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To Communicate with an Imperfect Robot — Get It? At Paradiso Amsterdam

To Communicate with an Imperfect Robot — Get It? At Paradiso Amsterdam

Posted on March 13, 2018June 23, 2019

Humanity 2.0 The fusion of men and technology: the next step in evolution? — Lecture Piek Vossen: Sunday March 25, 2018 11:00 AM at Paradiso Amsterdam. READ MORE

Posted in Leolani, Project 5, Reference Machine
— The Heavenly Voice of Leolani – Visiting Piek Vossen

— The Heavenly Voice of Leolani – Visiting Piek Vossen

Posted on November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

Media and movies like to suggest that robots will take over our jobs, the world and even us. But is this really the case? We ask VU professor Piek Vossen… Continue reading → READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding
— 9th Global WordNet Conference Jan. 8—12, 2018

— 9th Global WordNet Conference Jan. 8—12, 2018

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

9th Global WordNet Conference Jan. 8—12, 2018 — Hosted by: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Global WordNet Association… Continue reading → READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding
— From Reading Machines to Reference Machines

— From Reading Machines to Reference Machines

Posted on October 9, 2017October 11, 2017

Grounding language for machines: From Reading Machines to Reference Machines, Talk Piek Vossen Department of Language, Literature, and Communication… Continue reading → READ MORE

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— Kids Talking with Robots. Workshops: Sat. Oct. 7 2017

— Kids Talking with Robots. Workshops: Sat. Oct. 7 2017

Posted on September 27, 2017September 27, 2017

Talking with Robots — Weekend of Science Workshop for children between the ages of 10 and 12. Workshop sessions Saturday Oct. 7 2017 12:00-17:00 hrs… Continue reading → READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding, News
— Call for University Research Fellow

— Call for University Research Fellow

Posted on June 6, 2017October 31, 2017

Who makes our robots talk? — Call for VU University Research Fellow 2017-2018. Deadline: June 30 2017. Who takes up this challenge… Continue reading → READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding
— IJCNLP, Taipei Nov. 27—Dec. 1 2017: Semantics of the Long Tail

— IJCNLP, Taipei Nov. 27—Dec. 1 2017: Semantics of the Long Tail

Posted on May 3, 2017June 23, 2017

The workshop “SLT-1: Semantics of the Long Tail” has been accepted at the IJCNLP conference in Taipei, Taiwan on November 27 – December 1, 2017. … Continue reading → READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding
Language, Knowledge and People in Perspective

Language, Knowledge and People in Perspective

Posted on April 18, 2017August 12, 2019

Finding knowledge and information is becoming an almost trivial task on the web. Understanding its value, the credibility and perspective of its source, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly problematic. Technology lags behind when it comes to providing users with proper tools. READ MORE

Posted in Natural language understanding, News, Perspectives, Semantic web, Spinoza Prize Workshop, ULM-3
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Understanding Language by Machines
Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab
Language, Literature and Communication
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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