This summer, Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Language and Speech Processing is hosting the Twelfth Frederick Jelinek Memorial Summer Workshop and is seeking outstanding rising seniors at U.S. universities to participate in this eight-week human language technologies (HLT) workshop.

This highly-selective residential program, which will be held at Johns Hopkins University from June 15th to August 7th, includes:

• A  comprehensive two-week summer school on HLT
• A six-week intensive project-based research experience

The workshop is an intense, dynamic intellectual environment and undergraduates will work alongside senior researchers as part of a multi-university research team that will focus on an HLT problem of current interest. Many of our past undergraduate participants have gone on to pursue graduate studies in HLT and AI.

Teams/topics planned for this year include:

• Uncertainty-Aware Health Coaching for Sustainable Habit Building with Human Oversight
• Simulator for Evaluating Spoken Conversational AI
• Omnimodal Encoders

Application process

• Submit application, including name of faculty nominator: Saturday, February 28, 2026
• Submit applicant CV here: Saturday, February 28, 2026
• Submit recommendation letter here: Thursday, March 5th, 2026
• Apply Now               

Questions should be directed to the JSALT 2026 organizing committee. Applicants will be evaluated based solely on relevant skills, employment experience, past academic record, and the strength of letters of recommendation. Students in any major may apply. Students from under-represented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply, as are those from academic institutions with limited research opportunities in STEM.