Jul 8, 2019NLP Pedagogy Interview: Jason Eisner (Johns Hopkins University)The following is interview is from a series featuring faculty involved in natural language processing education. Johns Hopkins University Professor of Computer Science Jason Eisner chatted with us about courses he’s taught, which include Natural Language Processing (601.465/665) and Machine Learning: Linguistic and Sequence Modeling (601.765). Jason was previously interviewed…Machine Learning16 min readMachine Learning16 min read
Jul 8, 2019NLP Pedagogy Interview: Emily M. Bender (University of Washington)As the next installment in our series on NLP pedagogy, we interviewed University of Washington Linguistics Professor Emily M. Bender. She has taught many courses and seminars in the past two decades, including Introduction to Syntax for Computational Linguistics (Ling 566), Introduction to Computational Linguistics (Ling/CSE 472), and Knowledge Engineering…Machine Learning21 min readMachine Learning21 min read
Sep 25, 2018NLP Pedagogy Interview: Yejin Choi (University of Washington)(The following is the second in a series of interviews with natural language processing faculty on how they teach their courses.) Lucy and I sat down with Yejin Choi, Professor of Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and recent winner of the…Machine Learning10 min readMachine Learning10 min read
Sep 25, 2018NLP Pedagogy Interview: Dan Jurafsky (Stanford)(This interview is part of a series of interviews on the pedagogy of NLP) The first interview in our series is with Dan Jurafsky, Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science at Stanford University, whose research resides at the intersection of NLP, linguistics, and social sciences. Dan was a fitting starting…Machine Learning14 min readMachine Learning14 min read
Sep 25, 2018A Look inside the Pedagogy of Natural Language ProcessingNatural Language Processing is truly an interdisciplinary field, combining elements of Linguistics, Computer Science, Statistics, and more. In the classroom, NLP educators choose which aspects to teach based on multiple constraints such as class length, student experience, recent advancements, program focus, and even personal interest. As a result, two NLP…Naturallanguageprocessing2 min readNaturallanguageprocessing2 min read
Jun 22, 2018Reflections on Successful Meetings with Undergraduate ResearchersOr, how to have a good research meeting with your advisor — This summer I’ve had the good fortune to work with a large group of 13 new undergraduate researchers in my lab. They are talented Michigan students who want to learn how to do world-class research but are just getting started along the path. One aspect of learning to do good…Management19 min readManagement19 min read
