Yuqi Wang
Applied NLP Engineer | Linguistics × AI Systems
- Role
- Assistant Professor and Team Lead at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
- Location
- Monterey, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yuqi Wang
AI/NLP-focused applied researcher and engineer with a linguistics background, specializing in machine translation post-editing, language technology, and applied NLP systems. Interested in building scalable, data-driven language analytics and intelligent NLP solutions.
Experience
Assistant Professor and Team Lead
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Dec 2023 — Present · Monterey, CA, US
Built Python-based tracking workflows to monitor grade trajectories and cohort progress, enablingdata-driven interventions and outcome reporting· Applied corpus analysis to learner language (error taxonomy, distributional trends) to quantify systematic weaknesses and prioritize targeted interventions· Implemented longitudinal evaluation using metrics (error rates, rubric score trends) to validate scoringconsistency and reduce drift over time· Designed structured linguistic representations (phonology/syntax/semantics) as feature schemas to support rule-based reasoning, controllable generation, and prompt-driven analysis workflows· Deployed LLM-assisted feedback workflows using prompt engineering (few-shot exemplars, schema-constrained outputs, guardrails) and automated validation for reliable, scalable text analysis
Education
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Linguistics
The University of Hong Kong
Exchange student in Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Studies
Middlebury College
Master's degree (Advanced Entry), Conference Interpretation (Chinese-English)
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