Current |
University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Scholar
Human Neurosceience Laboratory, Department of Neurology
Advisor: Steven L. Small, M.D., Ph.D. |
2009 - Present |
Education |
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Computer Science
Dissertation Title: Contextual Bootstrapping for Grammar Learning  .
Committee: Jerome A. Feldman (chair), Dan Klein, Carla Hudson Kam |
2001 - 2008 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.S. Computer Engineering summa cum laude |
1998 - 2000 |
Research Interests |
| Neurobiology of Language, fMRI Data Analysis, Language Development,
Computational Cognitive Models of Natural Language Understanding,
Syntax and Semantics. |
Publications |
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Presentations |
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Honors and Awards |
| Google Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist. |
2006 – 2007. |
| NSF Graduate Fellowship Awards Honorable Mentions. |
2002. |
| California Legislative Grant Research Fellowship. |
2001. |
| Intel Masters Fellowship1. |
2001. |
| University of Michigan Four-Year Engineering Scholarship. |
1998. |
| James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan. |
2000 – 2001. |
Teaching-Related Experience |
Campuswide Consultant
GSI Teaching & Resource Center, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley
- Conducted background research and put forward proposals for a certificate of university teaching program at Berkeley
- Evaluated Course Improvement Grant applications
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2006 – 2007
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Teaching Workshop Leader
Graduate Division, UC Berkeley
- EECS Discipline Cluster Workshop.
Graduate Student Instructor Teaching Conference.
August 2006 & January 2007.
- Culture in the US Classroom Workshop.
International Graduate Student Instructor Conference.
August 2006.
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2006 - 2007 |
Member of the Teaching, Learning & Technology Symposium Steering Committee
Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, UC Berkeley
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Spring 2006 |
Teaching Assistant for Language Development
Psychology Department, UC Berkeley
Course Instructor : Carla Hudson Kam |
Spring 2006 |
Teaching Assistant for Neural Basis of Thought & Language
Jointly offered by the Computer Science Department, the Linguistics Department, and the Cognitive Science Program, UC Berkeley
Course Instructors: Jerome Feldman and Srini Narayanan |
Spring 2003, Spring 2004 |
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Department, UC, Berkeley
Course Instructor: Stuart Russell |
Fall 2002 |
Guest Lectures |
A Best-Fit Approach to Productive Omission of Arguments.
Course Title: Cognitive Linguistics.
Linguistics Department, UC Berkeley. |
October 2007 |
Constructing Grammar: a computational model of the acquisition of early constructions.
Course Title: Mind & Language.
Linguistics Department, UC Berkeley |
Apr 2006 |
The Neural Theory of Language Project.
Course Title: Introduction to Cognitive Science.
Cognitive Science Department, UC Berkeley |
August 2005 |
Other Academic Activities |
Abstract Reviewing for International Conferences
- Neurobiology of Language Conference, October 15-16, 2009
Paper Reviewing for Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Brain and Language
- Research on Language and Computation
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