Selected talks
- Joint with Briony Banks. Sensorimotor and linguistic distributional knowledge in semantic category production: An empirical study and model. Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society. University College London (virtualised due to Covid-19 pandemic), January 2021.
- What kind of linguistic distributional information best predicts conceptual processing? A systematic cross-task comparison. Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference. Lancaster University, August 2018.
- Invited speaker. Human and machine solutions for speech recognition: challenges with temporally changing models. RSA & Advanced Computational Methods Workshop (RSA 2018). MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, May 2018.
- Invited speaker. Multivariate mapping of speech representations in auditory cortex using machine models. Technische Universität Dresden, July 2016.
- Invited speaker. Multivariate mapping of speech representations in auditory cortex using machine models. Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Leipzig, July 2016.
- Invited speaker. Understanding human speech recognition: Reverse-engineering the engineering solution using EMEG and RSA. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Neurocomputation: From Brains to Machines. University of Cambridge, November 2015.
- Invited speaker. Using machine speech recogniser state to map phonetic speech responses in the human brain. Computing and Information Systems Seminar. Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, November 2015.
- Invited speaker. Using multivariate analysis of fMRI data to investigate lexical representation. Age, Hearing, and Speech Comprehension. Brandeis University, Boston, MA, July 2014.
- Graphical foundations for dialogue games. Games for logic and programming languages VIII (GaLoP). Queen Mary University London, July 2013.
- Invited speaker. Graphical foundations for dialogue games. Paris Nord Logic, Reasoning, Computation seminar. Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris Nord, June 2013.
- Invited speaker. Graphical foundations for dialogue games. Birmingham Theoretical Computer Science Seminar. Birmingham University, May 2013.
- Main organiser and Guest Editor of ENTCS proceedings. Workshop on Algebra, Coalgebra and Topology. University of Bath, March 2013.
- A graphical foundation for schedules. Conference on the mathematical foundations for programming semantics (MFPS). University of Bath, June 2012.
- Graphical notation schemes. Young Researchers in Mathematics. University of Bristol, April 2012.
- Universals and constructions on categories; Tortile tensor categories and other graphical notation schemes. Bristol Category Theory Seminars. University of Bristol, 2011–2012.
- Video-linked seminar. A graphical foundation for schedules. Mathematical Foundations Seminar. University of Bath and University of Swansea, March 2012.
- Graphical notation schemes: A picture is worth a thousand binary tensor words. Postgraduate Research Seminar. University of Bath, November 2011.
- Graphical notation schemes: A picture is worth a thousand binary tensor words. Mathematical Foundations Seminar. University of Bath, November 2011.
- Lecture series. Graphical notation for monoidal categories and braided monoidal categories. Logic and Semantics Seminars. University of Bath, 2011.
Selected abstracts
- Chao Zhang, Andrew Thwaites, Cai Wingfield.
Studying Language Processing in the Human Brain with Speech and Language Models.
Proceedings of the 22nd Chinese National Conference on Computational Linguistics (Volume 4: Tutorial Abstracts),
Harbin, China, August 2023.
- Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Sensorimotor similarity: A fully grounded and efficient measure of semantic similarity.
2021 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society,
Vienna, Austria (virtualised due to Covid-19 pandemic), July 2021.
- Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Understanding the role of linguistic distributional knowledge in cognition: A systematic comparison of tasks, models and parameters.
The 12th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science,
Dubrovnik, Croatia (virtualised due to Covid-19 pandemic), May 2021.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Sensorimotor and Linguistic Distributional Knowledge in Semantic Category Production: An Empirical Study and Model.
The 12th Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science,
Dubrovnik, Croatia (virtualised due to Covid-19 pandemic), May 2021.
Joint with Briony Banks.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Sensorimotor and linguistic distributional knowledge in semantic category production: An empirical study and model.
The 26th architectures and mechanisms for language processing conference, special session on computational models of language processing,
Potsdam, Germany (virtualised due to Covid-19 pandemic), September 2020.
- Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Understanding the role of linguistic distributional knowledge in cognition: A systematic comparison of tasks, models and parameters.
European Conference for Cognitive Science,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, September 2019.
Winner of a prize for best poster.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Linguistic distributional information and sensorimotor similarity both contribute to semantic category production.
41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society,
Montréal, Canada, July 2019.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Linguistic distributional information and sensorimotor similarity both contribute to semantic category production.
Experimental Psychology Society Meeting,
University of Manchester, UK, April 2019.
- Andrew Thwaites, Cai Wingfield, Eric Wieser, Andrew Soltan, William D Marslen-Wilson, Ian Nimmo-Smith.
Searching for evidence of cortical entrainment to colour appearance models in the adult human brain.
The Annual Colour Group Colour Vision Meeting,
City University London, UK, January 2019.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Linguistic distributional associations predict category member production.
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference,
Lancaster, UK, August 2018.
- Briony Banks, Cai Wingfield, Louise Connell.
Linguistic statistical associations predict category member production.
Psycholinguistics in Flanders,
Ghent, Belgium, July 2018.
- Cai Wingfield, Li Su, Barry Devereux, Xunying Liu, Chao Zhang, Phil Woodland, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Andrew Thwaites, William Marslen-Wilson.
Multi-level representations in speech processing in brain and machine: Evidence from EMEG and RSA.
Cambridge language sciences symposium,
Cambridge, UK, November 2016.
- Cai Wingfield, Li Su, Barry Devereux, Xunying Liu, Chao Zhang, Phil Woodland, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Andrew Thwaites, William Marslen-Wilson.
Multi-level representations in speech processing in brain and machine: Evidence from EMEG and RSA.
Society for the neurobiology of language,
London, UK, August 2016.
- Cai Wingfield, Li Su, Xunying Liu, Chao Zhang, Phil Woodland, Andrew Thwaites, Elisabeth Fonteneau, William Marslen-Wilson.
Investigating human speech recognition: Reverse-engineering the machine solution with EMEG and RSA.
Organisation for human brain mapping,
Geneva, Switzerland, June 2016.
- Cai Wingfield, Li Su, Xunying Liu, Chao Zhang, Phil Woodland, Andrew Thwaites, Elisabeth Fonteneau, William Marslen-Wilson.
Investigating human speech recognition: Reverse-engineering the machine solution with EMEG and RSA.
Cambridge neuroscience seminar,
Cambridge, UK, March 2016.
- Mirjana Bozic, Alexandra Woolgar, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Caroline Whiting, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
Modulation of speech processing following item repetition.
Organisation for human brain mapping,
Beijing, China, June 2012.
- Alexandra Woolgar, Mirjana Bozic, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Caroline Whiting, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
More repetitions or more items? The effects of repeating stimuli on MVPA for fMRI and E/MEG.
Organisation for human brain mapping,
Beijing, China, June 2012.
- Li Su, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Cai Wingfield, Mirjana Bozic, William Marslen-Wilson.
Dynamic morpho-lexical processing revealed by time-resolved MVPA.
British association for cognitive neuroscience conference and annual meeting,
Newcastle, UK, April 2012.
- Li Su, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Cai Wingfield, Mirjana Bozic, William Marslen-Wilson.
Searchlight representational similarity analysis for complex morpho-lexical processes.
Experimental psychology society meeting,
London, UK, January 2012.
- Li Su, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
The dynamics of complex morpholexical processes revealed by searchlight representational similarity analysis of MEG/EEG data.
Neurobiology of language conference,
Annapolis, MD, USA, November 2011.
- Li Su, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
Searchlight Representational Similarity Analysis of Complex Morpholexical Processes.
Experimental Psychology Society: A workshop for William Marslen-Wilson,
June 2011.
- Mirjana Bozic, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
Characterizing lexical complexity computations in the fronto-temporal language network.
Neurobiology of language conference,
San Diego, CA, USA, November 2010.
- Elisabeth Fonteneau, Mirjana Bozic, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
Inflectional and phrasal interactions with lexical processes: an MEG/EEG study.
Neurobiology of language conference,
San Diego, CA, USA, November 2010.
- Elisabeth Fonteneau, Mirjana Bozic, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, Billi Randall, William Marslen-Wilson.
Spatiotemporal dynamics of morphological processing: an MEG/EEG investigation.
Society for Neuroscience,
San Diego, CA, USA, November 2010.
- Li Su, Cai Wingfield, Mirjana Bozic, Elisabeth Fonteneau, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, William Marslen-Wilson.
A Multimodal Approach to Representational Similarity Analysis.
Organisation for human brain mapping,
Barcelona, Spain, June 2010.
- Mirjana Bozic, Li Su, Cai Wingfield, William Marslen-Wilson.
Characterizing lexical complexity computations in the fronto-temporal language network.
Cognitive neuroscience society,
Montréal, Canada, April 2010.