Workshop on Model Theoretic Representations in Phonology

Rationale

This workshop brings together researchers studying phonological representations from a computational perspective and the role they play in describing, understanding, and the learning of, phonological processes.

When and Where

Dates: September 22-24, 2022
Place: Stony Brook University, IACS seminar room (also virtually by zoom, details TBA)
There is no fee to register or attend the workshop, but please register for planning purposes.
UPDATE: In-person registration is now closed.

Questions?

Contact Jeff Heinz

Schedule

Google folder where electronic talk materials will be deposited

Thursday September 22

15:00	Jeff Heinz and Scott Nelson (Stony Brook) “The Past, Present, and Future of Model Theoretic Phonology”
16:00	Hossep Dolatian (Stony Brook) Tutorial “Implementing logic-based approaches to phonology”
17:00	Eric Meinhardt (UCSD) Tutorial “SMT solvers as a research tool for phonology”

Friday September 23

Talks

09:00	Siddharth Bhaskar (JMU) and Jane Chandlee (Haverford) and Adam Jardine (Rutgers) “Boolean monadic recursive schemes and the rational and subsequential functions”
09:30	Jon Rawski (SJSU) and Lucie Baumont (CEA Paris Saclay) “Phonology and the Linguistic Swampland”
10:00	Broader Discussion
10:20	BREAK
10:30	Eileen Blum (Rutgers) “The computational effects of multi-tiered ARs on vowel harmony”
11:00	Andrew Lamont (UCL) “The phonotactics of nasal cluster dissimilation”
11:30	Broader Discussion
11:50	LUNCH
13:30	Olivia Griffin (UCSD) and Jia He Sun (Queens U) “Computational Complexity and Iconic Functions of Morphophonological Processes”
14:00	Andrija Petrovic (Stony Brook) “Formalizing morphology over strings: Insights from the interfaces”
14:30	Broader Discussion
14:50	BREAK
15:00	Nick Danis (Washington U) “Natural class-preserving transductions among phonological representations”
15:30	Scott Nelson (Stony Brook) “Gestures, Coupling Graphs, and Strings”
16:00	Broader Discussion
16:20	BREAK
16:30	Huteng Dai (Rutgers) “Learning phonological constraints in the presence of exceptions”
17:00	Kyle Gorman (CUNY) “Black-box morphophonology”
17:30	Broader Discussion
17:50	BREAK FOR DINNER (LOCATION TBD)

Saturday September 24

09:00-09:55	Panel Discussion Part 1: "Reflections" featuring Eric Bakovic (UCSD), Karthik Durvasula (MSU), Adam Jardine (Rutgers), Kristine Yu (UMass) and moderated by Scott Nelson (SBU)
09:55-10:10	Panel Discussion Part 1: Q and A with audience
10:20-11:15	Panel Discussion Part 2: "How to connect with the broader linguistic community" featuring Eric Bakovic (UCSD), Karthik Durvasula (MSU), Adam Jardine (Rutgers), Kristine Yu (UMass) and moderated by Scott Nelson (SBU)
11:15-11:30	Panel Discussion Part 2: Q and A with audience
11:30	Concluding remarks
12:00	The End

Acknowledgments

We thank the Institute for Advanced Computional Science and the Department of Linguistics for their support.