AI Seminar Series 2023: Bram Grooten

The AI Seminar is a weekly meeting at the University of Alberta where researchers interested in artificial intelligence (AI) can share their research. Presenters include both local speakers from the University of Alberta and visitors from other institutions. Topics can be related in any way to artificial intelligence, from foundational theoretical work to innovative applications of AI techniques to new fields and problems.

On August 25, Bram Grooten —a PhD Candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology — presented “Efficient Focus for Autonomous Agents" at the AI Seminar.

Abstract:
In this presentation, I argue for a novel theory of lexical semantics. I begin by presenting a theoretical model for wordnets, a class of resources commonly used in lexical semantics. This is followed by a novel analysis of semantic tasks themselves, wherein I propose a first-of-its-kind taxonomy of semantic tasks. For both parts of the presentation, I demonstrate, via experimental evidence, that such theoretical developments are an important contribution to contemporary semantics research.

Watch the full presentation below:

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