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The first language acquisition of scalar inferences from -Cocha 'Even' by Korean-speaking children
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)This thesis investigates the first language acquisition of scalar inferences from Korean particle -cocha 'even.' Based on the fact that also evokes the same existential inference with even, and that also and even have the ... -
Topics in non-convex optimization and learning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Non-convex optimization and learning play an important role in data science and machine learning, yet so far they still elude our understanding in many aspects. In this thesis, I study two important aspects of non-convex ... -
Algorithms and circuits for motor control and learning in the songbird
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)From riding a bike to brushing our teeth, we learn many of our motor skills through trial and error. Many biologically based trial and error learning models depend on a teaching signal from dopamine neurons. Dopamine neurons ...