News

Spring, 2016: Passed the proposal defense.

Fall, 2014: Passed the comprehensive exam.

Fall, 2012: Passed the preliminary exam.

Fall, 2012: Passed the course requirement.

PhD Dissertation Proposal

Context-aware Argument Mining and Its Application in Education

Final draft

Slides (available soon)

Comprehensive exam

Topic 1

Argumentation Mining in Natural Language Text. Reading and Slides

Topic 2

Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis. Reading and Slides

Topic 3

Deep Learning and Applications to NLP. Reading and Slides

Courses (see Resources for some presentations)

Spring 2014

CS 3730 Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing by Prof. Rebecca Hwa

Fall 2013

Coursera course: Big Data in Education by Ryan Baker

Spring 2013

CS 3730 Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing (Opinion Extraction and Sentiment Analysis) by Prof. Jan Wiebe

Fall 2012

CS 2610 Research Topics in Human Computer Interaction by Prof. Jingtao Wang

CS 3710 Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence (Natural Language Processing for Extracting Social and Interactional Meaning) by Prof. Diane Litman

Spring 2012

LTI 11-719 Computational Models of Discourse Analysis by Prof. Carolyn Rose

CS 2520 High Speed Wide Area Networks by Prof. Taieb Znati

Fall 2011

CS 2410 Computer Architecture by Prof. Sangyeun Cho

CS 2731 Introduction to Natural Language Processing by Prof. Diane Litman

CS 3750 Advanced Machine Learning by Prof. Milos Hauskrecht

Spring 2011

CS 2002 Research Experience in Computer Science

CS 2150 Design and Analysis of Algorithms by Prof. Kirk Prushs

CS 2750 Machine Learning by Prof. Milos Hauskrecht

Fall 2010

CS 2001 Research Topics in Computer Science

CS 2530 Computer and Network Security by Prof. Adam Lee

CS 2710 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence by Prof. Diane Litman