1. Background, research and teaching…
Xiaofei Lu
APLNG Pro-Seminar
September 5, 2007

2. Background BA, English, Nankai University
A thematic study of Thomas Hardy’s four major novels
MA, English Language, National U of S’pore
The Taiwan issue in the media: a corpus-based comparative study of Chinese and American media discourse
PhD, Computational linguistics, Ohio State U
Hybrid models for Chinese unknown word resolution

3. Research interests Computational linguistics Corpus linguistics
Hybrid models for natural language processing
Corpus linguistics
Corpus annotation, processing and analysis
Intelligent computer assisted language learning
Use of NLP technology for CALL

4. Current research Automatic text complexity analysis
Implementation of metrics for L1 & L2
Corpus-based complexity metrics evaluation
Assessment of L1 & L2 syntactic development
Assessment of reading & testing materials

5. Current teaching Fall 2007 Spring 2007
083S: Communication and the Internet
588: Computer-assisted Language Learning
Spring 2007
597A: Seminar in Corpus Linguistics
597C (with Bob): Statistical analysis

6. Some pieces of advice Research topic: doability, impact and life span
Build a research profile early
Read AL, MLJ, TQ, UJCL, CALICO, LLT, etc.
Present at conferences and submit to journals
Relationship with your advisor and committee
Some desirable skills (from my perspective)
Unix tools and programming languages
Corpus annotation and analysis tools
Statistical and linguistic analysis