2022 Natural Language Processing Capstone Workshop

Event Date/Time
August 26, 2022, 1:00pm
Event Location
Online

You're invited to the 2022 Natural Language Processing Capstone Workshop! UCSC's Natural Language Processing (NLP) master's program equips students with the skills and in-depth knowledge needed for a successful career in the rapidly growing NLP field. This year, NLP M.S. students worked in teams mentored by industry experts to develop Capstone projects that address real-world NLP challenges. Join us online on August 26th (1-5 PM PDT) to learn about each project and participate in our NLP Industry Panel.

To register for the 2022 NLP Capstone Workshop, please complete this form.

Workshop Sessions:

  • Keynote Address: Hear insights about the future of NLP from incoming UCSC CSE & NLP faculty member, Professor Ian Lane.
  • NLP Capstone Projects: Watch student teams present Capstone projects mentored by industry experts from IBM, Interactions, LinkedIn and Google.
  • NLP Industry Panel: Join our expert panel of leading scientists for insights on career opportunities in the NLP field.

The 2022 NLP Capstone Projects and Mentors are:

  • IBM Research: Probing of Language Models for Code
  • Interactions: Neural Models of Supertagging for Semantic Role Labeling and Beyond
  • LinkedIn: Comparing Dictionaries and Word Embeddings
  • Google and UCSC: Multimodal Knowledge Extraction and Question Answering in Farming

Learn more about this year's Capstone projects and mentors by visiting nlp.ucsc.edu/capstone-projects.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact UCSC's NLP Program Team by emailing nlp@ucsc.edu.