[Theory] 11/16 TTIC Colloquium: Leila Wehbe, Carnegie Mellon

[Mary Marre]

*When:*      Monday, November 16th, at *11:10 am* CT



*Where:*     Zoom Virtual Talk (*register in advance here
<https://uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QRpTf41IRICM2t9eVakLRw>*)



*Who: *       Leila Wehbe, Carnegie Mellon University



*Title:*        From Language Models to Human Brains and Back Again


*Abstract:* 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.


*Bio: *Leila Wehbe
<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lwehbe/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1605376851390000&usg=AOvVaw1SB8-TGdo9rtMh0g0P5Xm1>
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.


*Host:* Allyson Ettinger <aettinger at uchicago.edu>

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Mary C. Marre
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