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Announcements and Agenda. Julia Hirschberg COMS 4706. Announcements. Biometrics Voice Contest Four Horsemen…. Interdisciplinary laboratory to develop new methods to study the history, and future, of planetary threats. 2010 program on nuclear proliferation 2011 program on pandemics
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Announcements and Agenda Julia Hirschberg COMS 4706
Announcements • Biometrics Voice Contest • Four Horsemen…. Interdisciplinary laboratory to develop new methods to study the history, and future, of planetary threats. • 2010 program on nuclear proliferation • 2011 program on pandemics • 2012 program on new methods for analyzing religious violence • Analysts have often noted that hatred-filled broadcasts have preceded incidents of severe religious violence. Is it possible to analyze media and predict such events. • Tuition scholarships and research grants • Particularly interested in motivated students with experience in topic modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning, etc. • Contacts: • Matthew Connelly, mjc96@columbia.edu • MickiKaufman, mbk2109@columbia.edu
Today • Brief team presentations • Lab visit