Join a faculty development program to support instructors across campus with navigating/integrating AI in their courses. We're inviting interested faculty to participate in the grant project called Fostering Writing-to-Learn Skills with Critical AI Literacy: A Faculty Development and Student Support Program (funded through the AI3 Institute).

Time commitment and completion requirements :

  • Attend four sessions and a final symposium on the following dates/times:

    • Friday, September 12 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, September 26 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 10 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 24 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, November 14 from 10am - 1pm in Wang 201 - please note that this is an in person session only

  • Engage with online materials in Brightspace prior to each of the sessions (mainly to update a syllabus, assignment, or teaching strategy that you can share and discuss at the workshop)

Contact: Shyam Sharma, Christine Fena, and Rose Tirotta-Esposito with questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b51tvfK0HSOkCW7cwYq2nyyeeHtvBZYC7_XHv7Av8wQ/edit?tab=t.0
Join a faculty development program to support instructors across campus with navigating/integrating AI in their courses. We're inviting interested faculty to participate in the grant project called Fostering Writing-to-Learn Skills with Critical AI Literacy: A Faculty Development and Student Support Program (funded through the AI3 Institute).

Time commitment and completion requirements :

  • Attend four sessions and a final symposium on the following dates/times:

    • Friday, September 12 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, September 26 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 10 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 24 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, November 14 from 10am - 1pm in Wang 201 - please note that this is an in person session only

  • Engage with online materials in Brightspace prior to each of the sessions (mainly to update a syllabus, assignment, or teaching strategy that you can share and discuss at the workshop)

Contact: Shyam Sharma, Christine Fena, and Rose Tirotta-Esposito with questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b51tvfK0HSOkCW7cwYq2nyyeeHtvBZYC7_XHv7Av8wQ/edit?tab=t.0
Join a faculty development program to support instructors across campus with navigating/integrating AI in their courses. We're inviting interested faculty to participate in the grant project called Fostering Writing-to-Learn Skills with Critical AI Literacy: A Faculty Development and Student Support Program (funded through the AI3 Institute).

Time commitment and completion requirements :

  • Attend four sessions and a final symposium on the following dates/times:

    • Friday, September 12 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, September 26 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 10 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, October 24 from 11am - 12:30pm over Zoom

    • Friday, November 14 from 10am - 1pm in Wang 201 - please note that this is an in person session only

  • Engage with online materials in Brightspace prior to each of the sessions (mainly to update a syllabus, assignment, or teaching strategy that you can share and discuss at the workshop)

Contact: Shyam Sharma, Christine Fena, and Rose Tirotta-Esposito with questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b51tvfK0HSOkCW7cwYq2nyyeeHtvBZYC7_XHv7Av8wQ/edit?tab=t.0

You are cordially invited to attend the biweekly Brookhaven AI Mixer (BAM). BAM includes three short talks on AI research happening at BNL, followed by an open mixer over coffee and snacks for everyone to network and discuss all things AI. The first half hour will consist of presentations that will be available via ZOOM, and the second half hour will be for in person only networking.

Join us every other Tuesday at noon in CDSD's Training Room (building 725, 2nd floor) to learn about interesting AI methods and applications, engage with potential collaborators, prepare for pending FASST funding calls, and build a community of AI for Science at BNL.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 12:00 pm -- CDS, Bldg. 725, Training Room

Join ZoomGov Meeting: https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1615289117?pwd=Hqkbj9itxWrFnkhZ8rQXHPInO2gxdF.1

Meeting ID: 161 528 9117
Passcode: 991382

LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG
LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG
LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG
LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG
LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG
LIN 627: Pragmatics Seminar
Th 3.30-6.20, Old Computer Science Building - CS2311, Zoom option
Instructor: Owen Rambow

Pragmatics is the study of how context (linguistic and non-linguistic) affects language use: the utterer (speaker or writer) chooses among many linguistic means licensed by the grammar of the language. Core explanatory notions in pragmatics are the common ground between utterer and addressee, and the use of speech acts to change the common ground.

This seminar will investigate the proposal of Grice, which has been called intentionalism. According to Grice, an utterer forms a communicative intention, performs a speech act to achieve the intention, and the speech act succeeds when the addressee recognizes the intention. The result is a change in common ground. With intentionalism, the notion of cognitive state becomes central to pragmatic theory. We will investigate Gricean intentionalism, including formalizations such as Stalnaker's, empirical evidence from cognitive science, and alternate pragmatic theories. In the second part of the course, we will then examine specific issues in pragmatics in light of the foundational theories we have discussed, including information structure, specific linguistic issues such as discourse particles, intonation, and politeness, and neuro-divergent communication. We will pay attention to empirical evidence throughout the course.

You can enroll for 0-3 credits, and further topics of interest may be included.

List of papers: https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b7UC6leIHLxIa5yMWMAkUBZzT9Vg2SpS4XEfgH50ugY/edit?usp=sharing___.YzJ1OnN0b255YnJvb2s6YzpnOmE1Y2UxOTNiNTUyZWU4N2E0MzdkYzZmYWZlMTFmZWUxOjc6NGI2MjphZWY1NTUzNTdkMGJiN2U4MTI2MWMxYWQxZTU4OWNiY2NjYTlhNzk0NzlkZjU2ZDNmMzc5NDBkYjFhMjhhNTEwOnA6VDpG