<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>When:</b>           Friday, April 8th at <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>12:30pm CT</b></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> <br><b>Where:</b><b>  </b>       Talk will be given <font style="font-weight:bold"><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font>at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">                     TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">                      5th Floor, Room 530<b>              </b>   </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Virtually:</b>      via zoom: <a href="https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvduChqjMiHNTEa-QzLrhMT1KJWHxWHqUh" target="_blank"><b>register in advance here</b></a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Who:</b><b> </b>            Karen Livescu, TTIC</font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;width:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Title:</b><b> </b>            </font></font>Spoken Language Understanding in the Age of Pre-Trained Representations</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*********************************************************************************************</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Presence at TTIC requires being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or having a TTIC or UChicago-approved exemption. Masks are optional in all common areas. Full visitor guidance available at <a href="http://ttic.edu/visitors" target="_blank">ttic.edu/visitors</a>.</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Research at TTIC Seminar Series</font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">TTIC is hosting a weekly seminar series presenting the research currently underway at the Institute. Every week a different TTIC faculty member will present their research.  The lectures are intended both for students seeking research topics and advisors, and for the general TTIC and University of Chicago communities interested in hearing what their colleagues are up to.</font><font color="#500050"> </font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#500050"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#500050"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#500050"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#500050"><br></font></font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><i><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Administrative Assistant</font></b></i></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Toyota Technological Institute</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></span></div></div></div></div></div>