Vote for the external keynote speaker of SouthNLP 2024

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Choi, Jinho

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Oct 23, 2023, 2:59:31 PM10/23/23
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Dear SouthNLP folks,

 

Thank you all for participating in the survey. Here is a summary:

 

Program Committee

 

We are grateful for inviting the following members to the program committee this year:

 

 

Internal Keynote Speaker

 

The following four internal keynote speakers are nominated (ordered alphabetically):

 

  • Mohit Bansal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Eunsol Choi, University of Texas at Austin
  • Jinho Choi, Emory University
  • Fei Liu, Emory University

 

We will begin contacting them this week, starting with the one who received the most votes.

 

External Keynote Speaker

 

The following four external keynote speakers are nominated (ordered alphabetically):

 

 

Please fill out the following form (it should take less than a minute) to vote for them (or nominate someone else in case none of the above candidates are available): https://forms.gle/k8TU3GPUybaQC4xH8

 

Thank you again for supporting SouthNLP 2024. We will announce the CFP next week. Have a wonderful week everyone!

 

Best,

 

Jinho D. Choi

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Emory University

 

Address: 400 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322

Office: W302F at Math & Science Center

Website: https://www.emorynlp.org/faculty/jinho-choi

Choi, Jinho

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Oct 27, 2023, 9:15:43 AM10/27/23
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Folks,

 

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mohit Bansal from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been selected as the internal keynote speaker with the highest vote. We wish to express our gratitude to Dr. Bansal for accepting our invitation to deliver the keynote speech.

 

We still need more votes for the external keynote speaker. Please take a minute to vote using this form:

https://forms.gle/k8TU3GPUybaQC4xH8

 

We will make the first CFP on November 1 and start sending invitations for external speakers so it would be great if you can fill out the form this week.

 

This is really happening and I’m grateful for all the encouragement and encouragement from you guys. Have a wonderful week everyone!

 

Best,

 

Jinho D. Choi

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Emory University

 

Address: 400 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322

Office: W302F at Math & Science Center

Website: https://www.emorynlp.org/faculty/jinho-choi

 

Choi, Jinho

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Oct 30, 2023, 4:40:21 PM10/30/23
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Dear South NLPers,

 

Thank you for voting for the external keynote speaker. Below are the results, listed in order of highest to lowest vote count:

 

  1. Kathleen McKeown, Columbia University (http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~kathy/)
  2. Hannaneh Hajishirzi, University of Washington (https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~hannaneh/)
  3. Denny Zhou, Google DeepMind (https://dennyzhou.github.io)
  4. Heng Ji, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (https://blender.cs.illinois.edu/hengji.html)

 

We will reach out to each scholar in order with hopes of securing a keynote speech. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments on any part of the symposium. We will make the first CFP this Wednesday.

 

Have a wonderful week!

 

Best,

 

Jinho D. Choi

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Emory University

 

Address: 400 Dowman Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322

Office: W302F at Math & Science Center

Website: https://www.emorynlp.org/faculty/jinho-choi

 

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