UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
             COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM

                            presents


               "The Information Dynamics of Language"

                       Dr. Sascha Griffiths
                (Queen Mary, University of London)

                     2 March  2016  (Wednesday)
                          1 pm - 2 pm


                  Hatfield, College Lane Campus
                     Lecture Theatre LF233

                  Everyone is Welcome to Attend

                  Refreshments will be available


Abstract:

In this talk, I will present results on computational experiments on
language segmentation using a general information-theoretic cognitive
model. The method uses the statistical regularities of language to
segment a continuous stream of symbols into linguistic units at different
levels. Given a string of symbols -- in this case textual representations
of phonemes -- this method can find the syllables such as "grea" and "sy"
(in the word "greasy"); words such as "greasy", "wash", and "water";
and phrases such as "greasy wash water". The approach is entirely
information-theoretic, and requires no knowledge of the units themselves;
it is thus assumed to require only general cognitive abilities, and has
previously been applied to music. It is currently being extended into
a cognitive architecture. The more speculative part of this talk will
address natural language generation, computational creativity and the
larger role of information dynamics in cognition.


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