CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND SPEECH PROCESSING
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Md.
The Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP) at Johns Hopkins
University encourages students interested in pursuing a graduate
degree in any aspect of language and speech processing to apply to
Johns Hopkins. Graduate students interested in language and speech
processing who want to conduct research at CLSP must first be admitted
to a graduate program in one of the various departments that have CLSP
faculty. Students must meet the requirements for admission and degree
completion in their home department. To obtain an application to any
of the affiliated departments, send mail to the address provided
below. Be sure to indicate which department(s) you wish to apply to.
Home Departments and Selected Faculty
Cognitive Science
MICHAEL BRENT, Ph.D., MIT, 1991. Computational models of language acquisition,
machine learning of natural language.
LUIGI BURZIO, Ph.D., MIT, 1981. Theories of syntax and phonology, rules versus
constraints in lexical organization.
ROBERT FRANK, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1992. Natural language syntax
and foundations of grammatical theory, tree adjoining grammars, computational
and empirical studies of language acquisition and language processing.
PAUL SMOLENSKY, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1981. Integration of
neural/connectionist and symbolic computation, soft constraints in universal
grammar, optimality theory, phonology and syntax.
Computer Science
ERIC BRILL, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993. Natural language and
speech processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence.
SIMON KASIF, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1985. Artificial intelligence,
parallel computation, machine learning, computational modeling.
STEVEN SALZBERG, Ph.D., Harvard, 1989. Machine learning, computational
biology, pattern recognition.
DAVID YAROWSKY, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1995. Natural language
processing and spoken language systems, machine translation, information
retrieval and machine learning.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ANDREAS ANDREOU, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1986. Sensory
communication, acoustic processing for speech recognition using models of
audition and speech production, low power analog VLSI auditory models.
GERT CAUWENBERGHS, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1994. Neural
networks, model free learning, low power integrated circuits for speech
encoding/decoding and acoustic signal classification.
FREDERICK JELINEK, Ph.D., MIT, 1962. Speech recognition, statistical methods
of natural language processing, information theory.
Biomedical Engineering
JOHN HEINZ, Sc.D., MIT, 1962. Speech communication, acoustics of speech and
swallowing.
MURRAY SACHS, Ph.D., MIT, 1966. Auditory neurophysiology and psychophysics.
ERIC YOUNG, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1972. Auditory neurophysiology,
neural modeling, sensory processes.
Mathematical Sciences
CAREY PRIEBE, Ph.D., George Mason University, 1993. Statistics, functional
estimation, discriminant analysis, change point analysis, image analysis.
COLIN WU, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1990. Statistics, semi-parametric models,
robustness.
Center Resources and Activities
World-class computational resources
Ample laboratory and office space for graduate students
Weekly academic year seminar series
Annual Speech Research Symposium
Six-week international summer research workshop
Affiliated Laboratories
Center for Hearing Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Communications Sciences Research Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Kennedy
Krieger Institute
Neural Encoding Laboratory, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Sensory Communication Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of
Engineering
Selected graduate courses offered in NLP and related areas:
600.403 - Learning and Modeling
600.404 - Artificial Neural Networks
600.435 - Artificial Intelligence
600.440 - Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence
600.465 - Introduction to Natural Language Processing
600.466 - Advanced Topics in Natural Language Processing
600.489 - Automated Reasoning
600.661 - Machine Learning
600.676 - Statistical Methods of Natural Language Analysis
520.435 - Digital Signal Processing
520.447 - Introduction to Information Theory and Coding
520.475 - Processing and Recognition of Speech
520.476 - Information Extraction from Speech and Text
520.639 - Information Theory
520.641 - Communication Theory
520.735 - Sensory Information Processing
050.405 - Cognitive AI II: Learning
050.603 - Lexical Processing
050.606 - Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language
050.624 - Topics in Syntactic Theory
050.625 - Linguistic Semantics
050.627 - Lexicon Seminar
050.642 - Computational Language Acquisition
050.643 - Laboratory in Computational Language Acquisition
050.801 - Research Seminar in Cognitive Neuropsychology
050.802 - Research Seminar in Cognitive Processes
Center for Language and Speech Processing
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street / Barton Hall
Baltimore, MD 21218-2686
IMPORTANT: Indicate department(s) of interest
Tel (410) 516-4237 Fax (410) 516-5050
Electronic Access
e-mail: clsp@jhu.edu
WWW: http://cspjhu.ece.jhu.edu
Applications can also be requested via the web by filling out the on-line
form available at http://cspjhu.ece.jhu.edu/admission.html
The Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
sex, religion, homosexuality, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or
veteran status in any student program or activity administered by the
University or with regard to admission or employment.
Questions regarding Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 should be referred to
Yvonne M. Theodore, Affirmative Action Officer, 205 Garland Hall (410-516-
8075).