Dr. Bodo Winter (Twitter: @BodoWinter)

Dr. Bodo Winter is a Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, as well as a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and the Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary journal Language & Cognition. Dr. Winter has received his PhD in Cognitive and Information Sciences from the University of California, Merced. His research focuses on the intersection of language and thought, particularly in the domain of metaphor, gesture, and numerical communication. Dr. Winter has written a textbook called “Statistics for Linguists: An introduction using R” and taught statistics workshops for linguists at more than a dozen institutions.

Title:
An introduction to statistical modelling and linear mixed effects models with R

Abstract:
The language sciences are undergoing a quantitative revolution, away from significance tests and towards multifactorial statistical modelling. This two-hour tutorial provides a high-level introduction to statistical modelling with R, with the aim of giving a broad sweep overview of the generalized linear model framework all the way up to linear mixed effects models. This toolkit has wide applicability in a number of different subfields of linguistics: everything that can be done with significance tests can be done with statistical models, and more. I will also talk about reproducibility and how important it is to use R and data sharing websites for reproducible analysis work flows. Given the time constraints of this brief event, we won’t be able to do a lot of hands-on work with R, but I will make scripts available that allow students already familiar with R to do further studies. Everybody is welcome, and no special mathematical knowledge or experience with programming is required.

 

Dr. Marshall Yin

Dr. Marshall Yin is a language instructor at the English Language Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He teaches postgraduate research students on academic writing and presentation skills. His research interests include intercultural communication, special needs, and social media.

 

Title:
Starting your Thesis Journey - Writing Effective Thesis Introductions via Personalization and Introspection

Abstract
This workshop will focus on the introduction of your thesis.  Your introduction need not be boring.  Your research is a lifelong commitment and journey.  By sharing the motivation of your research, why it is important to you, and what you hope to achieve for humanity, you can draw the readers' attention and make your entire thesis meaningful and insightful.

Join me in opening your mind and perspectives on what your thesis introduction can become!