Prof. Robert C Berwick
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Computational Linguistics
Primary DLC
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
MIT Room:
32-D728
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Natural Language Processing: Computer Models of Language Acquisition and Parsing
Computational Biology and Evolutionary Theory Including Evolution of Language
Artificial intelligence: Formal Models of Learning, Including Inductive Inference and Computational Complexity Analysis of Language
Cognitive Science: Word Learning, Semantics of Natural Languages
Computational Biology and Evolutionary Theory Including Evolution of Language
Artificial intelligence: Formal Models of Learning, Including Inductive Inference and Computational Complexity Analysis of Language
Cognitive Science: Word Learning, Semantics of Natural Languages
Research Summary
Prof. Berwick and his research group investigate computation and cognition, including computational models of language acquisition, language processing, and language change, within the context of machine learning, modern grammatical theory, and mathematical models of dynamical systems. A second line of inquiry is probing the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of human language, including models of language change as well as its biologically-grounded evolutionary origins, in particular, in birdsong.
Professor Berwick has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Award as well as the MIT Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, MIT’s highest honor for junior faculty. He has also received an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He helped found and run MIT’s Center for Biological and Computational Learning for more than 15 years.
Professor Berwick has been the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Award as well as the MIT Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, MIT’s highest honor for junior faculty. He has also received an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He helped found and run MIT’s Center for Biological and Computational Learning for more than 15 years.
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Projects
January 26, 2016Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Biological Foundations of Language
Principal Investigator Robert Berwick
September 24, 2014Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceLanguage From Birdsong
Principal Investigator Robert Berwick
January 9, 2006Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputational Linguistics, Learning Theory
Principal Investigator Robert Berwick