[bksvol-discuss] Summer Research opportunity for Students with Disabilities

  • From: <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:45:54 -0700

I'm forwarding this for Professor Mari Ostendorf of the University of
Washington, who I've known for many years.  Sounds like a great
opportunity for some students!

Jim Fruchterman

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SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Workshop on Semi-supervised Learning for Language Processing

June 18 -- August 17
University of Washington

Language processing is becoming increasingly important for retrieving 
and managing the large volumes of data online, both on the web and in 
company databases, and it is an important component of some assistive 
technologies.  Language processing includes analyzing and extracting 
information from text and speech transcripts, as well as annotating 
text/speech with labels that make text processing more effective. A key 
problem is how to take advantage of the large amount of text and audio 
archives on the web to improve language processing, and semi-supervised 
machine learning techniques offer promise for addressing this challenge.

To explore the potential of recent advances in semi-supervised learning 
and train more students in this area, the University of Washington's 
Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments 
are hosting a summer research workshop supported by the National Science

Foundation.  Research positions are available for 2 graduate and 2 
undergraduate students to work in a team with another UW graduate 
student on problems related to semi-supervised learning for language 
processing. Students will be given tutorials about machine learning and 
language processing in the first week and will have the opportunity to 
meet senior researchers in the field, both from UW and other 
institutions. We are particularly interested in supporting students with

disabilities who are in the fields of computer science, electrical 
engineering, or related fields.  Students will receive a stipend, 
support for travel costs, and a $4500 subsistence allowance to defray 
housing and food costs. Sign language interpreter services will be made 
available for seminars and tutorials if needed.

All applicants should have some programming experience and should have 
taken a course in probability. Background in machine learning is 
desirable but not required.

To apply: Send your resume, the contact information for one reference, 
and a brief statement (1 paragraph) describing why you are interested in

participating to both:
 Mari Ostendorf, mo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Richard Ladner, ladner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
by May 8, 2007.  Applicants will be notified of the decision on 
participants by May 11.




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