This is fantastic news all round Pratheep. Congratulations. I remember you were one of the first people I met when I came to the states. Duluth will miss your friendly presence.
Good luck, -Saif On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Pratheepan Raveendranathan wrote: > 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 Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/LZzaMD/_WnJAA/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/
