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From: "Varmus, Harold" <hvarmus(a)mail.nih.gov>
The commentary period for the E-biomed proposal has
been enormously helpful, and after considering the
hundreds of letters and e-mail messages we have
received, and the many meetings we have held, we
have issued a statement on e-publication and the NIH
repository for life sciences literature.
It will also be available on the NIH Web site at
http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/pubmedcentral/pubmedcentral.htm
Thank you for your help in this work. I welcome your
ongoing support of PubMed Central.
Harold Varmus, M.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
PUBMED CENTRAL: AN NIH-OPERATED SITE FOR
ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH REPORTS
In the four months since we proposed E-biomed -- a system
that would make results from the world's life sciences
research community freely available on the Internet
(http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/ebiomed/ebiomed.htm) --
we have heard from hundreds of people and have had
discussions with dozens of interested organizations. Whether
they support or oppose the proposal, these commentators have
made valuable suggestions, many of which have been
incorporated into this statement.
Although the fundamental principles that motivated our
proposal remain, specific aspects have evolved in significant
ways. First, the scope of the content has expanded to
include the life sciences in general, including plant and
agricultural research as well as biology and medicine.
Second, the screening of non-peer-reviewed reports will be
the responsibility of groups that have no direct relationship
to the NIH.
In an effort to put the system into operation, the NIH will
establish a Web-based repository for barrier-free access to
primary reports in the life sciences. This repository --
which we consider to be the initial site in an international
system -- will be called PubMed Central, based on its natural
integration with the existing PubMed biomedical literature
database. PubMed itself will extend its coverage of the life
sciences and continue its linkage to external online
journals.
PubMed Central will archive, organize and distribute peer-
reviewed reports from journals, as well as reports that have
been screened but not formally peer-reviewed. In addition,
it will coordinate with similar efforts to establish servers
internationally, including those overseen by the European
Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Scientific
publishers, professional societies, and other groups
independent of the NIH will have complete responsibility for
the input to PubMed Central. Copyright will reside with the
submitting groups (i.e., the publishers, societies, or
editorial boards) or the authors themselves, as determined by
the participants.
Peer-reviewed reports will be provided to PubMed Central from
participating publishers and societies that have mediated the
review process. The submission of content to PubMed Central
can occur at any time after acceptance for publication, at
the discretion of the participants. Although early
deposition offers the greatest benefit to the scientific
community, we recognize the concerns of publishers about
financial consequences of rapid submission and will welcome
content submitted at any time.
The non-peer-reviewed reports will also enter PubMed Central
through independent organizations, which will be responsible
for screening this material. Many of the non-peer-reviewed
reports will be "preprints," both deposited in PubMed Central
and subjected to formal peer review by journal editorial
boards. In other cases, these reports may never be submitted
to a journal for traditional peer review, yet will be
deposited in PubMed Central because, in the judgment of the
screening organization, they provide valuable data to the
research community. Some publishers and societies have
already planned preprint servers, and we believe that such
groups -- and other responsible groups yet to be constituted
-- can bring diversity and experience to the oversight of the
non-peer-reviewed material. We emphasize that this material
will be clearly distinguishable from the peer-reviewed
content of PubMed Central.
NIH's responsibility will be limited to maintaining this
central repository, specifically:
* Facilitating the input of SGML-tagged content from
submitters;
* Developing technology for enhanced retrieval,
presentation, and navigation;
* Improving the access to and utility of the content in
PubMed Central for other information resources,
publishers, and database groups;
* Coordinating with the repository efforts of international
partners in the system; and
* Archiving the content and working to guarantee
accessibility in the future.
An international advisory committee will be constituted by
learned societies interested in fostering the development of
PubMed Central and the collaborating international
repositories. One of the important functions of the
advisory committee will be to establish criteria for
certifying groups that may submit peer-reviewed or screened
material to PubMed Central. In the meantime, the initial
criteria will be:
* Any journal currently indexed by the major abstracting
and indexing services: EMBASE, Biosis, MEDLINE, Science
Citation Index, Agricola, PsycINFO, and Chemical Abstracts.
* Any organization with at least three members who are
principal investigators on research grants from major
funding agencies and foundations (for example, NIH, NSF,
DOE, NASA, or HHMI in the United States, and equivalent
organizations abroad).
In order to facilitate participation in this initiative, some
of the expenses associated with publication may shift from
readers to authors. As they do with journal subscriptions,
page charges, and reprints, NIH grantees (and those of other
funding agencies) may choose to use funds to pay any
additional expenses, e.g., submission and document
preparation charges.
Participating journals and other organizations will submit
complete research reports to PubMed Central and access to the
entire report will be free to individuals through PubMed
Central. The status of all reports -- peer-reviewed or
screened -- and the identity of the contributing organization
will be clearly indicated. The PubMed Central staff will
work with the publisher to establish an efficient data flow
and make this content available as soon as possible. They
will also work to satisfy publishers' needs to preserve the
distinctive appearance of their journals' contents in PubMed
Central without compromising the overall utility of the
repository. Appropriate links to the publisher's site will
also be included. PubMed Central will solicit the views of
participating publishers to best serve their needs and
enhance the value of the overall resource.
We now invite the scientific community to engage in this
exciting new venture. We plan to be ready to make reports
accessible through PubMed Central by January 2000.
Publishers, societies, editorial boards and other
organizations interested in depositing content in PubMed
Central are urged to contact us at PubMedCentral(a)nih.gov.
August 30, 1999
Below is the abstract of the Precis of a book that will shortly be
circulated for Multiple Book Review in Behavioral and Brain
Sciences (BBS):
SIMPLE HEURISTICS THAT MAKE US SMART: BBS MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW
Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, and the ABC Research Group,
This book has been accepted for a muliple book review to be published in
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary
journal providing Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial
current research in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences.
Reviewers must be BBS Associates or nominated by a BBS Associate. (All
prior BBS referees, editors, authors, and commentators are also equivalent
to Associates.) To be considered as a reviewer for this article, to
suggest other appropriate reviewers, or for information about how to
become a BBS Associate, please send EMAIL to, BEFORE September 20, 1999:
bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk
or write to [PLEASE NOTE SLIGHTLY CHANGED ADDRESS]:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ECS: New Zepler Building
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton
SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/
If you are not a BBS Associate, please send your CV and the name of a BBS
Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is familiar with
your work. All past BBS authors, referees and commentators are eligible to
become BBS Associates.
To help us put together a balanced list of reviewers, please give some
indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring your
areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a reviewer. An
electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection with a
WWW browser according to the instructions that follow after the
abstract. Please also specify (1) If you need the book (2) whether you
can make it by the deadline of December 10, 1999.
Please note that it is the book, not the Precis, that is to be reviewed.
It would be helpful if you indicated in your reply whether you already
have the book or would require a copy.
_____________________________________________________________
Precis of Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
BBS MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart, was published by
Oxford University Press 1999.
Peter M. Todd & Gerd Gigerenzer
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany
ptodd(a)mpib-berlin.mpg.de
gigerenzer(a)mpib-berlin.mpg.de
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc
ABSTRACT: How can anyone be rational in a world where knowledge is
limited, time is pressing, and deep thought is often an
unattainable luxury? Traditional models of unbounded rationality
and optimization in cognitive science, economics, and animal
behavior have tended to view decision-makers as possessing
supernatural powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and endless
time. But understanding decisions in the real world requires a more
psychologically plausible notion of bounded rationality. In
"Simple heuristics that make us smart", we explore fast and frugal
heuristics--simple rules in the mind's adaptive toolbox for making
decisions with realistic mental resources. These heuristics can
enable both living organisms and artificial systems to make smart
choices quickly and with a minimum of information by exploiting the
way that information is structured in particular environments. In
this precis, we show how simple building blocks that control
information search, stop search, and make decisions can be put
together to form classes of heuristics, including: ignorance-based
and one-reason decision making for choice, elimination models for
categorization, and satisficing heuristics for sequential search.
These simple heuristics perform comparably to more complex
algorithms, particularly when generalizing to new data--that is,
simplicity leads to robustness. We present evidence regarding when
people use simple heuristics and describe the challenges to be
addressed by this research program.
KEYWORDS: Bounded rationality, heuristics, decision making,
simplicity, robustness, limited information search, satisficing,
ignorance-based reasoning, elimination models, environment
structure, adaptive toolbox
____________________________________________________________
To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for
this article, an electronic draft is retrievable from the World Wide Web
or by anonymous ftp from the US or UK BBS Archive. Ftp instructions
follow below. Please do not prepare a commentary on this draft. Just let
us know, after having inspected it, what relevant expertise you feel you
would bring to bear on what aspect of the article.
The URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.todd.html
*** FIVE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ***
------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) There have been some very important developments in the
area of Web archiving of scientific papers very recently.
Please see:
Science:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/science.html
Nature:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/nature.html
American Scientist:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/amlet.html
Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v45/i04/04a02901.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) All authors in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences are
strongly encouraged to archive all their papers (on their
Home-Servers as well as) on CogPrints:
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/
It is extremely simple to do so and will make all of our papers
available to all of us everywhere at no cost to anyone.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) BBS has a new policy of accepting submissions electronically.
Authors can specify whether they would like their submissions
archived publicly during refereeing in the BBS under-refereeing
Archive, or in a referees-only, non-public archive.
Upon acceptance, preprints of final drafts are moved to the
public BBS Archive:
ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/.WWW/index.htmlhttp://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) BBS has expanded its annual page quota and is now appearing
bimonthly, so the service of Open Peer Commentary can now be be
offered to more target articles. The BBS refereeing procedure is
also going to be considerably faster with the new electronic
submission and processing procedures. Authors are invited to submit
papers to:
Email: bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk
Web: http://cogprints.soton.ac.ukhttp://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/instructions.for.authors.htmlhttp://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html
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(5) Call for Book Nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review
In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) journal had only
been able to do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because
of our limited annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota
will make it possible for us to increase the number of books we
treat per year, so this is an excellent time for BBS Associates and
biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in general to nominate books you
would like to see accorded BBS multiple book review.
(Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the
basis of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you
indicated in what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you
nominate would be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of
potential reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential
impact!).
Below is the abstract of a forthcoming BBS target article
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN REASONING:
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RATIONALITY DEBATE?
by Keith E. Stanovich and Richard F. West
*** please see also 5 important announcements about new BBS
policies and address change at the bottom of this message) ***
This article has been accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain
Sciences (BBS), an international, interdisciplinary journal providing
Open Peer Commentary on important and controversial current research in
the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences.
Commentators must be BBS Associates or nominated by a BBS Associate. To
be considered as a commentator for this article, to suggest other
appropriate commentators, or for information about how to become a BBS
Associate, please reply by EMAIL by September 20th to:
bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk
or write to:
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ECS: New Zepler Building
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton
SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/
If you are not a BBS Associate, please send your CV and the name of a
BBS Associate (there are currently over 10,000 worldwide) who is
familiar with your work. All past BBS authors, referees and
commentators are eligible to become BBS Associates.
To help us put together a balanced list of commentators, please give
some indication of the aspects of the topic on which you would bring
your areas of expertise to bear if you were selected as a commentator.
An electronic draft of the full text is available for inspection
with a WWW browser according to the instructions that follow after the
abstract.
_____________________________________________________________
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN REASONING:
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RATIONALITY DEBATE?
Keith E. Stanovich
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology
University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 1V6
kstanovich(a)oise.utoronto.ca
Richard F. West
School of Psychology
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
westrf(a)jmu.edu
ABSTRACT: Much research in the last two decades has demonstrated
that human responses deviate from the performance deemed normative
according to various models of decision making and rational
judgment (e.g., the basic axioms of utility theory). This gap
between the normative and the descriptive can be interpreted as
indicating systematic irrationalities in human cognition. However,
four alternative interpretations preserve the assumption that human
behavior and cognition is largely rational. According to these
explanations, the gap is due to (1) performance errors, (2)
computational limitations, (3) the wrong norm being applied by the
experimenter and (4) a different construal of the task by the
subject. In the debates about the viability of these alternative
explanations, attention has been focused too narrowly on the modal
response. In a series of experiments involving most of the classic
tasks in the heuristics and biases literature, we have examined the
implications of individual differences in performance for each of
the four explanations of the normative and descriptive gap.
Performance errors are a minor factor in the gap, computational
limitations underlie non-normative responding on several tasks,
particularly those that involve some type of cognitive
decontextualization. Unexpected patterns of covariance can suggest
when the wrong norm is being applied to a task or when an
alternative construal of the task is called for.
KEYWORDS: rationality, normative models, descriptive models,
heuristics, biases, reasoning, individual differences
___________________________________________________________
To help you decide whether you would be an appropriate commentator for
this article, an electronic draft is retrievable from the World Wide
Web or by anonymous ftp from the US or UK BBS Archive.
Ftp instructions follow below. Please do not prepare a commentary on
this draft. Just let us know, after having inspected it, what relevant
expertise you feel you would bring to bear on what aspect of the
article.
The URLs you can use to get to the BBS Archive:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.stanovich.html
____________________________________________________________
*** FIVE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ***
------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) There have been some very important developments in the
area of Web archiving of scientific papers very recently.
Please see:
Science:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/science.html
Nature:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/nature.html
American Scientist:
http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/amlet.html
Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://www.chronicle.com/free/v45/i04/04a02901.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) All authors in the biobehavioral and cognitive sciences are
strongly encouraged to archive all their papers (on their
Home-Servers as well as) on CogPrints:
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/
It is extremely simple to do so and will make all of our papers
available to all of us everywhere at no cost to anyone.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) BBS has a new policy of accepting submissions electronically.
Authors can specify whether they would like their submissions
archived publicly during refereeing in the BBS under-refereeing
Archive, or in a referees-only, non-public archive.
Upon acceptance, preprints of final drafts are moved to the
public BBS Archive:
ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/.WWW/index.htmlhttp://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) BBS has expanded its annual page quota and is now appearing
bimonthly, so the service of Open Peer Commentary can now be be
offered to more target articles. The BBS refereeing procedure is
also going to be considerably faster with the new electronic
submission and processing procedures. Authors are invited to submit
papers to:
Email: bbs(a)cogsci.soton.ac.uk
Web: http://cogprints.soton.ac.ukhttp://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/instructions.for.authors.htmlhttp://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Call for Book Nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review
In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) journal had only
been able to do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because
of our limited annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota
will make it possible for us to increase the number of books we
treat per year, so this is an excellent time for BBS Associates and
biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in general to nominate books you
would like to see accorded BBS multiple book review.
(Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the
basis of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you
indicated in what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you
nominate would be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of
potential reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential
impact!).
Csaba Pleh
Cognitive Science Group
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Phone: (36)(62) 454000, extension 3273
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 99 15:14:16 BST
From: INFO-PSYLING moderator Kerry Kilborn <psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk>
To: distribute-psyling(a)psy.gla.ac.uk
Subject: InfoPsyling
Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 99 16:32:25 +100
Resent-From: pleh(a)izabell.elte.hu
Resent-To: pleh(a)sol.cc.u-szeged.hu
1. Postdoctoral positions: Salk Institute
2. Cognitive Science Society news
3. Second International Conference on the Mental Lexicon
4. L2 verb argument query
5. Workshop and Call for Papers: Spoken Word Access Processes (SWAP)
6. Bridges Conference
7. Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
8. CybErg 1999
9. NTT database series (Lexical properties of Japanese)
10. Graduate Research Fellowships: Rutgers, Newark.
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1. Postdoctoral positions: Salk Institute
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER ASL AND THE BRAIN
The Salk Institute has an immediate opening for an additional
Deaf or Hearing Post Doctoral Researcher in the Laboratory for
Cognitive Neurosciences to join a team of scientists
investigating how the brain processes sign language. The
applicant will work with a team whose primary focus is on the
language and cognitive functions of deaf signers. Native or near
native knowledge of American Sign Language is important. Strong
candidates will have a Ph.D., and research experience in
cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, or related field. The
capacity for interdisciplinary research is required. Salary
dependent on background, education, and research experience.
Please send letter of interest, resume, and names of three
references by: E-mail: lthomas(a)salk.edu put łjob opening˛ in
subject line or write to: Dr. Ursula Bellugi, Laboratory for
Cognitive Neuroscience, the Salk Institute for Biological
Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. For
information on the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, visit
our website: http://bvox.salk.edu. EOE.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE
LINKING COGNITION, BRAIN AND GENE: EVIDENCE FROM GENETICALLY
BASED DISORDERS
The Salk Institute is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a
team of scientists investigating the biological foundations of
cognitive functions and their representation in the brain.
Ongoing studies of cognitive functions including language,
spatial cognition, social skills as well as brain structure and
function. Applicant will take part in and supervise
neuropsychological testing, data analysis, manuscript
preparation, data base, and coordination of studies across
levels. Salary commensurate with background and research
experience. EOE.
Postdoctoral Fellow Job Requirements Ph.D. with research
experience in cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology,
experimental psychology or related fields. Data base and
Macintosh experience desirable. Leadership qualities and
publications preferred.
Please send resume, letter of interest and three letters of
reference by: E-mail: lai(a)salk.edu, put "job opening" in the
subject line or send to: Dr. Zona Lai or Dr. Ursula Bellugi,
Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, The Salk Institute for
Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA
92037.
For more information on the Laboratory for Cognitive
Neuroscience, visit our website:
http://bvox.salk.edu
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2. Cognitive Science Society news
From: Colleen Seifert <seifert(a)umich.edu> Cognitive Science
Society Newsletter
COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER July, 1999
CONFERENCE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE!
1999 Annual Meeting
The twenty-first annual meeting will be held August 19th, 20th,
and 21st (Thursday through Saturday), 1999, at Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prof. Martin Hahn is
serving as conference chair. The proceedings will be available
both in print and on the web through Lawrence Erlbaum. This
year, a day of tutorials (partly sponsored by the Office of Naval
Research) and workshops (partly sponsored by the cognitive
science program at Indiana University through the NSF) precedes
the conference, and special interestgroup meetings will be held.
For more information, send email to "cogsci99(a)sfu.ca"or visit the
conference web site, located at http://www.sfu.ca/cogsci99/
Governing Board Nominations Please send your nominations for up
to four members to serve two six-year terms filled annually
(email to cogsci(a)umich.edu). Nominations must be receiv ed by
August 15. The current board of governors includes Larry
Barsalou, Micki Chi, Jeff Elman (Chair-Elect), Susan Epstein,
Martha Farah, Ken Forbus, Dedre Gentner, Jim Greeno, Alan
Lesgold, Douglas Medin, Mike Mozer, Vimla Patel, Kim Plunkett,
Colleen Seifert, and Paul Thagard (Chair). The board will meet
in Vancouver to discuss conference policies and future sites,
publications, membership, an undergraduate student society, and
ways to facilitate research in cognitive science. We welcome your
ideas, questions, and comments via email and at the Business
Meeting held at the conference.
SIGs This year's Cognitive Science conference will explore the
possibility of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in Cognitive
Science. SIGs are an important component of many scientific
societies, providing a mechanism for networking and collaboration
of researchers interested in a particular area. Two SIGs have
already been proposed (on Educational Dialog, and Human Centered
Design of Computing Environments) but others are welcome. The
meetings at the conference will be informal, and there is no fee
or early signup required. If you would like more information
contact: Brian Fisher at fisher(a)cs.ubc.ca
Cognitive Science Journal Our long-time publisher, Ablex Press,
has merged its operations with JAI Press, and now merged again
with Elsevier. Executive Editor Jim Greeno and current editors
Robert Jacobs, Ray Gibbs, and Kurt van Lehn solicit your
recommendations for an editor to fill in for Mark Steedman.
Also, if you are experiencing problems with your subscription,
please contact the society office at 734-429-9248 or send e mail
to "cogsci(a)umich.edu"
Reprint Permissions A reminder: The society holds the copyright
for materials published in the journal and in the proceedings of
the annual meeting, and grants their use at no charge given the
authorsB9 permission. Please contact the society office to
request reprint permissionsfor the journal (published by
Elsevier) and proceedings (published by Erlbaum), andNOT the
publishers.
Future Conferences The 22nd annual meeting will be held August
12-15, 2000 at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and
co-chaired by Aravind Joshi & Lila Gleitman. The 2001
meetingwill take place at Edinburgh University in Scotland, and
will be chaired by Keith Stenning. If youB9d like to consider
hosting a conference at your university,please contact the
societyoffice for more information.
Society Web Page "Latest news" is posted weekly, along with
funding opportunities, employment ads, conference announcements,
and links to related societies, journals, and programs. Please
check the page regularly for updates. If you would like to post
an announcement,send email to "cogsci.umich.edu" or visit
http://www.umich.edu/~cogsci/
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3. Second International Conference on the Mental Lexicon
From: Helene Kaufman <kaufmanh(a)magellan.umontreal.ca>
CALL FOR PAPERS
Second International Conference on the Mental Lexicon Montreal,
Canada - October 18-20, 2000
HOSTED BY: the MCRI Mental Lexicon Project Research Group the
Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal (the former
Centre hospitalier Cote-des-Neiges) the Departement de
linguistique et de traduction, Universite de Montreal the
Department of Linguistics, McGill University
SPONSORED BY: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada
INVITED SPEAKERS: Paul Kiparsky (Stanford University) Laurie Beth
Feldman (University at Albany, SUNY and Haskins Laboratories)
LOCAL ORGANIZER: Gonia Jarema (Universite de Montreal and
Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Gary Libben (University of Alberta), chair
Cristina Burani (University of Rome) Wolfgang Dressler
(University of Vienna) Eva Kehayia (McGill University) Dominiek
Sandra (University of Antwerp)
The Second International Conference on the Mental Lexicon is
soliciting abstracts for paper and poster presentation that bear
on the question of how words are represented in the mind (in
terms of their phonological, orthographic, morphological,
syntactic and semantic properties), how they are linked to one
another, and how they are accessed during language use. We
welcome submissions of theoretical, psycholinguistic,
neurolinguistic, computational and neuroimaging research.
The conference will be held at the Institut universitaire de
geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (http//:
www.iugm.qc.ca).
Selected papers will be published in 2001 in a special issue of
Brain and Language.
HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS Abstracts should not exceed 750 words
(including references). Conference participants can be listed as
first author on no more than one paper.
Electronic submission (preferred): As e-mail text or MS Word
attachment. e-mail your abstract to:
kaufmanh(a)magellan.umontreal.ca
Hard copy submission (if necessary): 1 copy with your title,
author name(s), affiliation(s), correspondence address and
telephone and fax numbers, and 5 copies with the title only, for
blind review. Faxed copies will NOT be accepted. Send hard copies
to: Helene Kaufman Centre de recherche Institut universitaire de
geriatrie de Montreal 4565 chemin Queen Mary Montreal, Quebec H3W
1W5 CANADA
Submissions must be RECEIVED by April 3, 2000. Authors will be
notified of acceptance or rejection by e-mail by the end of May.
Please indicate your preference for paper or poster presentation.
Note that platform and poster sessions will not be scheduled in
parallel to allow participants to attend all sessions.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONFERENCE WILL IMMEDIATELY PRECEDE THE
ACADEMY OF APHASIA MEETING, OCTOBER 21-24, 2000, MONTREAL
For more information on the conference, please contact the Local
Organizer: e-mail: jarema(a)ere.umontreal.ca
phone: 514-340-3540, ext. 4138 fax: 514-340-3548
or the Conference Coordinator: kaufmanh(a)magellan.umontreal.ca
phone: 514-340-3540, ext. 4004 fax: 514-340-3548
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4. L2 verb argument query
From: Hamideh Marefat <marefat(a)chamran.ut.ac.ir> Subject: query
Would it be possible for the members of this net
(psycholinguistics) to let me know if there is any paper
regarding acquisition of the verb argument structure in L2? I
appreciate any response in advance. yours marefat
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5. Workshop and Call for Papers: Spoken Word Access Processes
(SWAP)
From: James McQueen <James.McQueen(a)mpi.nl>
Subject: Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers -- Please Post
Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers
SPOKEN WORD ACCESS PROCESSES (SWAP)
Monday 29th May -- Jonkerbosch Conference
Centre Wednesday 31st May 2000
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
http://www.mpi.nl/world/swap
Organisers: James McQueen and Anne Cutler
Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics
Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen
The Netherlands
james.mcqueen(a)mpi.nl anne.cutler(a)mpi.nl
SWAP is supported by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung
der Wissenschaften, and is a European Speech Communication
Association (ESCA) Tutorial and Research Workshop
The SWAP workshop will focus on the process by which the speech
signal is mapped onto the mental lexicon during spoken word
recognition. Central themes will be the nature of prelexical
representations, the nature of lexical representations, the
mapping of the speech signal onto the lexicon, the process of
phonemic decision-making, and whether there is feedback from
lexical to prelexical levels of processing.
The workshop will consist of talks by invited speakers and poster
presentations. The invited speakers are:
Ellen Bard Paul Luce Janet Pierrehumbert
Cynthia Connine William Marslen-Wilson Mark Pitt Alain
Content Dominic Massaro Peter Roach Jeff Elman
Joanne Miller Arthur Samuel Carol Fowler
Terry Nearey Richard Shillcock Uli Frauenfelder
Sieb Nooteboom Michael Tanenhaus Gareth Gaskell
Dennis Norris Jean Vroomen Steve Goldinger
Christophe Pallier Doug Whalen John Kingston
Pienie Zwitserlood
This call is to solicit submissions for poster presentations.
Authors should prepare abstracts (no more than 400 words) on a
SWAP theme, and submit one copy, by mail or e-mail (plain ASCII
text only), by 26th November 1999. Paper or electronic
submissions received after 26th November will not be considered.
Each abstract should have a title, and a full list of authors,
with affiliations. The corresponding author should provide their
full name and address, their email address, and their fax and
phone numbers.
Please send abstracts to:
Rian Zondervan Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics
Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, The Netherlands
rian.zondervan(a)mpi.nl
Places at the SWAP workshop are limited. Abstracts will be
reviewed by the organizers and the Scientific Committee (Ellen
Bard, Joanne Miller, Dennis Norris, Arthur Samuel, Jean Vroomen
and Pienie Zwitserlood). Notification of acceptance for poster
presentation will be sent out before the end of this millenium.
Written versions of all contributions (both talks and posters)
will be published in Conference Proceedings, which will be made
available at the workshop. Authors whose posters are accepted
will be required to submit a four-page proceedings paper by March
31st, 2000. A paper copy (four pages of double-column text,
including tables, figures and references, on A4 or US-letter) and
an electronic copy will be required by this date. Further
details of paper presentation format (and poster presentation
format) will be sent out with the notification of acceptance.
All contributors will be required to register for SWAP by March
31st, 2000. A registration form will accompany the notification
of acceptance. The registration fee will cover accommodation on
the nights of Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th May, and full board
(Monday lunch and dinner; Tuesday breakfast, lunch and dinner;
Wednesday breakfast and lunch). Registration fees will depend on
choice of accommodation. Per person: Full Student Room with
en-suite bathroom (single occupancy): NLG 525 NLG 430 Room
with en-suite bathroom (2 people sharing): NLG 475 NLG 380
Room without en-suite bathroom (single occupancy): NLG 485 NLG
390 Room without en-suite bathroom (2 people sharing): NLG 435
NLG 340
[NLG 1 2.203 Euros]
ESCA members will receive a discount of NLG 100 on their fee,
ESCA student members will receive a discount of NLG 35.
Additional accommodation will also be available on the nights of
Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th and Wednesday 31st May. Prices
(including breakfast), per person, per night:
Room with en-suite bathroom (single occupancy): NLG 95 Room
with en-suite bathroom (2 people sharing): NLG 70 Room without
en-suite bathroom (single occupancy): NLG 75 Room without
en-suite bathroom (2 people sharing): NLG 50
Further Information: http://www.mpi.nl/world/swap
The SWAP website contains this call for papers, and will be
regularly updated, to include the registration form, information
on paper and poster presentation, information on travelling to
and from Nijmegen and the conference site, and provisional and
final programs as they come available. Further enquiries may be
made to Rian Zondervan, Max-Planck-Institute for
Psycholinguistics, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, The
Netherlands; rian.zondervan(a)mpi.nl.
Important Dates:
Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: 26th
November 1999 Notification of Receipt of Abstracts:
3rd December 1999 Notification of Acceptance:
31st December 1999 Deadline for Receipt of Papers and for
Registration: 31st March 2000 SWAP Workshop:
29th-31st May 2000
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6. Bridges Conference
From: Reza Sarhangi <sarhangi(a)jinx.sckans.edu>
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE ANNOUNCES THE SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science JULY
30 - AUGUST 1, 1999
Suggested Topics: Fractals, Math and Music, Tessellations,
Geometry in Quilting M.C. Escher Work, Math and 3-Dimensional
Art, Origami, Mathematics and Architecture, Computer-Generated
Art, Math and Art in Culture, Art in Hyperbolic Geometry
Dear Colleague and friend,
I would appreciate it if you would share the following
information with your friends and colleagues. Your attendance
matters to us.
Best regards, Reza Sarhangi
The mornings will be devoted entirely to General Sessions. In
the afternoons, participants will have choices among special
sessions and workshops.
In the program, the presenter of any joint paper is indicated by
an asterisk(*).
A chair has been selected for each session. We are very greatful
to them for their help to run the conference. It is the duty of
the chair of each session to keep it on schedule, and to
introduce the speakers. Everyone's cooperation and support will
be appreciated. Speakers should meet with the chair in advance
to provide him or her with a paragraph of introduction.
While 15 minutes is provided between talks for questions, breaks
and changing rooms, at the discretion of the chair, the session
may be extended up to 5 minutes, by advance request. However, it
is vital that at least 10 minutes be preserved for changing
rooms, as talks in each session must start on time.
All presentation rooms are equipped for use of overhead
projectors, slide projectors, VCR-TV's or Video/computer
projectors, and sound systems. If you will be using one of our
slide projectors, please provide your own projector trays with
your slides pre-loaded and in place. If you are planning to use
laptop computer projectors in your presentation, you will need
to check with the session Chair or Conference Director, at least
one day in advance to insure it's availability.
While the workshops were conceived and designed to benefit
teachers, we recommend that each attendee should seek the best
combination of workshops and special sessions for his or her
individual needs and interests.
At the conclusion of each workshop, those present may complete an
evaluation form on its effectiveness, with any ideas for
guidelines in designing future Bridges workshops.
Participants who are seeking graduate credit must meet with the
Workshop Coordinator in advance to obtain required materials.
Full program and further details can be seen at:
http: //www.sckans.edu/~math/ http://www.sckans.edu/~bridges/
Reza Sarhangi, Ph.D. Chair, Mathematics Department Southwestern
College 100 College Street Winfield, KS 67156
E-mail: sarhangi(a)jinx.sckans.edu Tel: (316) 221-8373 Fax: (316)
221-8224
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7. Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
From: ritter(a)psychology.nottingham.ac.uk
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: ICCM-2000
Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
Groningen, Netherlands, 23-25 March 2000, with optional tutorials
on 22 March
Contributions are invited for the Third International Conference
on Cognitive Modelling, to be held at the University of Groningen
from 23 to 25 March 2000. This series of meetings was founded to
encourage international, inter-disciplinary co-operation in the
field of cognitive modelling. The first meeting, held in Berlin
in November 1996, attracted about 60 researchers from Europe and
USA working in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology,
computer linguistics and philosophy of mind. The second meeting,
held in Notthingham in April 1998, was equally successful with an
attendance of around 70 researchers.
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of the computer modelling
of human cognition, but preference will be given to work which
describes both a running computer model and its comparison to
empirical data.
Further information about this Call, about the format for
submissions, and about the Conference itself can be found at the
conference Web site: http://tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl/iccm/
Contributions can take the form of papers, posters, proposals for
symposia, or tutorials.
PAPERS
Papers can be submitted electronically to
J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com in one of the following formats: -
Plain text - pdf - html - Word 7 Put ICCM in the subject line of
you email. Submissions will be confirmed within 3 workdays. Your
submission should arrive before 5pm on 15 December 1999. Since
the final paper consist of no more than 8 pages, restrict your
submission to around 4000 words or less if you include figures.
For the final submission hardcopy is required: email and fax
submissions are not acceptable. Papers should include a cover
page giving the name and contact information of the first author,
and stating any requirements for audio-visual equipment. The
paper itself should consist of not more than 8 sides of A4 or US
(8.5" x 11") paper, set in 10 point type in two columns. For
detailed formatting instructions, sample pages, and templates for
word processing, please consult the Web page as given above.
POSTERS
Work can be submitted as a poster which for any reason is better
presented as a poster than as a written paper and talk. To
submit a poster, please send an abstract of up to two pages (1000
words) using the same guidelines as under papers. Authors of
accepted posters will be invited to address the audience for
three minutes as part of a "poster mania" session, in order to
whet the audience's appetite and encourage them to visit the
poster.
SYMPOSIA
By a symposium, we mean a session of related work on a particular
topic. The session can take any of several different forms: some
short presentations followed by a discussion, a panel discussion,
a debate, and so on. The length of a symposium session is
flexible, but by default would be 90 minutes. If you would like
to organise a symposium, send us a proposal outlining your ideas
and the names of the contributors, by no later than 1st December.
If the proposal is accepted, we will work with you to try to
ensure the success of the symposium, but you will be responsible
for arranging and running it.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Cognitive modellers tend to work in many areas of cognitive
science. In order to promote coorperation in these areas, we're
planning a number of Special Interest Groups on a number of
themes. The idea is to have modellers in specific areas discuss
the main problems they have encountered and possible solutions to
these problems. Possible areas are: - Complex skill acquisition -
Language - Cognitive Development - Implicit learning - Human
Computer Interaction - Eye and hand coordination and external
tasks - and so on If you have any ideas for themes, please
contact the organizers. We'll include the final list in the call
for participation, and will schedule those SIG's for which there
is sufficient interest.
TUTORIALS
There will be one-day tutorials offered on various cognitive
modeling techniques. If you would like to organize a tutorial,
please contact one of the organizers as soon as possible.
PROCEEDINGS
Papers will be published in proceedings that will be handed out
at start of the conference.
Important dates: --------------- Paper or poster: to ARRIVE by
5 pm on 15 December 1999 Decision: by 27 January 2000
Revised version: by 24 February 2000
Send submissions to: ------------------- Jans Aasman:
J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com
For enquiries, contact:
Niels Taatgen: niels(a)tcw3.ppsw.rug.nl Jans Aasman:
J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com
-- Frank.Ritter(a)nottingham.ac.uk + 44 (115) 951-5292 (office,
will bounce to an answerphone) + 44 (115) 951-5324 (fax)
Psychology U. of Nottingham
http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/ Nottingham
NG7 2RD England
After 1 October 1999: ritter(a)ist.psu.edu + 1 (814) 865-4453
(office) 865-5604 (fax) School of Information Sciences and
Technology http://www.ist.psu.edu 512 Rider Building, 120 S.
Burrowes St. Penn State University Park, PA 16801-3857
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8. CybErg 1999
From: Leon Straker <istraker(a)info.curtin.edu.au> Subject:
ergonomics/human factors conference Status: R
Dear Colleagues,
If you are interested in ergonomics then don't miss THE
international ergonomics conference of the year - CybErg 1999:
The Second International Cyberspace Conference on Ergonomics 15th
September - 15th October.
If you haven't arranged airline tickets and accommodation don't
worry - because CybErg 1999 is a totally virtual conference you
can 'attend' from the comfort of your own home/office. All you
need is a computer, web browser (such as Netscape or Internet
Explorer) and internet access. Just think - all the benefits of
discussing leading edge ergonomics research and theory with
international colleagues - without the hassles of airports and
passport control and horrendously expensive hotels!
CybErg 1999 makes participation in an international ergonomics
conference so much cheaper - no airfare, no hotel bill and
registration costs only the grandparents of ergonomics remember
($110 Australian dollars or about 9,000 Yen, 75 Euro, 75 US
dollars)! - and this includes a CD of the proceedings airmailed
to you!
Whatever your interest in ergonomics you are likely to find
papers of interest and relevance - you can see the program at
http://cyberg.curtin.edu.au/ and also check out the special
features of CybErg 1999.
You can register on line 24hrs a day at
http://cyberg.curtin.edu.au/
To ensure your CD of the proceedings arrives before the start of
the conference please register by 20th August.
Regards, Dr Leon Straker Chair, CybErg 1999
Dr Leon Straker Senior Lecturer in Ergonomics Curtin University
of Technology Selby Street, Shenton Park, WA 6008, AUSTRALIA
telephone +61 8 9266 3634 fax +61 8 9266 3636 email
mailto:L.Straker@info.curtin.edu.au www
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/physio/pt/staff/straker/
Visit the CybErg site to prepare to participate in CybErg
1999 http://www.curtin.edu.au/conference/cyberg
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9. NTT database series (Lexical properties of Japanese)
From: Shigeaki Amano <amano(a)avg.brl.ntt.co.jp>
NTT database series Nihongo-no Goitokusei (Lexical properties of
Japanese)
Shigeaki Amano and Tadahisa Kondo (NTT Communication Science
Laboratories)
An essential lexical database for people in psychology,
psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, acoustics, linguistics,
natural language processing, audiology, speech therapy and
related fields is released in October '99 from NTT Communication
Science Laboratories (via Sanseido publisher). The database
provides a basis for psycholinguistic research in Japanese. The
number of entries in the database is extensive and each word or
character is described in great detail. This is the most
extensive, reliable, and practical tool for academic research in
Japanese. Based on the entries in SHINMEIKAI KOKUGO JITEN (4th
edition), this database consists of eight sub-databases on
various characteristics of over 80,000 Japanese words and the
characters (JIS X0208) which make up these words. The paper
version contains all the relevant statistics in an easy-to-read
format. The CD-ROM includes a search program for the data, and
the sound files which were used in rating word familiarity.
It is strongly recommended to make a reservation as soon as
possible to get the database, because very small number of copies
are printed. It might be very difficult to obtain the databse in
the future. To make a reservation, please fill the order form at
the bottom and send it to Ms. Takano (tkn(a)sanseido-publ.co.jp,
tel +81-3-3230-9443, fax +81-3-3230-9547) in Sanseido publisher.
Full details are available at
http://www.sanseido-publ.co.jp/publ/NTT_english.html
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10. Graduate Research Fellowships: Rutgers, Newark.
From: stephen jose hanson <jose(a)psychology.rutgers.edu>
PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE PROGRAM- Newark Campus GRADUATE RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIPS. Fall 99 & Fall 00. The graduate program in COGNITIVE
SCIENCE and COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE seeks students for FALL 99 &
FALL 00.
Interested applicants from Psychology, Computer Science or
Cognitive Science undergrad programs are encouraged to apply.
These fellowships are competitive and provide comprehensive
training in computation, neuro-imaging and cognitive
science/perception research.
Please send enquiries and applications to Professor S. J. Hanson,
Chair, Department of Psychology Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
07102. Please make an Email enquiry to
gradpgm(a)tractatus.rutgers.edu also please see our web page for
more information on the graduate faculty and program
http://www.psych.rutgers.edu
Csaba Pleh
Cognitive Science Group
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Phone: (36)(62) 454000, extension 3273
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
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Computational Neuroscience Seminars
1999 August 16, Monday
KFKI Res. Inst. for Particle and Nuclear Physics
of the Hung. Acad. Sci. Budapest - Csilleberc. III bldg.
10.30-11.30 Prof. H. Eskola (Ragnar Granit Institute on
Bioelectromagnetism, Tampere University of Technology):
Visualization of topographical changes in EEG during drowsiness and sleep
onset.
11.35-12.05 Laszlo Zalanyi (Dept. Biophysics, KFKI Res. Inst. for Particle
and Nuclear Physics of the Hung. Acad. Sci.):
Signal amplification in neural systems
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: ICCM-2000
Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
Groningen, Netherlands, 23-25 March 2000, with optional tutorials
on 22 March
------------------------------------------------------------------
Contributions are invited for the Third International Conference
on Cognitive Modelling, to be held at the University of Groningen
from 23 to 25 March 2000. This series of meetings was founded to
encourage international, inter-disciplinary co-operation in the
field of cognitive modelling. The first meeting, held in Berlin
in November 1996, attracted about 60 researchers from Europe and
USA working in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology,
computer linguistics and philosophy of mind. The second meeting,
held in Notthingham in April 1998, was equally successful with an
attendance of around 70 researchers.
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of the computer modelling
of human cognition, but preference will be given to work which
describes both a running computer model and its comparison to
empirical data.
Further information about this Call, about the format for
submissions, and about the Conference itself can be found at
the conference Web site:
http://tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl/iccm/
Contributions can take the form of papers, posters, proposals for
symposia, or tutorials.
PAPERS
Papers can be submitted electronically to
J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com
in one of the following formats:
- Plain text
- pdf
- html
- Word 7
Put ICCM in the subject line of you email. Submissions will be
confirmed within 3 workdays. Your submission should arrive before
5pm on 15 December 1999. Since the final paper consist of no more
than 8 pages, restrict your submission to around 4000 words or
less if you include figures. For the final submission hardcopy is
required: email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Papers
should include a cover page giving the name and contact
information of the first author, and stating any requirements for
audio-visual equipment. The paper itself should consist of not
more than 8 sides of A4 or US (8.5" x 11") paper, set in 10 point
type in two columns. For detailed formatting instructions,
sample pages, and templates for word processing, please consult
the Web page as given above.
POSTERS
Work can be submitted as a poster which for any reason is better
presented as a poster than as a written paper and talk. To
submit a poster, please send an abstract of up to two pages (1000
words) using the same guidelines as under papers. Authors of
accepted posters will be invited to address the audience for
three minutes as part of a "poster mania" session, in order to
whet the audience's appetite and encourage them to visit the
poster.
SYMPOSIA
By a symposium, we mean a session of related work on a particular
topic. The session can take any of several different forms: some
short presentations followed by a discussion, a panel discussion,
a debate, and so on. The length of a symposium session is
flexible, but by default would be 90 minutes. If you would like
to organise a symposium, send us a proposal outlining your ideas
and the names of the contributors, by no later than 1st December.
If the proposal is accepted, we will work with you to try to
ensure the success of the symposium, but you will be responsible
for arranging and running it.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Cognitive modellers tend to work in many areas of cognitive science. In
order to promote coorperation in these areas, we're planning a number
of Special Interest Groups on a number of themes. The idea is to
have modellers in specific areas discuss the main problems they have
encountered and possible solutions to these problems. Possible areas
are:
- Complex skill acquisition
- Language
- Cognitive Development
- Implicit learning
- Human Computer Interaction
- Eye and hand coordination and external tasks
- and so on
If you have any ideas for themes, please contact the organizers. We'll
include the final list in the call for participation, and will schedule
those SIG's for which there is sufficient interest.
TUTORIALS
There will be one-day tutorials offered on various cognitive
modeling techniques. If you would like to organize a tutorial,
please contact one of the organizers as soon as possible.
PROCEEDINGS
Papers will be published in proceedings that will be handed out at
start of the conference.
Important dates:
---------------
Paper or poster: to ARRIVE by 5 pm on 15 December 1999
Decision: by 27 January 2000
Revised version: by 24 February 2000
Send submissions to:
-------------------
Jans Aasman: J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com
For enquiries, contact:
Niels Taatgen: niels(a)tcw3.ppsw.rug.nl
Jans Aasman: J.Aasman(a)research.kpn.com
--
Frank.Ritter(a)nottingham.ac.uk
+ 44 (115) 951-5292 (office, will bounce to an answerphone)
+ 44 (115) 951-5324 (fax)
Psychology
U. of Nottingham http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/
Nottingham NG7 2RD
England
After 1 October 1999:
ritter(a)ist.psu.edu
+ 1 (814) 865-4453 (office) 865-5604 (fax)
School of Information Sciences and Technology http://www.ist.psu.edu
512 Rider Building, 120 S. Burrowes St.
Penn State
University Park, PA 16801-3857