ACL 2024 Election Results: Congratulations to Luke Zettlemoyer, Yang Feng and Jordan Lee Boyd-Graber

December 03, 2024 | BY webmaster

Dear ACL members,

I am happy to announce the results of the elections for members of the ACL Executive Committee:

  • Luke Zettlemoyer (University of Washington) has been elected as VP-Elect.
  • Yang Feng (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) has been elected as Secretary.
  • Jordan Lee Boyd-Graber (University of Maryland) has been elected as a Member at-large.

Congratulations to the new members of the ACL Executive Committee. Their terms start on January 1, 2025.
Thanks to all members who voted in the elections.

Sincerely,
Shiqi Zhao, ACL Secretary

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