Jill Fain Lehman

Principle Items of Interest:

• Simone Says (technology-enhanced language intervention)
  • Simone Says homepage
  • Text description of project
• Survey on Computers and Kids with Autism
• A Review of Kids' Software for Children with ASD
• Registry for People Interested in Computers and Autism
• KidAccess, Inc., a company dedicated to using computer technology to help children with cognitive impairments.

Research Overview:

My main research interests span the area of natural language processing: understanding and generation, models of linguistic performance (as opposed to models of competence), machine learning techniques for language acquisition, language disorders, uses of technology in remediating language-disordered behavior.

Abstracts from some recent papers:

• Using Speech and Natural Language Technology in Language Intervention , Lehman, J. F., Proceedings of ASSETS'98, the 3rd ACM/SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, 1998 ( postscript of early version of paper).
  
• A Building Block Approach to a Unified Language Capability, Lehman, J. F., Van Dyke, J., Lonsdale, D., Green, N., and Smith, M., Journal of AI Research, submitted, 1997.
  
• Natural Language Processing for IFORs: Comprehension and Generation in the Air Combat Domain , Lehman, J. F., Van Dyke, J., and Rubinoff R., Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation 1995.
  

Other Destinations of Interest:

• Jill's Guide to Newborn Care.
• Sarah's homepage.