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SIGGENCountdown clock for the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/INLG2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#INLG2025</a> direct submission deadline: <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20250718T235959&p0=3399&msg=INLG+2025+Submission+Deadline+%28direct+submissions%29&font=sanserif" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20250718T235959&p0=3399&msg=INLG+2025+Submission+Deadline+%28direct+submissions%29&font=sanserif</a>Submit to the longest running conference focused on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NaturalLanguageGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalLanguageGeneration</a> :D<a href="https://2025.inlgmeeting.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://2025.inlgmeeting.org</a>(ARR commitment deadline is August 7th)

Dave HowcroftIt's been a while since I wrote an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> for folks who are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHere</a>.I'm a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> computational <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguist</a> who works on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturalLanguageGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalLanguageGeneration</a> and lives in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>. An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrant</a> multiple times over, I was born in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a>, grew up in the USA (in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a>), did my PhD in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>, and moved here in 2019. I enjoy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoGames</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VideoEssays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoEssays</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenMic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenMic</a> nights, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#running</a>. I happen to be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonbinary</a> and love <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a>.

Dave 🦔A wee <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> since there are lots of folks joining or rejoining the fediverse in general and Mastodon in particular. I'm Dave, a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> who runs and sings for fun. I play <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoGames</a> (currently <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Titanfall2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Titanfall2</a>) and watch a lot of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Dropout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dropout</a> (<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Dimension20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dimension20</a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PlayItByEar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlayItByEar</a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GameChanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GameChanger</a> are faves), <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/VideoEssays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VideoEssays</a>, and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anime</a>.I recently went to my first <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/burn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#burn</a> (not <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BurningMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BurningMan</a>, tho) and am digging the inclusive accepting culture. At work I'm a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/researcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#researcher</a> in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ComputationalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputationalLinguistics</a> focused on <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/NaturalLanguageGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalLanguageGeneration</a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/psycholinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psycholinguistics</a> methods. You could say my dayjob is trying to develop a more ethical <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a>Feel free to ask me questions about <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> if you are <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/NewHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHere</a>

Dave HowcroftEvery day that I remember to do it, I'm going to explain what I mean by one of the hashtags in my profile. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatHashtagsMeanToMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatHashtagsMeanToMe</a>I'm at the office, so today is about professional stuff: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturalLanguageGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalLanguageGeneration</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NLG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NLG</a>) involves developing computer systems which can express information in natural language (that is, human languages). There are a bunch of different approaches to NLG and a lot of different tasks that can be considered a part of big-tent NLG.

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