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The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab researches Natural Language Processing (#NLProc) with a strong emphasis on Large Language Models, Conversational AI & Question Answering | @cs-tudarmstadt.bsky.social · @TUDa.bsky.social

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🎤 Prof. Iryna Gurevych, Distinguished Professor at the National Center for Cybersecurity @athenecenter.bsky.social and Director of the UKP Lab at @tuda.bsky.social, delivered a keynote on “How to Make AI-Native Internet Content Secure? Coping with Synthetic and Misleading Data.”
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗥𝗥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!
tudatalib.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/handle/tudat...

📊 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝗠𝗡𝗟𝗣 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
✅ 𝟯𝗸 papers
✅ 𝟱𝟬𝟬 reviews
✅ 𝟭𝟳𝟱 meta-reviews
✅ 𝟯𝟮𝟵 papers with rebuttals
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
✨ 𝗔 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗿𝘆𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗲𝘃𝗮
We’re very happy to welcome Dasha Hryhoryeva as a new PhD student at the UKP Lab.

Her research focuses on AI for Mental Health and AI for Social Good, with current work on emotion prediction using large language models.

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December 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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🎄INCEpTION 39.0 is available. 💫

New activity overview for project managers, export annotations directly from the workload management, improved explorer, bulk-deactivation of accounts, ... and more!

github.com/inception-pr...

#inceptiontap #opensource #textannotation
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
💻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞𝗣 𝗟𝗮𝗯, 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘃𝘆𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵!
We’re happy to welcome Bhavyajeet Singh as a new PhD student at the UKP Lab. He recently joined the LLMs for Security project, which is part of the ATHENE Center for Cybersecurity, and works on using large language models to generate secure code.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔐 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
We are pleased to share that Prof. @igurevych.bsky.social, Distinguished Professor at the @athenecenter.bsky.social and Director of the UKP Lab at @tuda.bsky.social, will deliver a keynote at the ATHENE event ...
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🌐 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞𝗣 𝗟𝗮𝗯: 𝗬𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗴

We are pleased to host Asst. Prof. Yue Feng (University of Birmingham) as a visiting professor at the @ukplab.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🛡️ 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗘
Do not miss the opportunity for groundbreaking science and get a chance to work together with an amazing diverse team of leading researchers!

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November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞𝗣 𝗟𝗮𝗯 🎓
In the summer semester 2025, the UKP Lab accepted its largest cohort of thesis students to date, with more than 20 students. The group came together yesterday for a full-day workshop to present and discuss their final thesis work.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🏅 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵
Yesterday evening, Iryna Gurevych was honoured by @royalsociety.org with the 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, one of the most prestigious distinctions in computer science.
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻
After a productive first day, the UKP Lab continues its visit with a stop at The Alan Turing Institute.

🕙 Time: 10:00–12:00, 18 November
📍 Venue: Alan Turing Institute, British Library
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🧭 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞𝗣 𝗟𝗮𝗯” - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲
Today, members of the international UKP Lab community gather in Cambridge to reflect on the Lab’s journey over the past two decades and to exchange perspectives on what lies ahead for NLP research.

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November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 🚀

In this edition of Spotlight on UKP Lab Alumni, we’re featuring Krish Perumal, now a Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft, where he works on applied research in Agentic AI for Microsoft Copilot Studio.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Misleading content can be both hard to spot and dangerous. But how can we identify and debunk it? Join Professor Iryna Gurevych for the free Milner Prize Lecture on 17 November as she explores:
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2025/11/how-to-spot-and-debunk-misleading-content/
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆
We are excited to announce that on 17 November @royalsociety.org will host @igurevych.bsky.social as she gives the Milner Prize Lecture. Her lecture 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 will also be streamed online.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📰 𝗙𝗔𝗭 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝘆𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘃𝘆𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗲𝘃𝗮

The @faznet.bsky.social has published an article by Prof. @igurevych.bsky.social and Irina Bigoulaeva that offers a concise look at where large language models stand today.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📝 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀?
UKP Lab researchers present a framework for automated aspect analysis that helps to understand how reviewers evaluate papers by identifying criteria such as 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, or 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆.

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November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀?
➡️ We’ve got the solution!

Meet 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗘𝗗 🌱 — a framework for 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 in conversational AI.

🧩 SEEED detects both 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀, and even 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 for newly discovered ones.

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November 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🤖 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨?
Imagine your shopping agent accidentally buying something expensive you didn’t want! 💸 #InferAct keeps your AI agents reliable and safe by rectifying misaligned actions 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 they occur🧠✅

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October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎙️ “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴”
Prof. @igurevych.bsky.social, Director of the UKP Lab at @tuda.bsky.social and Academic Fellow of the @zuseschooleliza.bsky.social, took part in an interdisciplinary panel at the #DAAD Zuse Schools Herbst Event 2025.

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October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗟𝗠’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 😧

Researchers at UKP Lab introduce #POATE, a jailbreak technique that exploits contrastive reasoning to bypass safety mechanisms in large language models.

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October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚀 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁!
Interested in world-class research? Please apply and indicate your interest to join the team of @ukplab.bsky.social at @tuda.bsky.social, led by Prof. @igurevych.bsky.social.

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📍 Location: Darmstadt
🗓️ Start: 01.01.2026
ELIZA
The Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA) is a graduate school in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)...
www.tu-darmstadt.de
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🤝 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲
Originally developed at the UKP Lab at @tuda.bsky.social, Sentence Transformers has become one of the world’s most widely used open-source libraries for semantic embeddings in natural language processing.

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October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚀 Apply now for a PhD with the new RAI – Reasonable Artificial Intelligence Cluster of Excellence!
Join top German universities exploring Active, Challenging, Observational & Systemic AI.

💡 Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🚀 New paper out in TMLR!
“Illusion or Algorithm? Investigating Memorization, Emergence, and Symbolic Processing in In-Context Learning”

📃 Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=10Q...
💻 Code: github.com/UKPLab/tmlr2...
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM