[alife] Tutorial Modelling Language Evolution

Paul Vogt paulv at ling.ed.ac.uk
Tue Dec 2 18:27:24 PST 2003


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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Tutorial modelling language evolution for modellers and non-modellers

Tuesday 30 March 2004
    From 12:30 – 17:30 hours.
(prior to and co-located with EVOLANG5, the 5^th Evolution of Language
Conference, Leipzig)

Venue: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
(exact details will be announced later, see
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~paulv/tutorial-evolang5.html)

Organisers: Tony Belpaeme (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Bart de Boer
(University of Groningen), Paul Vogt (Tilburg University, University of
Edinburgh).

Computational modelling is a popular and prominent part of the research
on the origins and evolution of language. Although computational
modelling research has yielded interesting results, these are often
misinterpreted or overlooked by non-modellers. We feel this is partly
due to the way the complex and abstract models are presented. Scientists
lacking experience in computational modelling often find it difficult to
understand the results. This is unfortunate, as computer modelling
research and more traditional research into the evolution of language
can gain a lot through interaction.

Our tutorial offers non-modellers an introduction that is aimed at
helping them interpret computational modelling results in the field of
language evolution. In addition, we aim to provide (beginning) modellers
suggestions of how to disseminate their research to a multi-disciplinary
audience.

The tutorial is organised in three sections of 90 minutes each, and will
cover the following subjects:

- What is computational modelling?
- How can computational modelling be of interest to cognitive science
and linguistics?
- How does one start building a computational model?
- What techniques are used?
- What research topics are suitable for modelling?
- Practical examples.
- Some caveats.

Registration details will be anounced later. Please distribute.


For more information, please contact p.a.vogt at uvt.nl




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