Understanding Understanding — in General, and in Large Language Models

Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, France

David Schlangen  : Professor, "Foundations of Computational Linguistics", University of Potsdam Abstract: In the first part of the talk I will present an overview of the activities of my group (Foundations of CompLing at Uni Potsdam), organised around the quest to understand how linguistic communication can yield shared understanding. I will present an analytical framework […]

Anne-Lise Giraud

Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, France

Workshop on Language Evolution

Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, France

Klaus Zuberbuhler Revisiting the origins of meaning The three core properties of language – meaning, syntax and social interaction - have received considerable comparative research attention in recent years, driven by a desire to advance theories of language evolution. Somewhat surprisingly, progress on the origins of meaning has been least remarkable, after the initial pioneering […]

Subdivide and Conquer. brain processing of musical melody, harmony and rhythm

Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, France

Peter Vuust : Director of the Center for Music in the Brain (MIB), MSc, PhD, Prof. in Neuroscience, Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Prof. in Music, the Royal Academy of Music,  Aarhus/Aalborg, Denmark, Bassist and composer   Music is ubiquitous across human cultures—as a source of affective and pleasurable experience, moving us both physically […]