Our Team
COALAB brings together researchers from diverse backgrounds including linguistics, computer science, psychology, and cognitive science. We value interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative approaches to understanding language.
Principal Investigator
About Dr. Güven
Dr. Güven's primary area of interest revolves around comprehensively understanding speech-language impairments observed in various neurodevelopmental disorders. He is deeply committed to enhancing the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions by employing computational and neuropsychological methodologies.
His overarching aim is to advance our comprehension of the intricate nature and underlying mechanisms of speech and language disorders in children. Through leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, his meticulous exploration of these disorders holds the potential to redefine their diagnosis and treatment paradigms, marking the onset of precision medicine within this domain.
Research Interests
- Diagnosis and treatment of speech-language disorders in children
- Computational speech-language pathology
- Use of artificial intelligence in childhood speech-language disorders
- Language and executive functions in neurodevelopmental disorders
Teaching
- LING 501: Computational Linguistics
- LING 602: Bilingualism and Multilingualism
- CS 455: Natural Language Processing
Postdoctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Alex Kim
PhD Candidate in Linguistics
Expected graduation: 2026
Dissertation: "Neural Correlates of Code-Switching in Bilingual Speakers"
Advisor: Dr. Peter Awe
Rachel Lee
PhD Candidate in Computer Science
Expected graduation: 2025
Dissertation: "Low-Resource Language Processing with Cross-Lingual Transfer"
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
David Patel
PhD Student in Cognitive Science
Expected graduation: 2027
Research: "Executive Function and Language Control in Bilingual Children"
Advisor: Dr. James Wilson
Lisa Zhang
PhD Student in Linguistics
Expected graduation: 2028
Research: "Semantic Change in Historical Language Corpora"
Advisor: Dr. Maria Chen
Michael Brown
PhD Student in Computer Science
Expected graduation: 2028
Research: "Interpretability of Multilingual Language Models"
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Johnson
Master’s Students
Emma Wilson
MSc in Computational Linguistics
Expected graduation: 2025
Thesis: "Machine Learning Approaches to Dyslexia Screening"
Thomas Chen
MSc in Cognitive Science
Expected graduation: 2025
Thesis: "Eye-Tracking Studies of Bilingual Reading"
Sophia Martinez
MA in Linguistics
Expected graduation: 2025
Thesis: "Code-Switching Patterns in Spanish-English Bilinguals"
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Jason Liu (Computer Science, Class of 2025) - NLP tool development
- Olivia Taylor (Linguistics, Class of 2026) - Corpus annotation
- Daniel Kim (Psychology, Class of 2025) - Behavioral experiment design
- Maya Patel (Cognitive Science, Class of 2026) - Data analysis
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Alumni
- Dr. Robert Garcia (2020-2022) - Now Assistant Professor at University of Washington
- Dr. Jennifer Lee (2019-2021) - Now Research Scientist at Google AI
PhD Alumni
- Dr. Amanda White (PhD 2022) - Now Data Scientist at Microsoft Research
- Dr. Kevin Brown (PhD 2021) - Now Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia
- Dr. Nicole Davis (PhD 2020) - Now Research Scientist at Meta AI
Master’s Alumni
- 15+ MSc/MA graduates now working in industry and academia
Join Our Team
We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our research team. We have opportunities for:
- Postdoctoral researchers with backgrounds in linguistics, computer science, psychology, or cognitive science
- PhD students interested in language research from computational, cognitive, or linguistic perspectives
- Master’s students seeking research experience and thesis projects
- Undergraduate students looking for research assistant positions
For more information about joining our lab, please visit our Contact & Join page.