Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mageed

Associate Professor

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Biography

Muhammad Abdul-Mageed is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, with a joint appointment in the School of Information and the Department of Linguistics, as well as being an Associate Member of the Department of Computer Science. He holds the position of Canada Research Chair in Natural Language Processing and has a strong research focus on deep representation learning and socio-pragmatics in natural language processing. His goal is to innovate equitable and efficient social machines that improve human health, enhance social networking, and reduce information overload. His work currently spans a wide range of tasks in speech language understanding and generation, including language models, automatic speech recognition, and machine translation. He is a founding member of the Institute for Computing, Information, and Cognitive Systems and is active in leading several SSHRC-funded partnership grants.

Research Interests

Natural Language Processing Machine Learning Deep Learning Speech Language Understanding Speech Generation Computational Socio-Pragmatics

Requirements for University of British Columbia

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:21
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy or related field 3 credits in formal logic 6 credits at the upper level in history of philosophy 3 credits at the upper level in ethics or value theory 6 credits at the upper level in metaphysics, epistemology, or philosophy of science
Application Checklist
  • Online application form
  • Application fee
  • Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Writing sample (15-20 pages)
  • Statement of intent
  • Evidence of English language proficiency
Specialization Notes

Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.