Meet Nihal D’Souza, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2022
It was Nihal D’Souza’s fascination with the advancements in human-machine interaction through natural language that sparked his interest in the field of computational linguistics. In particular, the application of machine translation, sentiment analysis, and computational morphology. Read More.
Meet Oksana Kurylo, MDS Computational Linguistics, Class of 2022
Oksana Kurylo’s journey to UBC’s Master of Data Science (MDS) in Computational Linguistics program began when she took a course on Computational Linguistics by Andriy Romanyuk while getting her Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the Lviv Polytechnic National University. Read More.
Holly Davies wins the Governor General’s Silver Medal in Arts
Holly Davies, (BA Honours in Speech Sciences), has won the Governor General’s Silver Medal in Arts! Huge congratulations, Holly!
Khia Johnson successfully defends her dissertation
Khia Johnson successfully defended her dissertation “Crosslinguistic Similarity and Structured Variation in Cantonese-English Bilingual Speech Production” on Friday! Also, Khia has landed a very cool job as UX Researcher at Reality Labs Research, Audio, which is part of Facebook/Meta. Congratulations, Dr. Johnson!
PhD alumna Heather Bliss wins CLA early career researcher award
Heather Bliss, who graduated from the doctoral program in 2013 and is currently a lecturer at Simon Fraser University, has been selected to receive the Canadian Linguistic Association Early Career Researcher Award. She was recognized for achievements in research across subfields and community engagement.
Joash Gambarage wins UBC public engagement award
Doctoral program alumnus and Swahili lecturer Joash Gambarage was been awarded the inaugural Public Engagement Award from UBC’s Public Humanities Hub. The award recognizes his efforts as a regional ambassador for the Swahili language.
Alumna Jennifer Abels interviewed on life & employment beyond the PhD
Doctoral alumna Jennifer Abels has been interviewed on the Language Sciences site on her activities since completing the program. She is currently a training coordinator with the Portage Network of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), an organization of librarians and others focused on research data management.
PhD program grad Sonja Thoma interviewed about her work with Indigenous languages
Recent PhD program graduate Sonja Thoma has been working as a consultant and language coach on various projects in support of First Nations communities, and has been interviewed about this work on the Language Sciences site.
PhD alumnus John Lyon accepts tenure-track position at UBC-O
Doctoral program alumnus John Lyon has accepted an assistant professor position at UBC Okanagan in Indigenous Studies in the Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies.