Tim Fernando

Learning and search are analyzed in hybrid automata that support continuous and differentiable change as in Lagrangian mechanics. Discrete approximations of that change are investigated in simple domains such as gridworlds where Legendre transforms and Lie algebras are considered.

As a piece of language, a narrative may be regarded as a sequence S of sentences about a sequence E of events. The possibility that the order of E does not align with S (violating so-called iconicity of sequence) is one of many challenges in understanding narratives. Others include the variety of granularities and the … Read more

The aim of this project is to understand the interplay between randomness and optimization in the choice of a Markov decision process and of a policy, working with simple examples such as gridworlds. Particular attention will be paid to entropy (maximization and regularization).

This project is intended to build on, and further develop an Irish-language AAC system that Rían Errity developed last year. The goal is to develop a facility that allows the individual user to design their own personal boards and adapt the system to their own context and requirements.

Programming connected with an interactive platform for learning Irish under the ABAIR Project.

Tense and aspect are important considerations for temporal reasoning in natural language processing (Jurafsky and Martin 2023, chapter 22). The entry for tense and aspect in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides a useful overview of the subject, ranging over reference points, Aktionsart and inertia. The aim of this project is to encode these ideas … Read more