I am a researcher in the Machine Learning and Intelligence group. I am also affiliated with the Machine Learning and Applied Statistics, Knowledge Tools, and Natural Language Processing groups.
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Background
I joined Microsoft in 2003, after completing my Ph.D. work at the Johns Hopkins University, where I was a member of the Center for Speech and Language Processing. I also received a M.S.E. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins, as well as an M.Sc. and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Bucharest. Prior to coming to the United States, I held a junior faculty position in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Bucharest.
Research interests
Information Extraction from Large Text Collections Information Retrieval Natural Language Processing Machine Learning
Publications
Influential technologies developed
Contextual Spelling Correction
How do you spell that?
How do you spell Levenshtein?
Information-centric Browsing and Search
Putting Search into Context
TechFair 2007
Favorite quote
Samuel Goldwyn: "The harder I work, the luckier I get."
Personal interests
Stephanie
Hiking
Wildlife photography
Lego
Classical music
Jazz
Writing