Speaker
Lei Lei
Title: Artificial Intelligence and the Beauty of Chinese
Time: November 26, 14:00
Venue: Room 5103, Teaching Building No. 5, Songjiang Campus
How can artificial intelligence technologies be leveraged to conduct research on Chinese?
In what areas of Chinese research does artificial intelligence hold potential?
How will technology and humanities converge in this context?
Speaker Biography
Lei Lei holds a Ph.D. and is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Shanghai International Studies University. His research interests include corpus-based and quantitative studies of lexicon and syntax in modern Chinese, classical Chinese, and English, diachronic studies, learner language research, and digital humanities in language studies. He has authored five monographs published by Cambridge University Press and other presses, and has published over 50 research articles and more than 10 book reviews in SSCI-indexed journals such as Applied Linguistics, Journal of Second Language Writing, System, Language Teaching, and Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, two of which have been recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers. He has also published over 10 articles and book reviews in CSSCI-indexed journals. He has led two projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China. He serves on the editorial boards of several domestic and international journals, including Journal of English for Academic Purposes (SSCI), and is Associate Editor of Corpus-based Studies across Humanities (De Gruyter).
Abstract
In recent years, artificial intelligence has made significant advances in natural language processing, machine translation, text analysis, and other areas, opening up new opportunities for research on the Chinese language. Drawing on recent research cases from our group, this talk demonstrates how artificial intelligence technologies can be applied to Chinese language research. These cases illustrate not only the potential of AI to enhance research efficiency, expand research dimensions, and drive pedagogical transformation in Chinese studies, but also the convergence of technology and humanities, offering a new perspective for understanding the beauty of Chinese.
