Expanding Access in Computer Science and Linguistics (EXCSL, pronounced “excel”), is a non-profit organization designated as a 509 (a) (2) Public Charity and tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). It is registered in the State of New York (EIN 88-4427136).

The Directors of EXCSL are Rishi Mago (Founder and CEO), Kevin Lynch, and Aditi Dubey.

Rishi Mago, the Founder and CEO, started EXCSL because of his passion about computer science and linguistics. He wanted to expand the access to resources and training in these fields. In particular, EXCSL focuses on involving girls and underrepresented minorities. We are also helping students in India who have little or no internet access and do not speak English. The students we are working with have previously been unable to benefit from the efforts of non-profit organizations based in the West, whose training is usually conducted in English.

You can email us at rishimago@expandingaccess.org. We would love to hear about your interest in linguistics and any questions or thoughts you may have.

Christiane Fellbaum, Ph.D.

Dr. Christiane Fellbaum is a Lecturer with Rank of Professor in the Program in Linguistics and in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University.

She is a co-developer of the WordNet lexical database and a co-President of the Global WordNet Association.

Dr. Fellbaum is a winner of the Wolfgang Paul-Preis of the German Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and the Antonio Zampolli Prize of the European Lexical Resource Organization.

She has published widely on lexical semantics, the syntax-semantics interface, and ontology.