Dan Jurafsky

Dan Jurafsky is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University, as well as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He is a prominent scholar in the field of Natural Language Processing, renowned for his groundbreaking work on Semantic Role Labeling (SRL). He co-authored Speech and Language Processing with James Martin, a widely used textbook in Natural Language Processing. His book, The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu, was a finalist for the 2015 James Beard Award. His research spans multiple areas in computational linguistics, including natural language understanding, human-computer dialogue, and the application of natural language processing to the social and behavioral sciences. Additionally, he has conducted in-depth studies in food linguistics and Chinese linguistics. Dan is a 2002 MacArthur Fellow and received the NSF CAREER Award in 1998.

• 2003–Present·Stanford University·Professor and Department Chair of Linguistics, Professor of Computer Science
  • Engaged in research and teaching on Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, and Computational Social Science, and developed one of the first large-scale open online courses.
• 1996–2003·University of Colorado, Boulder·Faculty
  • Taught courses in Computational Linguistics and conducted research in areas such as Semantic Role Labeling.

• 1992–1995·International Computer Science Institute (ICSI)·Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Conducted research on Semantic Role Labeling and Natural Language Processing topics.
• 1983–1992·University of California, Berkeley·Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Specialized in Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics.
• 1979–1983·University of California, Berkeley·B.A. in Linguistics
  • Studied fundamental linguistics, building a theoretical foundation for subsequent research.