Hello Everyone, I got done with my thesis defense today, and I tihnk it went through without any problems. I just wanted to thank everyone in the group who took time to listen to my presentaitons and give me very helpful insights during our group meetings and other occasions. I sincerely appreciate all the help and input.
Well, what is the next step in life for me? I had interviewed with Thomson West (A company in minneapolis) during finals week (actually, I drove to minneapolis the very night of my graduation ceremony, in order to go for the interview the next day) and they offered me a full-time job there. I hope to start on the 20th of June, which gives me about a week to wrap up things in duluth! I will be working with the search group there, actually, you probably would have seen ted's recent e mails regarding his visit to Thomson West (or West Publishing). This is actually a dream job for me, because, I have been using Google so much for my research, I really felt a liking for search related stuff. My research work definitely helped, during all the interviews that I have been through the last couple of months, it always gave me something very interesting and nice to talk about, and the interviewers were also very interested. It is actually quite suprising how little people know about NLP. Being part of the NLP group at UMD is really a great opportunity, and for anyone interested in doing "interesting" research, my advice go for it in NLP! Finally, for those who know me better, I did my undergraduate studies here in Duluth, and now I finished my Masters. Wow, 5 years in duluth, it is definitely going to be a big change in life for me! I am no longer under the protection of heller hall or mwah! its time to get outside my second "home"! Well, Banu, Aditi, Nitin, Saif, Sid, Amruta, Bridget, Jason, Anagha, Mahesh, And Apurva Thank you all for your support (I basically know everyone in the UMD NLP group, hehe, shows how long I have been here)! And finally, Thank you very much to Ted, it is simply amazing the level of interest, patience, guidance and thoughtfulness that you have shown to all of us throughout our careers as Masters Students at UMD! It has made our Masters an awesome experience! Thank you all very much, Pratheep. Pratheep Raveendranathan Computer Science Major University of Minnesota Duluth " Today is tomorrow's everlasting glory, what you do today affects what will happen tomorrow, so make it glorious." David Z. Hood --- Georgia "the road to success is always under construction" ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/1gzaND/8WnJAA/HwKMAA/x3XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nlpatumd/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
