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.
Linguistics summer camp
We are excited to announce that the Linguistics Summer Camps are back this summer! It will be from July 4 to September 2 on the lawn outside of Totem Field Studios. We will be running the Fun with English Language camp and a new camp called Language Detectives. This is the first time the camp […]
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!
Marianne Huijsmans will join U of Alberta
Great news! UBC linguistics PhD Student Marianne Huijsmans will be joining the Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor next year! Big congratulations, Marianne!
Marianne Huijsmans receives the Community-University Engagement Support fund
Congratulations to Linguistics PhD student Marianne Huijsmans, who is one of six Faculty of Arts recipients of the Community-University Engagement Support fund, for a community project on “Reviewing, enriching, and sharing an ʔayʔaǰuθəm e-dictionary.” The community partner is Jacqueline Mathieu, of the Klahoose First Nation. The funding is paid directly to community partners, and is […]
Chelsea Jang wins the Edna Dharmaratne Award
Chelsea Jang has been honored with the Edna Dharmaratne Award in Linguistics (2021) in recognition of her volunteerism and service. Chelsea is a third-year Speech Sciences Major, with a Minor in Special Education, and also the current SALSA Undergrad Rep. Congrats Chelsea! The Dharmaratne Award is named after the linguistics department’s former head administrator, who […]
Library site highlights syntax class Wikipedia projects
The UBC library website has a posted an extensive discussion of Wikipedia authorship class projects in Rose-Marie Déchaine’s undergraduate syntax course LING 300.
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.
UBC electronically hosts Northwest Linguistics Conference
UBC linguistics is hosting (virtually) the 37th annual Northwest Linguistics Conference this weekend, from May 14–16, 2021! Plenary speakers include Dr. Miikka Silfverberg, Dr. Neda Todorović, and Samuel Akinbo.