The Right Tools: Reflections on Computation and Language
William A. Woods · Computational Linguistics · 2010
Good morning. I want to thank the ACL for awarding me the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award. I’m honored to be included in the ranks of my respected colleagues who have received this award previously. I want to talk to you this morning about the evolution of some ideas that I think are important, with a little bit of historical and biographical context thrown in. I hope you’ll find in what I say not only an appreciation for some of the ideas and where they came from, but also a trajectory that continues forward and suggests some solutions to problems not yet solved.