ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Anna!
I studied Mathematics at the University of Bologna, in Italy. I am interested in applied mathematics, in particular to linguistics. Let me tell you why.
I have always had a strong passion for literature and in general for everything that has to do with the act of writing. For example, I have always loved writing letters to my friends and sending them by post (even if it was already old fashioned when I started), I was into calligraphy before it become a trend, I love reading anything I can find and I notice and remember people's handwriting (my high school math teacher had the best handwriting I have ever seen - maybe that's why I chose to study mathematics ;) ). I have always thought that my job would have been related to what I studied and that my free time would be massively dedicated to my second passion, reading. I never thought that there could have been a way of connecting those two so different interests. Unexpectedly, during the first year of my Master's I discovered the existence of NLP and text analysis. It was so surprising because I expected mathematics to be applicable to anything that is in some way measurable and quantifiable but I never expected that it could also be applied to the most unquantifiable thing I knew: writing! That schocking finding changed my ideas about my future. I got very exicted about it, and I still am.
My long-term aim is to bring computational and data science approaches into linguistics, which I try to do in my PhD thesis. I will soon graduate at the Graz University for Technology and I have started a PostDoc at IIASA, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. In this project, I try to use social media data to draw insights into people's changing behaviors and risk perception with respect to climate change.
A short disclaimer about my surname. Yes, it's Di Natale, with two capitals! Please, pay attention to this! My surname is constituted by two words, but it's only one surname. It's not the combinations of two surnames, so please do not call me only Natale. Use both of them. As a consequence, when listing people alphabetically, please put me at the letter D, not N. If you are Austrian, please note that the Di in my surname is not the von of some noble titles.
If you want to find out more about myself, my interests and my research, just read ahead!
Welcome to my website. I am a mathematician and I have just finished my PhD in Computer Science at the Graz University of Technology. I will soon defend my thesis and I have started a PostDoc at IIASA, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Here you can find much useful information about me and my research.
MY CURRICULUM VITAE
Here is my curriculum.
Current positions
Postdoctoral Researchers
2023-ongoing
Chair of Multilinual Computational Linguistics
University of Passau, Passau, Germany
PI: Prof. Johann-Mattis List
Postdoctoral Researchers
2023-ongoing
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA
Laxenburg, Austria
PI: Prof. Sibel Eker
Education
PhD
2019-2023
Computer Science
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Supervisor: Prof. David Garcia
Thesis title: Network Theory of Cross-Linguistic Colexification: Understanding Meaning and Applications to NLP
Master's Degree
2016-2018
General and Applied Mathematics
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Bachelor's Degree University of Bologna
2013 - 2016
Mathematics
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Grade: 105/110
Languages I speak:
🇮🇹Italian
🇬🇧English
🇩🇪German
PUBLICATIONS
Here are my latest publications
- February 2024, Directional Tendencies in Semantic Change. Preprint
- November 2023, LEIA: Linguistic Embeddings for the Identification of Affect , in EPJ Data Science
- May 2023, Meaning in colexification: Beyond single edges and towards a network perspective. Preprint
- March 2023, LEXpander: applying colexification networks to automated lexicon expansion , in Behavior Research Mehtods. LEXpander web app
- December 2022, Is it written in the stars? Studying zodiac signs and horoscopes as cultural phenomena , in CSS Lab Holiday Paper Series.
- July 2022, Collective emotions during the COVID-19 outbreak , in Emotion.
- December 2021, 🤌 and its meanings: An emojical study , in CSS Lab Holiday Paper Series.
- May 2021,Colexification networks encode affective meaning , in Affective Science.
- August 2020, A structured open dataset of government interventions in response to COVID-19, in Scientific data.
- August 2019, Text analysis with colexification clusters , in proceedings for ESSLLI2019 Summer school.
TALKS AND EVENTS
My last talks and events.
- 6 October 2023, Network theory of Cross-Linguistic Colexification: Undersatnding Meaning and Applications to NLP, Seminars in Complexity, University of Graz
- August 2023, Affective meaning in colexification networks and applications to automatic lexica expansion, ICLC16
- 14 July 2023, LEXpander: applying colexification networks to automated lexicon expansion, NetSci 2023
- January - April 2023, Visiting researcher at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain).
- 19 July 2022, How to use Amazon Mechanical Turk to run digitally powered surveys, Tutorial held at SICSS Aachen and Graz, Summer Institute in Computational Social Science
- 27-31 July 2021, Colexification networks encode affective meaning, IC2S2 2021
- 5-10 July 2021, Colexification networks encode affective meaning, Networks 2021
- 15-16 April 2021, Colexification networks encode affective meaning, Society for Affective Science virtual meeting
talk material
- 3 December 2020, Colexification networks encode affective meaning, Utrecht University, NLP group
- 30 October 2020, Colexification networks encode affective meaning, CSH Vienna
- cancelled, Subcritical Social Impact and Sentiment in Twitter, EASP symposium 2020, Warsaw, Poland.
- 8 August 2019, Text analysis with colexification clusters, ESSLLI2019 Summer school, Riga, Latvia.
- 18 July 2019, Subcritical Social Impact and Sentiment in Twitter, IC2S2 2019, Amsterdam, The Nederlands.
WHERE I WORK
I'd love your feedback!
University of Passau,
Chair of Multilingual Computational Linguistics
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA
Laxenburg, Austria
Email: anna.dinataleuni-passau.de
