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DESCRIPTION:Keynote Address\n\nThe Ups and Downs of Word Embeddings\n\n[Rad
 a Mihalcea](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rada-mihalcea-b93521/) and [Laura]
 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-wendlandt-6247a469/)[Wendlandt](https:/
 /www.linkedin.com/in/laura-wendlandt-6247a469/)\n\nElectrical Engineering 
 and Computer Science\, University of Michigan\n\nOur Sponsor: [VisTaTech](
 http://www.schoolcraft.edu/vistatech)- Schoolcraft College - 18600 Haggert
 y Rd Livonia MI\n\nWords are the central units of the languages we all spe
 ak. In a similar way\, word representations are the core units of algorith
 ms that we build to automatically process language. These representations 
 form the foundation for many applications of natural language processing\,
  ranging from question answering systems\, to chat bots\, search engines\,
  or systems for machine translation. In this talk\, we will take a deep di
 ve into word embeddings — a popular way of representing words with the h
 elp of neural networks trained on very large collections of texts. In part
 icular\, we will address two aspects of word embeddings. First\, we will t
 ake a close look at their stability\, and show that even relatively high f
 requency words are often unstable. We will provide empirical evidence for 
 how various factors contribute to the stability of word embeddings\, and a
 nalyze the effects of stability on downstream tasks. Second\, we will expl
 ore the relation between words and people and show how we can develop cros
 s-cultural word representations to identify words with cultural influence 
 – i.e.\, words that are used in significantly different ways by speakers
  from different cultures. Further\, we will also show how we can effective
 ly use information about the speakers of a word (i.e.\, their gender\, cul
 ture) to build better word representations.\n\nThis is joint work with Car
 men Banea\, Aparna Garimella\, and Jonathan K. Kummerfeld.\n\n***Photo by 
 [Drew Graham](https://unsplash.com/photos/s4dfrh7hdDU?utm_source=unsplash&amp;
 utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsp
 lash.com/search/photos/robot?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_c
 ontent=creditCopyText)\n\nSpeaker(s): Rada Mihalcea\, Laura Wendlandt\n\nA
 genda: \nRegistration Fee Schedule:\n\nEarly Online Registration ends Octo
 ber 13\n\nLate Online Registration ends October 28 (deadline for meal orde
 rs)\n\nDay-Of / In-Person Registration Available - Credit Cards Only (No C
 ash or Checks).\n\nConference Attendee Fees: Early / Late\n\nStudents/Reti
 red/Unemployed (Members).........$25 / $35\n\nIEEE\, SWE\, and ESD Members
  ........................$45 / $60\n\nNon Members ........................
 .......................$60 / $80\n\nStudent Table Sponsor (8 students)....
 ..............$250\n\nSilver Sponsorship Registration*....................
 ...$500\n\nGold Sponsorship Registration*.........................$1000\n\
 nPlatinum Sponsorship Registration*...................$2000\n\nDiamond Spo
 nsorship Registration*...................$3000\n\nMEETING AGENDA\n\nTIME\n
 \nSESSION\n\n9:30AM - 9:57AM\n\nRegistration / Breakfast / Networking / Po
 sters\n\n9:57AM\n\nWelcome &amp; Opening Remarks: David Werden and Irina Sulli
 van (Conference Co-Chairs)\n\n10:00AM-10:30AM\n\nSpeaker #1: Veronica Pere
 z-Rosas\, &quot;Automatic Detection of Fake News&quot;\n\n10:30AM-11:00AM\n\nSpeaker
  #2: Sharan Kalwani\, &quot;Symbiotic Relationship and Growth of Computing and 
 Perceived Intelligence&quot;\n\n11:00AM- 11:30AM\n\nSpeaker #3: Aisha Yousuf\, 
 &quot;Building Blocks for a Successful Data Science Group&quot;\n\n11:30AM-12:00PM\n
 \nSpeaker #4: Bob Neff\, &quot;AI in Autonomous Vehicles&quot;\n\n12:00PM- 1:00PM\n\
 nLunch\n\n12:30PM- 1:00PM\n\nSEM Leadership &amp; Volunteer Thanks\n\n1:00PM -
  2:00PM\n\nConference Keynote Address:  Rada Mihalcea and Laura Wendlandt\
 n\n2:00PM\n\nClosing Remarks: David Werden and Irina Sullivan (Conference 
 Co-Chairs)\n\nCall for Posters\n\nAbstract Submission: by October 20\, 201
 8 | [Poster Abstract Submission Form](https://goo.gl/3J6x3y)\n\nAcceptance
  Notice: by October 23\, 2018 | Free Registration for the Primary Poster A
 uthor\n\nThe suggested poster size is 4 feet by 3 feet\, and should contai
 n large text to be read from a distance. Poster authors should attend and 
 present their posters during the Poster Session and Student Competition on
  the day of the conference. Free Registration for the Primary Poster Autho
 r (Please wait to get more information after submitting poster request). A
 ll the additional student authors for a particular poster needs to be regi
 stered as a Student Poster with a $25 Fee and every participant will recei
 ve a Certificate of Participation along with the top 3 winners of the comp
 etition.\n\nVisTaTech Center - Schoolcraft College\, 18600 Haggerty Road\,
  Livonia\, Michigan\, United States\, 48152
LOCATION:VisTaTech Center - Schoolcraft College\, 18600 Haggerty Road\, Liv
 onia\, Michigan\, United States\, 48152
ORGANIZER:isullivan@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:26
SUMMARY:2018 IEEE SEM Fall Section Conference - “IMAGINE THE FUTURE: DEVE
 LOPING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/177214
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ke
 ynote Address&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18pt\
 ;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Ups and Downs of Word Embeddings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linked
 in.com/in/rada-mihalcea-b93521/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Rada Mihal
 cea&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-wendlandt-6247a469/
 &quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Laura&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:/
 /www.linkedin.com/in/laura-wendlandt-6247a469/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noope
 ner&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wendlandt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:
  14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/str
 ong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;University of Michigan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fo
 nt-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our Sponsor:&amp;nbsp\; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schoolcra
 ft.edu/vistatech&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;VisTaTech &lt;/a&gt;- Schoolcra
 ft College - 18600 Haggerty Rd Livonia MI&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Words are the central units of the languages we all speak.
  In a similar way\, word representations are the core units of algorithms 
 that we build to automatically process language. These representations for
 m the foundation for many applications of natural language processing\, ra
 nging from question answering systems\, to chat bots\, search engines\, or
  systems for machine translation. In this talk\, we will take a deep dive 
 into word embeddings &amp;mdash\; a popular way of representing words with the
  help of neural networks trained on very large collections of texts. In pa
 rticular\, we will address two aspects of word embeddings. First\, we will
  take a close look at their stability\, and show that even relatively high
  frequency words are often unstable. We will provide empirical evidence fo
 r how various factors contribute to the stability of word embeddings\, and
  analyze the effects of stability on downstream tasks. Second\, we will ex
 plore the relation between words and people and show how we can develop cr
 oss-cultural word representations to identify words with cultural influenc
 e &amp;ndash\; i.e.\, words that are used in significantly different ways by s
 peakers from different cultures. Further\, we will also show how we can ef
 fectively use information about the speakers of a word (i.e.\, their gende
 r\, culture) to build better word representations.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;This 
 is joint work with Carmen Banea\, Aparna Garimella\, and Jonathan K. Kumme
 rfeld.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;***Photo by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unsplash.com/p
 hotos/s4dfrh7hdDU?utm_source=unsplash&amp;amp\;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp\;utm_co
 ntent=creditCopyText&quot;&gt;Drew Graham&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp\;on&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unsp
 lash.com/search/photos/robot?utm_source=unsplash&amp;amp\;utm_medium=referral&amp;
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  sans-serif\; color: black\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract Submission:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;
 by October 20\, 2018 |&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://goo.gl/3J6x3y&quot; target=&quot;_blan
 k&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Poster Abstract Submission Form&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
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 nitial\; word-spacing: 0px\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\; font-family: 
 Verdana\, sans-serif\; color: black\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acceptance Notice:&lt;/strong&gt;
 &amp;nbsp\;by October 23\, 2018 |&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Ver
 dana&#39;\,&#39;sans-serif&#39;\;&quot;&gt;Free Registration for the Primary Poster Author&lt;/sp
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 ariant-caps: normal\; text-align: start\; text-decoration-style: initial\;
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 ize: 12pt\; font-family: Verdana\, sans-serif\; color: black\;&quot;&gt;The sugges
 ted poster size is 4 feet by 3 feet\, and should contain large text to be 
 read from a distance. Poster authors should attend and present their poste
 rs during the Poster Session and Student Competition on the day of the con
 ference.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Verdana&#39;\,&#39;sans-serif&#39;\;
 &quot;&gt;Free Registration for the Primary Poster Author&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(P
 lease wait to get more information after submitting poster request). All t
 he additional student authors for a particular poster needs to be register
 ed as a Student Poster with a $25 Fee and every participant will receive a
  Certificate of Participation along with the top 3 winners of the&amp;nbsp\;co
 mpetition.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;
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