Jakub Szymanik

Meaning and Computation Lab

Output of ERC grant Cognitive Semantics and Quantities summing up much of my research on up to 2022.

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I am an Associate Professor at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMeC) and the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento. Before joining CiMeC through a direct call in 2022, I held the same position at the University of Amsterdam (2013–2022), where I led research projects at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation. I hold the Italian National Scientific Qualification as a Full Professor in Linguistics (10/G1) and as an Associate Professor in Computer Science (INF01).

Compositionality & Reasoning — Workshop in Warsaw

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On January 8, 2026, I’m co-organizing the one-day workshop “Compositionality and Reasoning in AI and Cognitive Science” in Warsaw. We’ll gather researchers to discuss compositionality, structured representations, and the integration of neural and symbolic reasoning. Invited speakers will include: Dieuwke Hupkes (Meta AI Research) and Ian Pratt-Hartmann (University of Manchester). Venue details coming soon. More info and updates: https://manuel-vg.github.io/compositionality-workshop-2026/ (manuel-vg.github.io)

Call for Proposals to Host the 38th ESSLLI, 2027

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The Association for Logic, Language, and Computation (FoLLI) and the ESSLLI Standing Committee invite proposals to host the 38th European Summer School in Logic, Language, and Information (ESSLLI), to be …

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XPrag.it keynote

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In September, I am honored to deliver a keynote lecture at the XPrag.it conference in Lido. This conference serves as a prominent platform for the Italian experimental pragmatics community, covering …

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Moving to CIMeC

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Starting September 1, I am a principal investigator in the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences and an associate professor at the Computer Science Department at the University of Trento. I’m very …

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CoSaQ Final Workshop

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On May 17th and 18th, we will have the pleasure of hosting the final workshop of the ERC Cognitive Semantics project. We will have a great lineup of speakers presenting …

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Looking for a postdoctoral researcher

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Are you interested in how people represent the word meaning? Are you curious about how individual differences affect linguistic communication? Do you have experience in combining computational cognitive modeling and …

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The Nature & Nurture appearance

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I was recently interviewed by Adam Omary for his podcast The Nature & Nurture. We talked about some of my research on logic, language, computation, and cognition. You can listen …

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Meaning, Logic, and Cognition

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This year we have finally restarted the tradition of having research meetings for the Logic and Language group at ILLC. The new reincarnation of the seminar is Meaning, Logic, and …

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