Michael A. Covington > About Me

This is my academic web page at The University of Georgia. To see my personal web site, click "Other Pursuits" above.

My schedule

My speaking engagements

My teaching in future semesters

FAQ for people who want to study computational linguistics with me

My research areas

• Natural language understanding
• Computational psycholinguistics
• Information retrieval and extraction
• Logic programming
• Microcontroller applications
• Image processing

My credentials

Curriculum vitae (PDF)
Ersatz Word version of the above (all the pages are actually graphics)

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Member, University of Georgia Linguistics Faculty and Engineering Faculty
• Erdös number: 3 (via D. Potter and R. Robinson)

Education

• B.A. (Linguistics), summa cum laude, University of Georgia, 1977.
• M.Phil. (Linguistics), Cambridge University, 1978.
• Ph.D. (Linguistics), Yale University, 1982

Recognitions

• Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering since 2000.
• IBM Supercomputing Competition. First prize for humanities and social sciences (1990).
• Co-valedictorian, University of Georgia, 1977.
• See curriculum vitae for more.

Yes, I designed these web pages myself, with considerable help from my wife, Melody, who is a professional web designer. I used Photoshop for the graphics and raw HTML (typed in a text editor) for the layout and links.