Co-organized the 2011 IPAM Graduate Summer School on Probabilistic Models of Cognition.
Research Experience
Taught multiple courses at Stanford University, such as Language and Thought (Psych 132), Computation and Cognition: the Probabilistic Approach (Psych 204 / CS 428), Foundations of Cognition (Psych 205), Introduction to Cognitive Science (Psych 035, SymSys 100, Ling 144, Phil 190). Also organized several seminars, including Topics in Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Seminar on the Science of Meditation, and Probabilistic Models of Social Behavior and Affect.
Background
Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, and Linguistics (by courtesy), at Stanford University. Research interests include computational models of cognition, probabilistic programming languages, natural language semantics and pragmatics, concepts, categorization, and intuitive theories, social cognition, and cognitive development.