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Karl Wiegand

Ph.D. Graduate, Northeastern University
College of Computer and Information Science

Email: wiegand@ccs.neu.edu
Website: http://www.karlwiegand.com

Research Interests:

 • Construction grammar
 • Discourse theory and semantic prediction
 • Text generation and syntactic completion

Background:

Originally from Seattle, Karl received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and a Master of Software Engineering degree at Seattle University. Before joining the CadLab, Karl spent over 8 years working as a software developer in the financial, healthcare, communications, and defense industries. For his dissertation, Karl worked on alternative methods of communication for users with neurological impairments and severely limited mobility. His research included aspects of interface design, machine learning, and natural language processing.