Chris Cooper
@coopersensei.bsky.social
PhD, Specially Appointed Associate Professor @ Rikkyo University. From Yorkshire, been in Japan since 2010, interested in #corpuslinguistics, #machinelearning, #NLP...
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Cooper-3
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Cooper-3
Yeah, maybe Microsoft Word Copilot isn't quite there for catching typos...
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Yeah, maybe Microsoft Word Copilot isn't quite there for catching typos...
Ozzy is everywhere in Birmingham...
July 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ozzy is everywhere in Birmingham...
Birmingham cuisine, excellent balti at Shababs
July 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Birmingham cuisine, excellent balti at Shababs
Birmingham bound, not the best airport beer. Paper cup @ Haneda
June 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Birmingham bound, not the best airport beer. Paper cup @ Haneda
erm, I never said that I thought I was crazy, but thanks...? 😬
May 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
erm, I never said that I thought I was crazy, but thanks...? 😬
It's alive! My GPU is working with Python.
April 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It's alive! My GPU is working with Python.
Research environment upgrade...😁
April 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Research environment upgrade...😁
The "write a draft then ask Claude method" seems to be working for improving my Japanese emails. Probably a year ago Claude got frustrated and recommended that I bought a keigo book (I didn't). Now, it usually compliments my Japanese and maybe gives me a few corrections.
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The "write a draft then ask Claude method" seems to be working for improving my Japanese emails. Probably a year ago Claude got frustrated and recommended that I bought a keigo book (I didn't). Now, it usually compliments my Japanese and maybe gives me a few corrections.
Think I can now safely add the P, the H and the D to the end of my email signature...
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Think I can now safely add the P, the H and the D to the end of my email signature...
Delighted to be accepted for my first kakenhi grant for my project "Predicting the CEFR level of learner writing with large language models and machine learning methods". Can't wait to get started on the project!
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Delighted to be accepted for my first kakenhi grant for my project "Predicting the CEFR level of learner writing with large language models and machine learning methods". Can't wait to get started on the project!
Enjoying the use of emojis in Gries' book
January 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Enjoying the use of emojis in Gries' book
56 USD to access a PDF of a book review (not even a journal article) for 48 hours, what a bargain! 😁😁😁
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
56 USD to access a PDF of a book review (not even a journal article) for 48 hours, what a bargain! 😁😁😁
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New in at my university's library...
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
New in at my university's library...
I gave a little talk at my university's researcher development meeting. R and Python: What are the good for (in applied linguistics research)
December 17, 2024 at 4:24 AM
I gave a little talk at my university's researcher development meeting. R and Python: What are the good for (in applied linguistics research)
I've been going back and reading books/chapters about the COBUILD project recently and I found that my university had a copy of this one:
Sinclair (1987). Looking up: An account of the COBUILD project in lexical computing. Collins ELT 📚
Sinclair (1987). Looking up: An account of the COBUILD project in lexical computing. Collins ELT 📚
December 3, 2024 at 4:43 AM
I've been going back and reading books/chapters about the COBUILD project recently and I found that my university had a copy of this one:
Sinclair (1987). Looking up: An account of the COBUILD project in lexical computing. Collins ELT 📚
Sinclair (1987). Looking up: An account of the COBUILD project in lexical computing. Collins ELT 📚
3 years, 6 months, 29 days. Finally finished my PhD thesis. All printed and ready to submit on Monday 🥲🙃🤗
November 29, 2024 at 6:17 AM
3 years, 6 months, 29 days. Finally finished my PhD thesis. All printed and ready to submit on Monday 🥲🙃🤗
The exploding head emoji looks so much better in black and white
November 25, 2024 at 3:43 AM
The exploding head emoji looks so much better in black and white
Nice fleece design from Uniqlo. If only my kids got the reference, I would buy it for them...
November 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Nice fleece design from Uniqlo. If only my kids got the reference, I would buy it for them...
Lamb Dosa @ Tomboy Cafe in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. If there's a Dosa on the menu, it has to be a Dosa. This was a good one...
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Lamb Dosa @ Tomboy Cafe in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. If there's a Dosa on the menu, it has to be a Dosa. This was a good one...
Oxford word of the year, I just accidentally voted for brain rot...
November 15, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Oxford word of the year, I just accidentally voted for brain rot...