Graduate Studies in Computational Linguistics

Chloe studied Spanish Language and Literature at Simmons University. She discovered that she also enjoyed programming during her time studying for her undergraduate degree which helped her discover the field of Computational Linguistics. Chloe spent the last year working at an English Language School in Boston and is interested in studying multilingualism and the effects of social media on language acquisition and use.

Lindsay graduated from Duke University with a BA in German and Linguistics. She has a very broad range of interests in linguistics and NLP, from language policy and identity construction to assistive technologies and machine translation, and is excited to integrate new computational skills with her background in sociocultural linguistics. Outside of academia, she spends her time reading, social dancing, and playing video games.

Emily earned her BA in foreign languages and literatures at National Taiwan University. She became fascinated with language technology through linguistics and translation courses. At Brandeis, she hopes to advance her computational skills and explore the combination of language and technology.

Zixin graduated from McGill University with a BA in Philosophy and Linguistics. She has a special interest in Semantics and Philosophy of language, but she wants to apply her knowledge of Linguistics and pursue a path that seeks to integrate technology and humanity in a manner that benefits human well-being. At Brandeis, she hopes to advance her computational skills and gain a further understanding of the industry.

Before joining Brandeis, Bohan earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Iowa and completed his Master’s degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics at the University of Chicago. Motivated by a previous project implementing word2vec, he has decided to embark on a new journey, conducting research in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He is excited to explore unknown areas in this field with the hope of contributing advancements that will benefit society.

Kasey received a BA in Linguistics and a BS in Cognitive Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Kasey is interested in the intersection between linguistics and technology and is hoping to work with speech recognition and machine translation in the future.

Ben is from Nashua, New Hampshire, and did his undergraduate degree at Brandeis. He chose Brandeis for graduate school because he loves the program’s culture.

William grew up in Maryland and recently graduated from Brigham Young University. He chose to study at Brandeis because they offered the best dedicated computational linguistics masters program.

After two enlistments in the US Navy, Travis earned his BA in Linguistics from San Diego State University, with a minor in Classical Language. While completing his degree he took several classes on natural language processing and corpus analysis which held his attention and inspired him to continue his education in that direction. He applied for the Brandeis CLMS program in order to prepare for research in the CL/NLP field.

Zachary McCormick earned his undergraduate degrees in linguistics, Spanish, and Italian studies, though was ultimately drawn to the pursuit of computational linguistics at Brandeis University through his concomitant love and passion for mathematics, computer science, and even neuroscience and psychology. Naturally then, he was ultimately drawn to the computational linguistics program at Brandeis University because of the rich interdisciplinarity it offers its students.

Jade got her B.A. in Spanish and International Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and her A.A.S. in Data Science and Programming Support Services from Wake Technical Community College. She enjoys learning languages and is interested in language learning technologies.

Daniel worked as a translator and translation technology specialist, employing machine translation more and more often as it improved. He is excited to delve into the NLP that underlies applications like machine translation and multi-lingual search.

Sohini completed a B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. She hopes to gain experience in NLP research as a CL student in her time at Brandeis University.

Peter graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Linguistics and minors in computer science and computational linguistics. At Brandeis, he's excited to continue his studies in machine learning, NLP, and language technologies in preparation for a career in industry.