Canaan Breiss
@canaan.bsky.social
Phonologist | asst. prof @ University of Southern California Linguistics | previously: postdoc @ MIT Brain & Cognitive Sciences, PhD @ UCLA Linguistics | theory 🔁 experiments 🔁 (Bayesian) models | 🌈 he | cbreiss.com
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Great connections between our linguistics department and the CICS NLP program (including Katrin Erk now in a joint appointment). Also happy to communicate with prospective applicants.
Here at UMass Amherst CICS, we’re searching for TT faculty in NLP – see the link from
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
www.cics.umass.edu/about/employ...
I’m happy to answer questions of course, too!
Faculty Positions
Open tenure-track and teaching faculty positions in computer science and informatics at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
www.cics.umass.edu
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great connections between our linguistics department and the CICS NLP program (including Katrin Erk now in a joint appointment). Also happy to communicate with prospective applicants.
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CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Heads up linguists 😞😞😞😡😡😡
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Heads up linguists 😞😞😞😡😡😡
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Deadline Jan 5: Instructional prof (teaching track, open rank), Ling + CogSci, Linguistics, Univ of Chicago apply.interfolio.com/177960
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Deadline Jan 5: Instructional prof (teaching track, open rank), Ling + CogSci, Linguistics, Univ of Chicago apply.interfolio.com/177960
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🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
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Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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“Base-specificity in Lexical Conservatism” by Canaan Breiss (Nov. ’25) www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/42...
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Base-specificity in Lexical Conservatism” by Canaan Breiss (Nov. ’25) www.lingref.com/cpp/wccfl/42...
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11.5 month contract position at Meta, perception of synthesized speech from a tonal language. Prefer PhDs with expertise in tonal languages us.meta.talentnet.community/jobs/b689da9...
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
11.5 month contract position at Meta, perception of synthesized speech from a tonal language. Prefer PhDs with expertise in tonal languages us.meta.talentnet.community/jobs/b689da9...
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We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
Grupo de Gramática del Español
gramatica.usc.es
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia
2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar
3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar
📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga...
🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026
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🤖🧠I'll be considering applications for PhD students & postdocs to start at Yale in Fall 2026!
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🤖🧠I'll be considering applications for PhD students & postdocs to start at Yale in Fall 2026!
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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Postdoc in linguistics – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Fully funded postdoctoral position in #Englishlinguistics & multilingualism research
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
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Fully funded postdoctoral position in #Englishlinguistics & multilingualism research
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
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#Postdoc #Austria #Postdoctoral #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy
Postdoctoral Position in Linguistics – University of Innsbruck |HigherJobz
Apply for a postdoctoral in English linguistics at University of Innsbruck, Austria. Full-time, 4-year position. Deadline: 1 Dec 2025.
higherjobz.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Postdoc in linguistics – University of Innsbruck, Austria
Fully funded postdoctoral position in #Englishlinguistics & multilingualism research
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
🔗 higherjobz.com/postdoc-engl...
#Postdoc #Austria #Postdoctoral #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy
Fully funded postdoctoral position in #Englishlinguistics & multilingualism research
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
🔗 higherjobz.com/postdoc-engl...
#Postdoc #Austria #Postdoctoral #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy
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Every day a new reason to hate Outlook
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Every day a new reason to hate Outlook
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Do you like discussing data generating processes? Everything from tracking down the provenance of data to conceptualizing and then implementing models of the underlying process?
If so then consider dropping by my probabilistic modeling Discord server, www.patreon.com/posts/genera....
If so then consider dropping by my probabilistic modeling Discord server, www.patreon.com/posts/genera....
Generative Modeling Discord Server | Michael Betancourt
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Do you like discussing data generating processes? Everything from tracking down the provenance of data to conceptualizing and then implementing models of the underlying process?
If so then consider dropping by my probabilistic modeling Discord server, www.patreon.com/posts/genera....
If so then consider dropping by my probabilistic modeling Discord server, www.patreon.com/posts/genera....
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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King (ME) 202 224-5344
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Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
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November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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Opportunity for early career researchers to spend 3 years working with us in Oxford. Cool surroundings, interesting people. Eligibility: need some UK academic connection. Get in touch if interested! Details: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Opportunity for early career researchers to spend 3 years working with us in Oxford. Cool surroundings, interesting people. Eligibility: need some UK academic connection. Get in touch if interested! Details: www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
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happy to share our new paper, out now in Neuron! led by the incredible Yizhen Zhang, we explore how the brain segments continuous speech into word-forms and uses adaptive dynamics to code for relative time - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding
We perceive continuous speech as a series of discrete words, despite the lack of clear acoustic boundaries. The superior temporal gyrus (STG) encodes …
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November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
happy to share our new paper, out now in Neuron! led by the incredible Yizhen Zhang, we explore how the brain segments continuous speech into word-forms and uses adaptive dynamics to code for relative time - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.