Summer semester 2020

Hey everyone,

We hope you are all doing well.

We don’t know much more than you do about what the upcoming semester will look like. What we know is that it will take place, starting next week with online classes, since a lot of people cannot come to Tübingen or even Germany for the foreseeable future.
Make sure to regularly check Alma, Moodle and Ilias to get the most up-to-date information on the classes you’re interested in taking. The university and the SfS have some more information on how this semester will take place:

• Semester opening meeting (ISCL): Starting on 2PM of April 14th, you can join this Moodle version of the introductory meeting: https://moodle.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de/enrol/index.php?id=836
• Course list (General Linguistics): The course list for the summer semester can be accessed via the red box on the lower right-hand side of https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/neuphilologie/seminar-fuer-sprachwissenschaft
• Course list (Computer Science): The Fachschaft Informatik compiled a list of computer science classes with information on how they will take place. The list includes several NLP/ML courses that might be interesting for ISCL students who still need to fill their Supplementary Area modules (ask your advisor whether the classes you’d like to take will be recognized by the SfS!) https://www.fsi.uni-tuebingen.de/covid19/vorlesungen
• Course list (Machine Learning): The ML department also has a list of the courses they offer this semester with links to the course webpages and information on how they are offered. Many of these courses might be interesting for ISCL students who still need to fill their Supplementary Area modules (ask your advisor whether the classes you’d like to take will be recognized by the SfS!) https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/175740
• Official university information on the summer semester: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/information-on-the-corona-virus/corona-virus-information-for-students/
• While there are no in-person office hours right now, you can still contact your study advisors and other SfS staff via email.

We hope you had a nice holiday and are staying safe!

– The Fachschaft

EDITED on 2020-04-13 to add the link to the computer science courses.

EDITED on 2020-04-17 to add the link to the ML courses.

End-of-Semester Regulars’ Table

Dear general & computational linguists,

Good luck with the upcoming exams and final projects!

Once the exam phase is over, we want to celebrate with you! Join us for the last regulars’ table before the beginning of the lecture-free period 🎉
It will take place at Neckarmüller on Friday, February 7, at 8 PM.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
– The Fachschaft

Chomsky or Chimpsky? The results are in!

Dear all,

Thanks for joining us at the Christmas party!

Here are the results from the partygoers’ donations:

• 43% for loving Nim Chimpsky and avoiding linguistics fights
• 32% for following Chomsky & generativism
• 25% for opposing Chomsky & generativism

A big thank you to all of you who donated a bit of their money and/or time to help us!

Happy holidays and enjoy the break! ❄

❄ Regulars’ Table & Christmas Party ❄

Dear linguists and computational linguists,

We’d like to invite you to two events this month:

First, we have a regulars’ table this Friday (December 6th, 8 PM). It’s at the Irish pub Saints & Scholars, just across the street from SfS. Everybody is welcome!
→ Facebook event

We’d also like to invite you to our annual SfS Christmas Party! It will take place on Thursday, December 19th (SfS room 0.02, 8 PM).
As always, there will be free food, Glühwein, beer and nice music. A money box for donations can be found at the secretary’s office on the first floor, any gesture is much appreciated! It would be also great if you bring cookies or some small snacks for the party :)
We look forward to seeing you all there!
→ Facebook event

– Your Fachschaft

Website updates: Theses, internships, studying abroad…

We’re still in the process of updating this Fachschaft webpage so you all have up-to-date information about the general/computational linguistics study programmes here, and now we need your help!
We want to fill the pages on

• BA and MA theses
• Software internships
• Studying abroad

If you’d like to share your thesis, your internship report/presentation and/or your Erasmus/exchange report, please contact us!