Dr. Christiane Fellbaum

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Biography

Christiane Fellbaum is a lecturer at Princeton University in the Linguistics Department and a senior research scholar in the Department of Computer Science. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Princeton in 1980 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Paris. Fellbaum returned to Princeton in 1987 to work as a research scientist. She is known for her role as a co-developer and current director of the WordNet project and co-founded the Global WordNet Association, where she serves as co-president. Her research focuses on theoretical linguistics, computational corpus linguistics, and natural language processing. Throughout her career, she has been recognized with several honors, including the Wolfgang Paul-Prize from the German Humboldt Foundation in 2001 and the Antonio Zampolli Prize in 2006. For more information on her work, please visit her personal webpage.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Scientist

— Present

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Returned to Princeton to work as a research scientist.

Awards

#2001

Wolfgang Paul-Prize

#2006

Antonio Zampolli Prize

Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.