Vlad Niculae

Hi! I’m Vlad. I’m an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. I specialize in machine learning & natural language processing, focusing on sparsity, structure, and geometry. I obtained my PhD from Cornell in 2018, advised by Claire Cardie , and spent some time as a post-doc in the Sardine lab , Lisbon…

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Linguistic Harbingers of Betrayal

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In life, love, war, and planetary colonization, even long-lasting friendships can end if one betrays the other's trust for his own gain. We studied the language of betrayal by observing players of Diplomacy , the game that ruins friendships . In this very popular game, players can form alliances and try to conquer the…