John Blake

John Blake is a senior associate professor at the University of Aizu, Japan, where he teaches thesis writing and natural language processing. He holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics and master degrees in education, computer science, business administration and creative writing. He is the director of the Texts and Tools (TNT) lab, which focuses on creating practical online tools that help people learn English. The tools created often detect and/or visualize particular language features. His research primarily draws on corpus linguistics to analyze texts and computational linguistics to create rule-based and probabilistic-based pattern-searching tools or pipelines.

Publications

Online Crime in the Metaverse: A Study on Classification, Prediction, and Mitigation Strategies
John Blake. © 2024. 12 pages.
With the burgeoning growth of the metaverse and online virtual environments, new security challenges have been introduced that require careful exploration and mitigation. An...
Unleashing the Potential: Positive Impacts of Generative AI on Learning and Teaching
John Blake. © 2024. 15 pages.
Generative artificial intelligence, anchored by large language models (LLMs), is significantly altering the educational landscape. This chapter examines the impact of generative...
Scientific Research Articles: Twenty-Two Language Errors to Avoid
John Blake. © 2021. 25 pages.
Error-free scientific research articles are more likely to be accepted for publication than those permeated with errors. This chapter identifies, describes, and explains how to...
Intelligent CALL: Using Pattern Matching to Learn English
John Blake. © 2020. 23 pages.
This chapter shows readers the importance and application of pattern matching in learning languages; specifically, the application of natural language processing to address...