Mona Diab

Prof. Mona T. Diab is the Director of the Language Technologies Institute (LTI) at Carnegie Mellon University and a Full Professor in the School of Computer Science. Dr. Diab is a globally recognized expert in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). Her career spans academia, industry, and international leadership roles, including a tenured full professorship at George Washington University, Amazon AWS, and Meta, where she served as Lead Responsible AI Research Scientist and Technical Lead. An ACL Fellow, she has received numerous accolades, including the King Salman Global Arabic Academy award for her contributions to Arabic language technologies and recognition among the Top Global AI Scientists of Arab Descent by MIT Technology Review. As of July 2025, Dr. Diab will be serving as an elected member of the CRA board of Directors.

Dr. Diab's research focuses on advancing trustworthy NLP and responsible AI systems, particularly in low-resource and multilingual contexts. Her work includes innovations in controllable natural language generation, cross-lingual processing, computational social science, and health analytics. She has spearheaded high-impact initiatives, such as democratizing access to scientific content through machine translation (ACL 60-60) and addressing bias and compliance in AI systems. A pioneer in Arabic NLP, Dr. Diab has developed foundational resources and tools that bridge linguistic, social, and computational disciplines. She currently directs the R3LIT Lab (pronounced "relit") at CMU.

As an active member of the international research community, Dr. Diab has co-founded initiatives like the *SEM Conference and the Computational Approaches to Linguistic Code-Switching workshops. She serves on editorial boards of leading journals and advisory committees for global AI governance. With a steadfast commitment to mentorship, she continues to shape the next generation of computational linguists while fostering innovation at the intersection of AI and societal impact.