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Personal Info file for John T. McCranie
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Education
- Graduate Studies, San Francisco State University
(Computer Science & Linguistics), 1994-1996
- B.S. Computer Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1991
Employment History
A detailed résumé.
Websites
I work on AMAZON.COM, and play
around on CEANTAR.ORG and
NAACLT.ORG.
Areas of Interest
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Computer Aided Language Learning
- Specifically, the development of a model of the language learner
usable by a
CALL
package to provide a consistently challenging and
interesting learning experience.
- Computational Morphology
- An ongoing project is the development of a description of the
morphology of Irish usable by a computer to produce the
language. Info about
gramadach.a .
- Celtic Linguistics
-
- I've been learning Irish for a while, and
am currently studying
Old Irish (not to mention
Latin
and
Old English
as well).
I'm slowly being
drawn into the whole Proto-Indo-European mess....
- I co-chaired
the March 1995 conference of the North American Association for Celtic
Language Teachers
(NAACLT),
and will also be co-chairing the 1996
conference.
-
I organized a Teanga agus Teicneolaíocht
(Language and Technology)
information booth for the 4th annual SF Celtic Music and Arts Festival,
also last March. More
info available.
Non-academic Activities
When not in class, roaming around the computer labs, or in front
of a computer terminal, I'm often:
- At the SF Aikido Center
(1755 Laguna), earning miles in the
"Aikido Frequent Flyer Club." Some info about the Japanese martial
art of aikido.
- In the kitchen, trying to develop the perfect cinnamon, oatmeal,
peanut butter & walnut chocolate chip cookie recipe. Or something
like that....
- Rambling amongst the area's used bookstores.
When I get a little money, I buy books; And, if any is left,
I buy food and clothes. -Erasmus
Caraimse fos (ferr cach clu)
oc mu lebran, leir ingnu;
ni foirmtech frimm Pangur Bán:
caraid cesin a maccdán.
Address: John T. McCranie
Amazon.com
1516 2nd Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
USA
Email: jtm@ceantar.org
John T. McCranie jtm@ceantar.org