<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="font-size:small;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>When:</b>    </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">  Monday, November 16th, at <b>11:10 am</b> CT</font></font><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Where:</b>     </font></font><font color="#000000">Zoom Virtual Talk (</font><b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QRpTf41IRICM2t9eVakLRw">register in advance here</a></font></b><font color="#000000">)</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b>       Leila Wehbe</font></font>, Carnegie Mellon University</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><b style="">Title:</b>        </span><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">From Language Models to Human Brains and Back Again</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Abstract:</b> <span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">This is an exciting time to be studying language in the brain. NLP methods that can represent the meaning of sequences of words allow us to relate representations of the meaning of text to the brain activity acquired when participants read that text. What can this tell us about the brain? What can it tell us about those NLP models? Is there a benefit from combining both into a common model? In this talk I will set up the background behind this approach and discuss recent progress along these three questions.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Bio: </b><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lwehbe/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1605376851390000&usg=AOvVaw1SB8-TGdo9rtMh0g0P5Xm1" target="_blank" style="letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(26,115,232)">Leila Wehbe</a><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap"> is an assistant professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, working with Jack Gallant. She obtained her PhD from the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where she worked with Tom Mitchell. She studies language representations in the brain when subjects engage in naturalistic language tasks by combining functional neuroimaging with natural language processing and machine learning.</span></font></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Host:</b> <a href="mailto:aettinger@uchicago.edu">Allyson Ettinger</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">For more information on the <i>colloquium</i> series or to subscribe to the mailing list, please see <a href="http://www.ttic.edu/colloquium.php" target="_blank">http://www.ttic.edu/colloquium.php</a>    <br></font></div><div style=""><br style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mary C. Marre</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Faculty Administrative Support</font></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6"><b>Toyota Technological Institute</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">Room 517</font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">p:(773) 834-1757</font></i></div><div><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">f: (773) 357-6970</font></i></div><div><b><i><a href="mailto:mmarre@ttic.edu" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">mmarre@ttic.edu</font></a></i></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>