Modeling creativity in language, with rigorous evaluation.
I am a linguistics graduate with research experience in Greek NLP resources and computational approaches to literature. My current direction focuses on how we can model and evaluate human creativity, as a cognitive capacity, through AI, especially in artistic language (poetry and narrative).
I’m open to discussing research directions in digital humanities, computational modeling of literature, Greek NLP, computational psychology, and low-resource languages.
Research interests
I am particularly interested in projects that combine careful methodology (datasets + evaluation + reproducibility) with ambitious questions about meaning, creativity, and interpretation.
PhD proposal (developed by me)
“Αν δεν πάει ο Μωάμεθ στο βουνό, πάει το βουνό στο Μωάμεθ.”
In English, it roughly means: “If Muhammad won’t go to the mountain, the mountain goes to Muhammad.” In doctoral research, candidates typically either apply to projects with predefined topics or collaborate with a prospective supervisor to develop an original idea and secure funding. Here, I adopt the “mountain comes to Muhammad” approach: a twist on the second pathway, framed through a personal website 🙂.
This is a proposal I have already worked on, and I would be genuinely happy to discuss it (or adapt it) with potential supervisors and labs.
I’m very open to discussing adjacent topics in computational creativity, digital humanities, narrative modeling, Greek NLP, computational psychology, and low-resource language settings.
Looking for funded PhD opportunities
I am currently seeking fully funded PhD positions (or scholarship-funded doctoral programs) in NLP and related interdisciplinary areas. I’m especially interested in environments that value careful evaluation, dataset design, and theory-informed modeling.
If you are planning a grant application or have an open funded position, I can share a tailored research statement and a short project plan adapted to your lab’s focus.
Publications
Selected publications and research outputs. I provide local PDFs and BibTeX entries for quick access.
| Year | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Papadakis, Dimitrios. A Computational Criticism Analysis of Papadiamantis’ Work. |
| 2022 | Amanaki, E., Bernardy, J.-P., Chatzikyriakidis, S., Cooper, R., Dobnik, S., Karimi, A., Ek, A., Giannikouri, E. C., Katsouli, V., Kolokousis, I., Mamatzaki, E. C., Papadakis, D., Petrova, O., Psaltaki, E., Soupiona, C., Skoulataki, E., Stefanidou, C. Fine-grained Entailment: Resources for Greek NLI and Precise Entailment. Proceedings of the Workshop on Dataset Creation for Lower-Resourced Languages (LREC 2022). |
| 2023 | Chatzikyriakidis, S., Qwaider, C., Kolokousis, I., Koula, C., Papadakis, D., & Sakellariou, E. GRDD: A Dataset for Greek Dialectal NLP. arXiv:2308.00802. |
| 2024 | Kogkalidis, K., Chatzikyriakidis, S., Giannikouri, E., Katsouli, V., Klironomou, C., Koula, C., Papadakis, D., Pasparaki, T., Psaltaki, E., Sakellariou, E., et al. OYXOY: A Modern NLP Test Suite for Modern Greek. Findings of ACL: EACL 2024, 311–322. |
| 2025 | Chatzikyriakidis, S., Papadakis, D., Papaioannou, S.-I., & Psaltaki, E. GRDD+: An Extended Greek Dialectal Dataset with Cross-Architecture Fine-tuning Evaluation. arXiv:2511.03772. |
Work experience (selected)
Selected professional roles across AI, education, operations, and administrative support.
Research experience (all roles)
Internships (all roles)
Teaching experience
Contact
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