I'm in Rabat, Morocco attending #EACL2026 and enjoying tea!
I will present our recent work – comparing how new words emerge in books/articles and on social media – at the LChange workshop: aclanthology.org/2026.lchange...
New book! I have written a book, called Syntax: A cognitive approach, published by MIT Press.
This is open access; MIT Press will post a link soon, but until then, the book is available on my website:
tedlab.mit.edu/tedlab_websi...
The must-read paper on LLMs, language, and thought that I reference here:
Dissociating language and thought in large language models
arxiv.org/abs/2301.06627
by @kmahowald.bsky.social @neuranna.bsky.social Idan Blank @nancykanwisher.bsky.social @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social @evfedorenko.bsky.social
Accidental bibliography achievement unlocked!
(I highly recommend checking out both papers)
Huge thanks to @wiair.bsky.social for hosting me -- I had an absolutely wonderful time chatting with @j-novikova-nlp.bsky.social and @malikeh97.bsky.social 🤩
the only kind of Rat Race I'm down for
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Maria Ryskina
Maria Ryskina
Maria Ryskina
Maria Ryskina
Hiring a postdoc for the Normativity Lab at Johns Hopkins (2026 start). Looking for multiagent systems expertise (RL/generative agents) + interdisciplinary background in AI and cognitive science/econ/cultural evolution.
apply.interfolio.com/177701
