The Human Language Analysis Beings (HLAB) develops human-centered language processing techniques, pushing the bounds for:
- artificial intelligence-based (AI) language understanding, and
- accurate assessment and understanding of human psychological and physical health.
Utilizing natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) techniques we seek to discover new behavioral and psychological factors of health and well-being as manifest through language in social media. Housed in computer science and published regularly in AI - NLP venues, we seek to be truly interdisciplinary, also disseminating our work in psychological and medical research venues. The HLAB attempts to change the way natural language processing is done to focus more on the humans behind the language and change the way psychological and health research is done by introducing rigorous data-driven and behavior-based assessments which unlock answers to big questions elusive with traditional techniques.
We are currently looking for graduate students interested in doing research projects with us. For more information:
- Computer and Data Science Students: Email Dr. Schwartz
- Social and Health Sciences Graduate Students (click here)
HLAB Support
We are grateful for the current sponsors of our work, including:
- National Institutes of Health
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- National Science Foundation
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)
- Brookhaven National Lab