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August 25, 2022
Adaptation to Socio-Linguistic Associations in Audio-Visual Speech: Q&A with Dr. Molly Babel
In the study,
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August 25, 2022
Member Spotlight: Dr. Nancy Hermiston
Nancy Hermiston is chair of the UBC School of Music’s Voice and Opera Divisions and also serves as University Marshal. In 2014, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for her achievements as an opera singer, stage director and educator.
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August 25, 2022
Language Sciences Welcomes Dr. Christine Schreyer as Interim Co-Director
The Language Sciences Institute is excited to announce that Dr. Christine Schreyer will be joining the institute as Interim Co-Director!
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August 3, 2022
A Future With AI Writing Companions: Changing The Landscape for Writers
Modern language models now have the capability to generate written text that approaches human-level writing, foreshadowing the eventual advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) writing companions.
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August 2, 2022
Is There a Correlation Between the Use of Representational Gestures and Self-Adaptors? Q&A with Dr. Elena Nicoladis
In the study, 'Is There a Correlation Between the Use of Representational Gestures and Self-Adaptors?' the research team tested the hypothesis that people who produce more representational gestures also produce more self-adaptors.
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July 27, 2022
Member Spotlight: Xing (Ezra) Yu
Language Sciences member, Xing (Ezra) Yu, is a Masters' Student in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC.
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July 7, 2022
Introducing Turjuman: A Public Tool For Neural Arabic Machine Translation
Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming lives. In particular, advances in deep learning, a subfield of AI that loosely mimics information processing in the brain, has enabled innovations across a wide range of domains. One area where rapid progress is taking place is machine translation.
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June 23, 2022
Member Spotlight: Dr. Mark Turin
Language Sciences member, Dr. Mark Turin, is an anthropologist, linguist and radio presenter. At the University of British Columbia, Mark currently serves as an Associate Professor of Anthropology.
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June 16, 2022
Member Feature: Denitza Dramkin
Language Sciences member, Denitza Dramkin, is currently pursuing her PhD in Developmental Psychology working with Dr.
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June 2, 2022
Dr. Abdul-Mageed named Canada Research Chair in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
Congratulations to Dr.