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Professor Dr. Taylor Berg Kirkpatrick

Associate Professor

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Biography

Taylor D. Berg-Kirkpatrick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, joining in 2018. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor in Language Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on developing machine learning techniques for understanding structured human data, which includes language and sources such as music, historical ciphers, document images, and complex artifacts. His research group aims to design unsupervised methods that allow data to learn without relying on labeled examples.

Research Interests

Machine Learning Data Science Structured Human Data

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA

Assistant Professor in Language Technologies.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program

Requirements

GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.

Application Checklist

  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)

Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).