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, including dataset creation, model evaluation, and interpretability, to interdisciplinary research projects in the digital humanities and beyond.

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 interests center around NLP, with a focus on interpretability, Responsible AI, and AI safety. I am particularly interested in developing methods to better understand and evaluate large language models and vision-language models, with the goal of improving their transparency, reliability, and trustworthiness.

🌟 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!