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He earned his PhD in Computer Science at Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, where his research focused on representing and generating text using information measures, and he received the Best Paper Award at AAAI 2022.<br><br>This talk is supported by <a href="https://www.it.pt/Projects/Index/4863">DECOLLAGE</a>, <a href="https://ellis.eu/units/lisbon">ELLIS Unit Lisbon</a>, <a href="https://www.it.pt/Projects/Index/4829">UTTER</a>, and <a href="https://www.it.pt/Projects/Index/4830">CRAI (NextGenAI)</a>.<br><br>Don't miss it! 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