Antoine Venant

Antoine Venant is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He serves as Deputy Director of the OLST (Observatoire de Linguistique Sens-Texte). His expertise spans computational linguistics, syntax-pragmatics interface, and syntax-semantics interface. He teaches advanced courses in semantics, pragmatics, and natural language processing.

Research interests include discourse analysis, game-theoretic pragmatics, and NLP applications. He leads or co-leads multiple research projects funded by agencies like FRQSC and SSHRC, focusing on lexical analysis, model evaluation, and Bayesian reasoning in discourse. Recent projects include assessing latent structure models using artificial datasets and measuring lexical aptitude of generative language models.

• Supervised Theses: Three Master's theses (2023-2024) addressing pragmatic models, discourse coherence, and danmaku comment classification.
• Grants: Over $1M in research funding from Canadian federal and provincial agencies.
• Affiliations: Deputy Director at OLST; collaborator in interdisciplinary projects bridging linguistics, computer science, and cognitive neuroscience.

His work integrates formal linguistic theory with computational methods, producing tools for evaluating NLP systems and advancing discourse theory through Bayesian modeling frameworks.