Efficient compression and the evolution of semantic systems
Publications
Efficient human-like semantic representations via the Information Bottleneck principle
Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Terry Regier, Naftali Tishby
2017
CIAI @ NeurIPSEfficient compression in color naming and its evolution
ELSC Prize for Outstanding Publication
Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Terry Regier, Naftali Tishby
2018
PNASCommunicative need in color naming
Noga Zaslavsky, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2019
CNPSemantic categories of artifacts and animals reflect efficient coding
Noga Zaslavsky, Terry Regier, Naftali Tishby, Charles Kemp
2019
CogSciEvolution and efficiency in color naming: The case of Nafaanra
Noga Zaslavsky*, Karee Garvin*, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2019
CogSciInformation-Theoretic Principles in the Evolution of Semantic Systems
Noga Zaslavsky
2020
PhD Thesis, The Hebrew UniversityToward human-like object naming in artificial neural systems
Tiwalayo Eisape, Roger Levy, Joshua Tenenbaum, Noga Zaslavsky
2020
BAICS @ ICLRBayesian Approaches to Color Category Learning
Thomas Griffiths, Noga Zaslavsky
2021
Encyclopedia of Color Science and TechnologyCrosslinguistic patterns in person systems reflect efficient coding
Mora Maldonado*, Noga Zaslavsky*, Jennifer Culbertson
2021
CUNYLet's talk (efficiently) about us: Person systems achieve near-optimal compression
Noga Zaslavsky*, Mora Maldonado*, Jennifer Culbertson
2021
CogSciThe evolution of color naming reflects pressure for efficiency: Evidence from the recent past
Noga Zaslavsky*, Karee Garvin*, Charles Kemp, Naftali Tishby, Terry Regier
2022
Journal of Language EvolutionTowards Human-Agent Communication via the Information Bottleneck Principle
Mycal Tucker, Julie Shah, Roger Levy, Noga Zaslavsky
2022
RSS Workshop on Social Intelligence in Humans and RobotsTrading off Utility, Informativeness, and Complexity in Emergent Communication
Mycal Tucker, Julie Shah, Roger Levy, Noga Zaslavsky
2022
NeurIPSEvidence for a language-independent conceptual representation of pronominal referents
Mora Maldonado, Noga Zaslavsky, Jennifer Culbertson
2023
CogSci