<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><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">    Wednesday, February 26th at <b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">11:30AM CT</b><b> </b></font></font></div><div><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font color="#000000"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font face="georgia, serif" style="vertical-align:inherit"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><br></span></b></font></font></font></p><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Where:       </b>Talk will be given <font style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font>at</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">                       TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                       5th Floor, Room 530<b> </b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></b></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="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b style="letter-spacing:0.2px">Virtually:</b><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">  via Panopto </span>(<a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5d63ef10-c872-4759-b73b-b26e01132287" target="_blank">livestream</a><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">)</span><br></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"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></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"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><b>Who: </b>         </font></font><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span>Nicholas Tomlin, UC Berkely</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"></p><div><p style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><b>Title:</b>        </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span class="gmail_default"></span></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span class="gmail_default">  </span></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal">Reasoning with Language Models</span></font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Abstract: </b><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span>Language models are primarily trained via imitation on massive amounts of human data; as a result, they're capable of performing a wide range of tasks but often lack the deep reasoning capabilities of classic AI systems like Deep Blue and AlphaGo. In this talk, I'll first present core technical challenges related to "reasoning with language," using my work on computer crossword solvers as a running example. Then, I'll show how methods for "interactive reasoning" can enable human-AI teams to solve complex problems jointly. Finally, I'll discuss my work on "explainable reasoning," where the goal is to explain the decisions made by expert AI systems like AlphaGo in human-interpretable terms. I will conclude by sharing my views on the future of language model reasoning, agents, and interactive systems.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Short Bio</b>: <span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span>Nicholas Tomlin is a final-year PhD student in the Berkeley NLP Group, where he is advised by Dan Klein. His work focuses primarily on reasoning and multi-agent interaction with language models. He has co-created systems such as The Berkeley Crossword Solver, the first superhuman computer crossword solver, as well as Ghostbuster, a state-of-the-art method for LLM detection. His work has been supported by grants from the NSF and FAR AI and has received media coverage from outlets such as Discover, Wired, and the BBC.</font></div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br><b>Host: <span class="gmail_default"><a href="mailto:nati@ttic.edu" target="_blank">Nati Srebro</a></span></b></font></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><b><i>Executive </i></b></font><b style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><i>Administrative Assistant</i></b></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Toyota Technological Institute</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#3d85c6"><br></font></span></div></div></div></div>