scholarships available
by Cognitive Science Department, NBU
NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY
Department of Cognitive Science
announces
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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDENTS
are available from HESP (OSI) to students in the
Graduate Program in Cognitive Science at NBU
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PROGRAM FEATURES
Degrees offered: Post-Graduate Diploma, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Duration: 1 to 6 years depending on the degree and the individual learning
and research rate.
Courses: Strong interdisciplinary program covering Psychology, Artificial
Intelligence, Neurosciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Mathematics, Methods.
Courses are taught in English.
Annual International Summer School: the intensive courses given by
distinguished lecturers at the school are part of the regular program.
Research: Theoretical and experimental research in integration of the
symbolic and connectionist approaches, hybrid cognitive architectures,
models of memory and reasoning, analogy, psycholinguistics, aphasia,
vision, imagery, agnosia.
Supervisors: at least two advisors with different backgrounds (possibly one
external international advisor) are assigned to every student.
Dissertation committee: each student is assigned an international
dissertation committee and international reviewers.
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Elizabeth Bates (UCSD, USA), Amedeo Cappelli (CNR, Italy), Cristiano
Castelfranchi (CNR, Italy), Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, USA),
Charles De Weert (University of Nijmegen, Holland), Christian Freksa
(Hamburg University, Germany), Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University,
USA), Christopher Habel (Hamburg University, Germany), Douglas Hofstadter
(Indiana University, USA), Joachim Hohnsbein (University of Dortmund,
Germany), Keith Holyoak (UCLA, USA), Mark Keane (Trinity College, Ireland),
Alan Lesgold (University of Pittsburg, USA), Willem Levelt (Max-Plank
Institute of Psycholinguistics, Holland), Ennio De Renzi (University of
Modena, Italy), David Rumelhart (Stanford University, USA), Richard
Shiffrin (Indiana University, USA), Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins
University, USA), Chris Thornton (University of Sussex, England ), Carlo
Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy), Eran Zaidel (UCLA, USA).
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
* B.Sc./B.A. degree in psychology, computer science, linguistics,
philosophy, neurosciences, or related fields.
* Fluency in English.
Applications can be sent out at any time and will be considered for the
upcoming semester unless otherwise specified.
FINANCIAL AID
Full scholarships (tuition fee and living expenses) are available to
students from Central and Eastern Europe thanks to the Soros Foundation.
For more information and application forms write or e-mail:
Cognitive Science Department,
New Bulgarian University,
21 Montevideo Str.,
Sofia 1635, Bulgaria,
tel.: 558065, fax: 558262,
e-mail: office(a)cogs.nbu.acad.bg or kokinov(a)bgearn.acad.bg
