View some of our and others' previous events.
Past Events
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July 26, 2019Department of Computer Science talk: Towards Verified Stochastic Variational Inference for Probabilistic Programs
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June 28, 2019Towards Learning with Brain Efficiency
Modern computing systems are plagued with significant issues in efficiently performing learning tasks. In this talk, I will present a new brain-inspired computing architecture. It supports a wide range of learning tasks while offering higher system efficiency than the other existing…
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June 19, 2019Language Science Talks: How prenatal experience shapes speech perception
RSVP HERE. Language Sciences affiliate member and CNRS senior research scientist at the Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception Dr. Judit Gervain will present this Language Science Talks event. Abstract extract: The talk will examine the hypothesis that this prenatal experience with…
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June 17, 2019Department of Linguistics colloquium: The acquisition of lexical tone by Cantonese-speaking children
Previous studies showed early production precedes late perception in Cantonese tone acquisition, contrary to the general principle that perception precedes production in child language, while some recent studies demonstrated that Cantonese tone acquisition is a protracted process. How production…
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June 5, 2019Congress: Assessing Language Performance: A showcase of established and innovative tools to assess different language skills across languages
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June 5, 2019Listening to the Land: A Community Engaged Sound Installation
This exhibition features a series of Indigenous language and storytelling sound installations focused on local and regional Indigenous languages produced at the Community Engaged Documentation and Research Space (CEDR), new UBC infrastructure currently being developed by Dr. David…
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June 5, 2019Congress: Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous Language Revitalization, and Applied Linguistics: a Critical Dialogue
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June 3, 2019Congress: Valuing Partial Language Competencies in Language Education
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June 3 - June 9, 2019A Queer Century, 1869–1969: A Rare Books Exhibition
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June 2, 2019Congress: Metaphor and Meaning-Making in Indigenous Research Methodology
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