Fatemeh Torabi Asr
While working in tech industry, I’m still affiliated to the Discourse Processing Lab at Simon Fraser University. With a background in software engineering and research experience in the area of cognitive computing and computational linguistics (NLP), I aim at understanding semantic processing in human brain and developing language-intelligent systems that benefit human society. My most recent research has been focused on social media and news text analysis for the purposes of misinformation detection and gender gap tracking in media.
See an overview of my academic journey here! This page is not being updated frequently. Please check google scholar for my publications.
Education
- 2011 - 2015 PhD, Computer Science, Saarland University
- 2007 - 2010 MSc, Software Engineering, Shiraz University
- 2003 - 2007 BSc, Computer Science and Engineering, Shiraz University
Academic Positions
- Sep 2017 - present: Post-doctoral research associate at Discourse Processing Lab
- Dec 2015 - Aug 2017: Post-doctoral research associate at Cognitive Computing Lab
- 2014 - 2015: Research staff at Collaborative Research Center SFB 1102
- 2011 - 2014: Research staff at MMCI Cluster of Excellence
Links
- Our demo system for fake news detection
- My galary at vidashop.com
- Science Cafe Bloomington
- TEDx talk: Caroline McHugh on the art of being yourself
- TED talk: Marina Abramović on an art made of trust, vulnerability and connection
- TED talk: Abha Dawesar on life in the digitalnow
- TED talk: Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing