Amanda Stent’s CSE523/524 Projects

If you are an MS student who wants to do 523/524 or a thesis with me, here are my expectations of you:
 
1. Create a software design document/proposal
 
Pick a project and find related work with my assistance, and then write up your planned work as a software design document.
 
2. Meet with me once a week
 
Some weeks an email update will suffice. Other weeks we will meet in person.
 
3. Present your project
 
At the end of the project, you will update your design document with your results and give a short (5-15 minutes) presentation of your project in my graduate seminar.
 
I do not usually fund MS students for 523/524 but there are multiple publication opportunities.
 
 
Projects:
 
Optimality theory surface realizer
 
1 MS student to create a Java implementation of OT for surface realization. Skills needed: Java programming, ability to read and implement algorithms.
 
 
Writing for nonnative speakers of English
 
1 MS student to work on a writing tool for nonnative speakers of English. Skills needed: Java programming, teamwork.
 
 
Spoken dialog systems
 
1 MS student to work on a spoken dialog system for maintaining calendars. Skills needed: Database skills, Java programming.
 
1 MS student to work on a spoken dialog system for surveys. Skills needed: Database skills, Php programming, javascript.
 
 
Large-scale QA
 
1-2 MS students to work on implementation of a large-scale question answering system. Skills needed: Database skills, Java programming.