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Tamás Biró

 
 

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2012May I circumcise myself? On rituals and "halakhically incorrect" cognition in midrashic exegesis.
Conference talk given at: International meeting of SBL, July 22–July 26, 2012, Amsterdam. Abstract. (Program unit 'Palestine and Babylon: Two Jewish Late Antique Cultures and Their Interrelation').
2011Errors in language production, language learning and language change: Some computational experiments with Optimality Theory.
Invited talk given at: OAP (Oud Amsterdams Peil), December 16, 2011, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Slides.
2011Ki metélte körül Ábrahámot? Kognitív megközelítések a Biblia-magyarázatban
[Who circumcised Abraham? Cognitive approaches in Bible exegesis].
Conference talk given at: Leopold Löw memorial conference, November 24, 2011, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract. Slides.
2011Religious mental structures: Counterintuitiveness represented in Optimality Theory.
Poster presented at: New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion, the yearly meeting of IACSR, as a workshop at CogSci 2011, July 20, 2011, Boston, USA. See also http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/uploads/2011-w2.pdf. Abstract. Poster. Handout.
2011Linguistics as a Model for the Cognitive Approaches in Biblical Studies.
Conference talk given at: International meeting of SBL, July 4-8, 2011, London, UK. Abstract. Slides. (Download presentation as pdf. Download the handout.).
2011Language Evolution and SA-OT: The case of sentential negation.
Conference talk given at: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands (CLIN) 21, February 11, 2011, University College Ghent, Belgium. Abstract. Slides. Joint paper with Alessandro Lopopolo.
2010Az imperialista Optimalitáselmélet? [The Imperialist Optimality Theory?].
Conference talk given at: Conference at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of establishing the Theoretical Linguistics Program at the ELTE university, November 25-27, 2010, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract. Slides.
2010Értelek, értelek... de mirol beszélsz?? A keresztény-zsidó párbeszéd a kognitív vallástudomány perspektívájában.
Conference talk given at: Új perspektívák és kihívások a zsidó-keresztény dialógusban a 21. század elején, October 28-29, 2010, Piliscsaba/Budapest. Abstract. Slides.
2010When Judaism became boring: The McCauley-Lawson model applied to Judaism.
Invited talk given at: Workshop on 'Judaism and Emotion', October 7, 2010, University of Bern, Switzerland. Abstract. Slides.
2010OTKit: Tools, Tricks and Techniques for Optimality Theory.
Poster presented at: 31st TABU Dag, June 3-4, 2010, Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.tabudag.nl. Abstract. Poster.
2010Who Circumcised Abraham? – Ritual Agency in Jewish Texts.
Conference talk given at: First International Workshop on the Cognitive Study of Religious Texts, March 3-4, 2010, Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.religionandcognition.com/crc/index.php?content=Workshop2010. Slides. Try out yourself the computer simulations mentioned in the talk.
2010From Performance Errors to Optimal Competence: Learnability of OT and HG with Simulated Annealing.
Poster presented at: Workshop on Computational Modelling of Sound Pattern Acquisition, February 13-14, 2010, Edmonton, Canada. See also http://www.ualberta.ca/~kirchner/CMSPA.htm. Abstract. Poster. Download handout.
2010Acquiring Competence from Performance Data: Online learnability of OT and HG with simulated annealing.
Conference talk given at: Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands (CLIN) 20, February 5, 2010, Utrecht, Netherlands. See also http://www.clin.nl/20/. Abstract. Slides.
2010A nyelvi kompetencia és a nyelvi performancia határán: Az Optimalitáselmélet implementációja szimulált hokezeléssel [On the border of linguistic competence and linguistic performance: Implementing Optimality Theory with simulated annealing].
Conference talk given at: XVIII. MAKOG: Interfészek a megismeréstudományban [18th Hungarian Cognitive Conference: Interfaces in the Cognitive Sciences], January 25-26, 2010, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract. Slides. Website of the conference, and its program.
2009HarNóMia vagy OTpimalitás? Grammatikus, szabálytalan és gyorsbeszédi alakok OT-ben és HG-ban [HarNoMy or OTpimality? Grammatical, irregular and fast speech forms in OT and in HG].
Poster presented at: Beszédkutatás 2009, October 16-17, 2009, Budapest, Hungary. Abstract. Poster.
2009Learning Competence from Performance Data: Learnability and symbolic Simulated Annealing for OT and HG.
Poster presented at: KNAW Academy Colloquium on Language Acquisition and Optimality Theory, July 2-3, 2009, Amsterdam. Abstract. Poster.
2009Finding the Right Words – All you wanted to know about Optimality Theory, Harmony Grammar and Simulated Annealing, but were afraid to ask....
Invited talk given at: Sound Circle, May 14, 2009, Amsterdam. Abstract. Slides.
2009Performance of Learning & Learning from Performance.
Conference talk given at: Workshop on Learning Meets Acquisition, DGfS meeting, March 4, 2009, Osnabrück, Germany. See also http://www.birot.hu/events/lma/. Abstract. Slides.
2009Elephants and Optimality Again. SA-OT accounts for pronoun resolution in child language.
Conference talk given at: CLIN 19, January 22, 2009, University of Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.let.rug.nl/clin/. Abstract. Slides. Handout and picture. Published in Plank et al. (eds.) Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2009 LOT Occasional Series 14.
2008OTpimality? Interpreting performance errors in SA-OT.
Workshop talk given at: Third Workshop on Optimality Theory and Interpretation, November 7, 2008, University of Groningen. Abstract. Slides. Program of the workshop.
2008Efficient communication with a ponderous brain: Performance errors in Optimality Theory.
Invited talk given at: Interplay mini-workshop on Optimal Communication, January 22, 2008, Radboud University Nijmegen. See also http://www.ru.nl/pionier/projects/interplay/. Slides.
2007Finding the Right Words.
Poster presented at: Taalgala, November 16, 2007, Utrecht, Netherlands. Presentation of my thesis, as nominated for the Anéla-AVT dissertation price. Two versions of the poster: for linguists and for computational linguists.
2007Is Judaism Boring?.
Conference talk given at: "Mind, Society, and Tradition", SBL, July 24, 2007, Vienna, Austria. See also http://www.sbl-site.org/Meetings/abstract.aspx?MeetingId=11&id=6741. Abstract. Slides.
2007Where is the counterintuitive agent in Judaism?.
Participant's presentation at the Summer University on Culture and Cognition, July 6, 2007, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. See also http://www.sun.ceu.hu/3Courses/courses.php. Slides.
2007The Benefits of Errors: Learning an OT Grammar with a Structured Candidate Set.
Conference talk given at: Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Acquisition, ACL, June 29, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic. See also http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/acl2007/workshops/index.php/ws15/. Abstract. Slides. Download article from ACL Anthology..
2007On the Importance of Errors: Competence and Performance in Optimality Theory.
Conference talk given at: Tabu Day 2007, June 8, 2007, Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/events/tabudag/index. Abstract. Slides.
2007Is Judaism Boring? The Role of Symbols in "Imagistic" Jewish Movements.
Conference talk given at: Symbolization in Religion, Cognition and Culture, June 1, 2007, Aarhus, Denmark. See also http://www.teo.au.dk/forskning/aktuelt/religion/symbolization/. Abstract. Slides. Uploaded to ARC..
2007Finding the Right Words -- Implementing Optimality Theory with Simulated Annealing.
Invited talk given at: DIP colloquium, ILLC, March 2, 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands. See also http://www.illc.uva.nl/dip/. Abstract. Slides. Abstract on DIP website.
2007Learning an OT grammar with a structured candidate set.
Invited talk given at: Linguistic Colloquium, January 10, 2007, Bielefeld, Germany. Abstract. Slides.
2006Simulated Annealing for Optimality Theory: A performance model for phonology.
Conference talk given at: Workshop on Computing and Phonology, December 8, 2006, Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.let.rug.nl/~birot/comp-phonology.php. Abstract. Slides.
2006Optimal Religion: An Optimality Theoretical model for (Jewish) rituals.
Conference talk given at: International Workshop on Religion and Cognition, April 6-7, 2006, Groningen, Netherlands. See also http://www.religionandcognition.com/crc/index.php?content=Workshop2006. Slides.
2006A seprű: Héber-arámi kétnyelvűség a zsidó közösségekben [The Broom: Hebrew-Aramaic bilingualism in Jewish communities].
Conference talk given at: Kétnyelvűség az ókorban [Workshop on Bilingualism in Antiquity], March 27, 2006, Research Institute for Linguistics, Budapest, Hungary. See also http://www.nytud.hu/ketnyelvuseg/index.html. Slides.
2006Tamás Bíró and Judit Gervain: L' Acantatrice Chauve: Loser candidates in SA-OT and speech rate.
Conference talk given at: Third Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP3), January 17, 2006, Budapest, Hungary. See also http://nytud.hu/ocp3/. Slides.
2006Liturgical linguistics: The syntax of communicating with the super-human agent in Judaism.
Conference talk given at: Conference on Origins of Religion, Cognition and Culture, January 5, 2006, Aarhus, Denmark. See also http://www.teo.au.dk/forskning/aktuelt/religion/conf-prog. Slides. Handout.
2005A sz.ot.ag -- Optimalitáselmélet szimulált hőkezeléssel [The s.yll.able -- Optimality Theory with Simulated Annealing].
Conference talk given at: Third Conference on Hungarian Computational Linguistics (MSZNY 2005), December 8, 2005, Szeged, Hungary. See also http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/projectdirs/mszny2005. Slides. Appeared in the proceedings: III. Magyar Számítógépes Nyelvészeti Konferencia, pp. 29-40. Pictures.
2005Bolyongás a jelöltek halmazán: Optimalitáselmélet szimulált hőkezeléssel [Roaming on the Candidate Set: Optimality Theory with Simulated Annealing].
Conference talk given at: 9th Conference of PhD Students in Linguistics in Hungary [Nyelvészeti Doktoranduszok 9. Országos Konferenciája], November 18, 2005, Szeged, Hungary. See also http://www.arts.u-szeged.hu/nydi/lingdok9/absztraktok.html. Slides. Abstract in Hungarian.

List of publications, including earlier talks.