Kathleen Hall Receives 2024–25 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
We are delighted to share that Dr. Kathleen Hall has been awarded a 2024–25 UBC Killam Teaching Prize! This prestigious award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, as nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually, and recipients are honoured at UBC’s graduation ceremonies. Congratulations to Kathleen […]
Prof. Henry Davis awarded prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal
We are delighted to share that Professor Henry Davis has been awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal. This honor recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to their communities and to Canada. A virtual medal ceremony will be held on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. EST to celebrate this remarkable achievement. […]
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 […]
Jian Zhu receives Hampton Grant
We are delighted to announce that Jian Zhu, Assistant Professor, has been honored with a Hampton New Faculty Grant this year! Congratulations, Jian! For more: https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/24-arts-scholars-awarded-hampton-new-faculty-grants/
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.
MDS Spotlight: Meet Michelle Yun, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2023
After completing her Bachelor of Arts in Speech Sciences from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Michelle Yun had planned on pursuing a master’s in speech-language pathology. However, Yun became intrigued by UBC’s Master of Data Science (MDS) in Computational Linguistics. Read More.