ABSTRACTION organizes events for the scientific community, some exclusively for members of the research team and others open to the public. These include seminars delivered by internationally renowned scholars on topics closely related to the project's research objectives. Public seminars, marked with the label [SEM], are recorded and subsequently made available in the Videos section. For outreach and public engagement activities, including educational initiatives in schools and events for the general public, please visit the Dissemination section.
Aula 3 Santa Cristina, Piazzetta Morandi 2, Bologna ITALIA - In presence and online event
Invited seminar with speaker Dr Diego Frassinelli (https://www.cis.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/frassinelli/index.html)
In presence and online event
invited seminar Speaker: Prof. Kristina S. Despot (National Institute for the Croatian Language, Zagreb: https://www.info.hazu.hr/en/clanovi/strkalj-despot-kristina/)
In presence and online event
Seminar with invited speaker: Prof.ssa Valentina Cuccio (Università di Messina, italy)
In presence and online event
Invited seminar Speaker: Veronica Repetti University of Genova
Aula 2, Santa Cristina Piazzetta Morandi, 2, Bologna.
Aula Poeti, via Strada Maggiore, 45 Bologna - In presence and online event
The workshop explores key questions surrounding the emergence of abstraction and abstractness in conversation, and how social context intertwines with these variables to shape meaning.
Aula Seminari 2 in S. Giovanni in Monte, BOLOGNA - In presence and online event
Seminar with invited speaker. Speaker: Kristina Kobrock (https://kristinakobrock.github.io/)
Aula IX, Via Cartoleria 5. BOLOGNA - In presence and online event
Seminar with invited speaker: Phillip Wicke, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU). https://www.phil-wicke.com/
Aula C, Santa Cristina, Piazzetta Morandi, BOLOGNA - In presence and online event
Seminar with invited speaker, professor Tony Veale (https://people.ucd.ie/tony.veale). The seminar delves into the analogical mechanisms that enable LLMs to perform creative abstractions and generalizations.
Aula C, Santa Cristina, Piazzetta Morandi, BOLOGNA - In presence and online event
Seminar with invited speaker, professor Tony Veale (https://people.ucd.ie/tony.veale). The seminar delves into how AI systems can be designed to understand and generate humor, demonstrating the advanced capabilities of AI to think abstractly and creatively.
Aula Capitani (Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2, Bologna) - In presence and online event
Chatbots are everywhere. But what are they really? Why are they biased? And why do they hallucinate? In this talk, we’ll address these questions as we explore the algorithmic infrastructure of chatbots, which will help us understand them as “artificial rhetorical agents” with incredible potential.
Aula Fumagalli, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna - In presence and online event
Speaker: Prof.ssa Gabriella Vigliocco (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/people/gabriella-vigliocco) Virtual room: https://shorturl.at/aeop4