Computational Linguistics Research

Alexander (“Alex”) Kilpatrick is an Associate Professor in the Center for Language Research at the University of Aizu, Japan, and Director of the Language, Cognition, and Computation Laboratory.

My research focuses on computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, information theory, phonology, sound symbolism, machine learning, and language cognition. I am particularly interested in how surprisal, entropy, and phonological structure influence language processing, learning, and memory.

Research Interests

• Psycholinguistics and cognitive processing
• Information theory in language (surprisal, entropy)
• Phonetics and phonology
• Iconicity and sound symbolism
• Computational linguistics
• Machine Learning

Current Position

I am an Associate Professor at the University of Aizu, where I conduct research on language and cognition using computational and quantitative methods. My work combines insights from linguistics, psychology, information theory, and machine learning to better understand how humans represent and process language.

Publications

CV & Contact

Prospective Students

I welcome enquiries from students interested in graduate supervision. My lab works at the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, and computation, and I am always happy to hear from motivated students with genuine interest in these areas.

That said, I receive a high volume of enquiries and am not able to respond to generic or mass-sent emails. If you are seriously interested in working with me, please take the time to read some of my recent work and write to me explaining specifically how your research interests connect with mine. A thoughtful, targeted email will always get a response. A template will not.

Contact

alex@u-aizu.ac.jp