Hi! My name is Lin and I am currently a second-year Masters student in Computational Linguistics at Georgetown University, where I’m working with Prof. Ethan Wilcox and Prof. Amir Zeldes. I’m affiliated with PICoL and Corpling.

My research interests broadly fall into two categories:

  1. What can language models tell us about human language?
  2. How can we evaluate and interpret language models in ways that are rigorous and understandable to humans?

Feel free to email me if you share similar interests!

News

Publications

Full list on Google Scholar →

Honors and Awards

  • Jul 2026 Best Paper Award, CODI-CRAC 2026
  • 2021–2023 Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program, Cornell University
  • 2022 Summer Language Study Fellowship, Cornell University
  • 2019 Tanner Dean’s Scholars, Cornell University

Education

Georgetown UniversitySep 2025 – present
M.S. in Computational Linguistics
University of OxfordOct 2024 – Jun 2025
M.St. in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
Cornell University2019 – 2023
B.A. in Classics, Literatures in English and the College Scholar Program

Misc

  • 🌏 I did my undergraduate degree in several languages & literatures. Unfortunately, though, some of them have got really rusty. Right now the fluency ranking for my major languages are: Mandarin ~ English > German > Japanese > Cantonese > French.
  • 🏐 I watch a ton of volleyball matches and figure skating competitions in my free time, but I only play badminton at a not-too-bad level (pretending that the racket is an extension of my arm🤓).
  • 🎵 Over the years I’ve accumulated a long playlist of Cantonese ballads and Japanese pop/rock music :) Please ask me for recommendations.
  • 📚 Check out the website of my sister Xinyue Keely Ai to learn about her cool work on improving generative models!