The International Workshop on Cross-linguistic Databases and Norms was successfully held between 31 May and 1 June 2025 in Shanghai, bringing together over 100 scholars, students, and relevant stakeholders from leading institutions across the United States, Belgium, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China.
Jointly initiated by our Faculty Dean Prof. Li Ping and Prof. Cai Qing from the East China Normal University (ECNU), the Workshop aimed to explore fundamental questions in language and cognitive science and promote interdisciplinary research through collaboration in building and sharing cross-linguistic resources. This event was hosted by ECNU, co-organised by PolyU, the Language Specialty Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society, and the Shanghai Psychological Society.
Keynote speakers from the University included Prof. Li Ping, who explored child language acquisition and large language models, highlighting advances in aligning AI models with human brain activity; and Prof. Brian MacWhinney, Visiting Chair Professor of Language Development and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who showcased the latest development of the TalkBank platform—a global multilingual corpus he founded. Other keynote speakers included Prof. Uri Hasson from Princeton University, Prof. Marc Brysbaert from Ghent University, Prof. Bi Yanchao from Peking University, and Dr Tan Li-han from the Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience.
The Workshop made significant strides in advancing language resource development and interdisciplinary exchange, laying a strong foundation for future international collaboration in language and cognitive science.
Jointly initiated by our Faculty Dean Prof. Li Ping and Prof. Cai Qing from the East China Normal University (ECNU), the Workshop aimed to explore fundamental questions in language and cognitive science and promote interdisciplinary research through collaboration in building and sharing cross-linguistic resources. This event was hosted by ECNU, co-organised by PolyU, the Language Specialty Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society, and the Shanghai Psychological Society.
Keynote speakers from the University included Prof. Li Ping, who explored child language acquisition and large language models, highlighting advances in aligning AI models with human brain activity; and Prof. Brian MacWhinney, Visiting Chair Professor of Language Development and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who showcased the latest development of the TalkBank platform—a global multilingual corpus he founded. Other keynote speakers included Prof. Uri Hasson from Princeton University, Prof. Marc Brysbaert from Ghent University, Prof. Bi Yanchao from Peking University, and Dr Tan Li-han from the Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience.
The Workshop made significant strides in advancing language resource development and interdisciplinary exchange, laying a strong foundation for future international collaboration in language and cognitive science.
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