Ugh. I should be busily typing away at my thesis proposal(s!) right now. But I’m not. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to plan on finishing my MS Thesis and proposing my PhD Thesis in the same semester. Hrm. Well, my wife has her MS Thesis finishing up by summer too, so at least we get to procrastinate together.
The Big Picture:
1. M.S. Thesis: Modeling Language Learner Pronunciation Errors
2. PhD Thesis: Modeling Language Learner Errors
3. CALICO 2006 Presentation: Re-ranking Language Learner Errors by importance as gauged by native speakers.
Now, to think how can I maximize overlap between these…
On the other hand, my coding work in modeling non-pronunciation errors is going well. It’s amazing how motivated you are to code when you need to be writing. “Structured Procrastination” they call it. My web-based annotation is up and running smoothly (But my, it IS an ugly hack of a Plone site… we won’t talk about that). And lots of Pashto annotators are coming in soon to help with that.
And my citeulike to-read queue is getting huge…
So much to do. I think I’m going work hard for the next 2 days, and set aside tomorrow night for poetry reading. You see, there’s this Neruda book I’ve been waiting to crack open…
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love that short essay on “structured procrastination”. i’ll wade through some of his other writings later… ;)