NLP Scholar Jordan Boyd-Graber to Launch New Lab at NTU Singapore

On August 28, Jordan Boyd-Graber, a leading NLP researcher, announced he will move to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore to establish a new lab. The lab will continue to focus on adversarial question answering, human-AI collaboration, probabilistic modeling, and related directions, with ambitions to scale up significantly.

Confirmed

• Boyd-Graber personally announced the move to NTU, with research directions covering adversarial QA, human-AI collaboration, and probabilistic modeling
• He will remain affiliated with the University of Maryland (UMD) and has committed to advising his current students through graduation
• He is recruiting PhD students and postdocs for 2027 enrollment, including an NTU university-level postdoc position (deadline in October) and multiple PhD openings
• Hiring research priorities include AI evaluation, human-AI teaming, efficient language modeling, and multimodal QA

Why it matters

• Boyd-Graber is a leading figure in adversarial question answering, and his move could shift the landscape of NLP research power in the Asia-Pacific region
• The new NTU lab's expansion plan, with multiple PhD and postdoc positions, offers direct opportunities for researchers interested in relocating to Singapore
• Maintaining ties with UMD means his existing research group's work will transition smoothly without disruption from the move

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