SPENCER CAPLAN

I build computational and algorithmic models of language learning and mental representation. I also use experimental methods (categorization, coordination, parsing, eye-tracking, perceptual learning, on-line reasoning, etc.) and apply quantitative, corpus, and statistical techniques to answer questions in theoretical linguistics... Some secondary academic interests include (in alphabetical order): Chinese languages, cognitive psychology (attention, learning, memory, representation, you name it), evolution, experimental philosophy, formal language theory, language variation and change, NLP (both old-school and statistical), parsing, perception, phonology, social learning, and software engineering... Contact me for complete CV, or feel free to reach out if there's more you want to know, data you can't find, code you can't get to run, or for general research inquiries (a note though about that last time: I generally do not work on second-language learning, applied linguistics, or..

Primary location: New York United States