Mirko Sommer
Mirko Sommer

Computational Linguistics M.A. Student & Research Assistant

I am currently pursuing an M.A. in Computational Linguistics at Heidelberg University, where I also work as a research assistant in the Department of German Language and Literature. My work applies computational linguistic methods in interdisciplinary digital humanities projects.

Previously, I obtained my B.A. in Computational Linguistics from Heidelberg University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Anette Frank. My bachelor’s thesis, Interpreting Failures of Multimodal Reasoning in Vision-Language Models, investigated reasoning failures in vision-language models using interpretability methods.

My primary research interest is interpretability in NLP, motivated by broader questions of AI safety. I am particularly interested in developing methods to better understand NLP systems, with applications in areas such as digital humanities and human-computer interaction.

🌟 News
06/2026
Excited to have successfully defended my Bachelor’s thesis, with highest possible grade 1.0! 🥳
02/2026
Our paper on The Moralization Corpus is accepted to LREC 2026!
02/2026
My paper on protagonist detection and classification in moral discourse is accepted at EACL 2026 SRW!
08/2025
My personal project Home Assistant RNV Integration was featured on RNV’s official website!