Extracting and Visualizing Information from
Natural Language Text
Application Form
Please apply by filling in the
following blanks. Note that your
application is complete when we have received...
...an application form (found here),
...an up-to-date Curriculum Vita, which can be submitted online here.
...two letters of
recommendation, which can be submitted online here.
...Sample Writing (NOT Required - see note on Sample
Writing page), which can be submitted online here.
Your Curriculum vita and letters
of recommendation can also be e-mailed to:
reconnect at ccicada dot org
When
finished, press the "send" button at the bottom of the form.
Your First Name:
Your Middle Name:
Your Last Name:
E-mail (mandatory):
Affiliation:
Department:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Phone:
Fax:
Home Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail Address:
URL (if you have one):
Affirmative
Action
Information
(optional):
Gender: M F
Race or Ethnic Background:
Education:
Undergraduate Degree:
Year
Received:
Major:
Minor:
Graduate Degree(s) or Certification:
Masters:
Year:
Doctorate:
Year:
Certification:
Year:
The
CCICADA/VACCINE Reconnect Conference will be held from June 6 -12, 2010.
Why do you want to attend the Reconnect Program and how do
you think you will benefit from it?
(For faculty applicants only)
What courses have you taught in the last two years?
What courses do you expect to teach in the next academic
year?
For our planning purposes, it is helpful to know whether
you taught, have taken or self-taught a course emphasizing text data
analysis, machine learning, information theory and/or knowledge
representation? Yes No (A sentence will suffice.)
What experience have you had in writing expository materials in text processing?
What is your programming expertise? Which programming languages do you know best? How comfortable would you be with programming assignments?
How much experience do you have in Machine Learning?
How much experience do you have in Natural Language Processing / Computational Linguistics?
When did you last experience doing research and what was it
about? (A sentence or two about the topic will suffice.) We recognize
that many applicants may not have done any research since their
graduate school days.
Do you expect you will have an opportunity to use ideas
from this conference in one or more of the following follow up
activities? (check all that apply)
In a
course. Which one?
Through
an undergraduate research project.
Through
a departmental or interdisciplinary seminar in your campus.
In
government or industrial research projects.
Other.
(Explain)
Applicants who are selected to attend this program are
expected to attend for the entire program. If selected, will you be
able to commit to participating for the entire program?
Yes No
Applicants who are selected are expected to complete their
written classroom materials after leaving the program by January 2010.
Do you make this committment?Yes No
