Language Generation Day

A day-long workshop on language generation in the limit.

Friday, March 6, 2026 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM PST

Registration is free but RSVP is required.

When
Friday, March 6, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM PST
Where
Stanford campus · Room Y2E2 105

Overview

When is language generation possible from examples? Language generation in the limit studies this question at a foundational level: given samples from an unknown language, can we generate new strings that are valid and have not already been seen in the data?

This is a growing area, which already includes a rich set of extensions (including stronger and more diverse notions of generation and algorithms robust to contamination in data), while building bridges to other parts of theoretical CS, learning theory, and mathematics.

This workshop brings together Stanford students and researchers interested in these foundations and recent developments, with short talks and discussion on emerging directions and open problems.

Program

All times PST. Schedule is subject to minor updates.

Time Session
09:30–10:00
Breakfast and coffee
10:00–11:00
Introductory talk
Jon Kleinberg (50 min talk + 10 min Q&A)
11:00–12:00
Contributed talks
Two talks · 25 min + 5 min Q&A each · speakers and order TBA
12:00–13:00
Lunch
13:00–14:00
Contributed talks
Two talks · 25 min + 5 min Q&A · speaker TBA
14:00–14:15
Coffee + setup
14:15–15:15
Discussion session
Open problems and future directions
15:15–15:30
Closing comments

Speakers

Talk titles and abstracts will be posted here as they are confirmed.

Resources

An actively updated collection of papers related to this topic is available here: languagegeneration.github.io

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