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  • 6 October 2026, Basic introduction to dealing with news media

    Date & Time: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 10:00-12:00
    Location: room JK1.90, Roeterseiland campus, UvA
    Target audience: UvA staff
    Costs: free, registration required

    Appearing in the media can be a good way to share scientific knowledge and insights with the general public. But how do you get into the media and how do you ensure you get your message across clearly once you do?

    In this basic introduction, UvA press officers share various tips and points of attention for media appearances (print media and radio & television). Do's and don'ts for contacts with journalists and/or during an interview are discussed. You will also discover how best to approach the media yourself and how the UvA can help increase your visibility.

    The workshop is also available in Dutch on 30 September (more info online).

    For more information, see https://medewerker.uva.nl/en/course/basic-introduction-to-dealing-with-news-media-bc-02.

  • 6 October 2026, DIP Colloquium, Owen Griffiths and Alex Paseau

    Date & Time: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 14:00-15:30
    Speaker: Owen Griffiths and Alex Paseau(Abstract)
    Title: What are introduction- and elimination-rules for?
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/DIP-Colloquium/event/35294/Owen-Griffiths-and-Alex-Paseau-What-are-introduction--and-elimination-rules-for-.

  • 6 October 2026, ILLC Staff meeting 10/2026

    Date & Time: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 16:00-17:00
    Location: ILLC Common Room F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, contact the ILLC Office at .

  • (Updated) 8 October 2026, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Cailin O’Connor

    Date & Time: Thursday 8 October 2026, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine)
    Title: Is Intransigence Good for Group Learning?
    Location: online
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/09/lira-session-cailin-oconnor-uc-irvine/.

  • 9 October 2026, AIC&S Seminar Series, Dr. Nikos Kondylidis; Lynn de Rijk

    Date & Time: Friday 9 October 2026, 15:30-17:00
    Speaker: Dr. Nikos Kondylidis; Lynn de Rijk
    Title: Lost In Translation #3 - (Mis)understanding
    Location: L2.06, LAB42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam [NL]

    Communication, human and otherwise, strives to build some shared understanding; nonetheless, misunderstandings are more the norm than the exception. What happens when misunderstandings involve artificial agents? And is understanding even a precondition of communication? In this seminar, we will explore the complex relations between understanding and misunderstanding, drawing on examples spanning humans, computational agents, social robots, and cats alike.

    The event is followed by drinks!

    For more information, see https://aiculturesociety.github.io/ or contact Davide Beraldo at .

  • (New) 13 October 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Marzieh Fadaee

    Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
    Speaker: Marzieh Fadaee (Cohere Labs)
    Location: Room L3.35 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.

    TBA

    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • 13 October 2026, SignLab Seminars, Anita Slonimska

    Date & Time: Tuesday 13 October 2026, 15:15-17:00
    Speaker: Anita Slonimska
    Title: Toward a theoretical framework of multimodal communicative efficiency: What can we learn from sign languages?
    Location: Bushuis - Oost-Indisch Huis

    On October 13, Anita Slonimska from the Max Planck Institute will present during the bi-weekly SignLab Seminar. Here is the abstract of her talk:

    Communicative efficiency, defined as the optimization of the cost–benefit trade-off in communication, has been central to understanding language structure and use (Levshina, 2022). Yet prevailing accounts have largely treated language as a unimodal and static system, focusing almost exclusively on written corpora or speech. Such approaches overlook an ongoing paradigmatic shift in our understanding of language, driven by insights into how language is actually used in interaction: multimodally and adaptively (Hagoort & Ozyurek, 2025; Holler & Bavelas, 2017). Drawing particularly on recent and ongoing work on sign languages, as well as on co-speech and silent gesture, I propose a theoretical framework that reconceptualizes communicative efficiency as an adaptive property of language use, one that flexibly exploits the expressive affordances of communicative systems, including time and space, sequentiality and simultaneity, arbitrary and iconic form–meaning mappings, and acoustic and visual modalities. I argue that communicative efficiency cannot be understood without accounting for the multimodal and adaptive nature of language. Building on these insights, I outline a multimodal communicative efficiency framework and discuss how it opens up new directions for future research, which I look forward to exploring with the audience.

    For more information, contact Jos Ritmeester at .
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    (New) 15 October 2026, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Zein Pishbin

    Date & Time: Thursday 15 October 2026, 16:00
    Speaker: Zein Pishbin
    Title: Strategic Merging of Project Proposals in Participatory Budgeting
    Location: Room L2.06, Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .

  • (New) 21 October 2026, LLAMA seminar, Ellie Lohman

    Date & Time: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 16:00-17:00
    Speaker: Ellie Lohman (ILLC)
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam and online (see website
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/llama/#talk-ellie-2026 or contact Marianna Girlando at .

  • (New) 22 October 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Cesare Spinoso-Di Piano

    Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
    Speaker: Cesare Spinoso-Di Piano (McGill University & Mila)
    Location: Room L3.36 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.

    TBA

    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • 23 October 2026, Meaning, Logic, and Cognition (MLC) Seminar, Andrea Onofri

    Date & Time: Friday 23 October 2026, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Andrea Onofri
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/MLC-Seminar/event/35295/Andrea-Onofri-TBA.
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    (New) 28 October 2026, Computational Social Choice Seminar, Jason Hartline

    Date & Time: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 16:00
    Speaker: Jason Hartline
    Title: Scoring Rules for a Theory of AI
    Location: Room L0.06, Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see here or at https://staff.science.uva.nl/u.endriss/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss at .

  • 29 October 2026, LIRa Event, Valentin Goranko, Olivier Roy, Zoé Christoff, Davide Grossi

    Date & Time: Thursday 29 October 2026, 13:00
    Speaker: Valentin Goranko, Olivier Roy, Zoé Christoff, Davide Grossi
    Title: Workshop at the occassion of a PhD defense (D. Khaitovich)
    Location: Humanities Lab F0.01, Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48, Amsterdam [NL]
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/09/phd-defence-daniil-khaitovich-and-workshop/.

  • (New) 3 November 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Michael Hanna

    Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026
    Speaker: Michael Hanna (University of Amsterdam)
    Location: Room L3.33 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.

    TBA

    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • (New) 9 November 2026, Philosophy of Mathematics (Φ-Math) Reading Group

    Date & Time: Monday 9 November 2026, 17:30-19:00
    Title: Thinking About Mathematics
    Location: KdVI seminar room F3.20, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

    The first reading of this year will be chapters 1 and 2 of Shapiro’s Thinking about Mathematics, titled respectively “What is so interesting about mathematics (for a philosopher)?” and “A potpourri of questions and attempted answers”. We chose this as a first reading for the first session as it’s a nice, broad overview of what the philosophy of mathematics is all about, which hopefully makes for an interesting and accessible reading even for those who are new to this area of inquiry.

    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/Phi-Math/events/2026-11-09-thinking-about-mathematics/ or contact Lyra So at .

  • (New) 10 November 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Bolei Ma

    Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026
    Speaker: Bolei Ma (LMU Munich)
    Location: Room L3.36 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.

    TBA

    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • 12 November 2026, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Munyque Mittelmann

    Date & Time: Thursday 12 November 2026, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Munyque Mittelmann (CNRS, LIPN, Sorbonne Paris North University)
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/08/lira-session-munyque-mittelmann/.

  • (New) 13 November 2026, joint MCL/NihiL Seminar, Eleonora Zani

    Date & Time: Friday 13 November 2026, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Eleonora Zani (Goethe University Frankfurt)
    Title: TBA
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/nihil/seminar or contact Søren Brinck Knudstorp at .

  • (New) 17 November 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Urja Khurana

    Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026
    Speaker: Urja Khurana (TU Delft)
    Location: Room L3.33 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • (New) 20 November 2026, joint GENERALISE/DIP Colloquium, Yannis Stephanou

    Date & Time: Friday 20 November 2026, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Yannis Stephanou
    Title: TBA
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/DIP-Colloquium/event/35298/Yannis-Stephanou-TBA-Joint-with-GENERALISE-.

  • (New) 24 November 2026, Computational Linguistics Seminar, Verena Blaschke

    Date: Tuesday 24 November 2026
    Speaker: Verena Blaschke (University of Groningen)
    Location: Room L3.36 at LAB42, Amsterdam Science Park, plus live streaming on Zoom.
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/.

  • (New) 25 November 2026, Bèta in Bestuur & Beleid (BiBB) Carrièredag

    Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026
    Location: Sociëteit de Witte, Plein 24, 2511CS Den Haag [NL]
    Target audience: Postdocs, PhD candidates and Master students with engineering or technical background
    Costs: EUR 25 (limited attendance)

    Note: Due to the close connection to Dutch government and administration agencies, the Career day is mainly in Dutch. However, it is possible to ask your questions in English.

    Dutch: Tijdens deze dag verkennen we hoe bèta’s kunnen bijdragen aan bestuur, beleid en politiek. Grote maatschappelijke vraagstukken, van klimaat en energie tot digitalisering, gezondheid en veiligheid, vragen om mensen die complexe systemen begrijpen én deze kennis kunnen vertalen naar bestuurlijke en politieke keuzes. Je krijgt concrete handvatten om jouw volgende stap richting bestuur, beleid of politiek te verkennen.

    English: During this event, we’ll explore how science and engineering graduates can contribute to governance, policy, and politics. Major societal challenges—from climate and energy to digitalization, health, and safety—require people who understand complex systems and can translate that knowledge into administrative and political decisions. You’ll gain practical guidance to help you explore your next step toward a career in governance, policy, or politics.

     

    For more information, see https://www.betainbestuurenbeleid.nl/carri%C3%A8redag2026.

  • 26 November 2026, Logic and Interactive Rationality (LIRa), Wessel Kroon

    Date & Time: Thursday 26 November 2026, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Wessel Kroon (Utrecht University)
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 and online.
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/08/lira-session-wessel-kroon/.

  • (New) 4 December 2026, joint LIRa/DIP Colloquium, Vincent Hendricks

    Date & Time: Friday 4 December 2026, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Vincent Hendricks
    Title: TBA
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/DIP-Colloquium/event/35297/Vincent-Hendricks-TBA-Joint-with-LIRa-.
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    4 December 2026, Valedictory lecture, prof. dr. Henkjan Honing

    Date & Time: Friday 4 December 2026, 16:30-17:30
    Speaker: prof. dr. Henkjan Honing
    Location: Aula der Universiteit, Singel 411, Amsterdam
    For more information, contact Peter van Ormondt at .

  • 11 December 2026, ILLC Current Affairs Meeting & ILLC Colloquium

    Date & Time: Friday 11 December 2026, 15:30-17:30
    Location: ILLC Common Room F1.21, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://www.illc.uva.nl/ILLCColloquium/Winter-2026 or contact Aybüke Özgün at .

  • 14 December 2026, DIP Colloquium, Adrian Brasoveanu

    Date & Time: Monday 14 December 2026, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Adrian Brasoveanu (UC Santa Cruz)
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/DIP-Colloquium/event/35292/Adrian-Brasoveanu-UC-Santa-Cruz-TBA.

  • ILLC Heidag 2027

    The annual ILLC Heidag will be held on on the 29th of January 2027, starting at 09.30 and running until 17.00. Please fill out this form to help up plan for the event.

    What is a ''heidag''? It is a meeting during which the management and/or employees of an organization meet and discuss in an informal atmosphere outside their familiar working environment, especially about subjects that transcend daily practice. 

  • (New) 5 February 2027, joint GOOD INTESIONS/DIP Colloquium, Anandi Hattiangadi

    Date & Time: Friday 5 February 2027, 16:00-17:30
    Speaker: Anandi Hattiangadi
    Title: TBA
    Location: ILLC Seminar room F1.15, Science Park 107, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/FSPL/DIP-Colloquium/event/35299/Anandi-Hattiangadi-TBA-Joint-with-GOOD-INTENSIONS-.

  • (Updated) 12 February 2027, Joint DIP/LIRa sessions, Vincent Hendricks

    Date & Time: Friday 12 February 2027, 16:30-18:00
    Speaker: Vincent Hendricks (University of Copenhagen)
    Location: ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107 and online.
    For more information, see https://projects.illc.uva.nl/lgc/seminar/2026/06/joint-dip-lira-session-vincent-hendricks/.

  • (Updated) 19 February 2027, FOAM Seminar, Martin Grohe

    Date & Time: Friday 19 February 2027, 15:00-16:15
    Speaker: Martin Grohe
    Location: Room L3.33, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk39/ or contact Gregor Behnke at , or Ronald de Haan at .

  • (Updated) 19 March 2027, FOAM Seminar, Jo Ellis-Monaghan

    Date & Time: Friday 19 March 2027, 15:00-16:15
    Speaker: Jo Ellis-Monaghan
    Location: Room L3.33, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk40/ or contact Gregor Behnke at , or Ronald de Haan at .

  • 16 April 2027, FOAM Seminar, Rebecca Reiffenhäuser

    Date & Time: Friday 16 April 2027, 15:00-16:15
    Speaker: Rebecca Reiffenhäuser
    Location: Room TBA, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk41/ or contact Gregor Behnke at , or Ronald de Haan at .

  • 18 June 2027, FOAM Seminar, Ulle Endriss

    Date & Time: Friday 18 June 2027, 15:00-16:15
    Speaker: Ulle Endriss
    Location: Room TBA, ILLC Lab42, Science Park 900, Amsterdam
    For more information, see https://events.illc.uva.nl/FOAM/posts/talk43/ or contact Gregor Behnke at , or Ronald de Haan at .