January 2021 - nlplab - mailman.cs.vt.edu

weekly available time slots for group meeting and reading discussion
by Lifu Huang 31 Jan '21

31 Jan '21

Hello folks, I’m planning to resume the weekly group meeting and reading discussion starting from next week or the week after next one, depending on whether we can find good time slots for everyone. Please try to select all available time slots from the doodle link here: https://doodle.com/poll/nupmhkyddaw6xswc?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link. These slots are not just for next week but for the whole semester. Though each time slot is just half-hour, the group meeting and reading discussion meetings will all take one hour. For undergrads and MS students: You are very welcome but not required to attend both meetings. If you don’t know much about NLP, you can just sit in the meetings to learn what we are working on. If you have already gained basic understanding about NLP, machine learning skills, and have strong research passion, we can discuss to explore a research project. Note that I won’t be able to formally admit any undergrads or MS students to work with me until I confirm you have enough skills and we have great working compatibility. Best wishes, --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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meeting schedule this week
by Lifu Huang 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

I will mainly focus on ACL submissions this week, so I will have more meetings with Shuaicheng and Kaiwen. Monday: 2-2:15 pm: Sijia 2:15-2:30 pm: Adheesh 2:30-3 pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10 pm: Kaiwen Tuesday: 10:30-11 am: Shuaicheng 9:30-10 pm: Kaiwen Wednesday: 2-2:15 pm: Sijia 2:15-2:30 pm: Adheesh 2:30-3 pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10 pm: Kaiwen Thursday: 10:30-11 am: Shuaicheng 9:30-10 pm: Kaiwen Friday: 2-2:15 pm: Sijia 2:15-2:30 pm: Adheesh 2:30-3 pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10 pm: Kaiwen --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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Fwd: FW: 2021 Internships in NLP@Goldman Sachs (from a VT alum)
by Lifu Huang 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

--------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: EdFox <fox(a)vt.edu> Date: Jan 22, 2021, 10:32 AM -0500 To: dlrl-g(a)vt.edu <dlrl-g(a)vt.edu> Subject: FW: 2021 Internships in NLP@Goldman Sachs (from a VT alum) > FYI > > From: Eliot Philip Brenner <epb254(a)nyu.edu> > Date: Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9:17 AM > To: Edward Fox <fox(a)vt.edu> > Cc: Eliot Brenner <eliotpbrenner(a)gmail.com> > Subject: 2021 Internships in NLP@Goldman Sachs (from a VT alum) > > Dear Prof. Fox, > > Happy New Year! > > As part of the Goldman Sachs AI (NLP) research group, I am looking for PhD students for an internship in our New York office. The group is doing research in the areas of natural language understanding and knowledge bases, with a specific focus on problems arising in the financial domain: > > * Representing long and highly structured documents (both visually and semantically) > * Knowledge extraction from legal texts with many intra- and inter-document references > * Knowledge extraction from deeply nested sentences, going beyond SPO triples > * Linking entities to domain-specific KBs, containing both named entities and concepts > * Knowledge-based personalized recommendation of financial events > > We are looking for PhD students who are interested in spending 3-4 months with the team, preferably during the April to September period this year, working towards a publication in one of the above areas. > > Interested students should get in touch with me directly. > > Please forward to others who might be interested! > > Thanks > Eliot, Virginia Tech BS Mathematics, 1999

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Fwd: [Bburg-fac] Virtual Student Showcase
by Lifu Huang 20 Jan '21

20 Jan '21

Let me know if you are interested --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hayley Roulston via Bburg-fac <bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu> Date: Jan 20, 2021, 5:09 PM -0500 To: faculty(a)cs.vt.edu Subject: [Bburg-fac] Virtual Student Showcase > Hello faculty, > > In celebrating 50 years of computer science, the department will be hosting a Virtual Student Showcase starting April 15. We’re looking for student submissions of the projects they’re working on in either department student groups, with APEX, or as a student researcher! Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate. > > I’m encouraging you to either forward the below submission form to students that come to mind for this opportunity, or to let me know which students I should reach out to personally. > > Submissions should include a video overview of the students’ work (no longer than 5 minutes). You can submit your work here by March 30, 2021. By submitting your work, you’re allowing the department to utilize your content publicly. > > Please reach out to me with any questions. > > Thank you so much, > > Hayley Roulston > Alumni Relations Coordinator > Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science > 2202 Kraft Drive, Room 1137 | Blacksburg, VA 24060 > Phone: 540.419.5242 > > -- > Hayley Roulston > Alumni Relations Coordinator > Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science > Phone: 540.419.5242 > _______________________________________________ > Bburg-fac mailing list > Bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu

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ACL abstradt deadline
by Lifu Huang 18 Jan '21

18 Jan '21

If you are still catching the ACL deadline, you should pay attention to the new policy of abstract deadline (Jan. 25th): NEW: The submission site is now available at www.softconf.com/acl2021/papers/. Please be aware of the abstract submission deadline on January 25, 2021, which is a week ahead of the full paper submission deadline on February 1, 2021. Here are the abstract submission form and the full paper submission form for your reference. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 17 Jan '21

17 Jan '21

Let’s tentatively schedule next week meetings as follows. If any of the meetings is conflict with your class, just let me know. Monday: 2-2:30pm: Sijia 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11:00am Tuesday morning) Wednesday: 2-2:30pm: Sijia 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng Thursday: 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11am Friday morning) Friday: 2-2:30pm: Sijia 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

Monday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11:00am Tuesday morning) Tuesday: 1:30-1:45pm: Sijia 1:45-2pm: Adheesh 2-2:15pm: Shuaicheng Wednesday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng Thursday: 1:30-1:45pm: Sijia 1:45-2pm: Adheesh 2-2:15pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11am Friday morning) Friday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 03 Jan '21

03 Jan '21

Monday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11:00am Tuesday morning) Tuesday: 1:30-1:45pm: Sijia 1:45-2pm: Adheesh 2-2:15pm: Shuaicheng Wednesday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng Thursday: 1:30-1:45pm: Sijia 1:45-2pm: Adheesh 2-2:15pm: Shuaicheng 9:30-10:00pm: Kaiwen (your time should be 10:30-11am Friday morning) Friday: 1:30-2pm: Sijia 2-2:30pm: Adheesh 2:30-3pm: Shuaicheng We have four weeks away from the ACL deadline. Everyone should finish the experiments within the next three weeks and work on paper writing with the last week. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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