Efficient compression and linguistic meaning in humans and machines Dr. Noga Zaslavsky, MIT What computational principles govern the ability to communicate about a complex world, while operating with bounded resources? By integrating tools from information …

Coordinating on shared meaning 
for communication and collaboration Robert Hawkins, Princeton Neuroscience Institute Communication is the engine of human culture. When we're able to communicate successfully, there's nothing we can't accomplish together. But when communication …

Computational Linguistics for Socially-Responsible Technology Jonathan Dunn, University of Canterbury-Christchurch This talk introduces my work in computational cognitive linguistics and computational sociolinguistics: from construction grammar and metaphor to dialect and register variation. Along the way …