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 /3-February-2026-PhD-Defense-Valentin-Richard
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SUMMARY:PhD Defense, Valentin Richard
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260203T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260203T130000
LOCATION:F0.01 (HumLab) in Bushuis, Kloveniersburg
 wal 48, Amsterdam
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Promotor:Philippe de Groote, Reinhar
 d Muskens and Floris Roelofsen
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the PhD defense of Valent
 in D. Richard, we would like to gather colleagues 
 working on related topics. With this workshop, we 
 aim to gain a broader picture of how a sentence co
 ntributes to a discourse. The meaning of a sentenc
 e cannot be derived on its own. Together, sentence
 s form larger discourse units, structuring the inf
 ormation flow. Questions are a fundamental part of
  human dialogues. Moreover, many illocutionary act
 s also rely on implicit questions, the so-called Q
 uestions under Discussion (QuD). Therefore, unders
 tanding how questions help construct a conversatio
 n is essential.  This workshop welcomes talks on n
 ovel or promising proposals regarding information 
 structure, inference generation, and the modeling 
 of natural language meaning. The boundary between 
 semantics and pragmatics remains a hotly debated t
 opic. When designing a natural language model, wha
 t building blocks and principles should we use to 
 explain context-dependent phenomena, especially ba
 ckground inferences? We hope that this gathering c
 an yield interesting insights into questions and t
 he discourse.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>To celebrate t
 he PhD defense of Valentin D. Richard, we would li
 ke to gather colleagues working on related topics.
  With this workshop, we aim to gain a broader pict
 ure of how a sentence contributes to a discourse. 
 The meaning of a sentence cannot be derived on its
  own. Together, sentences form larger discourse un
 its, structuring the information flow. Questions a
 re a fundamental part of human dialogues. Moreover
 , many illocutionary acts also rely on implicit qu
 estions, the so-called Questions under Discussion 
 (QuD). Therefore, understanding how questions help
  construct a conversation is essential.</p>\n  <p>
 This workshop welcomes talks on novel or promising
  proposals regarding information structure, infere
 nce generation, and the modeling of natural langua
 ge meaning. The boundary between semantics and pra
 gmatics remains a hotly debated topic. When design
 ing a natural language model, what building blocks
  and principles should we use to explain context-d
 ependent phenomena, especially background inferenc
 es? We hope that this gathering can yield interest
 ing insights into questions and the discourse.</p>
 \n
URL:https://valentin-d-richard.fr/Projects/Questio
 ns_Discourse
CONTACT:Valentin Richard at valentin.richard at lo
 ria.fr
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