View some of our and others' previous events.
Past Events
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March 31, 2022Introduction to Deep Learning Workshop
This workshop, held on March 31, 2022 from 9:00am - 12:00pm, is a hands-on introduction to the revolutionary methods of deep learning-no prior knowledge of machine learning required. Click here to learn more and register. ABOUT THIS EVENT Deep learning, a class of machine…
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March 25, 2022Language Science Talks: Dr. Edward Chang, Toward a speech neuroprosthetic (Rescheduled)
RSVP This talk has been rescheduled from March 2020. Abstract: Speaking is a unique and defining human behavior. Over the past decade, we have focused on deciphering the basic neural code that underlies our ability to speak fluently. During speech production, vocal tract movement gestures…
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March 24, 2022Inclusive Languages Public Talk: Not so "generic" masculines: empirical studies on interpretations in French and Spanish
Join UBC Okanagan's Department of Languages and World Literatures for a virtual talk with Dr. David Heap as he discusses the use of the so-called “generic masculines” in both French and Spanish languages. In debates over the use of “generic masculines,” language…
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March 15, 2022Bertolt Brecht’s Me-ti or the Aesthetics of Translation: Universal Love, Mutual Benefits, and Transience
Join the UBC CENES department on March 15, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Chunjie Zhang of the University of California at Davis. This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC Eurasia Research Cluster & the Centre for European Studies. Register here via…
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February 23, 2022Ethics in Technology
Ethics in Technology is the second installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of the University of British Columbia (UBC). In attending this interactive 75…
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February 22 - February 23, 2022H5P Symposium
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) is hosting a two-day event to introduce H5P, a free open-source html tool, that can be used to create flexible, interactive practice questions as well as opportunities for interactive content delivery for instructors. This symposium includes…
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February 22, 2022Project GAMEPLAY: Can the application of machine learning to literacy gameplay data improve identification of struggling readers?
As part of the Literacy and Technology & New Media Speaker Series by the SSHRC Ensuring Full Literacy project, Dr. Jenny Thomson, Co-Lead of Technology and New Media from Sheffield University, will introduce project GAMEPLAY Feb. 22, 2022. About the talk This virtual talk will introduce…
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February 18 - February 19, 2022Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC)
UBC’s Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference (LSURC) is an interdisciplinary language-focused research conference that was established through the partnership between UBC’s Speech and Linguistics Student Association (SALSA) and the UBC Language…
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February 18, 2022AAAS Panel - Transmission of Airborne Pathogens through Expiratory Activities
Join Language Sciences Co-Director, Bryan Gick, as he moderates the AAAS Scientific Sessions panel, 'Transmission of Airborne Pathogens through Expiratory Activities'. Panel Synopsis The COVID-19 pandemic has made research into virus transmission a top scientific priority. SARS-CoV-2, the…
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February 3, 2022
Mixed Messages: Mediating Native Belonging in Asia Russia - Talk with Dr. Kathryn Graber
Join the Eurasia Research Cluster and the Department of Anthropology on February 3, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT, for the virtual Sawchen Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Kathryn Graber of Indiana University. Register here via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VSYsyydYQzWihJQX3JFMqg …