Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

msap@cs.washington.edu

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Maarten Sap

Short Bio

I started at UW CSE in 2015, joining the UW NLP group with Yejin and Noah. My time has been filled with ups and downs (grad school isn’t easy), but I always found support in the department, from friends in and outside my research group to the amazing advisors and staff (shoutout to Elise obviously). I’m looking forward to propagating UW CSE’s supportive, inclusive, and community-oriented energy to my next academic department.

Ph.D. Graduates

Ph.D. Selection	Ph.D. – Computer Science & Engineering
Advisor(s)	Yejin Choi, Noah Smith
Dissertation	Positive AI with Social Commonsense Models
Destination	AI2 (postdoc) and CMU LTI (assistant prof)

Service & Extra-curricular Activities

Extra-curricular positions held	Research assistant (RA), Teaching assistant (TA)
Other service/activities	During my time at the Allen School, I spent time being social chair/TGIF organizer, member of the diversity committee, of the graduate advisory council (G5PAC), helped organize LGBTQ+ events in the school, and helped manage the espresso room, amongst other things.