Undergraduate Student Selection Guidelines
Four to eight undergraduate students will be selected for next summer's workshop. It is expected that they will be members of the current
junior class so that their proficiency will be consistent with the goals of the workshop: attracting outstanding students to graduate
study and research in the field of language engineering.
Applicants conversant with computer usage, including Unix and either C, C++, Perl, Python or Java programming and acquainted with basic probability or statistics will be preferred. Knowledge in any of the following will be considered, but is not a prerequisite: Linguistics, Speech Communication, Natural Language Processing, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning, Digital Signal Processing, Signals and Systems, Linear Algebra, Data Structures, Foreign Languages, the Study of Music and experience reading musical scores or using MatLab and other similar software.
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Deadline for Application is Friday, March 20th, 2009. Applications from non-U.S. citizens currently residing outside the United States must be received no later than March 6, 2009.
Please read each section carefully.
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Personal Information: |
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Date of Birth: | required |
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Current Address: | required |
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Citizenship Information:
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Citizenship:
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U.S. Citizen
Other
U.S. Permanent Resident
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If you are a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident:
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How would you best describe yourself? |
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If you are NOT a U.S. Citizen, please fill out the following!
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What is your present occupation or position in your country? |
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Place of Birth: |
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City: |
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Please indicate Country of Citizenship: |
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If you are a foreign national now residing in the U.S., what is your status? |
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Information: |
| E-Mail address: | required |
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Webpage Address: | optional |
| | http://myschool.edu/~me/:
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Information: |
| Current University: | required |
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| Faculty Nominator: | required |
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| Academia: | required |
| | Declared Major: |
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| | Current GPA: |
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| | Input must be numeric. The format is your GPA
over the maximum achievable gpa.
(Example: 3.75/4.00) |
| | Class Rank: |
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| | Input must be numeric and represents your
percentage rank within your graduating class.
(Example: A rank of 95% indicates completion above ninety-five percent of
your class.) |
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required (if taken) |
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required (if taken)
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Taken:
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check if applicable
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| Interests and
Skills: |
| Areas of Interest: | required |
| | Please list the Workshop 2009 projects that
interest you most, ranked in order of preference (i.e. 1 for most wanted, 3 for least wanted, with 2 in between).
The projects are:
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| Computer Skills: | required |
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languages known: |
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double-check all information before submitting!!! |
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