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The
North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics
(NAACL) is again offering an exciting summer school opportunity for a
limited number of graduate and undergraduate students interested in the
field of Human Language Technology.
The
summer school will be held from Monday, June 23rd - Friday, July 4th, 2008
at The Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP) at Johns Hopkins
University in conjunction with the pre-workshop classes of the CLSP 2008
Summer Workshop on Language Engineering. Selected students will attend two
weeks of lectures and hands-on laboratories that will include general
introductions to the major areas of study within the field of Human
Language Technology (e.g. Natural Language Processing, Automatic Speech
Recognition, Machine Translation, Information Retrieval) as well as
sessions on specialized research topics of current interest in the field.
The
summer school schedule from last year can be found here: summer-school
schedule.
[Note: as of this writing, the 2008 schedule's content was under revision]
The application deadline is
May
23, 2008, at 5pm Eastern Time.
Application
forms and instructions can be found here:
graduate
student application form , undergraduate
student application form
Students
must be enrolled or pre-enrolled at a North American institution to
qualify. Preference will be given to high-quality students at a stage in
their careers during which attendance at the summer school will provide
maximum benefit; in particular, graduate students in their initial years of
study and undergraduates who have completed their junior or senior years of
study. Postdoctoral applications will not be accepted.
Selected
students are expected to attend both weeks of the summer school.
Scholarships: In addition to providing summer school
registration fees for all selected attendees, a limited number of
scholarships to cover additional costs (in particular, travel expenses to
the workshop venue and/or accommodation for the full duration) may be
available. We intend to cover full or partial costs for these two items for
at least some applicants. Funds are limited, however, so if you are a
graduate student, please ask your advisor to contribute to the funding.
Frequently-asked Questions (FAQ):
Q: I am currently attending a university that is not in North
America. Can I apply?
A: As stated above, no. Since this is a NAACL sponsored event, it is
only available to students enrolled or pre-enrolled in North American
institutions.
Q: Must all materials be submitted by the deadline, including the
letters of recommendation?
A: Yes, the deadline applies to the entire application package.
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