I’m a doctoral student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. There, I work with Joyce Y. Chai and the Situated Language and Embodied Dialog (SLED) group on research in grounded natural language and multimodal inference.
Earlier, I graduated from Lawrence Technological University with my BS majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science and minoring in Physics. Meanwhile, I worked as a .NET programmer and data analyst, and volunteered extensively with Macomb Science Olympiad.
I live in Ann Arbor, MI with my partner Austin, and my best friend Popcorn (pictured). I like to spend my free time hiking, kayaking, and at concerts.
Are We There Yet?
Learning to Localize in Embodied Instruction Following
Shane Storks, Qiaozi Gao, Govind Thattai, and Gokhan Tur. In Hybrid AI Workshop at AAAI 2021.
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Recent Advances in Natural Language Inference:
A Survey of Benchmarks, Resources, and Approaches
Shane Storks, Qiaozi Gao, and Joyce Y. Chai. On arXiv.
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2018: University Distinguished Fellowship, MSU
2018: Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, LTU College of Arts and Sciences
2017: Student Travel Grant, Mathematical Association of America
2014: Wayne H. and Vita S. Buell Honor Scholarship, LTU
Sept. 2020 – Present: Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), University of Michigan Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Sept. 2019 – Present: Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA), University of Michigan Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
June 2020 – Aug. 2020: Applied Scientist Intern, Amazon Alexa AI (Natural Understanding, Teachable AI)
Aug. 2018 – Aug. 2019: University Fellow, Michigan State University
2019 – Present: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, UMich
2018 – Present: Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society, American Institute of Physics
2019: Reviewer, EMNLP-IJCNLP 2019
2018 – 2019: Language and Interaction Research, MSU
2014 – 2018: Elementary Board & Event Supervisor, Macomb Science Olympiad