Papers
Yiu, E., Qraitem, M., Majhi, A. N., Wong, C., Bai, Y., Ginosar, S.,Gopnik, A. & Saenko, K. (2025). KiVA: Kid-inspired visual analogies for testing large multimodal models (project page). In International Conference on Learning Representations.
Goddu, M.*, Yiu, E.*, & Gopnik, A. (2024). Causal relational problem solving in toddlers. Cognition, 254, 105959.
Yiu, E., Sandbrink, K., & Gopnik, A. (2024). Children prioritize purely exploratory actions in observe-vs.-bet tasks. In CogSci.
Yiu, E., Kosoy, E., & Gopnik, A. (2023). Transmission versus truth, imitation versus innovation: What children can do that large language and language-and-vision models cannot (yet). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17456916231201401.
Wu, W.Y., Yiu, E., Ophir, A. G., & Smith, D. M. (2023). Effects of Social Context Manipulation on Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Neuronal Responses. Hippocampus.
Yiu, E., Collins, J., & Gopnik, A. (2022). Three-Dimensional Object Completion in Humans and Computational Models. In CogSci.
Bambha, V. P., Beckner, A. G., Shetty, N., Voss, A. T., Xie, J., Yiu, E., ... & Casasola, M. (2022). Developmental Changes in Children’s Object Insertions during Play. Journal of Cognition and Development, 1-20.
Conference Presentations
Yiu, E., Qraitem, M., Wong, C., Majhi, A. N., Bai, Y., Ginosar, S.,Gopnik, A. & Saenko, K. KiVA: Kid-inspired visual analogies for testing large multimodal models (2024). Spotlight talk presented at the Multimodal Algorithmic Reasoning Workshop at NeurIPS; 2024 December 15; Vancouver, Canada.
Yiu, E., & Gopnik, A. Transmission versus truth, imitation versus innovation: What children can do that large language and language-and-vision models cannot (yet) (2024). Talk presented at the Brain Science and Large Language Models Symposium organized by Leopoldina and Max Planck Institute for Brain Research; 2024 May 14; Frankfurt, Germany.
Yiu, E., Goddu, M., & Gopnik, A. Causal-functional Reasoning in Children and AI. Talk presented at the Functions, relations, and abstractions in infants, preschoolers, and AI Symposium at Cognitive Development Society Conference; 2024 March 23; Pasadena, CA, USA.
Yiu, E., Sandbrink, K., Liu, E., & Gopnik, A. Children prioritize purely exploratory actions in observe or bet tasks (2023). Poster presented at the Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning Workshop at NeurIPS; 2023 December 16; New Orleans, LA, USA.
Dahmani, A.*, Yiu, E.*, Lee, T. E., Ke, N. R., Kroemer, O., & Gopnik, A. From Child’s Play to AI: Insights into Automated Causal Curriculum Learning (2023). Poster presented at the Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning Workshop at NeurIPS; 2023 December 16; New Orleans, LA, USA.
Yiu, E., Dahmani, A.*, Lee, T. E., Ke, N. R., Kroemer, O., & Gopnik, A. Towards Understanding Automated Causal Curriculum Learning in Humans and Reinforcement Learning Agents (2023). Talk presented at the Interactive Causal Learning Conference; 2023 December 1-2; Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Dahmani, A.*, Yiu, E.*, Lee, T. E., Ke, N. R., Kroemer, O., & Gopnik, A. Towards Understanding Automated Causal Curriculum Learning in Humans and Reinforcement Learning Agents (2023). Talk and poster presented at the 6th International Workshop on Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning; 2023 September 13-15; Paris, France.
Yiu, E., & Gopnik, A. Discovering New Functions in Everyday Tools By Children, Adults and LLMs (2023). Poster presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; 2023 July 26-29; Sydney, Australia.
Yiu, E., & Gopnik, A. Discovering New Functions in Everyday Tools By Children, Adults and LLMs (2023). Poster presented at the Curiosity, Creativity and Complexity Conference; 2023 May 23-25; Columbia University, NY, USA.
Yiu, E., & Gopnik, A. Object Exploration Influences Three-dimensional Object Completion Preferences in Children (2023). Flash Talk presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference; 2023 March 23-25; Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Yiu, E., Collins, J., & Gopnik, A. Three-Dimensional Object Completion in Humans and Computational Models (2022). Talk presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; 2022 July 28-30; Toronto, Canada.
Yiu, E., Collins, J., & Gopnik, A. Symmetry Preference in 3D Object Completion (2022). Poster presented at Cognitive Development Society Conference; 2022 April 21-23; Madison, WI, USA.
Yiu, E., Collins, J., & Gopnik, A. Symmetry Preference in 3D Object Completion (2022). Talk presented at From Neuroscience to Artificially Intelligent Systems (NAISys) Conference; 2022 April 5-9; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA.
Bambha, V., Beckner, A., Shetty, N., Voss, A., Xie, J., Yiu, E., Lobue, V., Oakes, L. & Casasola, M. Developmental changes in children’s object insertions during play (2021). Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference; 2021 April 7-9; Virtual.
Wu, W.Y., Yiu, E., Ophir, A.G., & Smith, D.M. (2019). Spatial firing patterns of hippocampal CA1 neurons are not sensitive to changes in the social context. Poster presented at Society for Neuroscience Conference; 2019 October 19-23; Chicago, IL, USA.
Yiu, E., Chuang, Y.-A., & Worley, P.F. (2019). A Triad3A/RNF216 Mutation in a Mouse Model for Gordon-Holmes Syndrome with a Focus on Arc Ubiquitination and Cerebellar Structure. Poster presented at Johns Hopkins Career, Academic, and Research Experiences for Students Summer Symposium; 2019 July 25; Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yiu, E., Kazi, S., & Casasola, M. (2019). A new task for assessing toddler mental rotation. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference; 2019 March 21-23; Baltimore, MD, USA.
Honors, Grants & Awards
June 2023 | Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Biennial Graduate Student Travel Award |
June 2023 | 6th Google-BAIR Commons Grant Project Title: Learning and Optimizing Causal Structures through Intrinsic Objectives: A Comparative Study of Human and Artificial Agents |
June 2023 | 5th Meta AI-BAIR Commons Grant Project Title: A Curriculum for Foundational AI Models Inspired by Human Cognition |
May 2023 | Curiosity, Creativity and Complexity Conference Travel Award at Columbia University |
May 2023 | Computational Cognitive Models of Learning and Development Workshop Travel Award at Harvard University |
May 2020 | Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society Membership for Excellence in Liberal Arts & Sciences) |
May 2020 | Robert R. Capranica Award (Undergraduate Research Award for Outstanding Thesis in Neuroethology) Thesis Title: The Relationship between Spatial Occupancy Time & Firing Patterns of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons in Response to Changes in the Social Context Advisor: Dr. David Smith |
May 2020 | T.A. Ryan Award (Best Undergraduate Honors Project in Psychology) Thesis Title: Does Toddler Mental Rotation Relate to Their Processing Strategies and Play? Advisor: Dr. Marianella Casasola |
Fall 2016 - Fall 2019 | Dean’s List of the College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship Awarded all semesters, except for Spring 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19) |
Summer School
July 2024 | Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom. |
May 2023 | Computational Cognitive Models of Learning and Development Workshop Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
Aug 2022 | Brains, Minds & Machines Summer Course Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. |