Zeyneb N. Kaya
Hi! I am Zeyneb, a student at Stanford University. My interests are in natural language processing, towards furthering diversity and understanding. This page is a collection of pursuits and fun projects I've taken on.
Apart from learning about interesting new languages and exploring any form of data I encounter, I like listening to & playing music, collecting cute items & keychains, and videography.
Education.
Stanford University 2024-Present
N/A GPA
Saratoga High School 2020-2024
AI Club Co-President, Linguistics Club Founder & President, Chinese Club Officer
4.0 UW / 4.5 W (10-12) GPA
West Valley Community College
4.0 GPA
Dual Enrollment: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Cultural Anthropology
Research.
My research interests are in natural language processing, linguistics, and data science. As the foundation of inclusivity and understanding, I focus on furthering effective communication. I have worked on impact and community-oriented applications of NLP in the social sciences, working with low-resource languages, bias, and conversational systems. Listed below are selected relevant publications.
Vector Space Distance as a Measurement of Word Embedding Variability in Low-Resource Linguistic Environments
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Annie K. Lamar
Under Review, The North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2025
Decoding Large-Language Models: A Systematic Overview of Socio-Technical Impacts, Constraints, and Emerging Questions
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Souvick Ghosh
arXiv
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Annie K. Lamar
Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT) @ EACL, 2023
Full Scope Word Embedding Variability for Low-Resource Languages
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Annie K. Lamar
IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference, 2023
MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Algorithm for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation
Zeyneb N. Kaya
Regeneron Science Talent Search, 2023-2024
Zeyneb N. Kaya
Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (PLSA), 2023
Zeyneb N. Kaya
International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2), 2023
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Manya Sriram
University of California, Santa Barbara, 2022
Ahmet C. Genc, Zeyneb N. Kaya, et al
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2021
Honors.
Selected Honors
5th Place, 2024
National Award Winner + Regional Affiliate, 2023
Honorable Mention, Math/CS, 2023
Congressional App Challenge Winner
2021
Stanford Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon
Top High School Winner, 2023
Technovation Global Challenge
Semifinalist, 2021
VIP Invitee, 2024
USACO
Silver, 2020
US Presidential Scholars Semifinalist
2024
10th Place, 1st in USA, 2023
Scholastic Art and Writing Competition
Honorable Mention, 2020
TeenInk
Editor's Choice Award, 2022
AP Scholar with Distinction
2023
North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO)
Invitational Round Qualifier, 2023
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
National Qualifier (Top 5),
2nd Math/CS, 2023
Synopsys Science Fair
1st Award, CSEF Qualifier, 2023
Natural Language Processing Specialization
DeepLearning.AI, 2021
Finalist, 2023
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
2023
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, University of Rochester
Saratoga High School Junior Awards Ceremony, 2023
Saratoga SMASH'N
5x Nominee, 2022-2023
Writing.
I view language as a medium for influence. Through writing, I want to challenge our views and share new perspectives and stories. My work has been published in various international literary journals and platforms.
Books.
Everlasting Connection:
Language, Time, Society, and Technology
Zeyneb N. Kaya
Breaking Barriers:
Celebrating Women and Diversity in Data Science
Zeyneb N. Kaya & Shivani Mudhol
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Amazon #1 New Release, STEM Education
Romeyka
Everlasting
Romeyka is a Greek dialect spoken in regions of Turkey near the Black Sea, and is a form of Pontic Greek which shows features in common with Ancient Greek that are distinct from other dialects of the language.
Romeyka Everlasting is devoted to preserving Romeyka and its heritage, using technologies in computational linguistics to document, promote, and research the language. In rediscovering Romeyka, Romeyka Everlasting brings to light the unheard experiences of the community and fosters the continuity of its traditions for posterity.
Our impact
