Mathias Müller

Machine translation researcher @cl_uzh, sign language processing, lecturer, pianist, dad of two

[Jannis Vamvas @j_vamvas]

Minimum Bayes Risk decoding has recently gained momentum in #NLProc.
However, a generic implementation for @huggingface Transformers was missing. Check out our new 𝗺𝗯𝗿 🔥repo, which is designed to work with any model and metric on the Hub: https://t.co/G5QIG0cZFm

[Matthias Sperber @matt_sperber]

We're looking for interns interested in doing research on MT / speech translation in Aachen: https://t.co/bT9qB9tMch

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

Check out our paper on segmentation for sign languages! We are one step closer to being able to provide basic NLP tools for sign languages. Great work by Amit and Zifan!

[Amit Moryossef @amitmoryossef]

📣 Our paper on "Linguistically Motivated Sign Language Segmentation" is in for #EMNLP23 Findings. Segmentation? Consider it solved!

w/ @Jiang_Zifan, @bricksdont, @ebling_sarah, and @yoavgo

https://t.co/uCgPh8iILa

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

@kchonyc People at the agency should have read this: https://t.co/Oedswkz4Kp 😉

[Mara Finkelstein @marafinkels]

It has been shown that MBR decoding significantly outperforms MAP decoding, but its high cost makes it impractical for most applications. Can we harvest the quality gains of MBR at train time w/o sacrificing inference-time efficiency? TLDR: yes!
https://t.co/pGHBGmh12d

[Amit Moryossef @amitmoryossef]

🌟 Just published "SignBank+: Multilingual Sign Language Translation Dataset" (w/ @Jiang_Zifan).

Just $500 in dirty dataset cleanup with ChatGPT, leads to a 20-30 BLEU score boost—no changes to the models required.

Check out the paper!
https://t.co/gzY78fCgXi

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

@ZJAyres I would read such a book!

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

@MattNiessner So essentially what you're saying is: we need to advocate for more stable and better-paid jobs in academia.

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

@sarahookr AYA sounds like a great initiative! Does it include sign languages, or are there plans to include them?

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

@shortstein I would have liked a third option: arXiv and random conference both tell me nothing about trustworthyness

[Rico Sennrich @RicoSennrich]

I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to work on multitask/multilingual/multimodal NLP at the University of Zurich. Fully funded until July 2025. Apply by September 15!

https://t.co/5GitmvpszN

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

Can highly recommend the EASIER Autumn School in Hamburg! Basic idea: teaching sign language to NLP people, and NLP to sign language people. You can apply for fiancial support.
https://t.co/IVZHWyIO4Z

[Zurich Computational Linguistics Group @cl_uzh]

Two #ACL2023 Outstanding Paper Awards in our group!

Congratulations to @bricksdont, @Jiang_Zifan, @amitmoryossef, @arios272, @ebling_sarah, @RicoSennrich, and all co-authors!

https://t.co/XnrR0tfVWn

https://t.co/0s6CxyvDlG

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

And heartfelt congratulations to my fine co-authors @Jiang_Zifan, @amitmoryossef, @arios272, @ebling_sarah

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

🎉 To learn more about this work catch Amit *today* at #ACL2023, poster session, 15:00-16:30 UTC, Frontenac Ballroom and Queen's Quay!

https://t.co/Cz90fn04na

[Amit Moryossef @amitmoryossef]

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[Amit Moryossef @amitmoryossef]

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[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

This shared task is made possible by @ebling_sarah @lefterav Cristina España-Bonet @DShterionov @amitmoryossef @Jiang_Zifan Oscar Koller @ncihancamgoz Roman Grundkiewicz @DavyVL Annelies Braffort Richard Bowden Anne Goehring @arios272 @malihealikhani Mert Inan

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

Want to work on a truly unsolved NLP problem, something that ChatGPT most definitely cannot do? Participate in the the

Second WMT shared task on sign language translation! 1/3

[Mathias Müller @bricksdont]

We are excited to see what you can build this year.

https://t.co/PRPrBMtjIk