Brown University to Host Memorial for Eugene Charniak

Brown University is hosting an academic memorial event to honor the research and legacy of Eugene Charniak, a renowned figure in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML). The two-day workshop will take place on November 8th and 9th, 2023, at the Brown Computer Science Department in Providence, RI. The event will feature invited presentations of cutting-edge research, with a focus on the themes that defined Eugene’s career, including classic statistical NLP/ML, simple baselines, data sparsity, and unsupervised learning.

The event will feature keynote presentations from Mark Johnson, as well as research talks from Regina Barzilay, Michael Collins, Jason Eisner, Lillian Lee, Ani Nenkova, Ellie Pavlick, Brian Roark, Chris Tanner, and Byron Wallace. Attendees will also have the opportunity to remember Eugene in a social setting and participate in a panel discussion on the workshop’s research themes.

All members of the ACL community are welcome to attend, regardless of their relationship with Eugene. Attendees are responsible for finding their own accommodations, and travel instructions are available on the Brown University website. To stay informed about the event, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_7LZBSjP3Ur2XCTtsDtwnL_Jbxgh5WfirCquXjier57yiXQ/viewform