@IAugenstein

Full Professor @CopeNLU @uni_copenhagen. Formerly @ucl_nlp, @SheffieldNLP. Explainable AI, Natural Language Processing, ML.

Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined February 2012
🚨Closing in two weeks: opportunity to apply for a postdoc position on mechanistic interpretability and AI reasoning in our @CopeNLU lab ⤵️ @DIKU_Institut @AiCentreDK #NLProc #XAI #academicjobs
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People use LLMs to answer subjective, culturally situated questions. Most benchmarks ask whether the answer is correct, but they overlook the framing features (eg, insider positioning) 📄 New #EMNLP'26 paper: "Not What, But How: A Communicative Audit of LLM Response Framing"
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ACL Sustainable Reviewing Policy: We are introducing changes in the @ReviewAcl reviewing and submissions. The changes will cap authors and introduce changes in the reviewing to keep our community sustainable. #NLProc
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Accepted to #EMNLP2026: "What and Whose Knowledge? Measuring Epistemic Diversity in Large Language Models" We measure epistemic diversity in today's LLMs, finding it has improved over time, but not enough Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04226 Code/data: github.com/dwright37/llm-kno…
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Excited to share that our work, "BiasGym: A Simple and Generalizable Framework for Analyzing and Removing Biases through Injection", was accepted at the EMNLP 2026 (Findings). 📄 Paper (Updated): lnkd.in/ejdD4s6T 💻 Code: lnkd.in/eG8FmgRY
🚀 Excited to share our new preprint: BiasGym: Fantastic LLM Biases and How to Find (and Remove) Them 📄 Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.08855
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Excited to share that our work, "Multi-Step Knowledge Interaction Analysis via Rank-2 Subspace Disentanglement", was accepted at the EMNLP 2026 (Findings). Huge thanks to my amazing PhD supervisors: @IAugenstein , and @atanasovapepa ! See you all in Budapest 🇭🇺!
What is the interaction dynamics between Parametric Knowledge (PK) and Context Knowledge (CK) in generating longer Natural Language Explanation (NLE) sequences?
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How do people use images to spread misinformation online? 🖼️ We analysed 27k posts from X in 7 languages & found: 🔹Slanted framing of real images is more common than deepfakes and doctored images 🔹Vaccine misinfo borrows credibility via news screenshots arxiv.org/abs/2608.29681
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Last week, @atanasovapepa was awarded a HC Ørsted Research Talent Award! 🏆 The prize recognises her research on how AI and LLMs can be made more trustworthy, transparent and accountable. Huge congrats to Pepa from us at CopeNLU, so well deserved! 🎉 hcoersted.dk/h-c-oersted-pri…
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Missed the #EACL2027 deadline? Don’t worry! You can still submit: 💻 your #NLProc demo papers by 22 September, see 2027.eacl.org/calls/demos/ 🏭 your #NLProc industry papers by 11 September, see 2027.eacl.org/calls/industry…
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4134 submissions have been submitted to the ARR August cycle, a 14% increase compared to the ARR October 2025 cycle corresponding to EACL🔥. #EACL2027 in Athens is likely to be the biggest EACL ever 👀 #NLProc @ReviewAcl
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As you are wrapping up your #EACL2027 submissions, let us give you some more information about our keynote speakers! #nlproc
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⚠️⚠️⚠️ Attention #NLProc researchers, the #EACL2027 deadline is only a week away! Submit your best work by August 3d AoE, best of luck! 💪 📝CfP: 2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/ 📬 submit here: openreview.net/group?id=aclw…
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🗣️ CopeNLU will be presenting papers on Explainable AI, Factuality, RAG & more at #ACL2026NLP 📍 Here's where to find us ⤵️ @atanasovapepa @saraveramarjano @IAugenstein @JingyiSun_ @SKMAINULISLAM11 @gretawarren_ @rnav_arora @dustin_wright37 #NLProc #AI
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🗓️ Key dates (AoE): ARR submission: 3 Aug 2026 Reviewer registration: 5 Aug 2026 EACL commitment: 11 Oct 2026 Notification: 12 Nov 2026
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🎤 And our keynote speakers, spanning efficient AI, LLM interpretability & the neuroscience of language: 🌟 Sara Hooker (Adaption Labs) 🌟 Mor Geva (Tel Aviv University) 🌟 Uri Hasson (Princeton)
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📣 #EACL2027 updates: the Call for Papers is live, and our keynote speakers are confirmed! Main conference: 9–14 March 2027. Special theme: The Human in Language. 🧵👇 2027.eacl.org/calls/papers/
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Excited to share our new preprint: Whose Norms? Disentangling Cultural and Personal Alignment in Large Language Models We ask: when cultural norms and personal preferences conflict, whose norms do LLMs follow? 🌍⚖️ Check out our work here: 📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2606.07877 🤗 Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/Anga… 💻 Code: github.com/MichiganNLP/pact_… 🌐 Website: lit.eecs.umich.edu/pact_cult… (1/n)
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We are hiring a postdoc for a project on emergent deception in human-AI interaction, combining behavioural psychology, economics, and machine learning. Supervised by Ingo Zettler and me at @DIKU_Institut & @CPH_SODAS, Copenhagen. ⏰Deadline: 5/July/2026 📅Start: 1/10/2026 Link 👇
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🎓 A bit over a week left to apply if you want to join us for a PhD or postdoc position in #XAI #NLProc @CopeNLU @AiCentreDK @DIKU_Institut @atanasovapepa #academicjobs #ML ⤵️
Looking for PhD or postdoc opportunites in #NLProc #XAI? We @copenlu @AiCentreDK @DIKU_Institut @atanasovapepa are hiring for a start in Autumn 2026. 📆 Application deadline: 31 May 2026 ℹ️ copenlu.com/news/funded-phd-… 👀 Reasons to apply: copenlu.com/post/why-ucph/
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