28.4394, Summer Schools: Harmonic Grammar: Models and Methods/India

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Subject: 28.4394, Summer Schools: Harmonic Grammar: Models and Methods/India

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:31:36
From: Shakuntala Mahanta [shakunmahanta at gmail.com]
Subject: Harmonic Grammar: Models and Methods/India

Harmonic Grammar: Models and Methods

Host Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Coordinating Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/harmonic-grammar/home

Dates: 14-Dec-2017 - 21-Dec-2017
Location: Guwahati, Assam, India

Focus: Computational tools which explore models of grammar have been known to give rise to new and detailed linguistic insights. Harmonic Grammar (HG) is a synthesis of generative and connectionist/statistical approaches to language. The models of linguistic knowledge combine representations and constraints (or rules) from generative linguistics with the numerical weights used in connectionist and statistical frameworks. There now exist a number of variants of HG, along with a range of freely available computational tools for exploring these models of grammar. This course provides an introduction to both the models and the methods, assuming no background in either mathematics or computational modeling. Starting with a version of HG that closely resembles the well-known “classic” Optimality Theory model of Prince and Smolensky (1993/2004), the course then proceeds to introduce more elaborate probabilistic models (Goldwater and Johnson’s 2003 Maximum Entropy Grammar, Boersma and
Pater’s 2008 Noisy HG), as well as versions of HG that use serial derivations (as Harmonic Serialism - McCarthy 2007 et seq.).
Minimum Education Level: MA

Description:
The course will be primarily taught by Prof. Joe Pater who teaches Phonology
at the Department of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts. The venue for
the course is Centre for Educational Technology, IIT Guwahati

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Tuition: 1000 Other

Tuition Explanation: students (from India): INR 1000 (refundable, subject to joining the course) 
The above fee include all instructional materials, computer use for tutorials
and assignments, laboratory equipment usage charges, 24 hr free internet
facility. Students will receive a grade card if they require one (1 credit
course) Last date of registration for the course: 15th November 2017
Participants from abroad : US $500 
Industry/ Research Organizations: INR 20000 
Academic Institutions ( salaried academics from India): INR 5000

Registration: 01-Oct-2017 to 15-Nov-2017

Contact Person: Shakuntala Mahanta
                Phone: +91(0)3612582565
                Email: shakunmahanta at gmail.com

Apply on the web: http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/

Registration Instructions:
There are two steps 1)Registration on GIAN portal for all participants:
A token (one time) registration fee of INR 500/- (non-refundable) will be
charged from all participants. INR 500 is to be paid here
http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index. 
Course fees are waived for students and unwaged participants from India. 
Step 2) However, a refundable INR 1000 must be paid  as a demand draft to 
"REGISTRAR, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI"
Payable at "GUWAHATI"
Please send the DD to
Shakuntala Mahanta
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati. PIN -781039
Assam
Participants from abroad : US $500 (Apart from GIAN registration)
Industry/ Research Organizations: INR 20000 
Academic Institutions ( salaried academics from India): INR 5000 
students (from India): INR 1000 (refundable, subject to joining the course) 
The above fee include all instructional materials, computer use for tutorials
and assignments, laboratory equipment usage charges, 24 hr free internet
facility. Students will receive a grade card if they require one (1 credit
course) 

Course fee for non-students:
As per the guidelines given in the course format or as decided by the course
coordinator/host institution.

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