Anna BrežģisBlog: updates, essays, and stray thoughts.https://brezgis.com/2026-09-25T00:00:00ZAnna BrežģisOde to Foobarhttps://brezgis.com/blog/foobar.html2026-09-25T00:00:00Z2026-09-25T00:00:00ZEvery computer science student encounters foobar sooner or later in their education.Pilgrimage and Precipitationhttps://brezgis.com/blog/pilgrimage.html2026-09-20T00:00:00Z2026-09-20T00:00:00ZAt the time I am writing this blogpost, I have entered the second year of my master's degree.The Hallway Track: an ACL 2026 Retrospectivehttps://brezgis.com/blog/acl2026-hallway-track.html2026-07-10T00:00:00Z2026-07-10T00:00:00ZAlongside the formal program of academic conferences runs the Hallway Track, an informal venue for scholarly exchange occurring between the official talks, usually in the hallways of conference venues.A Summer at MIT Lincoln Laboratoryhttps://brezgis.com/blog/lincoln-lab.html2026-05-15T00:00:00Z2026-05-15T00:00:00ZThis summer, I will be interning in the AI Technology and Systems group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.The Triscuit Taste Testhttps://brezgis.com/blog/triscuit.html2026-03-15T00:00:00Z2026-03-15T00:00:00ZI love college student shenanigans, especially the harmless, absurd kind that makes the rest of the world roll their eyes in fond exasperation.The Joy of Weird Wildlife Crossing Signshttps://brezgis.com/blog/animal-signs.html2025-12-15T00:00:00Z2025-12-15T00:00:00ZOne of the ultimate pleasures of travel is exposure to new weird critters. A weird critter is an animal that, relative to your location of origin, is strange or unfamiliar.Joining Brandeishttps://brezgis.com/blog/brandeis.html2025-06-15T00:00:00Z2025-06-15T00:00:00ZI am thrilled to announce that I am joining the Computational Linguistics MS program at Brandeis University this fall!Graduating from Georgia Statehttps://brezgis.com/blog/gsu.html2025-05-15T00:00:00Z2025-05-15T00:00:00ZI graduated from Georgia State University with a BA in Applied Linguistics and an undergraduate certificate in EFL. Thank you, GSU, and all in the AL Department.