My name is Aidan Pine. I'm a settler of European ancestry born in Victoria, B.C. and I developed this site in order to bring together the various language revitalization and open-source software projects that I am involved in.
I fell in love with language revitalization work as a way of combining my interests in language, linguistics, anti-colonial/decolonial methodologies, and computer science.
I have recently returned as a full-time researcher working on the Indigenous Language Technology project at the Canadian National Research Council, after completing an M.Sc. in Speech & Language Processing Program at the University of Edinburgh. I am also the founder and lead developer of Mother Tongues, and part-time technology consultant for the First Peoples' Cultural Council and the University of British Columbia.
Below are some guest lectures, workshops and other presentations I have given. The list is scrollable.
Title | Location | Presenters | Type | Year |
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“Watch me Speak!” Interactive Storytelling using ReadAlong-Studio | ICLDC 2023: Centering Justice in Language Work
Virtual (University of Hawai'i) |
Pine, A.
Huggins-Daines, D. Joanis, E. Littell, P. Tessier, M. Torkornoo, D. |
Workshop | 2022 |
“Watch me Speak!” Interactive Storytelling using ReadAlong-Studio | Community Workshop for Indigenous Language Technology (CWILTs Series)
Virtual (National Research Council) |
Pine, A.
Huggins-Daines, D. Joanis, E. Littell, P. Tessier, M. Torkornoo, D. |
Workshop | 2022 |
Developing Speech & Language Technologies for Indigenous Language Revitalization | Domain Adaptation Group
University of Toronto |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2022 |
Requirements and Motivations of Low-Resource Speech Synthesis for Language Revitalization | Centre for Speech Technology Research
Edinburgh |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2022 |
Gᵢ2Pᵢ: Rule-based, index-preserving grapheme-to-phoneme transformations | ComputEL-5
Dublin |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2022 |
Requirements and Motivations of Low-Resource Speech Synthesis for Language Revitalization | Best Papers Award Session Plenary at ACL 2022
Dublin |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2022 |
Speech Technology & Language Reclamation | FNEL 180
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2022 |
Low Resource Speech Synthesis | NLP Seminar
National Research Council Canada |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2021 |
G2P (grapheme-to-phoneme) the 'what', 'so what', and 'now what' | Continual Workshops in Indigenous Language Technology (CWILTs)
Virtual |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2020 |
Language Revitalization & Technology | ASTU 402
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2020 |
Lexicography, Language Revitalization & Mother Tongues Dictionaries | FNEL 382
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2020 |
Language Technology & Language Reclamation | FNEL 180
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2020 |
Readalongs: Automatic alignment of speech and text for Indigenous language audiobooks | 52nd Algonquian Conference
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Huggins-Daines, D.
Littell, P. Pine, A. Joanis, E. |
Talk | 2020 |
Developing technology to support Indigenous language revitalization in Canada | Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR)
University of Edinburgh |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2019 |
Canadian National Research Council's Indigenous Language Technology Project | International Conference on Language Technologies for All
UNESCO HQ, Paris |
Pine, A.
Brinklow, N. Souter, H. Lothian, D. |
Poster | 2019 |
ReadAlong Studio: Zero-shot Text/Speech Alignment for Indigenous Language Audiobooks | Ottawa AI
NRC Sussex, Ottawa |
Daines, D.
Littell, P. Pine, A. Joanis, E. Torkornoo, D. |
System demonstration | 2019 |
Supplementing text-based Indigenous language applications with synthetic speech | Ottawa AI
NRC Sussex, Ottawa |
Pine, A.
Kazantseva, A. |
Poster | 2019 |
Kawennón:nis the Word Maker for Kanyen'kéha | Kanyenn'kéha Mohawk Class
Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na, Tyendinaga |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2019 |
Kawennón:nis the Word Maker for Kanyen'kéha | Kanyen'kéha Mohawk 101R
Renison University College at University of Waterloo |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2019 |
Language Revitalization & Technology | ASTU 402 - Living Language: Science & Society
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2019 |
Language Revitalization, technology, and making the most of your undergraduate experience | FNEL 180
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2019 |
Language Revitalization & the Role of Technology | Nerd Nite YYJ
Victoria Event Centre |
Pine, A. | Talk | 2019 |
UBC Alumni Panel | 50th Anniversay of the UBC Linguistics Department
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Panel discussion | 2019 |
Mohawk O'Clock: Limited Domain Speech Synthesis in Kanyen'kéha | ICLDC 6
University of Hawaii |
Pine, A.
Littell, P. Maracle, R. |
Technology showcase | 2019 |
Kawennón:nis: An Online Tool for Learning Verbal Morphology in Kanyen'kéha | ICLDC 6
University of Hawaii |
Kazantseva, A.
Brant, R. Maracle, O. Maracle, R. Pine, A. |
Technology showcase | 2019 |
Digital Kinesthetic Learning and the Gitksan Pronominal Paradigm | ICLDC 6
University of Hawaii |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2019 |
How to Make a 'Mother Tongues' Digital Dictionary | ICLDC 6
University of Hawaii |
Pine, A.
Turin, M. |
Workshop | 2019 |
An Introduction to Gitksan Research | LING 372 Guest Lecture
University of Victoria |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2018 |
Developing Digital Tools for Language Revitalization: Demystifying Coding, Apps, and Web Platforms | National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Tokyo, Japan |
Pine, A.
Turin, M. |
Workshop | 2018 |
Developing Digital Tools for Language Revitalization: Demystifying Coding, Apps, and Web Platforms | CoLang
University of Florida |
Pine, A.
Turin, M. |
Workshop | 2018 |
Kawennón:nis: The Wordmaker for Kanyén'keha | Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa Immersion School
Ohsweken, Ontario |
Kazantseva, A.
Pine, A. |
Presentation | 2018 |
Seeing the Heiltsuk Orthography from Font Encoding to Unicode: A Case Study Using Convertextract | Conference on Collaboration and Computing of Under Resourced Languages
Miyazaki, Japan |
Pine, A. | Conference | 2018 |
Ama silkw sa | Gitksan Elders Meeting
Gitksan Elder's Center. Gitanmaax, B.C |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2018 |
A multi-dialectal Ayajuthem talking dictionary |
Sliammon, B.C |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2018 |
An Introduction to Gitksan Research | LING 372 Guest Lecture
University of Victoria |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2018 |
Digital Kinesthetic Learning and the Gitksan Pronominal Paradigm | Research in Indigenous Languages and Linguistics
University of Victoria |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2018 |
Practical Phonetics | Adult Gitxsan Class
Gitsegukla, & Terrace, B.C |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2018 |
Practical Phonetics | Adult Gitxsan Class
Gitanmaax, B.C |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2017 |
A visual presentation with Aidan Pine: The possibilities of our new app | Ayajuthem language conference
Sliammon, B.C |
Pine, A. | Conference | 2017 |
Sim ayeehl k'uuhl | FNEL 180 Guest Lecture
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2017 |
Ama silkw sa | Gitksan Elders Meeting
Gitksan Elder's Center. Gitanmaax, B.C |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2017 |
Dim liseewis Xsiwis g̲ant Sginist wil wihl hahlaalst sit'aadiit | Gitksan Language Symposium
Gitksan Wet'suwet'en Education Society. Hazelton, B.C. |
Smith, J.
Pine, A. |
Conference | 2017 |
Lexicography for Endangered Languages | FNEL 382 Guest Lecture
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2017 |
Mobile App Development | BC Breath of Life Institute
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Workshop | 2017 |
Introducing Waldayu & Waldayu Mobile | ComputEL-2: The 2nd Workshop on Computational Methods for Endangered Languages
University of Hawaii |
Pine, A. | Conference | 2017 |
Making the most of undergraduate research | FNEL 180 Guest Lecture
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2016 |
Mobilizing Language Data: An Endangered Language Dictionary App | Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Conference | 2016 |
'Nit gwihl Jabisi'm | FNEL 180 Guest Lecture
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Lecture | 2015 |
Connecting Linguistics to Language Learners: a Lesson Plan for Gitksan | Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Conference | 2015 |
Preferential Encliticization in Gitksan | Linguistics Department
University of British Columbia |
Pine, A. | Presentation | 2014 |
Quantifier Scope in Gitksan | Gitksan Research Group Research Seminar
University of British Columbia |
Barois, M.
Bicevskis, K. Cheng, K. Pine, A. |
Presentation | 2014 |
There were a lot of really cool CV templates and things out there, but I ended up building my own because I wanted something that was:
a) static, so I could host for free on GitHub Pages
b) able to generate LaTeX
c) pulled from simple markup like yaml
So, I wrote my CV data in yaml, and use Flask, Frozen-Flask, Jinja2, Skeleton and Fabric to generate a static site and LaTeX CV. I host for free on GitHub, use Cloudflare for free SSL and Mailgun for free email. I slapped an MIT license on the code, so if you think it would be useful to you, go for it!
Update: Waaaay back in the day, like 3 years ago (🤦) Jamstack was really only just starting to gain popularity, and so building a custom static-site generator like this seemed reasonable. If I was starting now, I probably wouldn't build this site this way. I'd probably use something like Hugo instead.