representation of Linguistic Knowledge ESRC Professorial Fellowship Research Project October 1, 201…

Coordinating Director

Sharid Loáiciga

I'm an Associate Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics and the Coordinating Director of CLASP. I work in document-level NLP with a…

Administrator

Kaj Ailomaa

Kaj Ailomaa is a systems administrator at CLASP.


Funded By

CLASP is funded by a 10 year grant from the Swedish Research Council (2015-2025). The funding from the Swedish Research Council and GU grant allows recruitment of prof. Shalom Lappin, a senior lecturer, a researcher/project coordinator, 12 PhD and 9 postdoctoral research positions. The funding also provides means for workshops, conferences and visits of guest researchers to Gothenburg. CLASP will bring together researchers in theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, logic, AI, cognitive psychology, and robotics.