Flor Plaza

Hello 👋! I’m a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dirk Hovy‘s MilaNLP lab at Bocconi University. My research interests mainly focus on the interplay between language, computation, and society, primarily through the lens of emotions and harmful language —endeavors aligned with the vision of Natural Language Processing for social good. I am passionate about actively using my expertise and the potential of NLP to drive a positive impact on society.
In January 2023 I obtained my Ph.D., awarded with the highest honors (summa cum laude), from the SINAI lab at the University of Jaén (Spain) where I made significant contributions to the detection of hate speech and the identification of emotions, especially in Spanish.
Notably, I have actively contributed to the academic community by co-organizing the EmoEvalEs, MeOffendES and MentalRiskES shared tasks at the IberLEF 2021 and 2023 events. I have also co-organized the 36th, 37th, and 39th editions of the Spanish Society for Natural Language Processing Conference (SEPLN). Currently, I am co-organizing The 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms at NAACL 2024 and the Tutorial on countering hateful and offensive speech online at EMNLP 2024.