<div dir="auto">Can be of relevance to many of us.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nilsen, Wendy J.</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:WNILSEN@nsf.gov">WNILSEN@nsf.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, May 9, 2024, 10:30 AM<br>Subject: NSF supported Conference on LLMs, Language Structure, and Cognition - May 13-14<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:IIS_NEWS@listserv.nsf.gov">IIS_NEWS@listserv.nsf.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The NSF-supported  workshop titled  <b><span style="color:#215f9a">New Horizons in Language Science: Large Language Models, Language Structure, and the Cognitive and Neural
 Basis of Language</span></b>, is taking place next Monday and Tuesday, <b>May 13^th&14th,
</b>at the NSF Headquarters. The workshop will be live streamed at the zoom link below. Zoom registration is required. Virtual attendees are encouraged to share views, comments and questions via Zoom’s Q&A functionality.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Zoom registration link:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_sNu3mKvZSdadFvccnv_MJQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_sNu3mKvZSdadFvccnv_MJQ</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This workshop is supported by the Linguistics, Robust Intelligence (CISE), and Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Programs at NSF and will have presentations and
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">What insights do large language models provide for the study of human language?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">What insights does the study of human language provide for large language model development?<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">What key future scientific opportunities lie at the interface between the study of human language and large language model development?<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can find more information about the workshop, including the motivation for the workshop,  a list of speakers and discussants, and the schedule at the following link:
<a href="https://newhorizonsinlanguagescience.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://newhorizonsinlanguagescience.github.io/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please feel free to share the registration link with your potentially interested communities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eleni Miltsakaki<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2f5496">Jorge Valdés Kroff, PhD (he/him/él)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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