2024Q1 Reports: Member at-large - Americas
Led search committee for CL Journal's new Editor-in-Chief
Led the search committee for the Computational Linguistics (CL) Journal's new Editor-in-Chief. Committee consisted of Claire Cardie, Robert Dale, Vera Demberg, Julia Hirschberg, Hwee Tou Ng, and Joakim Nivre, and Mohit Bansal (chair). The committee advertised/requested open call for nominations, received nominations, and reviewed submitted statements. Wei Lu (SUTD) was selected as the new EiC candidate and was asked if he agrees to take on the EiC role -- he agreed to take on the role and started his role on Feb 15, 2024.
ACL Cloud GPU program for under-resourced communities
More concrete progress on the award-based cloud GPU program for under-resourced communities. Have sent detailed draft information on tentative CfP, award size, number of awards, etc. and is being currently reviewed the GPU division/department. Should hear back likely in 1 month.