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. 

• New lab members have joined us on September 1: Welcome to Soyoung Oh and Mayank Jobanputra!
• Aug 2023: Marjolein van Os successfully defended her thesis! Congratulations Dr. van Os!
• A new lab member has joined us on August 1: Welcome to Dr. Peter Bourgonje!
• Research Training Group 2853 “Neuroexplicit Models of Language, Vision, and Action” has been accepted for funding by DFG! It is set to start in Oct 2023 -- see https://www.neuroexplicit.org/ for details and job openings! 
• 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)!
• Projects A8 and B2 have been accepted for funding as part of the third phase of SFB 1102!

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)