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SUMMARY:CIS Network Seminars: Prof. Lonneke van der Plas – IDIAP
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DESCRIPTION:Lonneke van der Plas\nTitle: Towards creative systems with li
 nguistic modelling.\nAbstract:\nLanguage is predominantly viewed as a mean
 s for information exchange in the field of AI and natural language process
 ing (NLP). However\, this overlooks the important role language plays as a
  vehicle for creative thought. This aspect of cognition is unique to manki
 nd\, crucial for innovation\, and currently under-explored in AI.\nThe fie
 ld of NLP has mature methods to capture the meaning of words and the way t
 hey relate to each other. However\, creative tasks require a high level of
  generalisation that allows the system to cut across patterns found: acros
 s domains\, time periods\, and perhaps even across different languages. Th
 ey are therefore a perfect testbed for measuring the generalisation power 
 and actual level of intelligence found in current systems.\n\nIn this talk
 \, I will first motivate the need to investigate creative systems. After t
 hat\, I will showcase two pieces of work. One attempts to model the emerge
 nce of new concepts by means of combinations of known concepts in time-sta
 mped corpora\, the other pertains to recent work we did on modelling analo
 gical thinking\, which is important for creativity.\n\nBio:\nLonneke van d
 er Plas is leading the Computation\, Cognition & Language group at the Idi
 ap research centre in Martigny. She is also an associate professor in affi
 liation with the University of Malta where she has been lecturing in langu
 age technology since 2014.  Before that\, she was a junior professor at t
 he Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS)\, University of Stuttga
 rt\, where she led a research group in the framework of the SFB 732\, a Ge
 rman collaborative research centre at the interface between NLP and lingui
 stics. She holds a M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from 
 the University of Groningen. Her research focuses on multilingual approach
 es\, and cognitive aspects of NLP.\n\nThe Center for Intelligent Systems a
 t EPFL (CIS) is a collaboration among IC\, ENAC\, SB\; SV and STI that bri
 ngs together researchers working on different aspects of Intelligent Syste
 ms.\n\nCollaboration and networking are crucial in the advancement of rese
 arch and are key pillars of the CIS’ activities. We are thrilled to anno
 unce a new series of talks: the “CIS Network Seminars”\, where we will
  invite experts from our network to share their work.\n\n \nThe CIS semin
 ar will take place In hybrid mode: Room INF 328 and by Zoom: https://epfl.
 zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MrcOCqpjguHtZMaNnyXjKABYtPGJbv2k1Y  \n\nMonday
  9 October\, 2023 from 3:15 to 4:15 pm\n\nNB: Video recordings of the semi
 nars will be made available on our website and published on our social med
 ia pages
LOCATION:INF 328 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==INF%20328 https://epfl.zoom.u
 s/meeting/register/u5MrcOCqpjguHtZMaNnyXjKABYtPGJbv2k1Y
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