Event Category Archives: Featured Events

MDS Computational Linguistics Program Director AMA Copy

Still have questions about the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics program? Join Garrett Nicolai, Director and Assistant Professor of Teaching, MDS Computational Linguistics, for a live virtual Ask Me Anything session on January 11, 2023 from 11:30am to 12:30pm PT. This is your opportunity to ask any last-minute questions you may have […]

Elise Stickles colloquium: ‘Usage-based approaches to metaphor analysis and construction grammar’

Elise Stickles of the UBC English department will present a colloquium. The title and abstract are below. Click to join Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Usage-based approaches to metaphor analysis and construction grammar: A case study of the English Event Structure Metaphor System Metaphor is pervasive in our […]

Anne-Michelle Tessier research seminar

Anne-Michelle Tessier will present a research seminar. Click to join Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.)   Studies in learning French liaison: representations, predictions, results, errors This talk will introduce my current research project, in collaboration with Karen Jesney at Carleton and several others, to combine a novel view […]

UBC MDS Computational Linguistics Student and Alumni Panel

You are invited to join UBC Master of Data Science in Computational Linguistics (MDS-CL) students and alumni for a virtual information session to learn more about the student experience in the UBC MDS-CL program in Vancouver, British Columbia. At this live panel, MDS Computational Linguistics students and alumni will: Share their student experiences and learning […]

Alan Yu colloquium: ‘Individual differences in categorization gradience: evidence from eye movement and neurophysiological measurements’

Alan Yu of the University of Chicago will present a colloquium. Click to join the Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Individual differences in categorization gradience: evidence from eye movement and neurophysiological measurements Categorization is an important and fundamental human cognitive ability which allows a perceiver to treat objects […]

Muhammad Abdul-Mageed research seminar: ‘Computational Linguistics in the UBC Deep Learning & NLP Lab’

Muhammad Abdul-Mageed will present a research seminar titled ‘Computational Linguistics in the UBC Deep Learning & NLP Lab’. Click to join Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Title: Computational Linguistics in the UBC Deep Learning & NLP Lab Abstract: Can we find a needle in a haystack? Probably not. Can we investigate human […]

Charles B. Chang colloquium: ‘Phonological learning in multilingual contexts’

Charles B. Chang (Boston University) will present a colloquium titled ‘Phonological learning in multilingual contexts’. Click to join Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Phonological learning in multilingual contexts This talk will report on recent and ongoing work examining aspects of phonological learning in the context of multilingualism. First, […]

Peggy Speas colloquium

Peggy Speas of the University of Massachusetts Amherst will present a colloquium. Click to join the Zoom meeting. The passcode is 635410. (The meeting ID is 647 6334 5823.) Time and Evidence in Matses and in General Fleck (2007) characterizes the Panoan language Matses as having “one of the most intricate evidential systems ever described.” In […]

Heather Burge Indigenous Language Representation in Linguistic Classrooms

This professional development workshop will present Indigenous perspectives on language, data, and representation in the classroom. The goal is to begin a discussion on how Indigenous languages can be represented in a way that aligns with Indigenous goals & Indigenous knowledge around language and language learning, and how TAʼs and professors can more respectfully engage […]