May 4-5, the department hosts
Mayfest 2012, "The Role of Computational Models in Linguistic Theory".
Mayfest is an annual two-day workshop organized by our graduate students. It brings together 8-12 distinguished researchers, representing diverse perpectives, to discuss some fundamental issue in linguistics. This year we welcome:
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Alexander Clark (Royal Holloway University of London)
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Robin Clark (University of Pennsylvania)
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Gaja Jarosz (Yale)
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Rick Lewis (University of Michigan)
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Roger Levy (University of California, San Diego)
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Lisa Pearl (University of California, Irvine)
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Amy Perfors (Adelaide)
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Jason Riggle (University of Chicago)
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Ed Stabler (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Matthew Stone (Rutgers)