Category: Alumni of NLP
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NLP Alum: Diji Yang
In anticipation of celebrating the Five Year Anniversary of the NLP MS program, we recently caught up with alum, Diji Yang, class of 2022. After graduating from the MS program, Diji contiuned his educational journey at UC Santa Cruz in the CSE PhD program, focusing on machine learning. As part of his PhD journey, Diji…
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Student Spotlight: Kaleen Shrestha
Department: Computer Science and EngineeringDegree Program: Natural Language Processing MSHometown: San Jose, CAUndergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzGraduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Kaleen Shrestha is a member of the inaugural class of Baskin Engineering’s new M.S. in Natural Language Processing (NLP) program. She is also an undergraduate alumna of UC Santa Cruz, where she majored in computer…
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Student Spotlight: Adam Fidler
Degree Program: Natural Language Processing M.S.Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University, Utah Valley UniversityDepartment: Computer Science and EngineeringHometown: Salt Lake City, Utah Adam Fidler is a member of the inaugural class of Baskin Engineering’s new M.S. in Natural Language Processing (NLP). He spoke with us about what he likes most about the program so far and his aspirations for a…
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Student Spotlight: Angela Ramirez
Degree Program: Natural Language Processing M.S.Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzDepartment: Computer Science and EngineeringHometown: Atwater, California Angela Ramirez is a member of the inaugural class of Baskin Engineering’s new M.S. in Natural Language Processing (NLP). She is also an undergraduate alumna of UC Santa Cruz, where she majored in cognitive science with an emphasis in artificial intelligence…
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Student Spotlight: Cecilia Li
Degree Program: Natural Language Processing M.S.Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzDepartment: Computer Science and EngineeringHometown: Chengdu, China Cecilia Li is a Baskin Engineering undergraduate alumna who is currently enrolled in UC Santa Cruz’s new M.S. program in natural language processing. She spoke with us about what she loves about computer science and her plans for the future. Why…
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Student Spotlight: Austin King
Graduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzUndergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzDepartment: Computer Science and EngineeringHometown: Sunnyvale, CA How did you choose this program? I went to UCSC for my undergraduate degree before starting the NLP program. I was a computer science and computational mathematics major, and I graduated this year. I had an…
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Student Spotlight: Nilay Patel
Degree Program: Natural Language Processing M.S.Graduate Institution: University of California, Santa CruzUndergraduate Institution: Florida State UniversityDepartment: Computer Science and EngineeringHometown: Tallahassee, Florida Nilay Patel is a member of the inaugural class of UC Santa Cruz’s new Master’s program in Natural Language Processing. During COVID, he has been taking courses remotely from his hometown in Florida. He talked with us about…