Talk: Event Reasoning with Large Language Models, Tue 3/5 2:15-3:15 pm ET Tue. March 5, 2024 in ITE325b & online

Structured Event Reasoning with Large Language Models

Li "Harry" Zhang
University of Pennsylvania

2:15-3:15 pm ET March 5, 2024

ITE 325b and Webex

Reasoning about real-life events is a unifying challenge in AI and NLP that has profound utility in a variety of domains, while any fallacy in high-stake applications like law, medicine, and science could be catastrophic. Able to work with diverse text in these domains, large language models (LLMs) have proven capable of answering questions and solving problems. In this talk, I demonstrate that end-to-end LLMs still systematically fail on reasoning tasks of complex events. Moreover, their black-box nature gives rise to little interpretability and user control. To address these issues, I propose two general approaches to use LLMs in conjunction with a structured representation of events. The first is a language-based representation involving relations of sub-events that can be learned by LLMs via fine-tuning. The second is a symbolic representation involving states of entities that can be leveraged by either LLMs or deterministic solvers. On a suite of event reasoning tasks, I show that both approaches outperform end-to-end LLMs in terms of performance and trustworthiness.

Li "Harry" Zhang is a 5th-year PhD student working on Natural Language Processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence at the University of Pennsylvania advised by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch. He earned his Bachelor's degree at the University of Michigan mentored by Prof. Rada Mihalcea and Prof. Dragomir Radev. He has published more than 20 papers in NLP conferences that have been cited more than 1,000 times. He has reviewed more than 50 papers in those venues and has served as Session Chair and Program Chair in many conferences and workshops. Being a musician, producer, content creator of over 50,000 subscribers, he is also passionate in the research of AI music.
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The wait is finally over, VITAL is here! 

The Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) program is a partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and UMBC to help veterans achieve their academic goals. The VITAL program is comprised of VA mental health professionals who can help both student veterans and their universities/colleges by providing and/or assisting with services, resources, and support. 

VITAL can assist with: 

  • Enrollment in VA healthcare.

  • VA and non-VA resources.

  • Academic accommodations.

  • Advocacy for student veterans.

  • Clinical services for veteran students dealing with various daily stressors, including attention issues, difficulty concentrating, stress, sleep problems, memory issues, anger/irritability, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and PTSD.

Additionally, VITAL can assist with:

  • Trainings for faculty/staff.

  • Consultation services for faculty/staff.

Dr. Daniel Koster is our on-campus psychologist for the VITAL program and will be on campus every Monday, beginning March 4, to meet with students, faculty, and staff. To schedule a meeting with Dr. Koster, please email him at Daniel.Koster2@va.gov. 

Help us spread the word, this is a great on-campus resource for our veteran population!

For more information about VITAL at UMBC, email Dennis Walker, OCSS assistant director for veterans services and adult learners. 


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Deadline extended until March 1, 2024.


Apply now to present your research or creative work to the UMBC community at URCAD on April 10, 2014. Be a part of UMBC's largest undergraduate research event! Present your scientific research, art and humanities findings, or show your film, photography, graphic art, theatre performances, musical compositions, dance choreography, video games, and more!

200-word abstract and mentor approval required. Go to:
https://ur.umbc.edu/urcad/forms/

Questions?  email: aprilh@umbc.edu


URCAD is April 10, 2024 from 10am-5pm in the UC.

Alumni Keynote Speaker: Stefanie Mavronis, M.A., Director for the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) 
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Still not convinced? Here are five ways that volunteerism can help with your job search:

  1. Acquire New Skills. As a volunteer, you can help organizations with tasks that you wouldn't be exposed to otherwise. These can be hard skills such as marketing, event planning, or accounting, or transferable skills such as leadership, communication, and team building. Either way, you can learn new skills, or build off of old ones to make them even stronger.
  2. Expand Your Network. As a volunteer you can tap into new networks and gain access to career expertise and knowledge. Through this new group of contacts, you can schedule informational interviews to learn more about their career trajectory. Who knows, these interactions may even lead to your next job.
  3. Try Out What You Like. If you're making a pivot to a new career path, or you want to try something completely new, volunteering allows you to try out a new industry or career field in a lower stakes environment. By determining whether you like what the work entails, you can gain the information you need to decide where you want to go next.
  4. Keep Up with Market Trends. Volunteering in a field you're interested in allows you to keep a pulse on the latest trends in that particular market. By staying current, you'll be able to speak to these trends in a cover letter or interview, which makes you a stronger overall candidate.
  5. Enhance Your Resume. It can be hard to believe, but volunteer experiences still count as experience. If you're unable to volunteer with a community organization, you can volunteer with a faculty member as a research assistant. By engaging in volunteerism, you can add projects and experiences to your resume. You can also use your volunteer experiences as part of the STAR technique in interviews.

Volunteering can make you feel good for multiple reasons: you're helping an organization who needs it and you're working for a good cause. By being more strategic with your volunteerism, you can feel fulfilled personally, while working on your career path.

Learn more about opportunities working for an organization that relies heavily on its volunteers, the American Red Cross, at the Career Corner on March 5, 2024 from 10 AM to 2 PM. 

(1) https://www.americorps.gov/sites/default/files/evidenceexchange/FR_2013_VolunteeringasaPathwaytoEmployment_1.pdf

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Online Sessions, Mondays in April, Noon - 1:00 pm
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Dr. Wei Xiao, postdoctoral associate from MIT, is a faculty candidate in mechanical engineering who will be visiting UMBC this Friday.  Please join us for the seminar he will be giving at 12 noon in ENG 112.  An abstract of his talk and a brief bio are attached.

We look forward to seeing you there.


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Are you currently employed on campus? Let's take that experience a step further!

We're excited to introduce PRAC 102: Building Skills for Career Success, an opportunity exclusively designed for you. This isn't just another class; it's your chance to make your on-campus employment and college experience even more impactful.

Why Enroll in PRAC 102?

Don't Miss Out!

Deadline for Enrollment: March 1, 2024

Eligibility: Must be a UMBC student employed on campus, working a minimum of eight hours per week.

How to Register Online

  1. Log in to Handshake, then navigate to Career Center > Experiences.
  2. Click "Submit an Experience" and select "Career Center - On-Campus Student Employment (PRAC 102- Building Skills for Career Success) - Spring 2024 as the Experience Type. Fill in the required fields and submit.
  3. Your registration will be reviewed within two business days. The Career Center will enroll you directly upon review along with sending you additional details.

Syllabus Attached Below. See you in PRAC 102!

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CSEE Assistant Professor Tejas Gokhale delivered an invited talk at the New Faculty Highlights session at AAAI 2024. Through his talk, titled "Towards Robust Visual Understanding: from Recognition to Reasoning", Dr. Gokhale shared his research on building perception and reasoning models with a focus on benchmarking and improving robustness of data-driven visual understanding systems. Through the New Faculty Highlights session, the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI) recognizes and invites new AI faculty from across the globe to present their research and contribute an article to the AI Magazine. The 2024 cohort includes Prof. Gokhale and twenty-five other AI researchers.

For more information visit - https://www.tejasgokhale.com
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Pronouns: she/her

Semester of Internship: UMBC Magazine- Fall 2023, Career Center- Summer 2023 to present

Major: English (communications and technology track), Media and Communications

Current Class Level: Senior

This semester I completed a(n)...: Internship

Internship, Co-op, or Research Site (Company/Organization Name): UMBC

Location of the Organization (City, State): Catonsville, Maryland

Title of position: UMBC Magazine Editorial Intern and Career Center Social Media Intern

Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities:
I had a few different responsibilities for the UMBC Magazine. I wrote a few stories for it and went through the steps that make up that process, including researching, interviewing, writing a first draft, and revising based on feedback. I also helped upload stories to the UMBC website. Another one of my main focuses was the ""Class Notes"" section of the magazine, which includes shorter updates on UMBC alumni. I helped condense and edit down information for the fall magazine's Class Notes, and I took part in a photoshoot for one of the stories in the magazine.

For the Career Center, my main responsibility is posting on Instagram, LinkedIn, and occasionally myUMBC. I post a variety of content, both made by myself and made by others. When our graphic designers provide a graphic, I often write the caption. I also create some graphics and posts myself—specifically the What's Happening This Week, Intern of the Week, and Career Tip Tuesday series. I also sometimes record videos or take pictures, including small interviews with individuals on campus and events hosted by the Career Center. In addition, I help choose each week's Intern of the Week, so if you're interested in being featured, fill out the form at the bottom of the page!

Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
While in the process of looking for a summer internship, I ran into a former professor on the elevator. I had mentioned my internship to her previously, so she told me about the UMBC Magazine and offered to put me in touch. The magazine already had a summer intern, but I was told I would be kept in mind for the fall.

I still wanted a summer internship, and I had to attend networking events for MCS 144: Professional Communication and Development, so I attended the Career Center Boutique Fair for the Arts. I was encouraged to apply for the social media internship, so I submitted my application through Handshake. After that, I interviewed for the position.

Over the summer, after I had started working for the Career Center, I heard back about the magazine and was offered the internship for the fall. I spent a couple weeks considering my workload, and I ultimately decided to take the second internship.

What resources did you use to find your current experience?
UMBC Career Center, Networking events (UMBC Connects, Info Sessions, Arts With a Purpose, etc.), Faculty Connections, Handshake

What have you enjoyed the most about your position and organization?
I've loved having the opportunity to be creative. Neither journalism or social media were careers that I had heavily considered prior to coming to UMBC, and now I can see myself wanting to continue with either. Coming up with ideas for posts and designing graphics for the Career Center can be fun, and seeing my name in print in the magazine was really rewarding.

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
The Class Notes section is one of the most important sections of the magazine to a lot of people, because it helps alumni share what they have been up to and see what their former classmates have been doing. I also wrote the "Then & Now" story for the previous issue of the magazine, and I think that's an important section because it helps current or recent students connect with UMBC's traditions and history. It was neat to play a role in reaching out to different parts of the UMBC community.

The Career Center is such a great resource for students and alumni, and I know that social media plays a large role in bringing the Career Center and its events to people's attention. I hope I've been able to make an impact through posting things that encourage people to take advantage of their access to the Career Center and its resources. I also think that Intern of the Week in particular makes an impact for similar reasons to why Class Notes make an impact in the UMBC Magazine—it allows students to see themselves, share their accomplishments, and celebrate their friends.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
Don't be afraid to try things. Apply to what excites you, even if you don't think you'll get it. The worst you can get is a no, and you might get surprised and receive a yes. Know your limits, of course, but a lot of the time it can't hurt to say yes to something and see where it takes you. And take advantage of the resources you have at UMBC! There are so many people on campus who want to see students succeed, both at the Career Center and in your classes. Our time as students can pass so quickly, and it's important to take advantage of those resources while you have easy access to them.

Please provide a short reflection or quote about what you liked most about your position / earning internship credit / working with the Career Center.
I've really enjoyed the connections I've made. I've had wonderful experiences getting to know both of my bosses as well as the other staff, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to learn from them. The support I've received has helped my confidence and created an enjoyable environment to work in. The Career Center helped me even before I started working here; I had my resume reviewed when I was searching for an internship, and that really helped my understanding of how to improve it.

Do you want the chance to be the next Intern of the Week? Fill out this form to be considered!
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Good afternoon Gold Card Holders! 

A reminder that tomorrow, February 27, 2024, there will not be a Good Morning Commuters in the morning BUT we will be hosting Good afternoon Commuters! 

Your Gold Card grants you access to Good afternoon Commuters. It will be hosted in University Center 312 12-2pm. The menu will be vegetable egg rolls, buffalo chicken wings, caesar salad, fettuccini alfredo, roasted vegetable lasagna, and rolls. 

Gold Cards can be purchased at the event:
$5 Commuters | $10 Residential & Grad Students
CASH ONLY! 
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