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CSLI Calendar, Wednesday, 19 May 2004, vol. 19:36
CSLI CALENDAR OF PUBLIC EVENTS
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19 May 2004 Stanford Vol. 19, No. 36
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A weekly publication of the
Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI)
Stanford University, Cordura Hall, Stanford, CA 94305-4115
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/
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ACTIVITIES FROM 19 MAY 2004 TO 28 MAY 2004
WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2004
12 noon Psychology Developmental Brownbags
Bldg. 380:381U
"Two-year-olds use verb information in rapid inferential
learning of novel nouns"
Anne Fernald
Psychology
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/news.html#dev_brownbag
12 noon Book talk
Art Alcove, Stanford Bookstore
Launch of second edition of "Being Human"
Sean O Nuallain
visiting scholar, CSLI
http://www.stanfordbookstore.com/htmlroot/storeservices/events.html
4:15pm EE380: Computer Systems Lab Colloquium
Gates B03 (NEC Auditorium)
"Nano-Architectures, Nano-Computing, Nano-Technologies and the
DNA Structure"
S. Barbu, M. Morf, A. E. Barbu
ST Microelectronics, Stanford University, UC Davis (Biology)
http://ee380.stanford.edu/contents.html
5:15pm CCRMA Colloquium
CCRMA Ballroom, The Knoll
"Tabla Transcription"
Parag Chordia
CCRMA
http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/
Abstract below
THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
12:15pm CSLI CogLunch
Cordura Hall, Room 100
"Contrasting street- and landmark-based directions in wayfinding,
production and memory tasks"
Ariane Tom
Psychology
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/events/Coglunch/
Abstract below
4:00pm Personality Lab
Jordan Hall 420:419
"Creativity in science:
Individual differences and developmental antecedents"
Dean Simonton,
UC Davis
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/news.html#person_lab
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Air Traffic Control Systems"
Claire Tomlin
Stanford
http://www.parc.com/forum/
4:15pm SSP10: Symbolic Systems Forum
Bldg. 380:380C (Math Corner)
"Making sense of it all: Pattern prediction in infancy"
Natasha Kirkham
Psychology Department
http://symsys.stanford.edu:8081/ssp-dynamic/servlet/ssp_events
Abstract below
4:15pm Information Systems Seminar
Packard 202
"On Universal Types"
Gadiel Seroussi
HP Labs
http://isl.stanford.edu/groups/seminar/
Abstract below
4:15pm US-ASIA TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CENTER PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Skilling Auditorium
"Sensor Research at Stanford, Part I"
Mark Brongersma, Materials Science and Engineering
Nicholas Melosh, Materials Science and Engineering
Ozgur Sahin, Electrical Engineering
http://asia.stanford.edu/events/Spring04/sensors.html
5:30pm Ethics in Society
Bldg. 260:113
"The Right to Offend?"
A panel on ethics in advertising co-sponsored by The Stanford
Daily and the Ethics in Society Program.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EIS/lectures.html
6:00pm SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series
Computer History Museum, 1401 Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
"We the Media"
Dan Gillmor
columnist, San Jose Mercury
(talk starts at 7:00pm, there is a fee)
http://www.sdforum.org/dss/
Abstract below
6:15pm Stanford Phonology Workshop
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
"The Origin of Algonquian Complex Stem Morphology:
Evidence from Yurok"
Andrew Garrett
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/pinterest/
Abstract below
FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
all day UC Berkeley Conference on Methods in Phonology
370 Dwinelle (UC Berkeley)
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/Current/events.html
10:30am SRI AI Seminar Series
EJ228, SRI International
"Using OWL Policies for Security in Dynamic, Distributed Environments"
Lalana Kagal
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
http://www.ai.sri.com/seminars/
Abstract below
12:30pm CS547: Human-Computer Interaction Seminar
Gates B01
"Giving Users Control in Ubiquitous Computing Environments"
Anind Dey
Intel Research and UC Berkeley.
http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/
Abstract below
2:00pm NLP Reading Group
Ventura 17
"The Role of Constructions in Predicting Overall Sentence Meaning"
Adele Goldberg
UIUC and CASBS
http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/nlp/nlpgroup.html
Abstract below
2:30pm Nth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Spring Conference
Bldg. 60:61F
Information below
3:00pm Learning, Design & Technology (LDT) Masters presentations
Wallenberg Hall Learning theater (Bldg. 160)
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/ldt/projects.htm
Abstract below
3:15pm Friday Cognitive Seminar
Jordan Hall 420:050
Title to be announced
Danny Oppenheimer
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/news.html#frisem
3:30pm Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
"Macro-events:
Principles of Event Encoding at the Syntax-Semantics Interface"
Jumlrgen Bohnemeyer
SUNY Buffalo
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/semgroup/
Abstract below
7:00pm Stanford Conference
Bldg. 260:113
"Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation"
http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/workgroups/diversity-conf.html
Information below
SATURDAY, 22 MAY 2004
all day Stanford Conference
Bldg. 300:300T
"Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation"
http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/workgroups/diversity-conf.html
Information below
all day UC Berkeley Conference on Methods in Phonology
370 Dwinelle (UC Berkeley)
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/Current/events.html
SUNDAY, 23 MAY 2004
all day Stanford Conference
Bldg. 300:300T
"Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation"
http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/workgroups/diversity-conf.html
Information below
all day UC Berkeley Conference on Methods in Phonology
370 Dwinelle (UC Berkeley)
http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/Current/events.html
MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
2:45pm CS548: Internet and Distributed Systems Seminar
Skilling Auditorium
"TIER: Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions"
Eric Brewer
UC Berkeley
http://cs548.stanford.edu/schedule.shtml
Abstract below
3:00pm Logical Methods in the Humanities
Bldg. 20:22K
"Formal Consequence in Scotus and Ockham"
Christopher Martin
Auckland University
http://www-logic.stanford.edu/seminars.html
Abstract below
3:30pm Reuters Foundation Digital Vision Program Seminar
Reuters lounge, Cordura Hall
Cynthia Solomon
Community Health Resource and Development Center (CHRDC)
http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/reuters/cgi-bin/calendar/index.cgi
4:15pm Logic Seminar
Bldg. 380:380F (math corner)
"Lambda logic"
Michael Beeson
http://www-logic.stanford.edu/seminars.html
Abstract below
WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
12 noon Psychology Developmental Brownbags
Bldg. 380:381U
Title to be announced
Max Abeley
Psychology, Stanford
http://www-psych.stanford.edu/news.html#dev_brownbag
4:15pm EE380: Computer Systems Lab Colloquium
Gates B03 (NEC Auditorium)
"Ubiquitous Web Browsing"
Daniel F. Zucker
ACCESS Co. Ltd.
http://ee380.stanford.edu/contents.html
Abstract below
7:00pm SCIL Futures of Learning Lecture Series
Wallenberg Hall Learning theater (Bldg. 160)
"How the Power of Analogy Impacts Learning"
Dedre Gentner
Psychology, Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/nuin/faculty/Gentner_D/
http://scil.stanford.edu/
THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
4:00pm PARC Forum
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Pleasure Mechanisms, Health & Nutrition"
Douglas Lisle
True North Health Center
http://www.parc.com/forum/
4:15pm SSP10: Symbolic Systems Forum
Bldg. 380:380C (Math Corner)
"You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto:
Examining Social Identification Effects in Mediated
Communication with Offshore Call Center Agents"
Sheba Najmi
M.S. Candidate, Symbolic Systems Program
http://symsys.stanford.edu:8081/ssp-dynamic/servlet/ssp_events
Abstract below
4:15pm RNI/Stanford Seminar Series on Theoretical Neuroscience
Dept. Neurobiology Series on Foundations of Neuroscience
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center basement
"Revisiting Population Codes"
Alex Pouget
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/alex
http://www.rni.org/seminar2.html
4:15pm US-ASIA TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CENTER PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Skilling Auditorium
"Sensor Research at Stanford, Part II"
Beth Pruitt
Mechanical Engineering
http://asia.stanford.edu/events/Spring04/sensors.html
6:15pm Stanford Phonology Workshop
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
Title to be announced
Sharon Inkelas
UC Berkeley
http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/Current/people/facpages/inkelas.html
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/pinterest/
FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2004
2:00pm NLP Reading Group
Ventura 17
Title to be announced
Kiyoko Uchiyama
http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/nlp/nlpgroup.html
12:30pm CS547: Human-Computer Interaction Seminar
Gates B01
"Enhancing User Experiences in Ubiquitous Computing"
Jennifer Mankoff
UC Berkeley
http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/
Abstract below
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CCRMA COLLOQUIUM
on Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 5:15pm
CCRMA Ballroom, The Knoll
http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/
"Tabla Transcription"
Parag Chordia
CCRMA
Transcription is a central part of music analysis in traditions where
music is not performed from a score, when no score of a performance is
available or when such a score does not contain the needed
information.
Manual transcription is often very time consuming making large scale
transcription projects tedious and difficult. Tabla transcription of
an average length solo might require notating tens of thousands
strokes.
Up to now, non-heuristic studies of tabla have not been possible
because of the unavailability of sufficient score data. A primary goal
of this project is to create scores that can be used for music
analysis.
The talk will discuss automatic tabla transcription. Like most
automatic music transcription projects the goal is to abstract
musically salient information starting at the signal level. The
current talk will describe the specific problem architecture and the
ways in which general transcription methods have been applied and
extended to solve the sub-problems of event detection, rhythm
detection, stroke (timbre) identification, symbolic representation,
and music typesetting.
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CSLI COGLUNCH
on Thursday, 20 May 2004, 12:15pm-1:30pm
Cordura Hall, Room 100
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/events/Coglunch/
"Contrasting street- and landmark-based directions
in wayfinding, production and memory tasks"
Ariane Tom
Visiting Scholar, Psychology, Stanford
The last fifteen years of research in discourse production and
comprehension has shown a great interest for spatial discourse. This
type of discourse can be seen as a means of externalizing the
interactions between two distinct systems in the human cognitive
architecture, namely the system of spatial representations and the
system of verbal representations. More specifically, many studies
aimed at understanding how people produce and comprehend route
directions.
There's a consensus on the importance of landmarks in the production
and comprehension of route directions; nonetheless, if the
to-be-described route is situated in a city, the information given can
be either based on street names or on landmarks. These two modes of
guiding a moving person may be unequally efficient, or even impose
different amounts of cognitive load during their processing, resulting
in a poorer memory of the route.
The series of experiments we conducted attempted to give the first
results on this issue, by combining both real world wayfinding tasks
and lab experiments. Results we'll report all converge on the better
efficiency of landmarks.
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SSP10: SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS FORUM
on Thursday, 20 May 2004, 4:15pm
Bldg. 380:380C (Math Corner)
http://symsys.stanford.edu:8081/ssp-dynamic/servlet/ssp_events
"Making sense of it all: Pattern prediction in infancy"
Natasha Kirkham
Psychology Department
We learn about regularly-occurring events in the perceptual
environment by ascertaining associations among temporally adjacent
stimuli in input sequences. Recent research has shown that infants
are remarkably adept at learning the input statistics of auditory,
visual, and multimodal sequences. I will be discussing this research
in terms of a learning mechanism that supports infants' understanding
of their perceptual environment.
About the Speaker: Originally from Toronto, Canada, Natasha Kirkham
has two undergraduate degrees (a BA in English Literature, and a BSc
in Psychology) and received her PhD at Cornell University in
Psychology. She is currently an assistant professor in the the
developmental area of the Psychology Department at Stanford
University.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS SEMINAR
on Thursday, 20 May 2004, 4:15pm-5:15pm
Packard 202
http://isl.stanford.edu/groups/seminar/
"On Universal Types"
Gadiel Seroussi
HP Labs
We define the universal type class of an individual sequence $x_1^n$,
in analogy to the classical notion used in the method of types. Two
sequences of the same length are said to be of the same universal (LZ)
type if and only if they yield the same set of phrases in the
incremental parsing of Ziv and Lempel (1978). We show that the
empirical probability distributions of any finite order $k$ of two
sequences of the same universal type converge, in the variational
sense, as the sequence length increases. Consequently, the normalized
logarithms of the probabilities assigned by any $k$-th order
probability assignment to two sequences of the same type converge, for
any $k$. We estimate the size of a universal type class, and show that
its behavior parallels that of the conventional counterpart, with the
LZ78 code length playing the role of the empirical entropy. We also
study the number of different types for a given sequence length $n$,
and present efficient procedures for enumerating the sequences in a
universal type class, and for drawing a sequence from the class with
uniform probability. As an application, we consider the problem of
universal simulation of individual sequences. A sequence drawn with
uniform probability from the universal type class of $x_1^n$ is a good
simulation of $x_1^n$ in a well defined mathematical sense.
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SDFORUM DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
on Thursday, 20 May 2004, 6:00pm
Computer History Museum, 1401 Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
http://www.sdforum.org/dss/
"We the Media"
Dan Gillmor
Columnist, San Jose Mercury News
What happens when anyone can make and distribute news to the whole
world? In this talk, columnist Dan Gillmor previews a central theme
from his upcoming book. The collision of journalism and technology is
transforming the roles of newsmakers, reporters, editors, and readers,
as the audience becomes an active participant in the newsmaking
process.
About the Speaker: Dan Gillmor is the widely respected columnist for
the San Jose Mercury News, where he covers the technology, business,
and social implications of the computing industry. His column runs in
many other U.S. newspapers, and he appears regularly on radio and
television. He also writes a daily web-based column for
SiliconValley.com, an online affiliate of the Mercury News. He has
been consistently ranked by industry publications as among the most
influential journalists in his field.
Cost: $10 for pre-registered members of SDForum, ACM SF Bay Chapter,
ACM BayCHI, Computer History Museum, and CPSR, $20 for all others
($15/$25 at the door).
To register: Online, or call SDForum at (408)494-8378
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STANFORD PHONOLOGY WORKSHOP
on Thursday, 20 May 2004, 5:30pm
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/pinterest/
"The Origin of Algonquian Complex Stem Morphology:
Evidence from Yurok"`
Andrew Garrett
UC Berkeley
Wiyot and Yurok, two indigenous languages of California, are related
to the Algonquian language family. The Yurok verbal category dubbed
"non-inflected" in Robins' grammar seems to be marked by truncation of
inflectional suffixes and part of the stem, but the truncation would
be typologically anomalous if not unique in its phonological
character. Based on a new analysis of Yurok stem-internal morphology
and an examination of the argument structure and discourse function of
these inflectionless verbs, I argue that they are not truncated.
Instead, they are the regular phonological reflexes of an archaic
formation containing only a root plus a classificatory (body-part or
event- or subject-classifying) suffix, a formation originally
construed with an inflecting light verb. This bipartite construction,
I argue, is the ancestor of the morphologically complex verbs found in
Algonquian (and Wiyot, and of Yurok inflected verbs); and such a
construction is at home in the linguistic area where all these
languages originated.
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SRI AI SEMINAR SERIES
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 10:30am
EJ228, SRI International
http://www.ai.sri.com/seminars/
"Using OWL Policies for Security in Dynamic, Distributed Environments"
Lalana Kagal
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Security is a critical problem in dynamic and open distributed
environments such as those enabled by the semantic web and pervasive
computing technologies. The presence of heterogeneous entities that
are neither pre-determined nor permanent, and the lack of central
control are some of its challenges. We believe that declarative
policies address these issues while maintaining openness and
flexibility. We propose the use of policies defined in OWL to
constrain the behavior of entities in these environments as OWL
provides the extensibility required to incorporate different kinds of
application-specific knowledge. Rei is a policy language based in
OWL-Lite that allows policies to be specified as constraints over
allowable and obligated actions on resources in the environment. Rei
also includes logic-like variables giving it the flexibility to
specify relations like role value maps that are not directly possible
in OWL. Rei includes meta policy specifications for conflict
resolution, speech acts for remote policy management and policy
analysis specifications like what-if analysis and use-case management
making it a suitable candidate for adaptable security in the
environments under consideration. The Rei engine, developed in XSB,
reasons over Rei policies and domain knowledge represented in RDF and
OWL to provide answers about the current permissions and obligations
of an entity, which are used to guide an entity's behavior. I will
describe Rei specifications and discuss several of its implemented
applications : (i) Semantic web services where policies are integrated
into OWL-S, (ii) Internet privacy where the privacy policies of users
are described in Rei and enforced by a proxy, (iii) collaborative
multi-agent systems where Rei is used to describe policies governing
team formation, collaboration and information flow, and (iv) pervasive
computing environments in which the actions allowed on a mobile,
handheld device are restricted by its context. Though I will briefly
describe how Rei is used in all these scenarios, I will concentrate on
its application in the semantic web services framework.
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CS547: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION SEMINAR
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 12:30-2:00pm
Gates B01
http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/
"Giving Users Control in Ubiquitous Computing Environments"
Anind Dey
Intel Research and UC Berkeley
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~dey/
Supporting feedback and control in traditional desktop applications is
necessary to help users understand and interact with these
applications. With implicit data collection, synthesis and action
being key parts of most ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) visions,
feedback and control are even more important in this domain. However,
current ubicomp applications and tools for building them have little
support for providing users with feedback and control.
In this talk, I describe a key subset of ubicomp applications known as
context-aware applications, which adapt to their context of use.
Providing appropriate feedback and control in context-aware systems is
crucial to a "good" user experience. An important aspect of giving end
users control is allowing them to build and evolve their own
context-aware applications. I present two systems that support this,
without requiring any programming by end users. To support feedback in
context-aware systems, I present research in applications and toolkits
that provides information about past, present and future states of an
application.
About the Speaker: Anind Dey is a Senior Researcher at Intel Research
Berkeley and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Berkeley. He
received a PhD and Masters degree in Computer Science from Georgia
Tech, a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and
a Bachelors degree in Applied Science (Computer Engineering) from
Simon Fraser University. He performs research at the intersection of
ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) and human-computer interaction,
building tools that make it easier to build useful ubicomp
applications and supporting end users in controlling their ubicomp
systems.
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NLP READING GROUP
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ventura 17
http://www-nlp.stanford.edu/nlp/nlpgroup.html
"The Role of Constructions in Predicting Overall Sentence Meaning"
Adele Goldberg
It is well-established that (non-linguistic) categorization is driven
by a functional demand of prediction. We suggest that prediction
likewise may well play a role in motivating the learning of semantic
generalizations about argument structure constructions. We report
corpora statistics that indicate that the argument frame or
construction has roughly equivalent cue validity as a predictor of
overall sentence meaning as the morphological form of the verb, and
has greater category validity. That is, the construction is at least
as reliable and more available. Moreover, given the fact that many
verbs have quite low cue validity in isolation, attention to the
contribution of the construction is essential.
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NTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY SPRING CONFERENCE
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Bldg. 60:61F
2:30pm TBA (recent cancellation)
3:00pm Govind Persad: "The Role of Privileged Individuals in Fighting Racism"
3:30pm David Garfield: "Why Fitness Problems Won't Roll Over and Die"
4:00pm Marcin Rusinkiewicz: "The Trouble With Tertiary Syphilis*"
4:30pm Adam Stone: "Do Intentions Matter? The Case of Advocacy Nonprofits"
5:00pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER
"A Philosophical Puzzle about Definition in Aristotle"
Alan Code
UC Berkeley
*A copy of this paper will be on reserve in Tanner Library (no later
than Wed 9:00am).
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LEARNING, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY (LDT) MASTERS PRESENTATIONS
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Wallenberg Hall Learning theater (Bldg. 160)
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/ldt/projects.htm
http://ldt.stanford.edu/
Please join the 2004 Learning, Design & Technology (LDT) masters
students as they present their innovative educational designs and
products! This year the Expo will be held in Wallenberg Hall (Building
160 on the Stanford Quad) from 3:00 to 6:00 PM, next Friday, May 21.
This year we have 10 students presenting 7 projects:
Eric Bailey & Peter Worth
Making Thinking Visible: A technology-mediated instruction plan that
engages 5th through 8th graders in higher-level critical analyses of
audio/video advertisements, television shows, music videos, and films.
Tamecia Jones
Teaching Circuit Theory Using Models & Analogy: An interactive
exhibit being developed for the Tech Museum of Innovation to teach
electric circuit theory using analogies to upper elementary and
middle school students.
Eric Meyers & Cassidy Puckett
Becoming Oakland - Oral Histories of the Emerging West: A web site
that includes oral histories of the Fruitvale community in Oakland
Kihyun Ryoo
Science of Wizardry: Interactive, inquiry-based science software,
designed to help elementary language minority students build
conceptual models of scientific phenomena and articulate their
conceptualizations in academic English
Hillary Thompson & Sandy Johnson
Back Seat Driver: An interactive, portable toy designed to promote
geographical and cultural literacy.
Gregory Umgelter
Language Access at Your Finger Tips (LAFT): A wireless interactive
learning device that will serve as an interpreter of RFID tagged
objects to facilitate language learning.
Paula Wellings
Digital Debrief: A wireless streaming-video system that aggregates
people's real-time and reflective experiences of events through the
use of video and coded responses.
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STANFORD SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS WORKSHOP
on Friday, 21 May 2004, 3:30pm
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/semgroup/
"Macro-events:
Principles of Event Encoding at the Syntax-Semantics Interface"
Jumlrgen Bohnemeyer
SUNY Buffalo
This presentation examines the principles that govern the encoding of
complex events at the syntax-semantics interface ('correspondence
rules', in the parlance of Jackendoff 1997). The focus will be on the
domain of complex motion events, i.e., events that involve sequences
of location changes of a single Figure with respect to multiple
Grounds (in the terminology of Talmy 2000). Data will be drawn from
research by the author and his colleagues at the Event Representation
project of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.
As a starting point for meaningful generalizations about the mapping
of semantic/conceptual event representations into syntax, the
macro-event property (MEP) is proposed (borrowing the term
'macro-event' from Talmy 2000). The MEP applies to constructions that
"package" the parts of an event so tightly as to not permit individual
access by time-positional operators (adverbials, tenses, etc.).
Consider the utterances in (1), which could all serve as descriptions
of the same perceived event:
(1) a. Floyd left Nijmegen at eight. He passed through Utrecht at nine
and reached Amsterdam at ten.
b.*Floyd went from Nijmegen at eight to Amsterdam at ten via Utrecht
at nine.
c. In the morning, Floyd went from Nijmegen to Amsterdam via Utrecht.
Assuming that events as intentional objects of cognitive
representations are individuated by the space-time regions they
occupy, the subevents of departure, passing, and arrival are
individuated in (1a), but not in (1c). Only time-positional adverbials
that denote intervals accommodating all subevents may combine with
(1c). This is what is captured by saying that (1c), but not (1a), has
the MEP.
The MEP is formally defined in the framework of Krifka's (1998)
merological approach to event semantics. It is demonstrated with
reference to multi-verb constructions in a variety of languages that
the MEP does not necessarily apply to a particular type of syntactic
projection (such as the verb phrase or clause), and that it is
difficult to identify a single construction type to which the MEP
applies crosslinguistically. Where mismatches occur, the MEP is a
better predictor of form-to-meaning mapping properties than the type
of syntactic projection.
There is a surprising amount of crosslinguistic variation in how much
information about a motion event can be packaged into an expression
that has the MEP (for short, a 'macro-event expression' (MEE)). Yet, a
number of correspondence rules have been found to hold for MEEs in all
languages examined so far. One such rule requires biunique assignment
of thematic relations (Bresnan 1982, Chomsky 1981, Fillmore 1968) to
arguments and adjuncts within MEEs, including to Ground phrases in
motion event descriptions. That this principle appears to operate
specifically on MEEs confirms Carlson's (1984, 1998) hypothesis
according to which biunique linking is conceptually tied to the
individuation criteria for events. Time permitting, a variety of
putative correspondence rules on MEEs will be discussed, including one
domain-specific constraint on motion event descriptions, the 'Unique
Vector Constraint' (Bohnemeyer 2003).
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STANFORD CONFERENCE
on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 21-23 May 2004
Stanford University
Sponsored by the Division of Literatures, Cultures and Languages
http://dlcl.stanford.edu/research/workgroups/diversity.html
"Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation"
Conference Program
Friday, 21 May 2004 (Bldg. 260 - Rm. 113)
7:00pm Welcome
7:30pm Marianne Mithun (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Divergence and confluence: typology, diachrony, and contact"
8:30pm Reception
Saturday, 22 May 2004 (Bldg. 300 - Rm. 300T)
9:00am Nikolaus Ritt (University of Vienna)
"A Darwinian perspective on languages, varieties, and
universals"
9:30am Hiromi Ozeki (University of Tokyo) and Yasuhiro Shirai
(Cornell University)
"The consequences of variation in the acquisition of relative
clauses: An analysis of longitudinal production data from five
Japanese children"
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15am Reijirou Shibasaki (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Explorations of noun-modifying tautological constructions
across languages: with special reference to X to-yuu X in
Japanese"
10:45am Jennifer Mittelstaedt (Georgetown University)
"Apparent-time change in the Smith Island Auxiliary Verb System"
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30am Barbara Johnstone (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Three Ways To Sound Like a Pittsburgher: Stancetaking and
Vernacular Norm-Formation"
12:30-2:15 Lunch on campus including a presentation by the Stanford
Japanese Dialect Research Group.
2:15pm John Beavers, Beth Levin, and Shiao-Wei Tham
(Stanford University)
"A morphosyntactic basis for variation in the encoding of
motion events"
2:45pm Elena Maslova (Stanford University)
"Cross-linguistic and language-internal variation as a
manifestation of language universals: the case of
reflexive/reciprocal polysemy"
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30pm Anne-Marie Hartenstein (Rice University)
"The middle voice construction in Romanian -
a corpus based analysis"
4:00pm Mark Donohue (National University of Singapore)
"Voice varieties in Indonesian/Malay"
4:30-4:45 Break
4:45pm Toshio Ohori (Tokyo University)
tba
5:45pm End of first day; Dinner
Sunday, 23 May 2004 (Bldg. 300 - Rm. 300T)
9:00am Prashant Pardeshi, Kaoru Horie, and Qing-Mei Li
(Tohoku University)
"Being on the receiving end: A tour into linguistic variation
at propositional level"
9:30am Jared Bernstein (Ordinate Corporation and Stanford University)
"Workable models of standard performance in English and Spanish"
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15am Jim Miller (University of Auckland)
"Unplanned spoken English: standard or non-standard? clause
syntax or discourse organisation?"
10:45am Yumiko Nishi and Yasuhiro Shirai (Cornell University)
"Where L1 semantic transfer occurs: The significance of
cross-linguistic variation in lexical aspect in the universal
phenomena of L2 aspect acquisition"
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30am Claire Kramsch (University of California, Berkeley)
tba
12:30pm Conference ends
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CS548: INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS SEMINAR
on Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 2:45pm - 4:00pm
Skilling Auditorium
http://cs548.stanford.edu/schedule.shtml
"TIER: Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions"
Eric Brewer
UC Berkeley
The aim of this project is to address the challenges in bringing the
Information Technology revolution to the masses of the developing
regions of the world. Most current projects that aim to do this rely
on technology that was developed for the affluent world and these
imported technologies fail to address key challenges in cost,
deployment, power consumption, and support for semi and illiterate
users. This project focuses on developing a hardware/software
infrastructure explicitly designed for the physical, political and
economic realities of developing areas. It will build on existing
research at Berkeley and elsewhere, but also face a number of new
technical and organizational challenges. This project addresses these
challenges with novel technology while validating the impact of
through real-world deployments. Finally this project also aims to
provide set of guidelines and techniques that can be then used by
corporations or the government to enable solutions that are currently
intractable. This is a multi-disciplinary project with contribution
from Social Sciences to ensure that the work applies to real-world
solutions. The other supporting partners are HP,UNDP, IIT Delhi and
Grameen Bank.
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LOGICAL METHODS IN THE HUMANITIES
on Tuesday, 25 March 2004, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
bldg. 20:22K
http://www-logic.stanford.edu/seminars.html
"Formal Consequence in Scotus and Ockham"
Christopher Martin
Auckland University
Ockham famously disagrees with Scotus' in matters of ontology. In this
paper by examining their discussions of a controversial theological
question I show that he also disagrees radically with his logic.
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LOGIC SEMINAR
on Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 4:15pm-5:30pm
Math Corner 380:380F
http://www-logic.stanford.edu/seminars.html
"Lambda logic"
Michael Beeson
Lambda logic is, roughly speaking, the union of lambda calculus and
first-order logic. Church originally intended lambda calculus to
serve as a foundation of mathematics. This aim foundered on
paradoxes, and lambda calculus is now usually regarded as a theory of
computation. Nevertheless, since functions play an important role in
mathematics, it is often more natural to formulate theorems using
lambda-terms for functions than to use the set-theoretic definition of
functions. This is especially true if we want to use computers to
find or check formal proofs. Typed lambda calculus has been used in
some computer proof-checking systems, but the most successful
theorem-provers have used pure first-order logic, usually in a
clause-language formulation. The author has written a theorem-prover,
Otter-lambda, which is based on the well-known first-order prover
Otter, but supplements it with a new algorithm for untyped
lambda-unification. This permits the prover to instantiate variables
with lambda-terms defining functions. For example, one can state the
Peano axioms with a variable for the predicate in the induction axiom,
and Otter-lambda can instantiate that variable based on the given
goal, thus "finding the right instance(s) of induction". The prover
will be demonstrated on a number of examples from different areas of
mathematics. Lambda logic is the theoretical foundation for
Otter-lambda: it answers the question, "In what theory does
Otter-lambda find proofs?" Theoretical results have been obtained
guaranteeing the soundness of Otter-lambda, but the lambda-unification
algorithm is necessarily incomplete, so its usefulness must be judged
on its practical results.
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EE380: COMPUTER SYSTEMS LAB COLLOQUIUM
on Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 4:15pm to 5:30pm
NEC Auditorium (B03), Gates Computer Science Building
http://ee380.stanford.edu/contents.html
"Ubiquitous Web Browsing"
Daniel F. Zucker
ACCESS Co. Ltd.
Computing is now in the midst of yet another great paradigm. First
mainframes gave way to mini-computers, then mini-computers to PCs, and
today handheld computers are drastically outnumbering PCs. For 2003,
compared with 164 Million PCs, approximately 510 Million mobile
handsets were sold (Gartner). Virtually everyone now carries a
cellphone with them everywhere; and a cellphone is today just a
specialized type of mobile computer. With increasing computing power,
increasing storage capacity, and plummeting costs, soon everyone will
be armed with an ubiquitous general purpose mobile computer.
ACCESS Co. Ltd., is the world's leading supplier of web browsers for
mobile, wireless, and embedded devices. ACCESS is based in Tokyo, a
center of leading-edge mobile wireless technology. Our browser has
been ported to many operating systems and hardware devices. The web
browser is often the gateway application to mobile information, media,
and services. This talk presents an overview of mobile applications
and trends in mobile terminals and PDA devices.
I survey smartphones OSes, some popular mobile CPU architectures, and
present several demonstrations of the latest mobile multi-media
technology. The system-level components that enable comprehensive
mobile computing of today will also drive the ubiquitous web browsing
of tomorrow.
Additional information: This talk was originally given as a Keynote
address at Cool Chips in Japan.
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SSP10: SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS FORUM
on Thursday, 27 May 2004, 4:15pm
Bldg. 380:380C (Math Corner)
http://symsys.stanford.edu:8081/ssp-dynamic/servlet/ssp_events
"You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto:
Examining Social Identification Effects in
Mediated Communication with Offshore Call Center Agents"
Sheba Najmi
M.S. Candidate, Symbolic Systems Program
Through most of human history, interaction with others has been
face-to- face. Today, technology is promoting rapid globalization.
While allowing interactions with others from across the world,
globalization has also resulted in the outsourcing of jobs, which is a
hotly-debated topic. Call centers are at the heart of this debate.
John Kerry is pushing for a bill for location disclosure by call
center agents. Dell is under fire for the thick accents of its call
center agents in India. What does all this uproar mean? In this talk,
I shall explore how the location of the call center agent and the
accent of the agent influence people's perceptions of the agent's
competence, engagement, and amiability, in the context of an
experimental study. This experiment is the second in a series of
studies.
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CS547: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION SEMINAR
on Friday, 28 May 2004, 12:30-2:00pm
Gates B01
http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/
"Enhancing User Experiences in Ubiquitous Computing"
Jennifer Mankoff
Group for Interface Research, UC Berkeley CS
Ubiquitous computing in it's idealized form brings to mind a vision of
calm, yet reactive environments filled with appropriate and timely
support for user needs. In practice, this vision is hard to achieve
due to many complications including the difficulty of accurately
sensing and interpreting user needs, and of building and testing
applications. I will present our work in supporting rapid, iterative
design of peripheral displays. These displays help to support
awareness of information when the user is involved in other
activities. They are a crucial piece of Weiser's original vision of
calm environments, and thus an important part of creating a positive
user experience of Ubiquitous Computing. However, they are difficult
to build and evaluate. Our work involves a combination of tool support
and explorations of different evaluation techniques.
About the Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Mankoff is an Assistant Professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University
of California at Berkeley. She earned her B.A. at Oberlin College and
her Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Her research focuses on tools and techniques for rapid,
iterative prototyping of ubiquitous computing applications and
accessible technology. Her research interests also include mediation
of ambiguous, recognition-based interfaces. Application areas of her
work include assistive technology for people with special needs and
health and safety.
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