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Read more at: Language Sciences project wins AI-deas funding to support research into language equity and inclusion
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Language Sciences project wins AI-deas funding to support research into language equity and inclusion

8 February 2024

A new language sciences related project on improving language equity is one of five winners of AI-deas funding supporting artificial intelligence innovations to address critical societal issues. Dr Matt Davis , Cambridge Language Sciences co-Director and Programme Leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC-...


Read more at: Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2023: Language and Mental Wellbeing
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Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2023: Language and Mental Wellbeing

23 November 2023

‘Language and Mental Wellbeing’ was the theme of this year’s Language Sciences Annual Symposium which took place on 16 November at Cripps Court, Magdalene College. This year’s event was inspired by the ‘moonshot’ question ‘How can language use allow us to understand and predict mental health conditions?’. The moonshots are...


Read more at: Improving Voice Identification Procedures (IVIP) knowledge exchange event outlines new recommendations for voice parades
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Improving Voice Identification Procedures (IVIP) knowledge exchange event outlines new recommendations for voice parades

14 November 2023

Police officers, legal professionals and forensic speech scientists joined academics from the Improving Voice Identification Procedures (IVIP) research team for a day of knowledge exchange at Selwyn College on 22 September. The event was an opportunity to share findings from IVIP – an interdisciplinary project on...


Read more at: Language Sciences Incubator Fund opens 20 November 2023
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Language Sciences Incubator Fund opens 20 November 2023

31 October 2023

Cambridge Language Sciences are offering seed funding of up to £5,000 to support interdisciplinary research in the language sciences through the Language Sciences Incubator Fund . The next call will open on 20 November 2023. The Language Sciences Incubator Fund is an opportunity to: Develop new ideas and collaborations Run...


Read more at: Impact events on the science of learning engage policymakers and school children in Singapore
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Impact events on the science of learning engage policymakers and school children in Singapore

30 October 2023

A series of impact events on the science of learning were hosted by the NTU-Cambridge Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) in Singapore this summer. The events, attended by over 1,500 people, including school children, teachers, and government agencies, were an opportunity to share CLIC’s latest...


Read more at: Research collaboration with Chuo University uses artificial languages to better understand second language learning 
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Research collaboration with Chuo University uses artificial languages to better understand second language learning 

11 October 2023

A new research project involving Cambridge Language Sciences (CLS) members and colleagues at Chuo and Utsunomiya Universities in Japan, is using artificial languages to shed light on learnability issues in second language acquisition. The focus of the research is on first-language speakers of Chinese, English, and Japanese...


Read more at: Early-career researchers fine-tune their networking skills at the Language Sciences Symposium for Early-Career Researchers 2023
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Early-career researchers fine-tune their networking skills at the Language Sciences Symposium for Early-Career Researchers 2023

10 October 2023

Cambridge Language Sciences welcomed early-career researchers from across the University to an afternoon of networking skills training hosted by comedian and public-engagement consultant Dr Steve Cross . The event took place at Newnham College on 4 October. It was attended by post-doctoral researchers, PhD students and...


Read more at: Cambridge Language Sciences supports Gibraltar Literature Symposium on endangered Llanito language
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Cambridge Language Sciences supports Gibraltar Literature Symposium on endangered Llanito language

4 October 2023

The Gibraltar Literature Symposium on ‘Llanito, culture and writing’ brought together Gibraltarian writers and international academics to consider Gibraltar’s endangered Llanito language and what it means for Gibraltarian identity. The event was organised in collaboration with Gibraltar’s Ministry for Culture, and co-...


Read more at: Annual Symposium speaker profile: Oliver Lemon
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Annual Symposium speaker profile: Oliver Lemon

21 September 2023

Oliver Lemon is Professor of Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where he is also Director of the Interaction Lab, and Academic Co-Lead of the National Robotarium . He also co-founded the Conversational AI spin-out company Alana AI . His research involves Artificial Intelligence techniques related to...


Read more at: Annual Symposium speaker profile: Rosemary Varley
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Annual Symposium speaker profile: Rosemary Varley

22 August 2023

Rosemary Varley is Professor of Acquired Language Disorders at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on the cognitive neuroscience of speech and language, in particular language disorders in post-stroke aphasia and dementia, and the role of language in non-verbal cognition. Her work uses a range of methods...


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