Inf1CG Week 4: Word Learning, Communication Efficiency, Vector Semantics
Tasks
Your major tasks and deadlines this week are:
- Do Quiz 2, which will be issued on 9 February and is due on 12 February at 12:00 noon.
- Attend lectures 10, 11, and 12.
- Attend your tutorial group. Make sure to first attempt the Questions for Tutorial 3 on your own.
- Attend one of the drop-in labs.
- Read the readings for this week.
- Work on Assignment 1, which is due on 28 February 2024
- Start preparing for Tutorial 4, which will happen next week.
Lectures
| No | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 06 Feb | Word Learning |
| 11 | 08 Feb | Communication and Efficiency |
| 12 | 09 Feb | Vector Semantics |
All lectures will be livestreamed and recorded on Echo Video. You may have to log on through Learn before this link works.
Readings
The links below direct you to the University Library or to Piazza. You will need to log on to access the full text.
Readings come in two flavours: required and recommended.
| Smith & Yu 2008 | Infants rapidly learn word-referent mappings via cross-situational statistics | Required |
| Gibson et al 2019 | How Efficiency Shapes Human Language | Required |
| Mikolov et al 2013 | Efficient Estimation of Word Representations in Vector Space | Required |
| Piantadosi, Tenenbaum & Goodman 2012 | Bootstrapping in a language of thought: A formal model of numerical concept learning | Recommended |
Assignments
To access the assignments, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.
Quizzes
To access the quizzes, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Gradescope”.
Tutorials
Please attempt to answer the Questions for Tutorial 3. These will be discussed in the tutorial sessions this week.
Labs
Please attend one of the drop-in lab sessions this week. The labs are designed to help with the assignments, and you can ask the lab demonstrator if anything is unclear with Assignment 1.
To access the lab notebooks, please login in through Learn, and then go the link “Notable LTI 1.2”.
