Zara Khalaji Successfully Defends MA Thesis on Learning Morpho-phonological Alternations
We are pleased to announce that Zara Khalaji has successfully defended her MA thesis in the Department of Linguistics. Her thesis, titled “Learning Morpho-phonological Alternations like French Liaison: An Artificial Language Learning Experiment”, investigates how adult learners acquire complex morpho-phonological patterns using an artificial language learning paradigm. Zara’s research explores the challenges posed by interface […]
Gloria Mellesmoen successfully defends her dissertation
We are happy to announce that Gloria Mellesmoen successfully defended her dissertation entitled ‘The Grammar of Salish Reduplication’ this morning (Wednesday March 19th). Supervisory Committee: Henry Davis (supervisor), Gunnar Hansson and Lisa Matthewson University Examiners: Stefan Dollinger (English) and Doug Pulleyblank (Linguistics) External Examiner: Peter Svenonius (University of the Arctic, Tromsø, Norway) Congratulations, Dr. […]
Yadong Liu defends his PhD
We are happy to share that Yadong Liu has successfully defended his PhD yesterday (30 Oct). Following are some details about this Dissertation. Title: “Integrating Posture Control in Speech Models” Supervisor: Bryan Gick Committee: Márton Sóskuthy & Sidney Fels (Electrical & Computer Engineering) Also participating in the defense: Gunnar Hansson, Jean-Sébastien Blouin (Kinesiology), and Romeo […]
MDS Spotlight: Meet Daniel Jimenez, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2024
Prior to entering the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics program, Daniel Jimenez was working as a software developer with Amazon. However, it was Jimenez’s strong desire to pursue a career in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence that led him to the MDS Computational Linguistics program. Read Daniel’s story.
MDS Spotlight: Meet Claudia Beth Ong, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2024
As Claudia Beth Ong was completing her undergraduate degree, she stumbled across the UBC Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics program and discovered that its syllabus that focused on Natural Language Processing aligned with her career aspirations. Read Claudia’s story.
MDS Spotlight: Meet Max Ahluwalia, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2024
Max Ahluwalia pursued a Master’s in Computational Linguistics to preserve languages, which he saw as vital to cultural and political identities and societal heritage. Read Max’s story.
Ife successfully defended her dissertation
UBC Linguistics PhD candidate Ife Adebara successfully defended her dissertation in computational linguistics entitled Towards Afrocentric Natural Language Processing on January 23rd, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Adebara! Great job! Ife’s primary advisor was Muhammad Abdul-Mageed at the Linguistics Department and the School of Information at UBC. Below is an abstract of Ife’s dissertation. Abstract: This […]
Grace Bengtson and Yadong Liu won best poster presentations
Congratulations to Grace Bengtson and Yadong Liu, our two winners of the Best Student Presentations Awards from this year’s Acoustics Week in Canada, held in Montreal 3-6 Oct 2023: Grace won for her presentation of “Tongue Adjustments in the Chest-Head Register Transition of Operatic Singers” and Yadong for “Timing of Perioral Muscle Suppression in Smiled […]
Mitchi and Starr selected as Public Scholar 2023/2024
The UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) supports “UBC doctoral students whose research extended beyond the academy, and beyond traditional disciplinary approaches, to have a tangible impact for the public good through collaborative, action-oriented, and/or creative forms of scholarship in their dissertation work.” We are especially proud to say that *two* of this year’s PSI cohort […]
MDS Spotlight: Meet Meiyu Zheng, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2023
Prior to entering UBC’s Master of Data Science (MDS) in Computational Linguistics, worked on several AI projects that ignited her interest in the field data science, machine learning and computational linguistics. Read More.