Zeyneb N. Kaya
Hi! I am Zeyneb, a senior at Saratoga High School. My interests are in natural language processing and computational linguistics 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.
Feel free to connect at zeynebnkaya@icloud.com
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
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.
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Annie K. Lamar
Stanford CESTA, LOREL Lab
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
Stanford CESTA, LOREL Lab
IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference, 2023
Zeyneb N. Kaya
Romeyka Everlasting
Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (PLSA), 2023
MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Algorithm for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation
Romeyka Everlasting
Zeyneb N. Kaya
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), California Science and Engineer Fair (CSEF), 2023
Zeyneb N. Kaya
International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2), 2023
Decoding Large-Language Models: A Systematic Overview of Socio-Technical Impacts, Constraints, and Emerging Questions
Zeyneb N. Kaya, Souvick Ghosh
SJSU ICANN Lab
Under Review
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.
Pay Attention! ChatGPT is Transforming the World.
2023
A Story In 100 Words, 2022
Saratoga Falcon, 2022
Adelaide International Literary Magazine, CafeLit Journal, 2022
Amazon, 2020
The Dollmaker
2017
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
Honors.
Selected Honors
5th Place, 2024
National Award Winner + Regional Affiliate, 2023
Honorable Mention, Math/CS, 2023
Congressional App Challenge Winner
2024
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
Talks & Presentations.
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Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (2023)
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IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (2023)
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International Conference for Computational Social Science (2023)
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UC Berkeley Text Analysis Across Domains Conference (2022) [conference canceled]
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UC Santa Barbara Groundbreaking Research/Innovative Technologies Talk (2022)
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Stanford Data Science x Humanities Seminar (2023)
Education & Experiences.
Saratoga High School
2020-2024
AI Club Co-President, Linguistics Club Founder & President, Chinese Club Officer
Relevant Coursework: AP Calculus BC (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Computer Science A (5), AP Physics 1 (5), AP Physics 2 (5), AP US History, AP Physics C: M, AP Physics C: EM, AP Statistics, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature and Composition
4.0 UW / 4.5 W (10-12)
West Valley Community College
2022-2024
4.0 UW
Dual Enrollment: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Cultural Anthropology
UCSB Summer Research Academies (SRA), 2022
OSU Summer Linguistic Institute for Youth Scholars (SLIYS), 2022
Stanford PC Summer Institutes, 2021
LaunchX, 2021
SBU Summer Youth Camp for Computational Linguistics (SYCCL), 2021
