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November 21, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #3: Dr. Vered Shwartz on AI biases -- causes and solutions
*The article belongs to the monthly LangSci Meets AI series, where our members discuss their research on AI's development in their respective fields. Together, these conversations trace the contours of a landscape rapidly evolving, constantly rerouting our social fabrics. In this third feature, Dr…
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October 23, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #2: Dr. Garrett Nicolai on the nuances in AI and LLM
Dr. Garrett Nicolai on common misunderstandings about AI, the biases they have, and his new project.
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October 15, 2024Congratulations Dr. Anusha Kassan for being the primary editor of the freshly launched "Beyond Translation"
"Beyond Translation", a seminal collection jointly edited by Dr. Anusha Kassan, was published. The book looks at Child Language Brokering in immigrant families.
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October 8, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #1: Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
The LangSci Meets AI series features members' research on AI's development in their respective fields.
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October 8, 2024
Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
1.Tell us about your research interest(s) and how they are related to AI.My primary research interest lies in understanding the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the digital literacies of multilingual youth in Canada, particularly with regard to issues of equity and diversity. The phenomenal rise…
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September 26, 2024
Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary: Join us and share your stories!
Language Sciences is entering its 10th year; 10 innovative, eventful, and collaborative years. We would love to feature your stories at our anniversary celebration~ From a small, humble initiative to becoming one of the four GREx institutes in UBC, Language Sciences is inspired by the great…
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September 24, 2024
Submit your Notice of Interest | Language Sciences Interim Co-Director
The Language Sciences Co-Directors define and lead Language Sciences’ research program, community and industry outreach, and knowledge mobilization efforts with support from the Steering Committee and staff. We invite you to send us your Notice of Interest to fill the position of Interim Co…
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June 5, 2024Indigenous History Month: Dr. Christopher Hammerly on his studies on Ojibwe
Dr. Christopher Hammerly's SSHRC-Insight-Grant-funded project on Ojibwe.
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May 31, 2024Starr Sandoval: Non-speaker-oriented expressives in Ktunaxa
Starr Sandoval, winner of the Best Talk Award at LangSci's Research Day, discusses her studies on non-speaker-oriented expressives in Ktunaxa.
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May 27, 2024Line Lloy: Acoustic Variation in a Gender Diverse Corpus
Line Lloy, winner of the Best Poster Award at our Research Day 24', discusses their research with us.