Grace Lawley

Computer Science & Engineering PhD candidate

Oregon Health & Science University

Hi! I am a PhD candidate in the Computer Science & Engineering program at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA. My advisor is Dr. Steven Bedrick .

My interests include computational linguistics, speech & language disorders, statistics, and houseplants. My research involves developing computational methods to detect and quantify different aspects of the language of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Interests

Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing
Speech & Language Disorders
Discrete Math, Statistics
Data Science, Data Visualization
R, Python

Education

PhD in Computer Science & Engineering, 2017-present

Oregon Health & Science University
BA in Mathematics, 2017

Lewis & Clark College

Publications

Grace O. Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2022). Sex Differences in Pronoun and Maze Usage in the Language of Children wth Autism Spectrum Disorder. In International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, 2022.

Grace O. Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Heather MacFarlane, Jill K. Dolata, Alexandra C. Salem, Eric Fombonne (2022). "Um" and "Uh" Usage Patterns in Children with Autism: Associations with Measures of Structural and Pragmatic Language Ability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

DOI

Alexandra C. Salem, Heather MacFarlane, Joel Adams, Grace O. Lawley, Jill K. Dolata, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2021). Evaluating Atypical Language in Autism Using Automated Language Measures. Scientific Reports.

PDF DOI

Grace Lawley, Steven Bedrick, Jill Dolata, Eric Fombonne (2021). Investigation on Examiner 'Um' and 'Uh' Usage in ADOS-2 Sessions. In International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, 2021.

Poster Source Document

Alexandra Salem, Heather MacFarlane, Joel Adams, Grace Lawley, Jill Dolata, Steven Bedrick, Eric Fombonne (2021). Evaluating Atypical Language in Autism Using Automated Discourse Measures. In International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, 2021.

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Talks

Investigation on Examiner "Um" and "Uh" Usage in ADOS-2 Sessions

May 3, 2021 2:00 PM — 3:00 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

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Towards an automated method for quantifying pedantic language in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Jun 12, 2020 1:00 PM — 2:30 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

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Pedantic Speech in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Difficulties with language is one of the core characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Clinicians have described a …

May 14, 2019 11:45 AM — 1:00 PM Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon - GH47

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Math Meets Data

Figuring out how to put theory into practice is not always straightforward. Real world data, especially natural language data, can put …

Apr 4, 2019 3:30 PM — 4:30 PM Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon - JR Howard 259

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A Sentiment Analysis of Child Language Acquisition Data

Join us for a night of four talks from students in OHSU’s Principles and Practice of Data Visualization, taught by Alison Hill, …

Aug 14, 2018 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

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Projects

Kuczaj Corpus Sentiment Analysis

Final project for CS 631 ‘Principles & Practice of Data Visualization’