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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 [
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2020
Learning to Segment Actions from Observation and Narration
D. Fried, JB Alayrac, P. Blunsom, C. Dyer, S. Clark,
A. Nematzadeh
ACL 2020 [
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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 [
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2018
Evaluating Theory of Mind in Question Answering
A. Nematzadeh
, K. Burns, E. Grant, A. Gopnik, and T. Griffiths
EMNLP 2018 (oral presentation) [
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New Scientist
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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)[
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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) [
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video
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2014
A Cognitive Model of Semantic Network Learning
A. Nematzadeh
, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
EMNLP 2014 (oral presentation) [
code
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video
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bibtex
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Structural Differences in the Semantic Networks of Simulated Word Learners
A. Nematzadeh
, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2014 (oral presentation) [
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bibtex
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2013
Desirable Difficulty in Learning: A Computational Investigation
A. Nematzadeh
, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2013 (oral presentation). [
bibtex
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CoLa blog
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Word Learning in the Wild: What Natural Data Can Tell Us
B. Beekhuizen, A. Fazly,
A. Nematzadeh
, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2013 (poster presentation). [
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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). [
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Interaction of Word Learning and Semantic Category Formation in Late Talking
A. Nematzadeh
, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2012 (poster presentation). [
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A Computational Study of Late Talking in Word-Meaning Acquisition
A. Nematzadeh
, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2011 (poster presentation). [
poster
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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 [
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Acquiring Multiword Verbs: The Role of Statistical Evidence
A. Fazly,
A. Nematzadeh
, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2009 (oral presentation). [
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