About Me
For more details view my resume or contact me in person.
University
Currently I'm a third year university student doing the Bachelor of Information Technology at the University of Sydney.
Publications
Accurate Argumentative Zoning with Maximum Entropy models (2009) [pdf]
Stephen Merity, Tara Murphy and James R. Curran
Proceedings of the 2009 Workshop on Text and Citation Analysis for Scholarly Digital Libraries, ACL-IJCNLP 2009, pages 19-26
Programming
Programming wise I'm a fan of Python for the speed and simplicity at which one can rapidly prototype working programs.
If you're a Python programmer in Sydney, come to SyPy!
In specific areas of programming, I have a soft spot for Natural Language Processing - a thanks to Dr James Curran for introducing it to me. I've also spent a deal of time play with a wide range of programming subtopics, including such things as machine learning and optimization techniques.
NCSS
A true "about me" would have to mention NCSS. NCSS is the National Computer Science School, a summer school run at the University of Sydney uniting talented nerds from all over Australia. Having had the privilege of going there three times (first in 2007 as a student, then in 2008 as a returning student and finally as a tutor in 2009 and 2010) I can honestly say it was one of the most delightful experiences of my entire life.