International Summer Atelier:
Modeling Language Evolution with Computational Construction Grammar

Atelier Director: Luc Steels
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center For Scientific Culture
Erice (Sicily, Italy), 14-19 July 2007
Satellite-atelier of Statistical Physics of Social Dynamics and Language

Friday July 13

 

Arrival and social drink

 

Saturday July 14

 

9:15   Welcome (Luc Steels)
9:30   Construction Grammar for non-linguists I (Laura Michaelis)
10:10   (Symbolic) Programming for non-(symbolic) programmers I
 
10:50   coffee break
 
11:20   Complex Systems for non-physicists I (Andrea Baronchelli)
12:00   Language Games I (Luc Steels)
 
13:00   lunch
 
15:00   Construction Grammar for non-linguists II (Benjamin Bergen)
15:40   (Symbolic) Programming for non-(symbolic) programmers II
 
16:20   coffee break
 
16:50   Complex Systems for non-physicists II (Andrea Baronchelli)
17:30   Language Games II (Luc Steels)
 
18:20   joint dinner

 

Sunday July 15

 

9:30   Construction Grammar for non-linguists III (Bill Croft)
10:10   (Symbolic) Programming for non-(symbolic) programmers III
 
10:50   coffee break
 
11:20   Complex Systems for non-physicists III (Andrea Baronchelli)
12:00   Language Games III (Luc Steels)
 
13:00   lunch
 
15:00   start of main school

 

Monday July 16

 

  main school
13:00   lunch
 
13:30   Atelier: Implementing agent-based Language Games (Martin Loetzsch and Michael Spranger)
14:15   Master Class: Emergent Communication (Susan Goldin-Meadow and Bruno Galantucci)
 
15:00   main school

 

Tuesday July 17

 

  main school
13:00   lunch
 
13:30   Atelier: Computational Construction Grammar (Joachim De Beule)
14:15   Master Class: Construction Grammar (Laura Michaelis and Benjamin Bergen)
 
15:00   main school

 

Wednesday July 18

 

  main school
13:00   lunch
 
13:30   Atelier: Orchestrating Grammaticalistaion in Language Games (Remi van Trijp and Pieter Wellens)
14:15   Master Class: Grammaticalisation (Salikoko Mufwene and Bill Croft)
 
15:00   main school

 

Thursday July 19

 

  main school
13:00   lunch
 
14:00   Participant presentations