Webpage of the “Language, Technology and Accessibility” chair

• Since November 2023: Full professor of Language, Technology and Accessibility, University of Zurich
• December 2022 to January 2024: Professor of Accessibility Studies, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
• August 2019 to October 2023: Senior academic associate, Department of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich
• February to July 2020: Acting professorship (Prof. Dr. Martin Volk), Department of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich
• March to July 2019: Senior researcher, University of Teacher Education in Special Needs (Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich, HfH)
• January to September 2019: Research fellow, Digital Society Initiative (DSI), University of Zurich
• 2016 to 2018: Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Higher Education, University of Zurich (replaces "Teaching Skills")
• March 2016 to February 2019: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Teacher Education in Special Needs (Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich, HfH)
• February 2016 to July 2019: Lecturer, Department of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich
• 2012 to 2014: “Teaching Skills” certificate University of Zurich
• November 2011 to February 2016: PhD student, Department of Computational Linguistics, University of Zurich
• March to August 2015: Visiting researcher, Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory (LATLab)/Center for Accessibility and Inclusion Research (CAIR), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), USA
• February 2015: Visiting researcher, Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Graphics Division, DePaul University Chicago, USA
• April to December 2011: Visiting researcher, School of Computing, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland
• Licentiate (Master of Arts) in German Linguistics and Literature, Computational Linguistics, English Linguistics, University of Zurich and University of Heidelberg

see course catalogue

SRF Podcast on digital inclusion

"KIs erste Gebärde" in der Zürcher Studierendenzeitung (1/24)

Digital Innovation Hub: Sarah Ebling

Interview HfH (July 27, 2023): “Kann DeepL schon Gebärdensprache – was gibt's schon, was wird's noch geben?” (in German)

TEDxZurich talk (March 17, 2023): “Developing assistive technologies through co-creation”

Panel discussion (March 2023): “ChatGPT & Co. – eine Chance für Forschung und Lehre?”

Sign Language Recognition, Translation & Production (SLRTP '22) keynote presentation: “Developing Sign Language Technologies for the Users: Insights from a NLP Perspective”

“Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe': Gelungene Buchvernissage” (HfH News, November 2021)

“Aus unseren Reihen: Sarah Ebling” (UZH Alumni, July/November 2021 (PDF, 184 KB))

“Die nächste Generation: Was junge Forschende antreibt” (UZH Magazine, March 2021)