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SUMMARY:PsychEng Seminar Reservation: Prof. Craig Chambers - Engineering in
  reverse: How AI and humanoid robotics help reveal how real humans process
  real language in real time
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Craig Chambers (Psychology\, University of Toronto)\nEng
 ineering in reverse: How AI and humanoid robotics help reveal how real hum
 ans process real language in real time\nSpoken language interfaces are an 
 increasingly common element in advanced technologies designed for use in e
 ducation\, companionship\, and elder care.  To what degree do these inter
 faces align with our current understanding of the perceptual and cognitive
  processes underlying real-time language processing?\n\nAlthough the proce
 ssing of language by humans might at first glance be thought to involve a 
 series of highly automatized mental operations\, the past two decades of p
 sycholinguistic research have highlighted important ways in which core asp
 ects of processing are influenced by social cognition.  As speech unfolds
  at the millisecond level\, listeners draw on various sources of informati
 on to generate and dynamically update implicit assumptions about a convers
 ational partner's intentions\, and use this knowledge to guide their analy
 sis of the acoustic input.\n\nIn this seminar\, I will describe the bidire
 ctional relationship between this "basic science" work and engineering eff
 orts in artificial intelligence.  Although experimental studies of situat
 ed communication can provide guidance for the design of automated systems\
 , engineering quandaries and solutions often shine a spotlight on issues t
 hat have been largely overlooked in psychology\, in turn stimulating new l
 ines of empirical research.  I will illustrate these interconnections in 
 a series of studies exploring the processing of task-related instructions 
 in contexts involving children\, younger and older adults\, and social rob
 ots.\n\nWhen: Tuesday 26 March 2019\, 12:10pm-1:30pm\n\nWhere: Room 370\, 
 Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation &amp\; Entrepreneurship\n55 St. Ge
 orge Street - Toronto\n\nRSVP by: 12 noon\, Monday 25 March 2019 using the
  below form to be included in the catering order.\n\nContacts: \n\nRSVP-ch
 anges: Min Kim at psych_eng@mie.utoronto.ca\n\nAcademic: Prof. Li Shu at s
 hu@mie.utoronto.ca\n\nIf fully booked\, you may add your name to the waitl
 ist:\n\nhttp://shulab.mie.utoronto.ca/events/psycheng-seminar-waitlist-pro
 f-craig-chambers-engineering-in-reverse/
LOCATION:Room 370\, Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurs
 hip\, 55 St. George Street \, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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