Speaker Biography
Ni Qin is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Language Sciences, Shanghai International Studies University, and a recipient of the Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Talent Award. She holds a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. She is a member of the International Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence in Education at UNESCO and Deputy Secretary-General of the China Advanced Technology and Industrial Innovation Governance Committee. Her primary research interests include natural language processing, large language models, and intelligent foreign language education. As a contributor, she participated in the drafting and release of the official UNESCO documents Guidance for Generative AI in Education and Research and AI Competency Framework for Teachers. She has led multiple research projects as Principal Investigator, including projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, consultancy projects commissioned by UNESCO, and the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation General Project. She has published papers in leading journals and conferences such as AAAI, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Foreign Language World, and China Educational Technology.
Lecture Time & Venue
Lecture Time: December 18, 2025 (Thursday), 15:00
Lecture Venue: Room 203, International Education Center, Songjiang Campus
Lecture Title
Language Intelligence: The Decoding Twin of Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence
Lecture Abstract
This salon will focus on the following topics and questions for discussion and exchange:
How do machines understand human language?
How do large language models interpret complex semantics and produce coherent text?
What is the technical logic behind the “hallucination” problem in large language models?
From a regional and country-specific perspective, what are the competition and cooperation dynamics between China and the United States in the arena of large language models?
What are the cutting-edge research directions at the intersection of linguistics and artificial intelligence?
