Call for participation Psycho-computational Models of Human Language Acquisition

PsychoCompLA-2004

Workshop Topic The workshop is devoted to psychologically-motivated computational models of language acquisition. That is, models that are compatible with research in psycholinguistics, developmental psychology and linguistics.

Invited Speakers:

Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp and Tilburg University
Elan Dresher, University of Toronto
Jerome A. Feldman, University of California at Berkeley
Charles D. Yang, Yale University

Workshop Description
How children acquire the grammar of their native language(s) is one of the most beguiling open questions of modern science. The principal goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds who are interested in the study of human language acquisition from a computational perspective. Cross-discipline discussion will be encouraged. Presented research draws computational linguistics, formal learning theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics.

Psycho-computational models of language acquisition are of particular interest in light of recent results in developmental psychology which suggest that very young infants are adept at detecting statistical patterns in an audible input stream. This begs the question, to what extent can a psychologically plausible statistical learning strategy be successfully exploited in a "full-blown" psycho-computational acquisition model?

Workshop Organizer

William Gregory Sakas, City University of New York

Program Committee

Robert Berwick, MIT, USA
Antal van den Bosch, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Ted Briscoe, University of Cambridge, UK
Damir Cavar, Indiana University, USA
Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University, USA
Stephen Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK
James Cussens, University of York, UK
Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Jeffrey Elman, University of California, San Diego, USA
Gerard Kempen, Leiden University, The Netherlands and The Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen
Vincenzo Lombardo, University of Torino, Italy
Larry Moss, University of Indiana, USA
Miles Osborne, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dan Roth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ivan Sag, Stanford University, USA
Jeffrey Siskind, Purdue University, USA
Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh, UK
Menno van Zaanen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Charles Yang, Yale University, USA

Contact

Psycho.Comp@hunter.cuny.edu or sakas@hunter.cuny.edu
http://www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/psychocomp/

PsychoCompLA-2004 Workshop Topic The workshop is devoted to psychologically-motivated computational models of language acquisition. That is, models that are compatible with research in psycholinguistics, developmental psychology and linguistics. Invited Speakers: Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp and Tilburg University Elan Dresher, University of Toronto Jerome A. Feldman, University of California at Berkeley Charles D. Yang, Yale University Workshop Description How children acquire the grammar of their native language(s) is one of the most beguiling open questions of modern science. The principal goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds who are interested in the study of human language acquisition from a computational perspective. Cross-discipline discussion will be encouraged. Presented research draws computational linguistics, formal learning theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, linguistics, cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics. Psycho-computational models of language acquisition are of particular interest in light of recent results in developmental psychology which suggest that very young infants are adept at detecting statistical patterns in an audible input stream. This begs the question, to what extent can a psychologically plausible statistical learning strategy be successfully exploited in a "full-blown" psycho-computational acquisition model? Workshop Organizer William Gregory Sakas, City University of New York Program Committee Robert Berwick, MIT, USA Antal van den Bosch, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Ted Briscoe, University of Cambridge, UK Damir Cavar, Indiana University, USA Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University, USA Stephen Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK James Cussens, University of York, UK Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Tilburg University, The Netherlands Jeffrey Elman, University of California, San Diego, USA Gerard Kempen, Leiden University, The Netherlands and The Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen Vincenzo Lombardo, University of Torino, Italy Larry Moss, University of Indiana, USA Miles Osborne, University of Edinburgh, UK Dan Roth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Ivan Sag, Stanford University, USA Jeffrey Siskind, Purdue University, USA Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh, UK Menno van Zaanen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Charles Yang, Yale University, USA Contact Psycho.Comp@hunter.cuny.edu or sakas@hunter.cuny.edu http://www.colag.cs.hunter.cuny.edu/psychocomp/