Anna Stacey Successfully Defends MA Thesis on Cross-Lingual Glossing for Northern Interior Languages
We are pleased to announce that MA student Anna Stacey has successfully defended her thesis titled “Automatic Glossing for Northern Interior Languages Featuring Cross-Lingual Enhancements.” Her research was supervised by Dr. Miikka Silfverberg, with committee members Dr. Henry Davis and Dr. Garrett Nicolai. Anna’s project addresses the urgent need for efficient language documentation by exploring […]
Michel Assis Navarro Wins UBC Dissertation Prize
Congratulations to Michel Assis Navarro, who has been awarded the UBC Dissertation Prize in the category of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for his doctoral dissertation, “Quantization and Quantification: Countability and Scope of Bare Nouns in Kaingang and Beyond.” This prestigious award recognizes outstanding graduate research at UBC. As the recipient of this prize, […]
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. […]
UBC Linguistics at Sinn und Bedeutung 29, Italy
Happy to share that UBC Linguistics is well-represented at Sinn und Bedeutung 29, happening right now at the Consorzio Universitario Mediterraneo Orientale in Noto, Italy. Presentations with UBC-affiliated authors include: • Ana Laura Arrieta Zamudio & Ryan Bochnak: Conjectural questions in Ktunaxa as canonical questions • Ana Laura Arrieta Zamudio: Epistemic temporal interactions and judge […]
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 […]
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 […]