I love this sign so much, both as an animal lover and a NLP geek -- it's both literally true and sarcastic.😁

More info about clulab (aka NLP @ U.Arizona) can also be found here: clulab.org ! 🏜️

The seemingly ordinary little cactus in my front yard erupted with some of the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen! #CactiAreCool

I'd like to congratulate my colleague, Mihai Surdeanu Mihai Surdeanu, on his promotion to full Professor at U.Arizona! So glad to see Mihai get the recognition that he deserves for his excellence as both a researcher and teacher. (And he's an amazing colleague too.) Congrats, Mihai! 🏆

We (w/ Mihai Surdeanu) will be presenting our Spotlight paper at #ICLR2024 in Vienna next week. Drop by for some amazing intellectual exchanges on data contamination. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2308.08493 Code: github.com/shahriargolchi… Media: thenewstack.io/how-to-detect-…

Check out NAACL 2024 papers from NLP @ U.Arizona! 🌵

How to pick your new couch color...

The mechanism behind in-context learning (ICL) has been unclear for a long time. We studied the behind-the-scenes memorization in ICL and found that there is a very strong correlation between this memorization and improved performance. arxiv.org/abs/2408.11546

Exciting News: The Computer Science Department at U.Arizona is launching a new B.S. in AI degree this fall! See: cs.arizona.edu/aibs If you know students who might be interested in focusing their undergraduate education on AI, please spread the word!

The Computer Science Department at the University of Arizona 🌵 has 6 faculty positions open this year, including tenure-track and career-track (teaching). Please consider applying! The career-track ad is here: cra.org/job/university… (The tenure-track ad is coming soon... )

The Computer Science Department at U.Arizona is looking to hire 6 new faculty, including tenure-track and career-track (teaching). Tucson is awesome: stunningly beautiful with year-round sunshine! Check us out and apply to join us here: cs.arizona.edu/currently-open…

We are looking for candidates in all areas; please consider applying! Since my core area is software security and program analysis, in this thread, I will discuss why, at the University of Arizona, you will be uniquely placed to make your lasting marks in the field! 🧵

I just finished teaching an introduction to deep learning course based on our textbook. All content (book, slides, code) is available here: clulab.org/gentlenlp/

A phainopepla landed on the railing of my backyard patio! Hadn't seen one before. Super cool Tucson bird!

Tucson is one of the "Top 25 best places to travel in 2025," or so does the BBC say. Personally, I would rather live here. But I get that some can only visit. bbc.com/travel/article…

How to Secure Industry Funding? Given the uncertainty of the NIH funding, it's time to help junior faculty explore other sources. I hope this blog post reaches more of them. I'm always happy to send sample proposals to help get started! Details see: drive.google.com/file/d/1x6rYjw…

So much truth in here -- great advice!! (And yes, my calendar is indeed a hot mess. 🥵 )

I was recently given the opportunity to present one of the keynotes at ARES-25 in Ghent, Belgium. Here's a recording of the talk: ligerlabs.org/lectures.html#…

Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/

The Computer Science Department at the University of Arizona (cs.arizona.edu) is growing and has multiple tenure-track faculty positions open this year. If you're on the academic job market, consider joining us! ☀️🌵🌄arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…