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    2021
  • Probing Image-Language Transformers for Verb Understanding
    LA Hendricks and A. Nematzadeh
    Findings of ACL 2021
  • Decoupling the Role of Data, Attention, and Losses in Multimodal Transformers
    LA Hendricks, J. Mellor, R. Schneider, JB Alayrac, A. Nematzadeh
    TACL 2021 [summary]

    2020
  • Learning to Segment Actions from Observation and Narration
    D. Fried, JB Alayrac, P. Blunsom, C. Dyer, S. Clark, A. Nematzadeh
    ACL 2020 [summary]
  • Tracing the Emergence of Gendered Language in Childhood
    B. Prystawski, E. Grant, A. Nematzadeh, S. WS Lee, S. Stevenson, Y. Xu
    CogSci 2020
  • On Memory in Human and Artificial Language Processing Systems
    A. Nematzadeh*, S. Ruder*, D. Yogatama* (*: equal contribution)
    Bridging AI and Cognitive Science Workshop at ICLR 2020
  • Visual Grounding in Video for Unsupervised Word Translation
    G. A. Sigurdsson, JB Alayrac, A. Nematzadeh, L. Smaira, M. Malinowski, J. Carreira, P. Blunsom, A. Zisserman
    CVPR 2020 [summary]

    2018
  • Evaluating Theory of Mind in Question Answering
    A. Nematzadeh, K. Burns, E. Grant, A. Gopnik, and T. Griffiths
    EMNLP 2018 (oral presentation) [video] [New Scientist]
  • Exploiting Attention to Reveal Shortcomings in Memory Models
    K. Burns, A. Nematzadeh, E. Grant, A. Gopnik, and T. Griffiths
    BlackboxNLP workshop at EMNLP 2018 (poster presentation)
  • Distributed Shared Memory for Machine Learning
    A. Tootoonchian, A. Panda, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Shenker
    SysML 2018
  • Learning Hierarchical Visual Representations in Deep Neural Networks Using Hierarchical Linguistic Labels
    J. Peterson, P. Soulos, A. Nematzadeh, and T. Griffiths
    CogSci 2018 (poster presentation)
  • Predicting and Explaining Human Semantic Search in a Cognitive Model
    F. Miscevic, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
    CMCL 2018 (oral presentation)

    2017
  • Calculating Probabilities Simplifies Word Learning
    A. Nematzadeh, B. Beekhuizen, S. Huang, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2017 (oral presentation)
  • Evaluating Vector-Space Models of Word Representation
    A. Nematzadeh, S. Meylan, and T. Griffiths
    CogSci 2017 (oral presentation)
  • How Can Memory-Augmented Neural Networks Pass a False-Belief Task?
    E. Grant, A. Nematzadeh, and T. Griffiths
    CogSci 2017 (oral presentation)

    2016
  • Simple Search Algorithms on Semantic Networks Learned from Language Use
    A. Nematzadeh, F. Miscevic and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2016 (poster presentation)
  • The Interaction of Memory and Attention in Novel Word Generalization: A Computational Investigation
    E. Grant, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2016 (oral presentation)[code]

    2015
  • Computational Modeling of Word Learning: The Role of Cognitive Processes
    A. Nematzadeh
    Ph.D. thesis.
  • A Computational Cognitive Model of Novel Word Generalization
    A. Nematzadeh, E. Grant, and S. Stevenson
    EMNLP 2015 (oral presentation) [code] [video] [bibtex]

    2014
  • A Cognitive Model of Semantic Network Learning

    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    EMNLP 2014 (oral presentation) [code] [video] [bibtex]

  • Structural Differences in the Semantic Networks of Simulated Word Learners
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2014 (oral presentation) [code] [bibtex]

    2013
  • Desirable Difficulty in Learning: A Computational Investigation
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2013 (oral presentation). [bibtex] [CoLa blog]
  • Word Learning in the Wild: What Natural Data Can Tell Us
    B. Beekhuizen, A. Fazly, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2013 (poster presentation). [bibtex]
  • Child Acquisition of Multiword Verbs: A Computational Investigation
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    in T. Poibeau, A. Villavicencio, A. Korhonen and A. Alishahi (eds). Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Acquisition, Springer, 2013.

    pre 2013
  • A Computational Model of Memory, Attention, and Word Learning
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    CMCL 2012 (oral presentation). [bibtex]
  • Interaction of Word Learning and Semantic Category Formation in Late Talking
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2012 (poster presentation). [bibtex]
  • A Computational Study of Late Talking in Word-Meaning Acquisition
    A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2011 (poster presentation). [poster] [bibtex]
  • The Role of Statistical Evidence in Child Acquisition of Multiword Verbs
    A. Nematzadeh
    Master's paper. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. January 2010 [bibtex]
  • Acquiring Multiword Verbs: The Role of Statistical Evidence
    A. Fazly, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
    CogSci 2009 (oral presentation). [bibtex]

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