Shomir
Wilson
Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology ,
Director, Human Language Technologies Lab at Penn State
Expertise:
- Information Sciences and Technology
- Internet & Technology
Focus Areas:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity
- Machine Learning
In The Media:
About
- Wilson can discuss the role on large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT could have on misinformation campaigns .
- Specializes in natural language processing, privacy, and artificial intelligence, including issues related to large language models such as ChatGPT.
- Recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award exploring how to use artificial intelligence to make legal documents, like privacy policies, more user-friendly and actionable.
Shomir Wilson is an assistant professor in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology and director of the Human Language Technologies Lab at Penn State. His research focuses on natural language processing and artificial intelligence, such as the technology underlying large language models like ChatGPT, as well as security and privacy issues. Current projects include exploring how to use artificial intelligence technology to make lengthy legal documents like privacy policies more user-friendly.
Wilson has held several National Science Foundation fellowships at leading universities around the world, including the University of Edinburgh, the National University of Singapore, and Macquarie University, Australia. He has presented his research at the top conferences in his field, including the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, the Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference, and the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing.
In The Media
from NBC News NOW March 17, 2023
Click with Caution: The Internet's Privacy Policy Hide and Seek
from Digital Information World November 2, 2023
How A.I. is changing the industry and what it means for Pa. businesses
from Fox 43 August 6, 2023
Artificial intelligence programs are causing concern for educators
from WTAJ-TV May 17, 2023
“These large language models do make it easier to generate text with some concerns again about accuracy. That introduces concerns that students might not be learning how to write as well as they should.”
Centre County Report: April 21, 2023
from Centre County Report April 21, 2023
Will Google ever lose its throne as king of search? Here are its main contenders
from DigitalTrends August 15, 2021
“If it’s necessary to pay for privacy, then it becomes a luxury that not everyone can afford.”
How bias creeps into the AI designed to detect toxicity
from VentureBeat December 9, 2021
In Penn State News
What is ChatGPT and what can it be used for?
April 21, 2023
Email scammers tailor methods to target universities
April 20, 2023
Researchers propose methods for automatic detection of doxing
December 9, 2022
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