February 2022 - nlp_reading_group

reading discussion on Feb 28
by Minqian Liu 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

Hi all, We will discuss the following two papers in next week's reading discussion: 1) Language Models as Zero-Shot Planners: Extracting Actionable Knowledge for Embodied Agents. <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.07207.pdf> 2) ALFWorld: Aligning Text and Embodied Environments for Interactive Learning (ICLR 2021). <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.03768.pdf> We will hold the discussion in Torgersen 3160A, 5:30-6:30 pm on Feb. 28. You can also join via Zoom https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/5961845863. Enjoy reading! Best, Minqian

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by Sijia Wang 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

Hi all, Next week's reading discussion will be on the following papers 1. FLIM: Following the Instruction in Language with Modular Methods <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.07342.pdf>. 2. Hierarchical Task Learning from Language Instructions with Unified Transformers and Self-Monitoring. ACL 2021. <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.03427.pdf> We will hold the discussion meeting in Torgersen 3160A, 5:30-6:30 pm on Feb. 21. You may also join via Zoom https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/5961845863. Hope to see you all! Best regards, Sijia Wang Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: +1 (314) 665 8146

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Paper on Monday, Feb 14th
by Ying Shen 13 Feb '22

13 Feb '22

Hello everyone, For the reading group on Monday, Feb 14th, I will be presenting the paper piglet: language grounding through neuro-symbolic interaction in a 3d world <https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00188>. Happy reading! Best, Ying

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First reading discussion this Spring
by Lifu Huang 06 Feb '22

06 Feb '22

Hi everyone, Sorry for this late notification. We will resume the reading discussion starting from next week. It will be scheduled at 5-6pm every Monday. For meeting, there will be one or two students to lead the discussion of 1/2 NLP/CV/ML related papers. The first meeting will be 5-6pm next Monday (Feb. 7) on Zoom (https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/5961845863), led by Deval and Apoorv. They will discuss two multimodal related papers, which are very relevant to our current projects. Deval and Apoorv, pls announce the two papers to this maillist as early as possible, so that others have enough time to read them before the meeting. For others who want to lead the discussion, please feel free to sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hlS7dH3JR8sk15v_qvkeFY6f_kabnsqZ-5w…. It’s very good opportunity to improve your presentation skills, deepen the understanding of the papers, and brainstorm new ideas. Thanks, --------------------------------- Lifu Huang Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech

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