Submitted by Anna Schnell
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2024 graduate C.M. Downey has started in a new role as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Data Science at the University of Rochester.
Downey’s teaching and research focuses on the interdisciplinary crossroads of language and computation, including the Fall 2024 course Deep Learning for Computational Linguistics, which attracts a mix of Data Science and Linguistics students.
Downey also seeks to build upon the UR Linguistics department’s strength in language documentation and description to investigate ways in which computation and machine learning can be harnessed to accelerate the process of documentation in the face of language endangerment.
Find out more about Downey's research here: https://cmdowney88.github.io/