Monthly Archives: February 2014

Multilingual Atlanta: Mapping the languages of tweets

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Nic Subtirelu — 3 Comments

This year, I have a research fellowship at my university researching New and Emerging Media. I’ve thus been working on a number of different projects related to computational ways of looking at language and discourse (for example, this one). However,…

computer code != human language: Why coding can’t replace language education

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Nic Subtirelu — 2 Comments

So here’s a weird story for you. According to this source (and others), Kentucky state Senator Robert Givens has proposed that, in order to promote computer literacy, high school students should be allowed to use courses in computer programming to…