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Dr Carla Perez Almendros
(she/they)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
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Lecturer
Academic and research staff
Overview
I am a full-time lecturer and researcher at the School of Computer Science and Informatics, specializing in Natural Language Processing (NLP). Prior to my career in NLP I studied Public Relations and Social Responsibility and worked for 10+ years in communication, especially within the non-profit sector. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
My PhD focused on the automatic detection of Patronizing and Condescending Langauge towards vulnerable communities. Since then, I have specialized in (subtle) bias, microaggressions and discrimination detection both through and within NLP models.
My main research topics are applications for Natural Language Processing (NLP), NLP for social impact and Responsible AI. Open to PhD supervision.
Publication
2024
- Antypas, D. et al. 2024. Words as trigger points in social media discussions. [Online].arXiv. (10.48550/arXiv.2405.10213)Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10213.
- Antypas, D. et al. 2024. Sensitive content classification in social media: A holistic resource and evaluation. [Online].arXiv. (10.48550/arXiv.2411.19832)Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.19832.
- Myung, J. et al., 2024. BLEND: A benchmark for LLMs on everyday knowledge in diverse cultures and languages. Presented at: 38th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024) Track on Datasets and Benchmarks Vancouver, BC, Canada 9-15 December 2024. Published in: Globerson, A. et al., NeurIPS Proceedings: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. Vol. 37.Curran Associates, Inc.. , pp.78104-78146.
- Perez Almendros, C. and Camacho Collados, J. 2024. Do Large Language Models understand mansplaining? Well, actually.... Presented at: LREC-COLING 2024 - The 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation Torino, Itay 20-25 May 2024. Published in: Calzolari, N. et al., Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). ELRA and ICCL. , pp.5235-5246.
2023
- Perez Almendros, C. 2023. Automatic detection of patronizing and condescending language towards vulnerable communities. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2022
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2022. Pre-training language models for identifying patronizing and condescending language: an analysis. Presented at: LREC 2022 Marseille; France 20-25 June 2022. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2022). European Language Resources Association. , pp.3902-3911.
- Perez Almendros, C. and Schockaert, S. 2022. Identifying condescending language: a tale of two distinct phenomena?. Presented at: Second Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Hybrid) 7 December 2022. Published in: Biester, L. et al., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI). Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.130–141. (10.18653/v1/2022.nlp4pi-1.15)
- Perez-Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2022. SemEval-2022 task 4: patronizing and condescending language detection. Presented at: 16th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2022) Seattle, United States July 2022. Published in: Emerson, G. et al., Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2022). Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.298–307. (10.18653/v1/2022.semeval-1.38)
2020
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2020. Don’t patronize me! An annotated dataset with patronizing and condescending language towards vulnerable communities. Presented at: 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) Barcelona, Spain 13-18 December 2020. Published in: Scott, D. , Bel, N. and Zong, C. eds. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. International Committee on Computational Linguistics. , pp.5891–5902. (10.18653/v1/2020.coling-main.518)
2019
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2019. Cardiff University at SemEval-2019 Task 4: Linguistic features for hyperpartisan news detection. Presented at: SemEval-2019: International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 6-7 June 2019. Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.929-933. (10.18653/v1/S19-2158)
- Torres Valdés, R. M. , Santa Soriano, A. and Pérez Almendros, C. 2019. The transference of theoretical models to productive transdisciplinary intersections in public relations management: Eight case studies addressing wicked problems. Public Relations Review 45 (5) 101799. (10.1016/j.pubrev.2019.101799)
Articles
- Torres Valdés, R. M. , Santa Soriano, A. and Pérez Almendros, C. 2019. The transference of theoretical models to productive transdisciplinary intersections in public relations management: Eight case studies addressing wicked problems. Public Relations Review 45 (5) 101799. (10.1016/j.pubrev.2019.101799)
Conferences
- Myung, J. et al., 2024. BLEND: A benchmark for LLMs on everyday knowledge in diverse cultures and languages. Presented at: 38th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024) Track on Datasets and Benchmarks Vancouver, BC, Canada 9-15 December 2024. Published in: Globerson, A. et al., NeurIPS Proceedings: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. Vol. 37.Curran Associates, Inc.. , pp.78104-78146.
- Perez Almendros, C. and Camacho Collados, J. 2024. Do Large Language Models understand mansplaining? Well, actually.... Presented at: LREC-COLING 2024 - The 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation Torino, Itay 20-25 May 2024. Published in: Calzolari, N. et al., Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). ELRA and ICCL. , pp.5235-5246.
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2019. Cardiff University at SemEval-2019 Task 4: Linguistic features for hyperpartisan news detection. Presented at: SemEval-2019: International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 6-7 June 2019. Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.929-933. (10.18653/v1/S19-2158)
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2020. Don’t patronize me! An annotated dataset with patronizing and condescending language towards vulnerable communities. Presented at: 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) Barcelona, Spain 13-18 December 2020. Published in: Scott, D. , Bel, N. and Zong, C. eds. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. International Committee on Computational Linguistics. , pp.5891–5902. (10.18653/v1/2020.coling-main.518)
- Perez Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2022. Pre-training language models for identifying patronizing and condescending language: an analysis. Presented at: LREC 2022 Marseille; France 20-25 June 2022. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2022). European Language Resources Association. , pp.3902-3911.
- Perez Almendros, C. and Schockaert, S. 2022. Identifying condescending language: a tale of two distinct phenomena?. Presented at: Second Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Hybrid) 7 December 2022. Published in: Biester, L. et al., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI). Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.130–141. (10.18653/v1/2022.nlp4pi-1.15)
- Perez-Almendros, C. , Espinosa-Anke, L. and Schockaert, S. 2022. SemEval-2022 task 4: patronizing and condescending language detection. Presented at: 16th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2022) Seattle, United States July 2022. Published in: Emerson, G. et al., Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2022). Association for Computational Linguistics. , pp.298–307. (10.18653/v1/2022.semeval-1.38)
Thesis
- Perez Almendros, C. 2023. Automatic detection of patronizing and condescending language towards vulnerable communities. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Websites
- Antypas, D. et al. 2024. Words as trigger points in social media discussions. [Online].arXiv. (10.48550/arXiv.2405.10213)Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.10213.
- Antypas, D. et al. 2024. Sensitive content classification in social media: A holistic resource and evaluation. [Online].arXiv. (10.48550/arXiv.2411.19832)Available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.19832.
Teaching
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Python
Bias in NLP
Responsible AI
Supervisions
- Responsible AI
- Bias in NLP
- Safety mechanisms
Currently two open positions:
Safe AI in Crisis: Developing Control Mechanisms for LLM Responses to Suicidal Content and Crisis Response
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Natural language processing
- AI Ethics
- Language Models
- bias in NLP
- Responsible AI