Marisa Ferrar Boston |
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It has been several years since I left LINGUIST List, and the LLers requested I give you an update on what I have been doing since then. I'm happy to say that I stayed in the field and decided to pursue a Ph.D in computational linguistics and cognitive science. I'm a 4th year student and have recently transferred to Cornell University, where I continue to do research with Dr. John Hale's lab.
My main focus is computational psycholinguistics, and as part of my work for the lab I created a statistical dependency parser that can predict human reading difficulty as measured by eye fixation durations (you can read about it here: http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/P/P08/P08-2002.pdf). At the moment I'm preparing to defend my dissertation proposal, and also researching formal issues in computational linguistics. If you like, you can read more about my work here: http://conf.ling.cornell.edu/Marisa/papers.html. I have to admit that I just love what I do, and I always remember that I could have never gotten to this point without LINGUIST List. It was only through LINGUIST List that I developed an interest in programming: in fact, I had never coded a thing before I started writing ColdFusion and HTML for the website! And, I would have never been able to get my Master's Degree without Helen, Tony, and all of the wonderful LINGUIST List supporters who funded my assistantship. Even now, LINGUIST List greets me every morning with a whole RSS feed full of information and resources so vital to a student trying to develop her career. Although I left in 2005, LINGUIST List continues to be a part of me and my work. I would like to thank each of those supporters who donated in the past. You helped a young researcher more than you can ever know. For those who haven't donated yet, there are many deserving and capable students who are helping the discipline by working behind the scenes at LINGUIST List. Each of them would love the chance to be able to develop their linguistics career, but this is only possible with your donation. Thank you, Marisa Ferrara Boston View Marisa's homepage See Marisa's LL personal page while she was a crew member! |
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