Texts and Tools Lab 2018
- 1. John Blake, Associate professor Center for Language Research, University of Aizu Texts and Tools Lab Textual analysis and technology-enhanced tools Texts & Tools Lab Create practical online tools to solve real-world English language problems
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- 10. Texts and Tools Lab: 10 Current project: Feature visualization
- 11. Projects 11 Current tools Pronunciation scaffolder, ver.2.0 (Elm and JavaScript) Error detector ver.4.0 (JavaScript) Tense identifier ver.2.0 (JavaScript) Move visualizer ver. 2.0 (ReactJS and Google Cloud) Current funded projects 2018/9: Feature visualizer using (JavaScript) Tense identifier ver. 3.0 (Python) Interactive language website (Ruby, MySQL and JavaScript) Preposition visualizer (Golang) Texts and Tools Lab:
- 12. Projects 12 New Projects for 2019 onwards: Language feature detector (Python , Flask) Authorship analysis (Python , Flask) Computerized language assessment (Python, Flask and ReactJS) Tense and time visualizer (Python , Flask and ReactJS) Texts and Tools Lab:
- 13. You 13 Best: • Excellent English • Excellent programming skills • Interested in natural language processing Acceptable: • Willing to improve English and programming skills Necessary • Keen • cheerful • hardworking Not acceptable: • No programming • Repeated missed deadlines Conference presentations by students: • B4 student: Paper presentation, Hong Kong, Dec 2017 • B3 student: Poster presentation, Japan, Sept 2018 • B3 student: Paper presentation, Japan, Nov 2018 Texts and Tools Lab: Lab • Meetings are held in English • Regular seminars – research method, etc.
- 14. My role 14 Project manager Research adviser Collaborator Ensure you can create your tool / task effectively and efficiently Ensure you complete your Graduation Thesis on time Work with you to create poster and short articles Texts and Tools Lab:
- 15. Life in the TNT Lab 15 Weekly lab meeting (Sem A|B) • Project tracking – deadlines, milestones • Progress report • Problem solving Online platforms – Slack, Trello • Meeting logs, documents and code Improve your resume: • Presentations and publications • Use English as main language International atmosphere • Collaborators with researchers in the UK, India, Hong Kong and Thailand Texts and Tools Lab:
- 16. Texts & Tools Lab John Blake jblake@u-aizu.ac.jp If you want to join the TNT Lab, email me to arrange an appointment.