Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 04/02/2026📣 FLaNN 2026 at Yale 🍮 Invited talks+posters (non-archival): expressivity, computation, and learning in neural nets/LLMs Speakers: Pablo Barceló, David Chiang, Will Merrill, Naomi Saphra, Gail Weiss Abstracts due Feb 12, 2026 Details: flann.cs.yale.edu 232
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Deadline in just under two weeks! 011
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Announcing the first Workshop on Formal Languages and Neural Networks (FLaNN)! We invite the submission of abstracts for posters that discuss the formal expressivity, computational properties, and learning behavior of neural network models, including large language models (LLMs). 1105
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Read the cookbook: arxiv.org/abs/2510.00368 Join us for weekly seminars on formal language theory, ML, NLP, and more: flannseminars.github.io 012
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 03/10/2025We present The Transformer Cookbook: a collection of recipes for programming algorithms directly into transformers! Hungry for an induction head? Craving a Dyck language recognizer? We show you step-by-step how to cook up transformers for these algorithms and many more!arxiv.orgThe Transformer CookbookWe present the transformer cookbook: a collection of techniques for directly encoding algorithms into a transformer's parameters. This work addresses the steep learning curve of such endeavors, a prob... 155
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 03/10/2025There is no better way to understand what transformers can do than to get your hands dirty and construct them, weight-by-weight. The Transformer Cookbook provides a guide for anyone aiming to understand the expressive power of transformers on such a formal level. 112
Reposted by J. Llarenapentagonalize.bsky.social @pentagonalize.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Thanks to all the chefs: @ccwatson.bsky.social, @antonxue.bsky.social, @satwik77.bsky.social, @ll4r3n4.bsky.social, @lambdaviking.bsky.social, Emile Dos Santos Ferreira, @anejsvete.bsky.social, @dchiang.bsky.social 122