LINGUIST List 9.1450

Fri Oct 16 1998

FYI: New program, AutoMorphology 1, ETS fellowships

Editor for this issue: Brett Churchill <brettlinguistlist.org>

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  • Annette Burton, New program at Brown University
  • John A. Goldsmith, New software: AutoMorphology 1
  • linda delauro, Educational Testing Service Fellowships, Scholars, and Interns

    Message 1: New program at Brown University

     Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:08:24 -0400
    From: Annette Burton <Annette_BurtonBrown.edu>
    Subject: New program at Brown University


    Brown University's Departments of Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science

    announce

    A NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM

    in

    LEARNING AND ACTION IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY: COGNITIVE, COMPUTATIONAL AND STATISTICAL APPROACHES

    Deadline for Applications: January 1, 1999

    Brown University is actively recruiting graduate students for a new NSF-supported Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Research and Training (IGERT) program in "Learning and Action in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive, Computational and Statistical Approaches".

    The use of probabilistic models and statistical methods has had a major impact on our understanding of language, vision, action, and reasoning. This training program provides students with the opportunity to integrate a detailed study of human or artificial systems for language acquisition and use, visual processing, action, and reasoning with appropriate mathematical and computational models. Students will be enrolled in one of the three participating departments (Applied Mathematics, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and Computer Science) and will study an interdisciplinary program of courses in topics such as statistical estimation, cognitive processes, linguistics, and computational models.

    The aim of this program is to provide promising students with a mix of mathematical, computational and experimental expertise to carry out multidisciplinary collaborative research across the disciplines of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Cognitive Science.

    Interested students should apply to the participating department closest to their area of interest and expertise, and should indicate their interest in the IGERT training program in their application.

    Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.



    For additional information about the program, application procedures, and ongoing research initiatives please visit our website at:

    http://www.cog.brown.edu/IGERT

    or contact

    Dr. Julie Sedivy Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences Brown University, Box 1978 Providence, RI 02912 USA

    Julie_Sedivybrown.edu

    Message 2: New software: AutoMorphology 1

     Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:32:44 -0500
    From: John A. Goldsmith <jagoldsmmidway.uchicago.edu>
    Subject: New software: AutoMorphology 1


    I've been working on a program that automatically computes the morphological structure of the words in a given corpus. Version 1 of this program -- which I call AutoMorphology 1 -- is designed to work with languages with a relatively modest suffixal morphology, such as Indoeuropean languages. The user feeds it a corpus, and it figures out the regular suffixal morphology, and the stem allomorphy.

    I've posted a Windows version of the program, and a working paper of a description of what has gone into it, as well as some text files for people who don't have any corpora ready to hand. My home page is humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/goldsmith; click on the link to "Download Automorphology Lite." The posted version is a "Lite" version of the program, i.e., it allows the user to run it and view the results, but not to get into the algorithm's insides or save the results to file. If you're interested in seeing more of the details and getting a more robust version of the program, contact me.

    Please download the program, play with it, work with it, and send me your comments.

    I will be posting in the future AutoMorphology 2, which works with languages with an unrestricted number of affixes.

    John Goldsmith ja-goldsmithuchicago.edu John Goldsmith Department of Linguistics University of Chicago 1010 E 59th Street Chicago IL 60637 office: (773) 702 8525

    Message 3: Educational Testing Service Fellowships, Scholars, and Interns

     Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:04:11 -0400 (EDT)
    From: linda delauro <ldelauroets.org>
    Subject: Educational Testing Service Fellowships, Scholars, and Interns


    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, SUMMER INTERNSHIP, AND VISITING SCHOLAR AWARDS

    The ETS AWARDS PROGRAMS are designed to provide scholars and students, at various stages of their careers, opportunities to carry out independent research projects under the mentorship of ETS senior researchers in a variety of fields. Fields include: statistics, psychometrics, psychology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, minority issues, computer science, educational technology, policy research, English as a second language, and testing issues including alternate forms of assessment for special populations, performance assessment, and other new forms of assessment.

    Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students (up to 8 awards).

    Doctoral level students in this 8-week summer internship program will carry out independent research on a project they select, as well as participate twice weekly in workshops and seminars presented by ETS senior staff.

    The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (1 award).

    A scholar will conduct independent research on a topic which is described in her/his proposal submitted as part of the application process.

    Test of English as a Foreign Language [TOEFL] Fellowship Program (1 award).

    A scholar will conduct independent research in the area of English as a second or foreign language.

    Center for Performance Assessment Fellowship Program (1 award).

    A scholar will conduct Independent research on projects that examine the design of performance assessments; the effective and equitable use of these assessments; inferential issues related to performance assessments, and the implications of performance assessment for teaching, learning and school reform.

    The National Assessment for Educational Progress [NAEP] Visiting Scholar Program (1 award).

    A senior scholar will conduct independent research on important policy or measurement issues affecting education and the efficiency of NAEP. Studies focused on issues concerning the education of minority students and studies that make use of the NAEP database are especially encouraged.

    The main selection criteria for each of these programs are scholarship and suitability of the planned research for ETS. A goal of each of these programs is to achieve an increase in the number of women and minority researchers.

    The postmark deadline for all applications is February 1, 1999.

    Applicants will be notified on or before April 1, 1999.

    To request an application and/or further information, contact: Linda J. DeLauro; ETS Fellowship Programs - (MS 16T); Princeton, NJ 08541. Email: ldelauroets.org; Internet: http://www.ets.org/ Telephone: 609- 734-1806 or 609-734-5949.

    Linda J. DeLauro ETS Fellowship Program Administrator Statistics and Psychometrics Research MS-16T 609-734-1806 (tel) 609-497-6032 (FAX) ldelauroets.org