How to Follow and Engage with the Stanford NLP Group

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The Stanford NLP Group's site (nlp.stanford.edu) is the main entry point for following the group's work and getting involved. Visitors can browse people, research, blog, and software pages, join the NLP Lunch, Reading Group, and Seminar (with a calendar), connect through Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Twitter, and find contact and location details for the Gates Computer Science Building. Most listed activities are open to the Stanford community; outside visitors should confirm access with the group.

What you can explore on the site

The homepage links to the group's core sections:

  • People – students, faculty, postdocs, and research engineers
  • Research – computational linguistics, machine learning, large language models, practical language technology, and interdisciplinary work in computational social science, human-centered NLP, and cognitive science
  • Blog – updates from the group
  • Software – tools for the community, including Stanza (text processing in over 75 languages) and DSPy (a Python framework for programming rather than prompting LLMs)
  • Seminar – talks and a calendar

The group is part of the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), with close ties to the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the Center for Research on Foundation Models. Members come from Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, and the Graduate School of Education.

Join talks and reading groups

The site lists three recurring forums:

Forum What it is Where to find details
NLP Lunch Informal group gathering Local links on the homepage
NLP Reading Group Paper discussion Local links on the homepage
NLP Seminar Talks, with a calendar Seminar page and calendar

To attend, start from the Local links section on the homepage and open the calendar for upcoming dates. These are internal Stanford forums, so if you are outside Stanford, ask the organizers before attending.

Connect through community channels

The Connect section points to:

  • Stack Overflow – for technical questions
  • GitHub – for code and software releases
  • Twitter – for announcements

If you use Stanza or DSPy, GitHub is the place to follow releases and report issues; Stack Overflow is better for usage questions.

Contact and visit

The group is located at:

Stanford NLP Group Gates Computer Science Building 353 Jane Stanford Way Stanford, CA 94305-9020

The site provides directions and parking information. Use the People page to identify the right contact before reaching out.

Get involved as a student

  • Stanford students: apply to do research in the Stanford NLP Group.
  • Non-Stanford students: apply to Stanford programs in Computer Science or Linguistics.

Both paths are described on the homepage, with links to the relevant application pages.