Students
Current students
- Hyojung Han (PhD, Computer Science), Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award 2022, co-advised with Jordan Boyd-Graber
- Calvin Bao (PhD, Computer Science)
- Dayeon (Zoey) Ki (PhD, Computer Science)
- Xinchen Yan (PhD, Computer Science)
- Hiba El Orghi (PhD, Computer Science)
- Hieu Tran (PhD, Computer Science)
- Osvaldo Quinjica (PhD, Computer Science)
Alumni
- Xing Niu (PhD, Computer Science, now at Amazon)
- Yogarshi Vyas (PhD, Computer Science, now at Amazon)
- Weijia Xu (PhD, Computer Science, now at Microsoft Research), Ann S. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
- Sweta Agrawal (PhD, Computer Science, now at Senior Research Scientist at Google Translate), Ann S. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
- Eleftheria Briakou (PhD, Computer Science, now Senior Research Scientist at Google Translate), AMTA Best Thesis Award 2024
- Aquia Richburg (PhD, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, now Data Scientist at NCCPA)
- Elijah Rippeth (Msc, Computer Science, now USG)
- Marianna Martindale (PhD, iSchool, now USG)
Prospective students
I am currently on sabbatical leave and I am not looking for new PhD students aiming to start during the 2025/2026 academic year.
If you …
- are a current or prospective UMD student
- are excited about building technology to break language barriers and facilitate communication across languages and cultures
- have a strong mathematical background
- know how to program
- have made good use of resources available to you to gain research experience in natural language processing or machine learning
- are committed to working in a collaborative and inclusive atmosphere
please get in touch, and I’d be happy to discuss research opportunities in my group. Please tell me how your experience relates to the above criteria. I do not respond to generic emails.
If you are a UMD student and want to work with me, take one of my courses!
If you are applying to UMD and want to work with me, make sure to list NLP as your area of interest and list me as your first or second choice professor. I look at the applications closely. Also check if you are eligible for an application fee waiver for Big Ten institutions (including UMD) here!