Events

Research Assistant Training Program: Methods in Behavioral Science Date & Time:  6pm – 7:30pm each Wednesday from February 10th through March 24th (skips March 10th) Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, February 3rd The Social and Behavioral Initiative (SBSI) supports interdisciplinary research in the social and behavioral sciences. Each semester, SBSI supports undergraduate students who are interested […]

SBSI Brown Bag: Brian Hare

January 27, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

SBSI Brown Bag Spring 2021 Series   On January 27th, Brian Hare will present remotely via the SBSI Zoom (link below). Presentations are every Wednesday from noon-1:15pm (unless stated otherwise)   https://upenn.zoom.us/j/6428857909

ILST Seminar: Josef Fruehwald

February 5, 2021
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Josef Fruehwald Linguistics Department University of Kentucky   Via Zoom Click here to join!   Distributional Models and Sound Change   Quantitative models of sound change (quantitative models of everything really) mostly focus on shifts in the central tendency (the location parameter or $\mu$) of pronunciations. However, the variance of distributions, both within and between […]