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Career

· Adjunct Faculty (Computer Science), Columbia University2017–
· Co-Founder and CTO, WordsEye2013–
· Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science - Computational Linguistics, Columbia University2009–2016
· Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science, Columbia Engineering2007–
· PhD Research (Computer Science - Computational Linguistics), Columbia University2007–2017
· President and Founder, Semantic Light LLC2003–
· Principal Technical Staff Member, AT&T Labs Research1999–
· Director of Software Development, Nichimen Graphics1995–
· Software Engineer, Information International Inc.1991–
· Member of the Technical Staff, Symbolics Inc., Graphics Division1983–
· Graduate Study in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, University of California, Berkeley1980–1981
· Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science, Columbia University1976–

Publications (868)

Frame Semantics in Text-to-Scene Generation
International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems · 2010
37
cited
Who, What, When, Where, Why? Comparing Multiple Approaches to the Cross-Lingual 5W Task
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics · 2009
37
cited
VigNet: Grounding Language in Graphics using Frame Semantics
RELMS@ACL · 2011
28
cited
Annotation Tools and Knowledge Representation for a Text-To-Scene System
International Conference on Computational Linguistics · 2012
25
cited
LexPar: A Freely Available English Paraphrase Lexicon Automatically Extracted from FrameNet
International Computer Science Conference · 2009
22
cited
Data collection and normalization for building the Scenario-Based Lexical Knowledge Resource of a text-to-scene conversion system
2010 Fifth International Workshop Semantic Media Adaptation and Personalization · 2010
17
cited
Collecting Semantic Data from Mechanical Turk for a Lexical Knowledge Resource in a Text to Picture Generating System
International Conference on Computational Semantics · 2011
13
cited
Collecting Semantic Information for Locations in the Scenario-Based Lexical Knowledge Resource of a Text-to-Scene Conversion System
International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems · 2011
11
cited
Documenting Endangered Languages with the WordsEye Linguistics Tool
2014
10
cited
Evaluating a text-to-scene generation system as an aid to literacy
Slate · 2011
8
cited
Evaluating the WordsEye Text-to-Scene System: Imaginative and Realistic Sentences
International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation · 2018
8
cited
Meaning-Text-Theory and Lexical Frames
2009
6
cited
SpatialNet: A Declarative Resource for Spatial Relations
Proceedings of the Combined Workshop on Spatial Language Understanding ( · 2019
6
cited
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
2011
4
cited
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
2011
4
cited
WELT: Using Graphics Generation in Linguistic Fieldwork
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics · 2014
4
cited
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
2010
3
cited
Kendrick Lamar - Good kid, m.A.A.d. city
2012
3
cited
The White Stripes - The Hardest Button To Button
2010
3
cited
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
2011
2
cited
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