Athanasios Karasimos

Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics, AUTH Greece | DH Researcher | (Video & Board) Games Addict | Fantasy Writer | Movieholic

[Vaishnavi @_vmlops]

STANFORD EXPLAINED HOW LLMS ACTUALLY WORK

chapter 7 of jurafsky's NLP textbook breaks it all down:

▫️ decoder = GPT, Claude, Llama (generates text)
▫️ encoder = BERT (classifies text)
▫️ 3 training stages: pretrain → SFT → alignment
▫️ temperature sampling > greedy > random
▫️ perplexity + MMLU = standard evals

one objective... billions of words...remarkable results

https://t.co/BzdRLqEpnG

[Psycholinguistics & Neurolinguistics Lab @varlokosta_lab]

Lab paper: Peristeri, E., Nerantzini, M., Drakoulaki, K., Boznou, A., & Varlokosta, S. (2025). Narrative production and executive functions in post-stroke agrammatic aphasia. Aphasiology, 39(7), 918–941. https://t.co/4NzzzYw8g3

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

Integrating Large Language Models into Corpus-Based Teaching: A Framework for Speech-Language Pathology, Computational Linguistics and Clinical Programs
My research is available on @ResearchGate: https://t.co/AYEbr7wqYW

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@Quantic_Dream and @davekki keep creating amazing games that can both entertain and educate. The choice-matter subgenre/mechanism is ideal!

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

Can we combine #conversational_agents, #Videogames, #gamebased_learning and #teaching? My chapter GAMING DIALOGUE SYSTEMS AS LANGUAGE TEACHING ASSISTANTS: THE CASE OF CHOICES-MATTER VIDEO GAMES SUBGENRE testing #DetroitBecomeHuman and #DoctorDekker in uni classrooms. #NLP

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

To μονοπώλιο στον ιδιωτικό τομέα υγείας στα "καλά" του. Στην Κατερίνη όλα τα διαγνωστικά κέντρα (πλην Euromedica) έχουν πλαφόν 60 ευρώ στις εξετάσεις που αν υπερβεί η συνταγογράφηση το πληρώνεις ολόκληρό! Επομένως για τις ετήσιες εξετάσεις 2 παιδιών ζητούν 120 @AdonisGeorgiadi

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@gnomeslair WOW. I cannot argue enough to justify how GREAT Planescape Torment is! That's amazing enough.

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@Ubisoft you should reconsider a proper sequel.

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

A summer guilty pleasure: #StarWars #Outlaws.
I really enjoyed this #StarWarsUIniverse game. Interesting story, amazing settings, beautiful graphics, and intriguing characters.
Btw this game is a perfect case of a proper digital storytelling that can be used in our classrooms!

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@constantout @sorealfoods I believe it is Swiss Gruyère

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@gnomeslair So many beautiful memories...
So many unknown items for GenZers :D

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@Steam has the worst policy (of all the game platforms) against hacking and scamming. They acknowledge the event, they ask you to report the scammer/hacker, and that's all... They do NOTHING! They don't ban this user or cancel any transaction! #videogames #steam #scammer

[CUP Linguistics @CambUP_LangLing]

New Cambridge Element Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching by Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and Kevin M. Wong is now free to read for 2 weeks!
https://t.co/Ea5DaDK0jO
#cambridgeelements #languageandlinguistics

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

Level up 🎉 I reached @localguides level 7 by helping others explore on Google Maps. #localguides

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@gnomeslair My favorite turn-based strategy game!

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

Special Issue on
“Generative AI in Language Education: Pedagogical Innovations and Empirical Insights”
Guest Editors:
Dr. Maria Perifanou, SMILE Lab, UoM
Dr. Athanasios Karasimos, AUTh
https://t.co/ElNWvGNzyd

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

@gnomeslair I didn't know that part of Sierra's fall. Quite interesting. Now lot of things make sense.

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

This is a masterpiece of creativity by @sharkbombs and the amazing @gnomeslair! Back this project without hesitation.

[Konstantinos Dimopoulos 🔜 Gamescom Dev @gnomeslair]

Ex Novo 2nd Edition is live on Kickstarter!

Back now and help us make our city-drawing, dice-rolling, worldbuilding tabletop game (or is it a tool?) the best it ever was.

🎲👉 https://t.co/FVyy9QlL2V

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

27th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISTAL 27)
15-17 May 2026, Thessaloniki, Greece
For more information, please visit https://t.co/XqZ5PP9Sac for our Call for Papers
The Organising Committee
#ISTAL27 #Linguistics

[Athanasios Karasimos @GameLinguist]

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I am conducting a research about LLPs, AI and cross-platform comparison. Fourth LLP is @LingQ_Central, if you use #LingQ please answer this short questionnaire:
https://t.co/7z5KLCkghI