NSF Org:	IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Initial Amendment Date:	November 6, 2000
Latest Amendment Date:	November 6, 2000
Award Number:	0097529
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Ephraim Glinert IIS  Division of Information & Intelligent Systems CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	November 15, 2000
End Date:	April 30, 2001 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$7,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$7,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2001 = $7,000.00
History of Investigator:	Philip Resnik (Principal Investigator) resnik@umd.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Maryland, College Park 3112 LEE BUILDING COLLEGE PARK MD  US  20742-5100 (301)405-6269
Sponsor Congressional District:	04
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Maryland, College Park 3112 LEE BUILDING COLLEGE PARK MD  US  20742-5100
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	04
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	NPU8ULVAAS23
Parent UEI:	NPU8ULVAAS23
NSF Program(s):	HUMAN COMPUTER INTER PROGRAM
Primary Program Source:	app-0101
Program Reference Code(s):	9216, HPCC
Program Element Code(s):	684500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

This is funding to subsidize expenses of student participants in the Student Research Workshop organized in conjunction with the Association for Computational Linguistics Conference (ACL'2000), which was held October 3-6, 2000, in Hong Kong. The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is the primary international organization in the field of natural language processing and language engineering, with two regional chapters, Europe (EACL) and North America (NAACL), of approximately equal size. The Association's annual conference, which rotates between North America and Europe, is the major international meeting in the field, and was held for the first time this year in a Pacific Rim country. The workshop format allows students sufficient time to present their research (25 minutes) and receive feedback from a panel of established researchers in the field (15 minutes). It will provide students with invaluable exposure to outside perspectives on their work at a critical time in their research, through feedback from the panel and other student participants. The ACL Student Workshop is an inexpensive yet highly effective means of encouraging young and upcoming computational linguists. The intimate format encourages the student participants to begin building a rapport with established researchers. This nurturing effort should pay dividends by more effectively guiding students in this rapidly changing research field. In addition, by building a supportive environment for these students, it is more likely that down the road they will in turn lend a supporting hand to other students who follow.

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