Bonan Zhao (赵博囡)

Apply by checking out: zhaobn.github.io

My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle!

We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.

It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.

Spread the words!

A lineup showing upcoming talks and posters for the CoLab at CogSci 2025. Wednesday Natalia Vélez: Understanding structural diversity in human collaboration Metareasoning Workshop, Pacific H, 10:30-11:10am Thursday Huang Ham: Collaborative encoding of visual working memory P1-H-244 Friday Bonan Zhao (new PI!): Discovering hidden laws in innovation by recombination P2-Z-231 Elizabeth Mieczkowski: A normative account of specialization: How task and environment shape role differentiation in collaboration P2-M-133 Bella Fascendini: Are two-year-olds intrinsically motivated to explore their own competence? Learning & Development 2, Salon 6, 1-2:30pm Saturday Renée Creppy (first-timer!): Children’s expectations of dominant and prestigious leaders P3-C-40 Natalia Vélez: Thinking in teams Invited Symposium: New Theoretical Directions in Cognitive Science Salon 7, 2:15-3:45pm

The CoLab is headed to #CogSci2025!! 🥳 Here's where to find us!

Aerial photograph of Radboud University campus with the Erasmus tower in the foreground: tallest building in Nijmegen & home to the Futures of Language project. Source: RU

We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL

Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci

🧩 On problem solving (6/30, 2-3pm PT): Kelsey Allen, @bonan.bsky.social @ranjaykrishna.bsky.social

Congrats!!!