Research Laboratory

LOPE

Lab of Ontologies, Language Processing & e-Humanities

Bridging classical linguistics with computational intelligence at National Taiwan University.

LOC: NTU_TAIWAN // LAT: 25.017947° N, LONG: 121.5345148° E
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Mission & Values

A Semantic Bridge Between Data and Culture.

The LOPE Lab serves as a multidisciplinary hub at National Taiwan University, focusing on how linguistic ontologies and computational processing can redefine our understanding of human knowledge.

We prioritize rigor, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the pursuit of digital humanities excellence. Our work spans from formal wordnets to neural language understanding.


01_ONTOLOGY

Structuring meaning through formal logic.

02_COMPUTATION

Advancing NLP for under-resourced domains.

Chronicle

Events & News

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2026_03_14

Prof. Hsieh's Lecture: Animal Communication & NLP

Exploring the intersection of cross-species bioacoustics and modern semantic modeling…

2026_02_20

LOPE Hosts the Digital Humanities Summit

Bringing together leading researchers from across Asia to discuss the future of digital archives…

2026_01_05

New Paper Accepted: CWN Evolution

Our latest research on Chinese Wordnet evolution was accepted at the top linguistics journal…

Portrait: Prof. Shu-Kai Hsieh
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Prof. Shu-Kai Hsieh

"Our goal is to create systems that don't just process text, but understand the underlying ontological structures of human thought."

EDU: Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Tübingen
FOCUS: Lexical Semantics, Computational Linguistics
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Active Research

Current Projects

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Chinese Wordnet (CWN)

The backbone of our semantic research, mapping the intricacies of the Chinese lexicon.

PROJECT_02

Linguistic Data Science

Applying big data methodologies to analyze large-scale textual corpora.

PROJECT_03

E-Humanities Platform

Developing tools for historians and sociologists to utilize NLP in their research.

The Team

Meet the Lopers

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PhD Candidate

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Research Assistant

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Master Student

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Engagement

Lab Culture & Social

LOPE is more than a research space; it's a community. Follow our social channels for behind-the-scenes updates, paper announcements, and event highlights.

Academic Output

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed research across computational linguistics, lexical semantics, and digital humanities.

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2024
Chinese Wordnet Evolution: A Diachronic Analysis of Lexical Semantics
Hsieh, S.K., & Lin, C. (2024). In Journal of Chinese Linguistics. DOI: 10.1010/jcl.2024.01
2023
Large Language Models and the Challenge of Ontological Mapping
Chen, Y., & Hsieh, S.K. (2023). In Proceedings of ACL 2023. pp. 112–125.
2023
Linguistic Data Science: A Framework for e-Humanities
Hsieh, S.K. (2023). NTU Press. ISBN: 978-986-123-456-7
2022
Formalizing Ambiguity in Wordnet Architectures
Lin, M., & Hsieh, S.K. (2022). In Computational Linguistics Journal.

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Let's explore language
frontiers together.