Reading groups are fluid research clusters of students and faculty from our own and other departments. Participants get together to look at original research, ask questions, share current thinking, and work through problems. There are a number of these groups at the present time
Reading Groups
ClingDings
Computational linguistics reading group led by Dr. Shuju Shi (shi16@iu.edu) and Dr. Fran Tyers (ftyers@iu.edu).Meets Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm in Ballantine Hall, 217 starting August 27. Anyone interested can join
Syntax-Semantics Reading Group
led by Dr. Tom Grano (tgrano@iu.edu), Dr. Steve Franks (franks@iu.edu) and Dr. Emily Hanink (emhanink@iu.edu).Meets Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm in Ballantine Hall 403 starting September 3. Anyone interested can join.
Phlegme
Phonetics and Phonology Reading Group led by Dr. Kelly Berkson (kberkson@iu.edu), Dr. Stuart Davis (davis@iu.edu) and Dr, Malgosia Cavar (mcavar@iu.edu).Meets Mondays, 1:00-2:30 pm in Ballantine Hall 503 starting August 26. Anyone interested can join.
Natural Language Processing Reading Group
Led by Dr. Damir Cavar and Dr. Zoran Tiganj.Meets Mondays, 6:00-7:30 pm in Ballantine Hall 012 starting August 26. If interested, contact Dr. Cavar at dcavar@iu.edu. More information is at https://nlp-lab.org/.
Quantum Natural Processing Study Group
Led by Dr. Damir Cavar (dcavar@iu.edu).Meets Fridays, 4:00-5:30 pm in Luddy Hall BLIF 0002 starting August 16. Anyone interested can join; more information is at https://nlp-lab.org/quantumnlp/.
Sociolinguistics Reading Group
led by Dr. Monica Nesbitt (nesbittm@iu.edu), Dr. Manuel Diaz-Campos (mdiazcam@iu.edu) and Dr. Jeffrey Lamontagne (jlamonta@iu.edu).Meets every other Monday, 2:00-3:00 in Ballantine Hall 403 starting September 2,and every other Thursday, 3:00-4:00 pm in Ballantine 603 starting September 12. Anyone interested can join.
Old Occitan Reading Group
led by Dr. Barbara Vance and Dr. Elizabeth Hubbard.Meets Wednesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm starting September 4. If interested, contact Dr. Vance at bvance@iu.edu or Dr. Hebbard at ehebbard@iu.edu.The group is working its way through Flamenca, a 13th century romance in verse. Knowledge of any Romance language is useful as a tool for reading this medieval language from the south of France. All materials are available via the group’s Canvas site.
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