The CCICADA/VACCINE Summer Reconnect Conferences will expose faculty teaching undergraduates to the role of the mathematical sciences in homeland security by introducing them to a current research topic that will be relevant for classroom presentation. They will also offer an opportunity to researchers in government or industry to learn about recent techniques.

Topics will be presented in a weeklong series of lectures and activities led by a leading expert in the field. Participants will be involved in both research activities and in writing materials useful in the classroom or to share with their colleagues, with the possibility of ultimately preparing these materials for publication in either our Technical Report or our Educational Modules Series.

These workshops offer the opportunity for junior faculty as well as mid-level and senior faculty, and government and industry professionals to advance to advance to research questions in a new area of the mathematical sciences. Participants will also acquire materials and gain ideas for seminar presentations and for undergraduate research projects and have the opportunity to network with people from a variety of backgrounds.

TOPIC for RECONNECT 2010:

Extracting and Visualizing Information from Natural Language Text

PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:

Eduard Hovy, USC/ISI, (hovy@isi.edu)
Zornitsa Kozareva, USC/ISI, (kozareva@isi.edu)
Dan Roth, UIUC, (danr@uiuc.edu)
John Stasko, GATech, (stasko@cc.gatech.edu)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

Eduard Hovy, USC/ISI, (hovy@isi.edu)
Zornitsa Kozareva, USC/ISI, (kozareva@isi.edu)
Midge Cozzens, CCICADA, (midgec@dimacs.rutgers.edu)

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WHERE:

Sessions will be held at University of Southern California.
Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - Room 107

USC Campus Map: The map is size-scrollable with your mouse roller.

KAP is the lozenge-shaped building at left on the map, immediately north (above) Entrance 6. The hotel is between Entrances 3 and 4, on the corner across the road from campus, at the right of the map. The walk between the hotel and KAP will be about 15 minutes.

REGISTRATION FEES, LODGING, MEALS, and TRAVEL:

• Academic participants: Lodging and meals will be provided through DHS funding. Limited funds are expected to be available for travel awards.
• Government Lab participants: $350 (includes all meals from Sunday dinner to Saturday lunch). Limited funds are expected to be available to waive part or all of the registration fee and/or provide partial support for travel or lodging.
• For-Profit Corporation participants: $500 (includes all meals from Sunday dinner to Saturday lunch). Limited funds are expected to be available to waive part or all of the registration fee and/or provide partial suppport for travel or lodging.

WHO MAY APPLY?

Anyone may apply. Preference will be given to faculty whose primary job is undergraduate teaching and those working at government labs. Two-year college faculty are welcome to apply. Faculty from groups under-represented in mathematics are encouraged to apply.

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To receive more information contact Christine Spassione, Reconnect Program Coordinator, or telephone: (732) 445-4304.

Christine Spassione
Reconnect Program Coordinator
CCICADA / CoRE Bldg. / 4th Floor / Room 438
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
96 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018 USA

(This Reconnect Conference takes place in Los Angeles the week immediately after the Human Language Technologies (HLT-NAACL) conference of the North American Association for Computational Linguistics (June 1-6, 2010). HLT-NAACL is one of the primary conferences in this field, and participants are encouraged to consider attending it as well. See http://naaclhlt2010.isi.edu/).