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Charles Roy Davis Professor (having previously assisted and associated)
Department of Computer Science
A.B. Cornell 1993, math and CS; Ph.D. Harvard 1997. |
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The crudest curriculum vitae crows and flaps its wings in a style
peculiar to the undersigner.
I doubt whether you can even give your telephone
number without giving something of yourself.
–Nabokov, Nikolai Gogol |
Research, professional activities, and recognition
Interested in doing research with me or other NLP faculty?
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Cornell undergraduate/MEng/MS students seeking research/project positions: No positions open for students I am not already working with until at least Fall 2026.
- Prospective graduate students:
I'm really sorry to not be able to respond to individual inquiries, because I'm trying to devote as much time as I can to my current Cornell students. But please don't take my lack of response as lack of interest! I've had to settle on a blanket policy of not answering any such emails — but I do try to read them all.
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Cornell-external students seeking internships/visiting positions/committee membership and people inquiring after postdocs:
I don't have any research positions available for you anywhere between spring 2024 to summer 2026 inclusive, and I am unable to join any external thesis committees for the foreseeable future, due to my commitments to my current students. I am sorry, and I realize that this situation means that I am missing out on the opportunity to work with some fantastic people.
My policies regarding requests for tenure/promotion letters
(undergrads/masters/PhD students: to be clear, this section does not apply to you!)
- I decline requests from institutions that do not offer strong confidentiality promises, so as to feel more empowered to be candid in my letters.
- I decline requests for "third-year review"-like letters, meaning those that are for promotion but without tenure. Reason: to reserve sufficient time for letters regarding tenure cases.
- I would strongly prefer that candidates not contact me beforehand regarding my availability to write a letter, and reserve the right not to answer such queries. I understand this can put candidates in an awkward position when they are advised to make such pre-contacts by their institution, and I am sorry for that; I'm providing this public statement as protection for candidates in that case.
But I would prefer to be able to state, should/as I write such letters, that I was not contacted by the candidate or did not promise the candidate anything, so as to provide more evidence of impartiality.
Contact and availability info
I am on sabbatical for academic year 2025-2026. I would like to take a break from Cornell business during this time, focusing on research instead.
Actual coordinates: 419 Gates Hall; email address: consult any of my recent papers; phone: 607-255-8119;
fax: 607-255-9143
Mailing address is Cornell University, Department
of
Computer
Science, 419 Gates Hall,
Ithaca, NY 14853
Street address is 107 Hoy Road
Administrative assistant: Lacy Jordaens, see the CUCS staff page for contact info.
Courses
- Selected past courses:
- Natural language processing and social interaction (CS/IS 6742) SP24, F21, F17, F15 w/ Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil
- Advanced language technologies (CS6740): S23, F19 (TAGs, CCGs, deconstructing datasets, semantic representations), F07 (a
generally quite strong set of
student-authored lecture guides with problems),
S10
(fancy tabbing navigation using javascript, updated references), S02 (no IR), S01 (short course)
- Natural language processing (CS4740/COGST4740/CS5740/LING4474) F23, F22 w/ Marten van Schijndel)
- Practicum in Artificial Intelligence (CS 4701) F24
- Machine learning and data science (CS4786/5786) S15 w/ Karthik Sridharan)
- Introduction to computing: A design and development perspective (CS1110): SP25 w/ Michael Clarkson,
SP22 w/ Anne Bracy, SP21 and SP20 w/ Daisy Fan; SP18 w/ Anne Bracy; SP17 w/ Erik Andersen; SP16 w/ Charlie Van Loan; SP14 w/ Steve Marschner); Introduction to computing using Java (CS1110, F10 w/ David Gries)
- Computation, information,
and intelligence (CS 1700, aka 172, S07)
- Honors introduction to the theory of computing (CS481, F98, F99, F00)
Other stuff