Lezing
SAILS Workshop Computational Models of Language Learning and Change
- Datum
- vrijdag 12 december 2025
- Tijd
- Locatie
- Lipsius Building
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Zaal
- Lips-1.30
Computational Models of Language Learning and Change
On the occasion of Yuchen Lian’s PhD defense (December 12), SAILS is organizing a workshop on 'Computational Models of Language Learning and Change’.
At 11:30, Yuchen will defend her thesis titled: 'Emergence of Linguistic Universals in Neural Agents via Artificial Language Learning and Communication’ in the Academy Building. After the ceremony, a lunch will be served for registered workshop participants and we are excited to host three guest speakers:
13:45 - 14:20 Lunch
14:20 – 14:30 Opening
14:30 - 15:10 Lisa Beinborn (University of Göttingen)
‘Cognitively-inspired representation learning’
15:10 - 15:50 Raquel Alhama (University of Amsterdam)
‘Emergent Communication with Noisy Channels’
15:50 - 16:30 Afra Alishahi (Tilburg University)
‘Getting closer to reality: Grounding and interaction in models of human language acquisition’
16:30 Closing
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