Mekselina is a language enthusiast at heart, committed to implementing theoretical understanding into practical applications in the rapidly evolving field of AI. Her journey into the world of NLP began during her studies in Cognitive Science, where she was introduced to a broad spectrum of topics within AI. This led Mekselina to pursue a specialization in NLP, with a particular focus on emerging areas such as Generative AI and LLM’s. She hopes to offer her students the same experience she had—the chance to explore a wide range of topics and ultimately discover the area they are truly passionate about.
Expertise
- Natural Language Processing
- Generative AI
- Online Hate Speech
Teaching
- Machine Learning (Y1B)
Education
- M.A. Human Language Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2023
- B.Sc. Cognitive Science, Universität Osnabrück, 2021
Publications
- Doğanç, Mekselina, and Ilia Markov. From generic to personalized: Investigating strategies for generating targeted counter narratives against hate speech. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on CounterSpeech for Online Abuse (CS4OA). 2023.