Prize for Computational Modelling of Language, Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society,
2018
Early Investigator Award, Society of Experimental Psychologists,
2015
William K Estes Early Career Award, Society for Mathematical Psychology,
2011
Prize for Computational Modelling of High Level Cognition, Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society,
2007
Walle Nauta Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT,
2005
AT&T South Pacic Leadership Award., AT&T,
2002
Supervision
Available for supervision
Y
Supervision Statement
I'm a cognitive scientist and much of my work involves developing and evaluating computational models. I'm looking for students with some background in a technical field (e.g. computer science, mathematics, statistics) and a keen interest in human behavior. Representative topics include cross-linguistic semantics, cultural and linguistic evolution, categorization, learning, decision-making and inductive reasoning. Representative approaches include probabilistic modeling, information-theoretic analyses, and the analysis of large naturally occurring data sets (e.g. linguistic corpora, dictionaries, twitter posts, and image collections). Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss possible research projects.