Hello nlp'ers of UMD origin, I do not know Ted's new students so let me first introduce myself. I am Saif Mohammad and Ted was my advisor for my masters at UMD. Since then I have been pursuing a PhD at Toronto and occasionally send an update to Ted and (for good or for the bad) even less occasionally to the group. Heres one:
I am happy to report that late this January I defended my doctorate. Rada Mihalcea agreed to be my external examiner and it was great to get feedback from her, in person, at Toronto. I will be submitting my dissertation this week. While I write my acknowledgments, it seems like the appropriate time to look west-ward and express sincere thanks to the NLP group at UMD, especially Ted, Sid, Bridget, Amruta, and Bano. Your continued support has been invaluable. In other news, as of the new year, I am a Research Associate at the Institute of Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. I live in downtown Washington DC, which is working out quite nicely. Bridget has bagged an internship at the prestigious National Institute of Medicine here, which is great and I look forward to meeting her again after Prague. Till next time. Best, -Saif -- Saif Mohammad Research Associate University of Maryland, College Park http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~smm
