April 2022 - nlplab - mailman.cs.vt.edu

Re: [nlplab] [Bburg-fac] INFORMATION SESSION: Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning (ML)
by Lifu Huang 27 Apr '22

27 Apr '22

I hope most of you can attend this session. We will definitely participate both calls for PhD fellowships and Research Projects. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech On Apr 27, 2022, 12:31 PM -0400, Naren Ramakrishnan via Bburg-fac <bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu>, wrote: > Colleagues, > > As you might have seen, we will be having an info session about the recently announced Amazon-VT initiative coming Mon 4-6pm. There will be CFPs for PhD fellowships and research projects that will be announced and we will also hear from some of our Amazon partners directly (see details below). > > Hope many of you will be able to attend. Do pass on this message to your PhD students as well. > > Pl register at the link below to get the Zoom invite. Thanks! > > Best, > Naren > > *************** > EVENT: Information Session on The Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning (ML) - VIA ZOOM > DATE: Monday, May 2nd > TIME: 4 - 6 PM EST > REGISTRATION: Please register via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link > > Virginia Tech and Amazon recently announced their partnership to advance research and innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The Amazon - Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning includes machine learning-focused research projects, doctoral student fellowships, community outreach, and an establishment of a shared advisory board. > > We will be hosting a virtual information session about two upcoming calls: Call for PhD student fellowships, Call for Research Projects. Funding for the research projects and fellowships would begin in Fall Semester 2022 (FY 2023). The information session will include an overview of the program, introductions from our Amazon partners, and a presentation from the Amazon Alexa team. Faculty and PhD students interested in machine learning, data science, AI, and NLP are encouraged to attend and participate. Please register using the link below to receive the Zoom information. > > Eventbrite Registration: https://tinyurl.com/2bypyz7z > > If you have any questions leading up to the event, contact Wanawsha Shalaby at wanah92(a)vt.edu. For support the day of the event, please reach out to Juanita Victoria at juaniv(a)vt.edu. > > _______________________________________________ > Bburg-fac mailing list > Bburg-fac(a)cs.vt.edu

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 24 Apr '22

24 Apr '22

Monday: 2-3pm: Zhiyang, 3-4pm: Yi 4-4:30pm: Daniel 5:30-6:30pm: Apoorv, Deval, Ying, Minqian, Zhiyang and Sijia pls also join if you can Tuesday: 1:30-2:30pm: Minqian, Ying 2:30-3:30pm: Sijia, Zhiyang 3:30-4pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang, Minqian, Wednesday: 10:00-10:30am: Zaid 1-2pm: Simbot Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 1-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Mingchen 4-4:30pm: Ting-Chih 5:45-6:15pm: Jeet Friday: 10-10:30am: Sijia --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 16 Apr '22

16 Apr '22

Monday: 2-3pm: Zhiyang, 3-4pm: Yi 4-4:30pm: Daniel 5:30-6:30pm: Apoorv, Deval, Ying, Minqian, Zhiyang and Sijia pls also join if you can Tuesday: 1:30-2:30pm: Minqian, Ying 2:30-3:30pm: Sijia, Zhiyang 3:30-4pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang, Minqian, Wednesday: 10:00-10:30am: Zaid 1-2pm: Simbot 5:45-6:15pm: Jeet Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 1-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Mingchen 4-4:30pm: Ting-Chih Friday: 10-10:30am: Sijia --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 09 Apr '22

09 Apr '22

Monday: 2-3pm: Zhiyang, 3-4pm: Yi 4-4:30pm: Daniel 5:30-6:30pm: Apoorv, Deval, Ying, Minqian, Zhiyang and Sijia pls also join if you can Tuesday: 1:30-2:30pm: Minqian, Ying 2:30-3:30pm: Sijia, Zhiyang 3:30-4pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang, Minqian, Wednesday: 10:00-10:30am: Zaid 1-2pm: Simbot 2-3pm: Sijia 5:45-6:15pm: Jeet Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 1-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Mingchen 4-4:30pm: Ting-Chih For the authors who just received decisions from NAACL commitment, pls start to run the experiments suggested by reviewers and make revisions accordingly. We will post them to arXiv on Apr. 14. For others who are submitting to EMNLP, let’s try to get a draft and post it to arXiv on Apr. 14 as well. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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next week meeting schedule
by Lifu Huang 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Monday: 2-3pm: Zhiyang, 3-4pm: Yi 5:30-6:30pm: Apoorv, Deval, Ying, Minqian, Zhiyang and Sijia pls also join if you can Tuesday: 1:30-2:30pm: Minqian, Ying 2:30-3:30pm: Sijia, Zhiyang 3:30-4pm: Xiaochu, Zhiyang, Minqian, Wednesday: 10:00-10:30am: Zaid 1-2pm: Simbot Thursday: 12:30-1pm: Sai 1-2pm: Zhiyang 2-2:30pm: Mingchen 2:30-3pm: Ting-Chih 3:30-4pm: Daniel 5:45-6:15pm: Jeet Simbot team members need to try all your best and spend all your time in the following three weeks to improve the performance. I hope to see significant progress soon. --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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