Lehrstuhl Demberg

The group of Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg is affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Language Science and Technology. 

• Our lab is hosting a visiting researcher from Université Paris Cité (France) from February to April, 2023: Welcome to Yiming Liang!
   
• The Workshop on Individual Differences in Pragmatics and Discourse (IndiPRAG) organized by our lab will take place at Saarland University on September 18-19, 2023. Fore more information, please visit the workshop website.
   
• Dec 2022: Ernie Chang successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Chang!
   
• Dec 2022: Pratik Bhandari successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Bhandari!
   
• Projects E2 and E6 have been accepted for funding as part of the second phase of CPEC (SFB TRR 248)!
   
• New members have joined the lab in September 2022: Welcome to Ruitao Feng  and  Dr. Sebastian Schuster!
   
• New members have joined the lab in July 2022: Welcome to Iza Škrjanec and Dongqi Pu!
   
• Projects A8 and B2 have been accepted for funding as part of the third phase of SFB 1102!
   
• Our lab is hosting a visiting scholar from Zhejiang Gongshang University (China) from June 20, 2022 for a one-year research period: Welcome to Dr. Jingqi Yan!

In the news (selected)

• We're on TV! (in German)
• Lecture at the children's university (Kinderuni)

Research Topics

• Computational Cognitive Modelling
• Experimental Psycholinguistics
• Information-theoretic Models of Language Processing
• Coherence Relations in Text, Pragmatics
• Natural Language Generation

Current Projects

• Individualized Interaction in Discourse, (newspaper article) (ERC-STG 948878; Feb 2021- Jan 2026)
• Cognitive Modelling of Information Density for Discourse Relations (SFB 1102, B2; Oct 2014 - June 2026)
• Adapting text generation to individual users (SFB 1102, A8; July 2022 - June 2026)
• Safe Handover in Mixed-Initiative Control (SFB - TR 248, E2; Jan 2019 - Dez 2026)
• Cooperative User Interfaces as Rational Agents (SFB - TR 248, E6; Jan 2023 - Dez 2026)

Completed Projects

• Modelling the Information Density of Event Sequences in Texts (SFB 1102, A3; Oct 2014 - June 2022)
• Language Comprehension and Cognitive Control Demands:  
  Adapting Information Density to Changing Situations and Individual Users (SFB 1102, A4; Oct 2014 - June 2022)