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Both Sides Now: Generating and Understanding Visually-Grounded Language
April 24, 2019 | Peter AndersonFrom robots to cars, virtual assistants and voice-controlled drones, computing devices are increasingly expected to communicate naturally with people and to understand the visual context in which they operate. In this talk, I will present our latest… more
User-centric Recommendation Models and Systems
April 12, 2019 | Longqi YangThe daily actions and decisions of people are increasingly shaped by recommendation systems, from e-commerce and content platforms to education and wellness applications. These systems selectively suggest and present information items based on their… more
Learning Challenges in Natural Language Processing
April 8, 2019 | Swabha SwayamdiptaAs the availability of data for language learning grows, the role of linguistic structure is under scrutiny. At the same time, it is imperative to closely inspect patterns in data which might present loopholes for models to obtain high performance… more
Learning Structured Information from Language
April 3, 2019 | Arzoo KatiyarExtracting information from text entails deriving a structured, and typically domain-specific, representation of entities and relations from unstructured text. The information thus extracted can potentially facilitate applications such as question… more
Natural Language Understanding with Indirect Supervision
March 29, 2019 | Daniel KhashabiCan we solve language understanding tasks without relying on task-specific annotated data? This could be important in scenarios where the inputs range across various domains and it is expensive to create annotated data. I discuss two different… more
Spatiotemporal understanding of people using scenes, objects and poses
March 11, 2019 | Rohit GirdharHumans are arguably one of the most important entities that AI systems would need to understand to be useful and ubiquitous. From autonomous cars observing pedestrians, to assistive robots helping the elderly, a large part of this understanding is… more
AI & Policy Workshop
March 7, 2019 |"An Ethical Crisis in Computing?" Moshe Vardi | Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Professor, Computational Engineering, Rice University "Algorithmic Accountability: Designing for Safety" Ben Shneiderman | Distinguished Professor, Department of… more
Natural Language Programming (NLPRO): Turning Texts into Executable Code
March 1, 2019 | Reut TsarfatyCan we program computers in our native tongue? This idea, termed natural language programming (NLPRO), has attracted attention almost since the inception of computers themselves. From the point of view of software engineering (SE), efforts to… more
Where’s the Data: A new approach to social science data search and discovery
February 5, 2019 | Julia LaneThe social sciences are at a crossroads The great challenges of our time are human in nature - terrorism, climate change, the use of natural resources, and the nature of work - and require robust social science to understand the sources and… more
Understanding Time In Natural Language
January 25, 2019 | Qiang NingTime is an important dimension when we describe the world because the world is evolving over time and many facts are time-sensitive. Understanding time is thus an important aspect of natural language understanding and many applications may rely on… more