Layne received both the Louis T. Rader Chairperson/Research and Teaching awards!
About Layne:
I'm a rising fourth year hoping to enter a PhD program in Natural Language Processing after graduation to combine my love of both computer science and linguistics. I make time to cook and to knit, and am fostering an adorable kitten named Honey Bunches of Oats. I have a little brother studying theater at Northwestern who I couldn't be more proud of. Apart from my majors, I'm entering my sixth semester of Classical Sanskrit this Fall.
What has kept Layne motivated:
I've found it's important to stay on a schedule, and to move between zones of the house over the course of the day. I never relax in the room I work in or work in the room I sleep in, so that waking up early and sitting down at a desk with a cup of coffee will automatically put me in the right headspace to work.