CV
Education
- Ph.D., Linguistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2027 (expected)
- Supervisor: Prof. Haihua Pan
- M.S., Computational Linguistics, University of Washington, 2022
- Advisor: Prof. Fei Xia; Grade: 4.00/4.00
- M.Phil., Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, 2021
- Supervisor: Prof. Nigel Collier; Grade: Distinction
- B.S., Economics, Linguistics, Mathematics, Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2020
- Grade: 3.97/4.00; Graduated with Distinction
- Certificate, Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2020
Research Interests
Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Conversational Agents, AI for Science/Humanities, Transfer Learning, Generalizability, Multilinguality, Syntax, Semantics, Behavioral Economics
Publications
- Seohyun Song, Eunkyul Leah Jo, Yige Chen, Jeen-Pyo Hong, Kyuwon Kim, Jin Wee, Miyoung Kang, KyungTae Lim, Jungyeul Park, and Chulwoo Park. Unlocking Korean Verbs: A User-Friendly Exploration into the Verb Lexicon. To appear in Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (System Demonstrations). 2025.
- Yige Chen, Kyuwon Kim, KyungTae Lim, Jungyeul Park, and Chulwoo Park. When the Misidentified Adverbial Phrase Functions as a Complement. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2024. 2024.
- Yige Chen, KyungTae Lim, and Jungyeul Park. A Linguistically-Informed Annotation Strategy for Korean Semantic Role Labeling. In Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). 2024.
- Yige Chen, Jae Ihn, KyungTae Lim, and Jungyeul Park. Towards Standardized Annotation and Parsing for Korean FrameNet. In Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024). 2024.
- Yige Chen, KyungTae Lim, and Jungyeul Park. Korean Named Entity Recognition Based on Language-Specific Features. Natural Language Engineering. 2023.
- Yige Chen, Eunkyul Leah Jo, Yundong Yao, KyungTae Lim, Miikka Silfverberg, Francis Tyers, and Jungyeul Park. Yet Another Format of Universal Dependencies for Korean. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING). 2022.
Awards and Honors
- Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (2022)
- CUHK Vice-Chancellor HKPFS Scholarship (2022)
- Phi Beta Kappa (2020)
- Juli Plant Grainger Academic Excellence Scholarship in Economics (2019)
- UW-Madison Undergraduate Scholarship for Summer Study (2019, 2020)
Working Experience
- Research Assistant (December 2021 – April 2022)
- Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Supervisor: Prof. Yi Yang
- Financial NLP Intern (July 2021 – October 2021)
- Global Markets Department, China Merchants Bank, Shanghai, China
- Research Assistant (August 2020 – July 2021)
- Supervisor: Prof. Jungyeul Park
- Lab Assistant (February 2019 – May 2020)
- Second Language Acquisition Lab (SLA Lab), Department of English, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Supervisor: Prof. Jacee Cho
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant (September 2022 – present)
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Courses:
- LING3401 Linguistics and Information Technology (Spring 2025)
- LING2006 Semantics (Spring 2024)
- LING2005 Syntax I (Fall 2023, Spring 2023)
- LING3204 Second Language Acquisition (Fall 2022)
- Language Tutor (February 2018 – May 2020)
- Greater University Tutoring Services (GUTS), University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Language: Mandarin Chinese
Talks
- Yue Chen, Ziyin Mai, and Yige Chen. Employing Machine Learning and Language Models to Differentiate Language Patterns in Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the Seventh Installment of California Meeting on Psycholinguistics (CAMP[7]). University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States. 2024.
- Yige Chen. Understanding the Semantic Representation of Korean Mixed Script in Language Models. Presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-30). Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. 2024.
- Yige Chen. Developing Resources and Tools for Enhanced Korean Language Processing. Delivered at the Multimodal Language Processing Lab, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea. 2024.
Academic Service
- Reviewer: Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia, Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics
Memberships
- Association for Computational Linguistics (2022, 2024 - 2025)
- Linguistic Society of America (2022 - 2023, 2025)
- American Economic Association (2025)
- Association for Computing Machinery (2025)
- American Mathematical Society (2025)
- Association for Asian Studies (2025)
- European Language Resources Association (2024)
- International Association of Chinese Linguistics (2024-2025)
Skills
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, macOS
- Programming: Java, Python (NumPy, pandas, PyTorch, Transformers), MATLAB, Visual Basic, R, SQL
- Software and Tools: STATA, MongoDB, LaTeX, Maple, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Praat, E-Prime, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Audition
- Languages: Wu Chinese (native), English and Mandarin Chinese (fluent), Korean (intermediate), Japanese, Spanish and Cantonese (basic), Classical Chinese (fluent in written language)