About

Ulla is a Research Associate in AI, Ethics, and Language currently working at the EQUATE project focussing on developing equitable NLP at Cambridge Language Technology Lab.

With a background in linguistics and language impairments, her work has mostly focussed on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and on the tools that assess cognitive decline related language changes. She is especially interested in the impact of these tools to the individuals with lived experience of conditions such as dementia, and to the wider society, and her work focuses on the responsible collaborative NLP development and engaging patient and clinician populations.

She completed her PhD in Computation, Cognition and Language at Cambridge Language Technology Lab (LTL) under the supervision of Professor Anna Korhonen and Dr Simon Baker. Her thesis focussed on the automatic detection of early signs of Alzheimer’s disease from speech. Ulla holds a master’s degree in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Linguistics from King’s College London. 

Ulla is also Programme Manager for the Early Career Community at CHIA

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