Barbara Plank holds MCDS Distinguished Lecture in FSS 2026

Human-centered LLMs for Inclusive Language Technology:

On March 12, 2026, Barbara Plank from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München joins the MCDS Distinguished Lecture Series to discuss inclusive, human-centered LLMs.

As part of the MCDS Distinguished Lecture Series, we are pleased to welcome Barbara Plank, Full Professor of AI and Computational Linguistics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In her lecture entitled “Human-centered LLMs for Inclusive Language Technology”, she will explore how Large Language Models (LLMs) can be developed with a stronger human-centered focus—embracing linguistic variation, enhancing reasoning and safety, and better serving diverse language communities.

Barbara Plank is Co-Director of the Center for Information and Language Processing and Head of the MaiNLP (Munich AI and NLP) Lab. As an ELLIS Fellow and ERC grantee, she is actively involved in international scientific organizations, including the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) and the European Chapter of the ACL (EACL). Her research combines robust, data-centric, and human-inspired approaches to Natural Language Processing.

This lecture is open to everyone interested in inclusive, trustworthy, and forward-looking AI language technologies.

When? March 12, 2026, 1:45 pm
Where? Room SN 169 (Röchling Lecture Hall), University of Mannheim
Admission: Free – all interested parties are cordially invited.

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