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Project submissions open + additional guidanceWritten on 21.07.25 by Kate McCurdy Thanks for last week's presentations! We are now in the final stretch for projects. The project due date is next week. Submissions are open: for full credit, you must upload your project description and code to the CMS by the end of Thursday, July 31. An important note on software evaluation: I… Read more Thanks for last week's presentations! We are now in the final stretch for projects. The project due date is next week. Submissions are open: for full credit, you must upload your project description and code to the CMS by the end of Thursday, July 31. An important note on software evaluation: I must be able to run your software and reproduce your stated results in order for you to receive full credit. You should bear this in mind, and include a README.md with clear instructions and comments in your code repository. If you don't have clear instructions, I will attempt to figure it out myself, but I may miss key steps - resulting in a lower grade than you would otherwise have. At this stage, you should prioritize reproducibility over including additional results. In some cases, you may have trained additional models which are needed to reproduce the findings. In this case, please either upload the pretrained model with the code - or if the size limit exceeds what's possible on the CMS, please upload your model on an alternative hosting service. Uploading to a shared folder on the SIC or LST cluster would be acceptable, or uploading files to Dropbox, Google Drive, or a similar hosting service. If you run into trouble satisfying this requirement, feel free to reach out to me and we can discuss options. Note, however, that the reproduction requirement is non-negotiable - I must be able to run your code on my own for you to receive a satisfactory grade. Best of luck! |
Final presentation + project guidanceWritten on 01.07.25 by Kate McCurdy Thanks for attending today's check-in. We're now in the last month of the project! Final presentations are scheduled for Monday July 14, 10 am, C7 4 Aquarium. Please prepare a 15-20 minute presentation of your project and be ready for questions and discussion. Your final project submission is… Read more Thanks for attending today's check-in. We're now in the last month of the project! Final presentations are scheduled for Monday July 14, 10 am, C7 4 Aquarium. Please prepare a 15-20 minute presentation of your project and be ready for questions and discussion. Your final project submission is due on July 31; you can upload it via the CMS. Please submit your code as well as a 6-8 page paper in ACL format describing the goals, methods, and results of your project. Your code should be reproducible --- please describe all steps needed to replicate your analysis in a README. Both the presentation and written project should address the following questions:
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Third check-in meeting + presentations in JulyWritten on 23.06.25 by Kate McCurdy Thanks for attending our second meeting on June 12, and sharing your presentation materials! Our third check-in meeting will take place next week on Tuesday, July 1 at 3 pm. You should have received a Teams invitation for the meeting; please let me know if this did not come through. In… Read more Thanks for attending our second meeting on June 12, and sharing your presentation materials! Our third check-in meeting will take place next week on Tuesday, July 1 at 3 pm. You should have received a Teams invitation for the meeting; please let me know if this did not come through. In addition, final project presentations are scheduled for Monday, July 14 at 2 pm in the C7 4 Aquarium. This will be an opportunity for you to present your findings, and receive feedback to inform your final project submission (paper and code), which is due on July 31. Please email me if you have further questions! |
First check-in meeting: Thursday May 22Written on 07.05.25 by Kate McCurdy Thank you for submitting your proposals! These projects look quite exciting, and I look forward to seeing the results. Our first check-in meeting will take place on Thursday, May 22. I would suggest 3 pm - please let me know if this time doesn't work for you and we can reschedule for another time… Read more Thank you for submitting your proposals! These projects look quite exciting, and I look forward to seeing the results. Our first check-in meeting will take place on Thursday, May 22. I would suggest 3 pm - please let me know if this time doesn't work for you and we can reschedule for another time that day. Here is the meeting link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTRlZDkxYWEtMjE0Yy00ZmRiLWE5NjUtMzg0NzYzZmM1N2Ez%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267610027-1ac3-49b6-8641-ccd83ce1b01f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2208890f6f-a06a-4788-81bf-b1982132b1b4%22%7d |
Proposal submission open until Monday, May 5Written on 29.04.25 by Kate McCurdy An update: you are now able to submit proposals here on the CMS page, and have until the end of Monday, May 5 to do so. If you have any questions about the proposal, I will be available by email today, tomorrow, and Monday. Looking forward to seeing your project proposals! |
Extension to proposal due date - now due May 5Written on 22.04.25 (last change on 22.04.25) by Kate McCurdy Thanks to those of you who have enrolled in this software project! You should all have received an email from me by now, confirming your participation in this course. The first milestone for course participation is the project proposal. This should be 3 pages in ACL format. I have extended the due… Read more Thanks to those of you who have enrolled in this software project! You should all have received an email from me by now, confirming your participation in this course. The first milestone for course participation is the project proposal. This should be 3 pages in ACL format. I have extended the due date from May 1 to Monday May 5. Your proposal should clearly identify:
The proposal will count for 20% of your grade, so do spend some time on it, and email me if you have questions. Grade allocations and timelines have been updated on the course page: https://lacoco-lab.github.io/courses/ling-interp-langmod/ |
Software Project: Linguistic Interpretibility for Neural Models of Language
See https://lacoco-lab.github.io/courses/ling-interp-langmod/ for the syllabus and further information.
Kick-off meeting slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_x5AFsW2MDsH03pNx1NdxVBGb_nIgvGBtA8Of39ohoM/edit?usp=sharing