32.3018, Staff Letter: Billy Dickson

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LINGUIST List: Vol-32-3018. Thu Sep 23 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.3018, Staff Letter: Billy Dickson

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:48:11
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Staff Letter: Billy Dickson

 
Hi everyone!

My name is Billy Dickson and I am an editor for books and reviews here at The
LINGUIST List. If you are one of our wonderful reviewers, or if you have
inquired about a book announcement, you may have met me already!  Joining this
past January, I am the newest kid on the block. Overall, it has a been an
invaluable experience communicating with leading publishers in linguistics,
and I am fortunate to be surrounded by all different walks of the field.

My route to linguistics started during my undergraduate at Michigan State
University. I began studying computer science, and after a seemingly random
choice to enroll in Mandarin, I was hooked! I went on to study abroad in
Harbin, China at Harbin Institute of Technology, and later began studying
Korean as well! I can’t thank my wonderful professors from MSU enough, they
are the reason I am here now studying at our host university Indiana
University!

All thanks to this wonderful blessing we call LINGUIST List, I am currently
being funded for my master’s in computational linguistics. I have way (too)
many interests, some of which include deep learning approaches to natural
language processing, computational semantics, dynamic semantics, philosophy of
language, cognitive science, tense, aspect, and modality. Some of my favorite
questions to think about are: “what is meaning?” and “what would it mean for
artificial systems to truly understand language?”. In my free time I also very
much enjoy listening to the Lex Fridman Podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman.

It is all thanks to your donations that I have had the opportunity to further
my education without becoming buried in student debt. Please continue to
support LINGUIST List, every little bit counts. Having a firsthand look at the
content that moves through this community is extraordinary, and I am deeply
grateful to be a part of this world.

Best wishes,

Billy






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