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50+ presentations at international conferences, workshops, and invited colloquia

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2026 1 talk
Invited
Do Large Language Models Approximate Social Meaning? Evidence from the Social Evaluation Model
Leibniz MMS-Days 2026 · Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt/Oder, Germany · Mar. 3
LLM evaluationpragmaticssocial meaning
2025 2 talks
Podcast
Wann genau ist genau genug? Wie unser Weltwissen sprachliche Entscheidungen beeinflusst
Register Geknister — Linguistics Podcast, CRC 1412, Humboldt University Berlin · Mar. 31
pragmatics(im)precision
Invited
Modeling strategic choices in indirect requests
Leibniz MMS Days 2025, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany · Mar. 27
pragmaticsmodeling
2024 2 talks
Conference
Social meaning and pragmatic reasoning: The case of (im)precision
ELM3 — Experiments in Linguistic Meaning, University of Pennsylvania, PA (online) · Jun. 12
pragmaticssocial meaning
Invited
Modeling pragmatic choices and their social meanings: A case study of (im)precision
Leibniz MMS Days 2024, Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials, Kaiserslautern, Germany · Apr. 11
pragmaticsmodeling
2023 2 talks
Invited
Modeling Imprecision in Context
Wiener Sprachgesellschaft, University of Vienna, Austria · Nov. 28
pragmatics(im)precision
Conference
Social Meaning of (Im)precision: Testing a Pragmatic Approach (poster)
Social Meaning Berlin 2023, Berlin, Germany · Nov. 15
pragmaticssocial meaning
2022 1 talk
Conference
Modeling the Origins of Communication: Alignment of Interests and Social Cues Thereof (online poster)
Joint Conference on Language Evolution (JCoLE), Kanazawa, Japan · Sep. 6
language dynamicspragmatics
2021 4 talks
Invited
Population-Level Models of Evolutionary Pragmatics
Evolutionary Pragmatics Forum · Nov. 26
language dynamicspragmatics
Conference
The Evolution of Ambiguity in Communication Systems
Protolang 7, Düsseldorf, Germany · Sep. 8
language dynamicssignaling
Workshop
The Evolution of Ambiguity in the Lab
Workshop on Experimental Semiotics and Evolutionary Pragmatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland · Aug. 26
language dynamicsexperimental
Workshop
Politeness & Reputation
Workshop on Oppressive Speech, Societies and Norms, Berlin, Germany · Feb. 18
pragmaticssocial norms
2020 2 talks
Workshop
(UN)Fairness and Bargaining Games
Workshop on Oppressive Speech, Societies and Norms, Berlin, Germany · Dec. 3
game theorysocial norms
Conference
A Cultural-Evolutionary Model of Politeness Strategies and Reputation
Evolang XIII, Brussels, Belgium · Apr. 16 (cancelled due to Covid-19)
language dynamicspragmatics
2019 3 talks
Workshop
Signaling Games, Evolution, Learning, and the Evolution of Ambiguity
Workshop on the Economics of Human Language, Protolang 6, Lisbon, Portugal · Sep. 11
language dynamicssignaling
Conference
Learning across Prisoners' and Hunters' Games
LEG2019: Learning, Evolution & Games, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv · Jun. 26
game theoryRL
Workshop
Categorization Learning across Prisoners' and Hunters' Games
4th Agent-Based Models of Organizational Behavior (ABM04) Workshop, University of Bozen, Italy · May 3
game theoryRL
2018 4 talks
Conference
Polite Requests and the Division of Pragmatic Labor
20th International Congress of Linguistics (ICL20), University of Cape Town, South Africa · Jul. 3
pragmaticspoliteness
Conference
Cognitive Frames and Cooperation over Give-Take-Collect Games
1st ODYCCEUS Conference, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Leipzig, Germany · Jun. 20
game theorycooperation
Conference
Evolutionary Stability of Linguistic Politeness and the Politeness Equilibrium Principle
Evolang XII, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland · Apr. 19
language dynamicspragmatics
Invited
On the Evolutionary Foundations of Polite Requests — A Game-Theoretic Perspective
Pragmatics Working Group, Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH · Mar. 9
pragmaticsgame theory
2017 8 talks
Conference
Evolutionary Stability of Linguistic Politeness
Inaugural Cultural Evolution Society Conference, University of Jena, Germany · Sep. 13
language dynamicspragmatics
Workshop
How to share Cultural Frames: Approximation Dynamics within Game Spaces under Coarse Recognition
Focus Workshop on "Game Theory and Partial Representations", Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden · Sep. 11
game theorylanguage dynamics
Invited
Population Dynamics within Cultural Frames: A Game-Theoretic Study of Conflict and Cooperation
Departmental Colloquium, Dept. of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine, CA · Sep. 5
game theorylanguage dynamics
Conference
The Utterance Selection Model and Different Types of Replicator Selection
23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL 23), University of Texas at San Antonio, TX · Aug. 4
language dynamics
Workshop
Grammaticalization and the Loss of Optimal Grammars
Workshop on Language Change for the Worse, LMU Munich, Germany · May 28
language dynamicsgame theory
Conference
Diachrony of Progressive Grammars
23rd Germanic Linguistics Conference (GLAC 23), University of Texas, Austin, TX · Apr. 21
language dynamics
Workshop
Pragmatics and Language Evolution — A Game-Theoretic Perspective
Workshop on "Evolutionary Inspirations in Language Studies", Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland · Apr. 6
pragmaticslanguage dynamics
Invited
The Evolution of Coordination, Cooperation and Communication — A Game-Theoretic Approach
Departmental Colloquium, Centre for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland · Feb. 7
language dynamicsgame theory
2016 10 talks
Workshop
Diversity and Change of Case Marking Patterns
Workshop on "Formal Diachronic Semantics" (FODS), University of Konstanz, Germany · Sep. 14
language dynamics
Workshop
Competition and Optimization in Language Change — An Evolutionary Perspective
Workshop on "Meaning, Optimization and Interaction", Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, France · Sep. 9
language dynamics
Conference
Semantics and Pragmatics of Aspectual Markers: A Game-Theoretic Model
49th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, University of Naples Federico II, Italy · Sep. 1
pragmaticsgame theory
Invited
Progressive-Imperfective Morphology (not only) in the Germanic Languages
Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, UC Berkeley, CA · Apr. 1
language dynamics
Invited
The HOW and WHY in Language Change — A new Perspective in Historical Semantics
Departmental Colloquium, Stanford University, CA · Mar. 29
language dynamics
Conference
Self-Organization in Sound Systems: A model of Sound Strings Processing Agents (poster)
Evolang XI, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA · Mar. 22
language dynamicsmodeling
Conference
The Emergence of the Progressive to Imperfective Diachronic Cycle in Reinforcement-Learning Agents
Evolang XI, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA · Mar. 21
language dynamicsRL
Workshop
Simulating Language Change in Social Networks through Dynamics of Learning and Innovation
Evolang XI Workshop on "Creativity and Innovation in the Evolution of Language", Tulane University, New Orleans, LA · Mar. 21
language dynamicsnetworks
Conference
Diachrony of Aspectual Markers: Exploring Language Change with Game Theory
40th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC 40), University of Pennsylvania, PA · Mar. 18
language dynamicsgame theory
Workshop
Modelling the Grammaticalization Path of Functional Morphemes — A Game-Theoretic Analysis
17th International Morphology Meeting, Workshop on Computational Methods, Vienna University of Economics and Business · Feb. 19
language dynamicsgame theory
2015 3 talks
Invited
Unidirectional Language Change — A Game-Theoretic Analysis
Departmental Colloquium, LMU Munich, Germany · Nov. 25
language dynamicsgame theory
Conference
The Long-Term Benefits of Following Fairness Norms: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA 2015), Bertinoro, Italy · Oct. 26
game theorymulti-agent systems
Invited
Signaling Games: Dynamics of Evolution and Learning
Departmental Colloquium, CIMI, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France · Apr. 3 & 10
language dynamicssignaling
2014 4 talks
Conference
Meaning, Evolution, and the Structure of Society
1st European Conference on Social Intelligence (ECSI-2014), Barcelona, Spain · Nov. 5
language dynamicsAI
Conference
Convention and Innovation in Social Networks
ECSI-2014, Barcelona, Spain · Nov. 3
language dynamicsnetworks
Conference
Structure and Variation of Signaling Conventions
ECSI-2014, Barcelona, Spain · Nov. 3
language dynamicssignaling
Conference
Modality Switch in Human Language Evolution
Evolang X, University of Vienna, Austria · Apr. 14
language dynamics
2013 1 talk
Workshop
The Game of Life, Decision and Communication
Workshop on Logical Models of Group Decision Making, ESSLLI 2013, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany · Aug. 16
game theorylanguage dynamics
2012 8 talks
Workshop
Interdependence of Production and Perception in Signaling Games
Workshop on "Game Theory and Pragmatics", ZAS Berlin, Germany · Oct. 6
pragmaticssignaling
Conference
The Emergence of Human Language: Simulating Multi-Modal Communication
Conference 'From Grooming to Speaking', University of Lisbon, Portugal · Sep. 11
language dynamics
Workshop
Where Innovation Meets Evolution: Signaling Game Dynamics and the Vowel Space
Workshop on "Formal Models of Communication", ESSLLI 2012, University of Opole, Poland · Aug. 6
language dynamicssignaling
Conference
Work & Play — Simulating Language Contact
36th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC 2012), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA · Mar. 25
language dynamics
Conference
Conquest, Contact, and Convention: Simulating the Norman Invasion's Impact on Linguistic Usage (poster)
BRIMS 2012, Amelia Island, Florida · Mar. 15
language dynamics
Conference
Simulating the Emergence of Conventions in Small-World Networks
BRIMS 2012, Amelia Island, Florida · Mar. 12
language dynamicsnetworks
Conference
Signaling Conventions in Small-World Networks
3rd International Workshop on Complex Networks (CompleNet 2012), Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL · Mar. 8
language dynamicsnetworks
Conference
Signaling Conventions in Small-World Networks (poster)
Linguistic Evidence (LingEvid 2012), Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany · Feb. 10
language dynamicsnetworks
2011 2 talks
Workshop
Signaling Conventions: Who Learns What Where and When in a Social Network?
Workshop on "Theoretical Pragmatics" (TPrag 2011), ZAS Berlin, Germany · Oct. 15
language dynamicssignaling
Conference
Learning Implicatures as Conventions
Conference on Meaning, Context and Cognition (MCC 2011), University of Lodz, Poland · Mar. 25
pragmaticslanguage dynamics
2010 1 talk
Workshop
Learning with Neighbors
Workshop TIDIAD 2010, ESSLLI 2010, University of Copenhagen, Denmark · Aug. 19
language dynamicslearning