Symposium
Logic and Algorithms in Computational Linguistics 2021 (LACompLing2021)

https://staff.math.su.se/rloukanova/LACompLing2021-web/
15-17 December 2021 / Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17 Dec 2021
Venue: Online streaming by CNRS, Montpellier, France
https://malin2021.sciencesconf.org/
part of MALIN, 13-17 December 2021, Université de Montpellier, LIRMM, CNRS, France


Programme

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 / Wed 15 Dec (Day 1)
Host: Roussanka Loukanova

Chair: Reinhard Muskens
09:00-9::40
Wed 15 Dec
 
Stefan Müller (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
The CoreGram Project: Deriving Crosslinguisitc Generalizations with HPSG Grammars of Multiple Languages (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/StefanMueller-LACompLing2021-handout.pdf
9:40-10:20
Wed 15 Dec
 
Lars Hellan (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
A Unified Valence Resource (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/LarsHellan-LACompLing2021.pdf
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:00
Wed 15 Dec
 
Luuk Suurmeijer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf),
Noortje Venhuizen (Saarland University), and
Harm Brouwer (Saarland University, Germany)
Compositionality in Distributional Formal Semantics
11:00-12:00
Wed 15 Dec
 
Michael Moortgat (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Dependency Relations, Modalities and the Syntax-Semantics Interface (Keynote Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/MichaelMoortgat-LACompLing2021.pdf
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Michael Moortgat 13:30-15:30 Wed 15 Dec
13:30-14:10
Wed 15 Dec
 
Stepan Kuznetsov (Steklov Mathematical Institute, RAS, Russia)
Complexity of the Lambek Calculus and Its Extensions (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/StepanKuznetsov-LACompLing2021.pdf
14:10-14:30
Wed 15 Dec
 
Renhao Pei (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Generating Pragmatically Appropriate Sentences from Propositional Logic: the Case of Conditional and Biconditional
slides-LACompLing2021/RenhaoPei-LACompLing2021.pdf
14:30-15:30
Wed 15 Dec
 
Christian Retoré (Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, France)
Inferentialism and Natural Language Semantics, with a Focus on Quantifiers (Keynote Talk)
https://www.lirmm.fr/~retore/PRESENTATIONS/retoreLacompling2021.pdf
15:30-15:50 Break
Chair: Alexey Stukachev 15:50 Wed 15 Dec
15:50-16:30
Wed 15 Dec
 
Denis Bechet (LS2N - University of Nantes, France) and
Annie Foret (IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France)
Categorial Dependency Grammars: Analysis and Learning (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/DenisBechet-AnnieForet-LACompLing2021.pdf
16:30-17:30
Wed 15 Dec
 
Tracy King (Adobe, United States)
White Roses, Red Backgrounds: Bringing Structured Representations to Search (Keynote Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/TracyKing-LACompLing2021.pdf

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 / Thu 16 Dec (Day 2)
Host: Richard Moot

Chair: Stepan Kuznetsov 09:00-10:20 Thu 16 Dec
09:00-09:20
Thu 16 Dec
 
Hitomi Yanaka (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Towards Compositional Semantics and Inference System for Telicity
slides-LACompLing2021/HitomiYanaka-LACompLing2021.pdf
09:20-09:40
Thu 16 Dec
 
Daisuke Bekki, Ribeka Tanaka, and Yuta Takahashi (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
Integrating Deep Neural Network with Dependent Type Semantics
slides-LACompLing2021/DaisukeBekki-LACompLing2021.pdf
09:40-10:20
Thu 16 Dec
 
Zhaohui Luo (Dept of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, United Kingdom)
Universes in Type-Theoretical Semantics (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/ZhaohuiLuo--LACompLing2021.pdf
10:20-10:40 Break
Chair: Annie Foret 10:40-12:00 Thu 16 Dec
10:40-11:20
Thu 16 Dec
 
Kristina Liefke (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Meaning-Driven Combinatorial Restrictions and 'imagine *whether' (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/KristinaLiefke-LACompLing2021.pdf
11:20-12:00
Thu 16 Dec
 
Alexey Stukachev (Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia)
Generalized Computability and Effective Model Theory in Mathematical Linguistics (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/AlexeyStukachev-LACompLing2021.pdf
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Larry Moss 13:30-15:30 Thu 16 Dec
13:30-14:30
Thu 16 Dec
 
Richard Moot (Université de Montpellier and LIRMM-CNRS, Montpellier, France
Graph Rewriting as a Universal Proof Theory for Modern Type-Logical Grammars (Keynote Talk)
14:30-15:30
Thu 16 Dec
 
Randy Harris (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Rhetorical Figures as Algorithms (Keynote Address)
slides-LACompLing2021/RandyHarris-LACompLing2021-SomeSlides.pdf
(Note: these are some of the slides, without animations.)

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 / Fri 17 Dec (Day 3)
Host: Richard Moot

Chair: Richard Moot 09:00-12:00 Fri 17 Dec
09:00-10:00
Fri 17 Dec
 
Aarne Ranta (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Abstract Wikipedia and Vastly Multilingual Natural Language Generation (Keynote Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/AarneRanta-LACompLing2021.pdf
10:00-10:20
Fri 17 Dec
 
Inari Listenmaa (Singapore Management University, Singapore),
Martin Strecker (Singapore Management University, Singapore) and
Warrick Macmillan (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Natural Language Generation and Processing for the Legal Domain
slides-LACompLing2021/InariListenmaa-LACompLing2021.pdf
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:20
Fri 17 Dec
 
Bjoern Jespersen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Impossibilities without Impossibilia (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/BjornJespersen-LACompLing2021.pptx
11:20-12:00
Fri 17 Dec
 
Marie Duzi (VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czechia)
Questions and Answers on Dynamic Activities of Agents (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/MarieDuzi-LACompLing2021.pdf
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Roussanka Loukanova / Christian Retoré 13:30-15:30 Fri 17 Dec
13:30-13:50
Fri 17 Dec
 
Symon Jory Stevensguille (The Ohio State University, United States)
Decomposing Events into GOLOG
slides-LACompLing2021/SymonStevensGuille-LACompLing2021.pdf
13:50-14:30
Fri 17 Dec
 
Lasha Abzianidze (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
How to Train a Theorem Prover for Natural Language Inference (Invited Talk)
slides-LACompLing2021/LashaAbzianidze-LACompLing2021.pdf
14:30-15:30
Fri 17 Dec
 
Larry Moss (Indiana University, Mathematics Department, United States)
Monotonicity in Natural Language Inference: Theory and Practice (Keynote Talk LACL / LACompLing2021)
slides-LACompLing2021/LarryMoss-LACompLing2021.pdf
16:00--16:30
Fri 17 Dec
 
Discussion of OC

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