Csaba Pleh Pleh Csaba
Cognitive Science Group Megismerestudomanyi Csoport
Department of Psychology Pszichologiai Tanszek
University of Szeged Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem
Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Telefon/Phone: (36)(62) 544691
Lakas/Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary
(36)(23) 453932 or 933
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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:57:02 -0000
From: Jim Laukes <jlaukes(a)U.ARIZONA.EDU>
Reply-To: Ian Pitchford <Ian.Pitchford(a)scientist.com>
To: Jim Laukes <jlaukes(a)U.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: [evol-psych] Call for papers: Sweden 2001 consciousness conference
Announcement and Call for Papers
CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS PLACE IN NATURE
Toward a Science of Consciousness: Sweden 2001
Skövde, Sweden, August 7-11, 2001
What is the place of consciousness in nature? Despite many advances in
science, this question remains unanswered. Some hold that consciousness
does not exist; some hold that it is reducible to processes in the brain;
some hold that it is an irreducible nonphysical entity; some hold that it is
tightly connected to fundamental physics; and some hold that we will never
understand it at all.
This conference will address the place of consciousness in nature from a
wide variety of perspectives. It will bring together philosophers,
neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, physicists, and others, to present
theoretical and experimental research that bears on the the place of
consciousness in the natural order. Issues that will be addressed include:
o Is consciousness a physical process?
o What are the neural correlates of consciousness?
o How can we build a systematic theory of consciousness?
o Is consciousness connected to fundamental physics?
o What is the relationship between the subjective and the objective?
o To what degree are animals conscious?
o Can machines be conscious?
o How does consciousness fit into the social and cultural order?
o Are naturalistic accounts of consciousness circular, given that
experience of nature is a construct of the mind?
PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 26, 2001.
For more detailed information see the conference web site
http://www.ida.his.se/ida/consciousness/
Or go directly to the abstract submission form
http://ccsweb.psych.arizona.edu/sweden2001/
Human Nature After Darwin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415212448/darwinanddarwini/
Evolutionary psychology archive of messages:
http://www.egroups.com/messages/evolutionary-psychology
Join the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/hbesrenew/
Non-member submission from [Ron Sun <rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu>]
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:55:37 -0600
From: Ron Sun <rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu>
To: rsun(a)cecs.missouri.edu
Subject: Papers available
Papers available, in both PS and PDF formats:
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TITLE
Symbol Grounding: A New Look At An Old Idea
by Ron Sun
Appeared in: Philosophical Psychology, Vol.13, No.2, pp.149-172. 2000.
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.PP00.pshttp://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.PP00.pdf
ABSTRACT
Symbols should be grounded, as has been argued before.
But we insist that they should be grounded not only in subsymbolic
activities, but also in the interaction between the agent and the
world. The point is that concepts are not formed
in isolation (from the world), in abstraction, or ``objectively".
They are formed in relation to the experience of agents,
through their perceptual/motor apparatuses, in their world and
linked to their goals and actions. In this paper, we will
take a detailed look at this relatively old issue,
using a new perspective, aided by our work of computational
cognitive model development.
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TITLE:
Cognitive Science Meets Multi-Agent Systems: A Prolegomenon
by Ron Sun
To appear in: Philosophical Psychology, Vol.14, No.1, pp.5-28. 2001.
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.PP01.pshttp://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.PP01.pdf
ABSTRACT
In the current research on multi-agent systems (MAS), many theoretical
issues
related to sociocultural processes have been touched upon. These issues are
in
fact intellectually profound and should prove to be significant for MAS.
Moreover, these issues should have equally significant impact on
cognitive science, if we ever try to understand cognition in the broad
context of sociocultural environments in which cognitive agents exist.
Furthermore, cognitive models as studied in cognitive science can
help us in a substantial way to better probe multi-agent issues,
by taking into account essential characteristics of cognitive agents
and their various capacities. In this paper, we systematically examine the
interplay among social sciences, MAS, and cognitive science. We try to
justify
an integrated approach for MAS that incorporates different perspectives.
We show how a new cognitive model {Clarion} can embody such an integrated
approach through a combination of autonomous learning and assimilation.
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TITLE
Accounting for the Computational Basis of Consciousness: A Connectionist
Approach
by Ron Sun
Appeared in: Consciousness and Cognition, Vol.8, pp.529-565. December, 1999.
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.CC99.pshttp://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.CC99.pdf
ABSTRACT
This paper argues for an explanation of the mechanistic (computational)
basis of consciousness that is based on the distinction between localist
(symbolic) representation and distributed representation,
the ideas of which have been put forth in the connectionist literature.
A model is developed to substantiate and test this approach.
The paper also explores the issue of the functional roles of
consciousness, in relation to the proposed mechanistic explanation of
consciousness. The model, embodying the representational difference, is
able
to account for the functional role of consciousness, in the form of the
synergy between the conscious and the unconscious. The fit between the
model and various cognitive phenomena and data (documented in
the psychological literatures) is discussed to accentuate the plausibility
of the model and its explanation of consciousness.
Comparisons with existing models of consciousness are made in the end.
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here is a related paper describing the details of the model:
>From Implicit Skills to Explicit Knowledge: A Bottom-Up Model of Skill Learning
Ron Sun
Edward Merrill
Todd Peterson
To appear in: Cognitive Science.
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.CS99.pshttp://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/sun.CS99.pdf
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a skill learning model {\sc Clarion}. Different from
existing models of mostly high-level skill learning that use a top-down
approach (that is, turning declarative knowledge into procedural knowledge
through practice), we adopt a bottom-up approach toward low-level skill
learning, where procedural knowledge develops first and declarative
knowledge
develops later. Our model is formed by integrating connectionist,
reinforcement, and symbolic learning methods to perform on-line reactive
learning. It adopts a two-level dual-representation framework (Sun 1995),
with a combination of localist and distributed representation. We compare
the model with human data in a minefield navigation task, demonstrating some
match between the model and human data in several respects.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: az EZREDELO vege
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 19:50:02 +0100 (CET)
From: "Tillmann J.A." <tillmann(a)c3.hu>
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
A Magyar Televizio torvenyellenesen mukodo kuratoriuma altal kinevezett,
torvenytelenul tenykedo vezetese megszuntette musorunkat.
Az 1991-ben kezdett EZREDVEGI BESZELEGETESEKben , ill. folytatasaban az
EZREDELOben a magyar és a világkultura kozel szaz jeles szemelyisegevel
folytattunk beszelgeteseket.
A musor, melyet az utobbi evekben ketten keszitettunk, a televizio
legolcsobb produkcioi koze tartozott, megszuntetese mellett igy anyagi
ervek
nem szolnak..
A beszelgetesek szovegvaltozatai vezeto magyar ujsagokban es
folyoiratokban
jelentek meg. A musorról meltanylo kritikak jelentek meg kulonfele
orientacioju ujsagokban és folyoiratokban (Magyar Hírlap, Magyar
Narancs,
Magyar Nemzet, Magyar Szemle, Népszabadság, Orszagepito, Elet es
Irodalom,
Filmvilág). A beszelgetesekbol keszult kony ket kiadasban jelent meg es
fogyott el.
Musorunk megszunteteset nem tartjuk egyedulallonak; ez a lepes a
kozszolgalatban egyre eroteljesebb - un. ertekek neveben folyo -
szellemirtas resze. (A lebutitasi lancolat tagabb kontextusat csatolt -
hvg-ben megjeleno - irasunk elemzi.)
A koztelevizo uzurpatorainak dontesevel kialakult helyzetre nezve is
messzemenoen ervenyesnek tartjuk azt, amit Nadas Peter iro a napokban
megjelent cikkeben fogalmazott meg:
s mivel mindezeken a hibas helyeken vastagra gyul a szar, mikozben
vonatunk halad, az utemesen csapkodó zar visszaveri a csobol a fulkebe,
amit a vizoblites segitsegevel el kellett volna tavolitani.
Demokraciaban az tortenik meg, amit megtesz az ember. En most
bejelenteném a csodot.
Vagy megbeszéljuk a viszonylag egyszeru logisztikai problemat,
megegyezunk,
takaritunk, reparalunk, vagy nincs megoldas.: (A szabadsag treningjei.
Magyar Narancs 2000 karácsonyi szam)
Koszonjuk figyelmuket / figyelmeteket!
Boldog uj evezredet!
Monory M. Andras - Tillmann J.A.
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Máz, imázs és hagymáz
Tillmann J. A.
Olyan korban élünk, amelyben magasan kvalifikált individuumok ezrei
elõször
vesznek részt hivatásszerûen a közgondolkodás alakításában, hogy
manipulálják, kizsákmányolják és ellenõrizzék azt.- írja elsõ könyvében
McLuhan. A médiumelmélet klasszikusának az ötvenes évek elején megjelent
elemzése mit sem vesztett idõszerûségébõl. Mi több, tájainkon a
közelmúlt
történései különösen aktuálissá teszik gondolatait. A korábbi évtizedek
korlátolt agitpropjának múltával most értünk a közgondolkodás magasan
kvalifikált szakmunkások által végzett eltérítésének korába. Ennek elsõ
hullámában a külföldi fejlesztésû kereskedelmi marketing mosta alá
széles
körben az ítélõképességet. A máshol sem sikertelen eljárások a naív és
tapasztalatlan népesség körében elképesztõ eredményekre vezettek:
Például
egy elnyerhetõ autó igéretét, és annak jelképes kulcsát terjesztõ
folyóirat-beetetési kampány nyomán, a betûre éhes, olvasó nép körébõl
százezrek fizettek elõ a digesztált színességre.
A késõbbiekben már magyar szakemberek honosították és fejlesztették
tovább a
megtévesztés bevált módozatait. És nemcsak a versenyszférában. Így
aztán az
utóbbi évtizedben az egy fõre esõ, hamisítatlan hazai hagymáz termelése
folyvást emelkedett. Mi több, a legdinamikusabban emelkedõ ágazattá
vált.
Nem pusztán a nyilvánosan elhangzó, közszemlére szánt marhaságok
hallatása
vált gyakorivá. A jelenség nem korlátozódik a butaság emelkedett
színekkel
történõ ecsetelésére, a korlátoltságot kultiváló kereskedelmi
megtévesztés
technikáinak terjedésére. A legerõteljesebben éppen azon a területen
mutatkozik, amelyen a leghathatósabb ellenállásnak kellene
érvényesülnie: a
közszolgálatban.
Nem egyszerûen arról van szó, hogy közszolgálati médiumokban
meghatározóvá
vált a fideszes fénymáz, a kisgazda kvalitás és a miépes minõség. Bár
ennek
hatása sem elhanyagolható, kivált, hogy mindez közszolgálatként
történik.
Aligha van ui. hazánkon kívül olyan (nyugati) keresztény kultúrájú
ország,
melynek lakóit a hét hetedik napjának reggelénVasárnapi Újság-jellegû
uszító
butítással indítaná útjára a közszolgálati rádió. Szintúgy
elképzelhetetlen,
hogy az ilyen evangélium különféle vizuális változatai - mint amilyen
például A hét - tûnjenek fel egy európai köztelevízióban, miként az
mostanában nálunk történik.
Ám a médiumegyensúly helyreállításának elbeszélése mellett zajló, és a
hírlapok lenyúlására is kiterjedõ értékteremtõ tevékenység a
lebutítási
láncolatnak csak egyik eleme. A magasan kvalifikált fiatalok törekvése
túlmegy a közszolgálati médiumok megszállásán. Szándékuk átfogónak, mi
több
programszerûnek tûnik: céljuk ugyanis - amint azt saját, belsõ
elemzõjük,
Tölgyessy Péter megállapítja - az, hogy a legsúlyosabb
társadalompolitikai
kérdések lehetôleg ne váljanak a közbeszéd témájává. A kormányzati
reklámüzemág szólamai és képei ennek jegyében készülnek. A
közfigyelemnek a
súlyos kérdésekrõl történõ eltérítése többlépcsõs, komplex tevékenység.
Megkívánja a közbeszédben elhallgatott kérdések nyomán keletkezett
ürességnek töltelékanyagokkal történõ kitöltését. Azaz a jelentõsnek
jelentéktelenné tevését, a jelentéktelennek pedig történelmivé történõ
feltupírozását, a semmiségek eseményként bemutatott sokasítását. Ezért
esik
minden napra - ökumenikus öntömjén és ökörsütés mellett - egy-egy
történelmi
tapétaragasztás. Így készülnek sorozatgyártásban a különféle
lepellengetések, és más korszakos események. Ezért esik minden hétre két
korszakváltás és nemzetpolitikai kinyilatkoztatás. Mûködik a mahíres
iparág, alakul a imázs...
Bár a hagymáz széthintésében derakasan fáradoznak a józan paraszti
észtõl is
többnyire független kisgazdák, ám kétségkívül fiatalabb koalíciós
kollégáiké
az oroszlánrész. Mert míg elõbbiek anyanyelvükként beszélik, utóbbiak
céltudatosan sajátították el és felkészülten ûzik. Nemcsak tanulták
terjesztésének technikáit, hanem elmélyültek hazai hagyományában:
hallgatnak
a harmincas évek óta hibernált agyakra, a világszövetségi vajákosokra,
és a
Minden Határon Túli magyarokra.
A folyamat példátlan az európai palettán, de sajátos elõzményei
értelmezhetõvé teszik. Fõként annak folyománya, hogy a korábbi,
anarchisztikus vonásoktól sem ment, liberális politikusok, választási
kudarcuk nyomán azonnali arculatváltás mellett döntöttek. Az egykori
fiatal
demokraták úgy vélték, hogy a hatalom megszerzése érdekében minden
megtehetõ, bármi elmegy. Ám a homlok mögötti állományt átállítani
korántsem olyan könnyû, mint egy homlokzatot átfesteni vagy egy
pártprogramot átpingálni. Az önmegmásítás kísérleteit a pszichiáterek
önhamisításként írják le, és következményeit súlyosnak ítélik, mert az
önátfestés kikezdi a személyiség egységét. A mai magyar közéletben ennek
a
neurózisnak a hatása egyre erõteljesebben megmutatkozik. A fiatal
önátfestõk
pártjának vezetõi most már maguk is elhiszik, amit jobbra át!-juk
nyomán
a fogalmazóik a szájukba adnak -- és ezzel arányosan veszítik el józan
ítélõképességüket is.
Ilyen körülmények közepette nem árt arra emlékeztetni, hogy a politika,
a
nemzet érdekében végzett közszolgálat, nem utolsó sorban a közmegegyzés
megteremtésének a mûvészete. Továbbá arra, hogy a hagymáz
elhatalmasodását
idõvel mindig kijózanodás követi. Amikor is kiderül, milyen árat kellett
fizetni érte.
---------
A szerzõ egyetemi docens, médiumelméletet tanit
www.c3.hu/~tillmann
Tillmann Jozsef A. Dr. / Ph.D
H-1O28 Budapest, Tarkony 9O.
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Csaba
Csaba Pleh Pleh Csaba
Cognitive Science Group Megismerestudomanyi Csoport
Department of Psychology Pszichologiai Tanszek
University of Szeged Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem
Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Telefon/Phone: (36)(62) 544691
Lakas/Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary
(36)(23) 453932 or 933
Fax: (36(23)453932
Mobile: (0620) 3278922
WEB: http//www.jate.u-szeged.hu/~pleh
Hungarian Review of Psychology Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle
editor foszerkeszto
Csaba Pleh Pleh Csaba
Cognitive Science Group Megismerestudomanyi Csoport
Department of Psychology Pszichologiai Tanszek
University of Szeged Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem
Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Telefon/Phone: (36)(62) 544691
Lakas/Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary
(36)(23) 453932 or 933
Fax: (36(23)453932
Mobile: (0620) 3278922
WEB: http//www.jate.u-szeged.hu/~pleh
Hungarian Review of Psychology Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle
editor foszerkeszto
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:12:27 -0000
From: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford(a)scientist.com>
To: evolutionary-psychology(a)egroups.com
Subject: [evol-psych] Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
FOR RELEASE: 21 DECEMBER 2000 AT 14:00 ET US
American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/
Science's Top 10: genome sequencing named top scientific advance of 2000
This release is also available in French, German, and Japanese (PDF).
The editors at the international journal, Science, have compiled their list of
the Top 10 scientific developments for the year 2000, placing genome sequencing
first on the list.
Science's Top 10 research advances, chosen for their profound implications for
society and the advancement of science, appear in the journal's 22 December
2000 issue.
Genome sequencing steamed full speed ahead this year, as researchers used a
synthesis of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, and
engineering to decode the script of life in a variety of organisms, from people
to fruit flies.
A year ago, reasearchers had completely read the genome of only one
multicellular organism, the worm, Caenorhabditis elegans.
Now, sequences exist for the yet-to-be-published human genome, the fruit fly,
and the plant geneticists' favorite weed, Arabidopsis thaliana. The genomes of
several microbes have been sequenced as well, including those that cause
cholera and meningitis. Close on the heels of these successes, the genomes of
the mouse, rat, zebrafish, and two species of puffer fish are also nearing
completion.
Researchers are already reaping new knowledge from these sequencing efforts,
including insights into the diversity of cancer, the causes of aging, and the
complexity of the immune system. In the 21st century, researchers will decipher
whole families of genes and whole pathways of interactive proteins.
These advances will bring with them a host of ethical questions that we have
only begun to address. Yet, genome sequencing's potential for advancing human
health and our understanding of life has made its allure irresistible.
Science also salutes nine other scientific achievements of 2000. Except for the
first runner up, the others are in no particular order.
RNA Runs the Ribosome: Last year witnessed the unveiling of the first molecular
map of the ribosome, the cell's essential protein factory. In 2000,
higher-resolution maps of the ribosome revealed startling details about its
structure that may boost support for an "RNA world" as the model for the origin
of life on Earth. Although the large unit of the ribosome consists of both
ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and proteins, researchers found that the "active site" on
the ribosome--the site of the chemical reaction that changes genetic
information into the beginnings of a protein--contains only rRNA. This suggests
that the ribosome is actually a ribozyme, an RNA molecule that can catalyze its
own chemical reactions. RNA's starring role of in the ribosome may support the
idea that life on Earth began with RNA. Other research in 2000 bolstered
support for the ribosome's antiquity, and uncovered mechanisms in the cell that
guard against defective protein production.
First Out of Africa: Fossil skulls, some 1.7 million years old and unearthed
from the well-dated site of Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia, may represent
the first human ancestors to journey out of Africa. According to their
discoverers, the well-dated Dmanisi fossils are the first fossils discovered
outside of Africa to show clear signs of African ancestry, and may be linked to
the early human species Homo ergaster, the African version of Homo erectus.
Relatively unsophisticated "pebble-chopper" stone tools found with the Dmanisi
fossils suggest that humans may have ventured out of the African cradle earlier
than previously suspected, before the development of a more advanced tool kit
that included the hand ax.
Plastic Electronics: This year, electrically conducting plastics formed the
basis for a bevy of technological achievements using cheap and versatile
organic molecules. Their discovery also won three scientists the Nobel Prize in
chemistry. Two of the year's highlights: an array of hundreds of organic
computer chip components on flexible plastic (for use someday in flat panel
displays, electronic tags, maybe even disposable cell phones), and an organic
laser, in which organic "tetracene" molecules emit light when excited by
electrical current.
Old Cells, New Tricks: Scientists delivered a decisive blow this year to the
once-canonical notion that adult cells are wedded to their identities. In
studies with mice and human transplant recipients, adult cells from certain
parts of the body re-made themselves into an impressive variety of other cell
types. If this identity-switching process can be controlled, healthy adult
cells might be useful for repairing tissues damaged by injury or disease. In
other manipulations of cell fate during 2000, researchers managed to clone
pigs, which might provide a source of transplantable organs. Cloning techniques
also produced a fetal guar, an endangered animal from India and southeast Asia,
raising hopes for rescuing endangered species.
A Watery Solar System?: The possibility of recent water flow on Mars and
further convincing evidence for an ocean on the Jupiter moon Europa made
headlines in 2000. High resolution images of the martian surface, captured by
the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), showed signs of recent groundwater seepage and
runoff that may be less than a million years old, and could be flowing still.
Other MOC images of possible martian sedimentary rock suggest that the planet
may have been a land of lakes during its earliest history. Also this year, data
collected by the Galileo spacecraft on Europa's internal magnetic field and its
cracked and stretched crust strengthened the case for a salty, global ocean
lurking beneath the moon's icy shell. Since many researchers believe that water
is essential for the existence of life, these discoveries have piqued interest
in the possibility of finding life within our immediate solar neighborhood.
Cosmic BOOMERANG: In 2000, researchers completed the most detailed map to date
of the early universe with the help of BOOMERANG and MAXIMA, balloons armed
with microwave detectors and sent aloft to probe for fluctuations in the cosmic
microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang. The map made from these
data confirm most scientists' view that the universe is flat (with no curve to
space and time), but cast doubt on the current simple models of how much
ordinary and dark matter exist in the universe, and how the universe went
through its early expansion.
Receptor Roles: Scientists gained new insight into the various roles of nuclear
hormone receptors, discovering variants of these cell structures that mediate
processes such as cholesterol metabolism and fatty acid production, and
implicating others in diseases such as diabetes and certain types of cancer.
This year's bumper crop of nuclear hormone receptor discoveries could lead to
new targets and treatments for some of these diseases. Researchers also
illuminated the crucial effects of the receptor called PXR, which appears to
jump-start the body's response to unfamiliar chemicals, and may be involved in
drug-drug interactions.
Rendez-Vous with an Asteroid: After circling the asteroid Eros for less than
half a year, the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft revealed that the space rock
contains some of the most primitive matter in the solar system. This discovery
suggests that Eros, and other asteroids like it, are the long-sought suppliers
of the most common meteorites arriving on Earth. For decades astronomers have
been unable to find the source of the so-called "ordinary chondrite"
meteorites, bits of the unaltered building blocks of the solar system. But
Eros's elemental composition, measured as NEAR Shoemaker came closer to the
asteroid than any spacecraft has before, turns out to match that of the
ordinary chondrites.
Quantum Curiosities: The already-weird world of quantum mechanics got a lot
weirder in 2000, as the boundary between the quantum and classical world
started to break down. The perplexing idea that objects can have seemingly
incompatible properties, such as being in two places at once, has generally
been thought to apply only to tiny particles such as electrons. This year,
researchers observed this phenomenon on a much larger scale, reporting that an
electric current can flow around a superconducting loop of wire in both
directions at the same time. And in January, a scientist challenged another
long-standing assumption by showing that quantum computers don't need a quantum
property called "entanglement" to solve complex problems at lightening speed.
Best Bets for Hot News in 2001: As in previous years, the editors of Science
have chosen six hot topics to watch in 2001. This year, their choices include:
infectious diseases, ocean studies with satellites, quality control in RNA
synthesis, science funding around the world, the post-Big Bang "quark soup,"
and asymmetry in cell development. The editors also check in on last year's
scorecard to see how well they did with their millennial predictions.
Science's Top 10 also includes some other, more dubious, honors. The Meltdown
of the Year goes to the federal government's pursuit of Los Alamos physicist
Wen Ho Lee. The award for Disappearing Discovery of the Year goes to
Archaeoraptor, thought to be a novel combination of bird and dinosaur, but
exposed as the combination of two different fossils. In a box on Biomedical
Ethics, Science also reviews the fallout from gene therapy fatalities and
recent efforts to update international agreements governing human subjects in
medical research.
As the world's leading peer-reviewed general science journal, Science is
uniquely suited to compile the most authoritative list of the year's scientific
accomplishments. Science's Top 10 list is described in the next issue's
"Breakthrough of the Year" section, which is the twelfth since Science
inaugurated the feature. Editor-In-Chief Donald Kennedy writes about the
"Breakthrough of the Year" report in the 22 December issue's editorial, which
is available upon request.
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/aaas-stt121400.html
Human Nature After Darwin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415212448/darwinanddarwini/
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Join the Human Behaviour and Evolution Society
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Gyors helyzetkep: eddig tobb mint 40 absztrakt erkezett be, es egyesek
tartos sirankozassal elertek, hogy meg utolag is beadhassak, valamikor
gyertyagyujtas tajan. A vegleges szam ugy 45 korul lesz.
Az ebbol a sikerbol fakado kovetkezmenyek felterkepezesen dolgozik lelkes
csapatunk: peldaul, hogy is allunk szallassal, idovel, es igy tovabb.
Addig is keretik nem turelmetlenkedni.
udv kgy
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> CONTEXT'01: Third International Conference on
> Modeling and Using Context
>
> Dundee, Scotland
> July 27-30, 2001
>
> http://www.context.umcs.maine.edu/CONTEXT-01
> (mirrored at http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/context-01)
>
> The Third International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and
> Using Context (CONTEXT'01) aims at providing a high quality forum for
> discussions on context among researchers active in Artificial
Intelligence,
> Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Linguistics, Organizational Sciences,
> Philosophy, and Psychology.
>
> The importance of the notion of context is widely acknowledged, as
evidenced
> by the numerous workshops, symposia, and seminars on context held recently
> (see the Context Web Site). The CONTEXT series of conferences has a unique
> place among these due to its strong emphasis on interdisciplinary
research.
> The first conference in this series (CONTEXT'97) was held in Rio de
Janeiro
> in 1997. The second conference (CONTEXT'99) was held in Trento in 1999;
see
> http://www.cs.unitn.it/CONTEXT-99 for details.
>
> TOPICS OF INTEREST
>
> The following topics, in which contexts can be studied and/or applied, are
> indicative of the scope of the conference:
>
> * Case-Based Reasoning
> * Cognitive Modeling
> * Commonsense Reasoning
> * (Active) Databases
> * Decision Support Systems
> * Distributed Information Systems
> * Formal Theories of Context
> * Heterogeneous Information Integration
> * Human-Computer Interaction
> * Information Management
> * Intelligent Internet Systems
> * Intelligent Tutoring Systems
> * Knowledge Engineering
> * Knowledge Management
> * Knowledge Representation
> * Machine Learning
> * Multi-Agent Systems
> * Natural Language Processing
> * Natural Language Semantics
> * Organizational Contexts
> * Philosophical Foundations
> * Pragmatics
>
> This is not an exhaustive list; other contributions on context are
welcome.
>
> PUBLICATION PLANS
>
> As was the case with CONTEXT'99, the proceedings of CONTEXT'01 will be
> published by Springer-Verlag as a volume in their series Lecture Notes in
> Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), a subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer
> Science (LNCS). Copies of the volume will be distributed to registered
> participants at the conference. Publication of an accepted paper in the
> proceedings will be conditional upon two things: presentation of the paper
> during the conference and registration of at least one of its authors at
the
> conference.
>
> SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
>
> CONTEXT'01 is meant to provide an interdisciplinary forum. All
submissions,
> in addition to being evaluated for their technical and theoretical merit,
> will be evaluated for their accessibility to an interdisciplinary
community.
> Accordingly, works that transcend their disciplinary boundaries are
> especially encouraged.
>
> Each submission will be evaluated by three referees.
>
> Submissions must include in their first page: title, author's name,
> affiliation, complete mailing address, phone/fax numbers, e-mail address,
> and an abstract. Prospective authors are strongly advised to see the
sample
> paper at:
>
> * http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.pdf or
> * http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.ps
>
> for the formatting requirements. It is crucial to note that papers cannot
be
> longer than 14 pages. Detailed information for authors is available at
> http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.
>
> Only electronic submissions (PostScript or PDF file only, named with the
> first author's name and last name, e.g. John-Doe.ps or John-Doe.pdf) are
> acceptable. It would be wise to use a well-known compression utility (e.g.
> compress or gzip) before a paper is e-mailed. If one foresees problems in
> submitting his/her paper in one of the allowed electronic formats and
would
> like to send hardcopy instead, then he/she should send e-mail to one of
the
> Program Co-Chairs well in advance of the submission deadline and seek
> advice. LNCS is now published both in print and in a full-text electronic
> version; therefore, the electronic files are indispensable.
>
> Submitted papers should be received by the Conference Chair no later than
> February 2, 2001:
>
> Paolo Bouquet
> CONTEXT'01 Conference Chair
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Trento
> Via Inama, 5
> I-38100 Trento, Italy
> tel: +39 461 882135
> fax: +39 461 882124
> bouquet(a)cs.unitn.it
> http://www.cs.unitn.it/~bouquet
>
> SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS
>
> CONTEXT'01 expands the format of CONTEXT'97 and CONTEXT'99 in that
> specialized workshops are planned to let participants discuss emerging,
> narrow, and technical issues related to context. Proposals for specialized
> workshops should be sent to the Workshops Chair by March 2, 2001:
>
> Massimo Benerecetti
> CONTEXT'01 Workshops Chair
> Department of Physical Sciences
> University of Naples "Federico II"
> Complesso Monte Santangelo
> via Cinthia
> 80126 Napoli, Italy
> Massimo.Benerecetti(a)na.infn.it
>
> A proposal should consist of the following items: workshop title, address
> and short bio of the workshop director, one-page synopsis of the workshop,
> addresses of workshop speakers who have already committed to making
> presentations, and tentative titles of the presentations.
>
> It is up to the workshop director to decide whether the workshop speakers
> also prepare written versions of their presentations. In any case, there
> will not be a formal written record of the workshops. A workshop director
is
> free to prepare an informal report or a collection of handouts
incorporating
> the material discussed in his/her workshop.
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Paper submission deadline February 2,
2001
>
> Workshop proposal submission deadline March 2,
2001
>
> Notification of acceptance/rejection for all submissions April 2,
2001
>
> Deadline for final versions of accepted papers (in LNAI May 4,
2001
> format)
>
> Conference July 27-30,
2001
>
> INVITED SPEAKERS
>
> Patrick Blackburn, Computerlinguistick, University of Saarland,
> Germany
> Herbert Clark, Psychology Department, Stanford University
> Jerry Hobbs, SRI International, Menlo Park, California
> Alex Lascarides, Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh,
> Scotland
> John Perry, Philosophy Department, Stanford University, California
>
> CONFERENCE CHAIR
>
> Paolo Bouquet (bouquet(a)cs.unitn.it)
>
> PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS
>
> Rich Thomason (rich(a)thomason.org)
> Varol Akman (akman(a)cs.bilkent.edu.tr)
>
> WORKSHOPS CHAIR
>
> Massimo Benerecetti (Massimo.Benerecetti(a)na.infn.it)
>
> PUBLICITY CHAIR
>
> Roy Turner (rmt(a)umcs.maine.edu)
>
> LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR
>
> Roger Young (r.a.young(a)dundee.ac.uk)
>
> STEERING COMMITTEE
>
> Paolo Bouquet (bouquet(a)cs.unitn.it)
> Patrick Brezillon (Patrick.Brezillon(a)lip6.fr)
> Rich Thomason (rich(a)thomason.org)
> Varol Akman (akman(a)cs.bilkent.edu.tr)
> Roger Young (r.a.young(a)dundee.ac.uk)
> Gilles Fauconnier (faucon(a)cogsci.ucsd.edu)
> Fausto Giunchiglia (fausto(a)cs.unitn.it)
> Carlo Penco (penco(a)nous.unige.it)
> Francois Recanati (recanati(a)poly.polytechnique.fr)
> Luciano Serafini (serafini(a)itc.it)
>
> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
>
> Paolo Bouquet (bouquet(a)cs.unitn.it)
> Patrick Brezillon (Patrick.Brezillon(a)lip6.fr)
> Rich Thomason (rich(a)thomason.org)
> Varol Akman (akman(a)cs.bilkent.edu.tr)
> Roy Turner (rmt(a)umcs.maine.edu)
> Massimo Benerecetti (Massimo.Benerecetti(a)na.infn.it)
>
> LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
>
> Roger Young (r.a.young(a)dundee.ac.uk)
> Neil Cooper (n.l.cooper(a)dundee.ac.uk)
> Roy Dyckhoff (rd(a)dcs.st-and.ac.uk)
> Alex Lascarides (alex(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk)
> Wayne Murray (w.s.murray(a)dundee.ac.uk)
> Nick Taylor (nick(a)cee.hw.ac.uk)
>
> PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
>
> Daniel Andler Universite de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV),
> France
> Horacio Arlo Costa Carnegie Mellon University, USA
> Kent Bach San Francisco State University, USA
> Carla Bazzanella Universitè di Torino, Italy
> David Beaver Stanford University, USA
> Matteo Bonifacio Arthur Andersen Italia, Italy
> Cristiano Castelfranchi National Research Council, Italy
> Jean-Charles Pomerol DRITT, UPMC, France
> Herbert Clark Stanford University, USA
> Christo Dichev North Carolina A&M State University
> Bruce Edmonds Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
> Paul Feltovich Southern Illinois University School of
> Medicine, USA
> Tim Fernando Trinity College, Ireland
> Anita Fetzer Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany
> Michael Fisher Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
> Claude Frasson University of Montreal, Canada
> Chiara Ghidini Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
> Alain Giboin Unite de Recherche Sophia-Antipolis,
> France
> Pat Hayes The University of West Florida, USA
> Jerry Hobbs SRI International, USA
> Lucja Iwanska Wayne State University, USA
> Ruth Kempson King's College, UK
> Ewan Klein University of Edinburgh, UK
> Yves Kodratoff Université Paris-Sud, France
> Boicho Kokinov New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
> Jose Luis Bermudez University of Stirling, UK
> Mark Maybury MITRE Corporation, USA
> Bernard Moulin Université Laval, Canada
> John Mylopoulos University of Toronto, Canada
> Rolf Nossum Agder University College, Norway
> John Perry Stanford University, USA
> Stefano Predelli Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
> Marina Sbisa Universitè di Trieste, Italy
> Carles Sierra CSIC-Spanish Scientific Research
> Council, Spain
> Munindar Singh North Carolina State University, USA
> Steffen Staab University of Karlsruhe, Germany
> Robert Stalnaker MIT, USA
> Jason Stanley Cornell University, USA
> Mike Tanenhaus University of Rochester, USA
>
> SPONSORS
>
> Dundee City Council
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Tisztelt Kollegak,
Szepen gyulnek az absztraktok, de azert mellekelem a legutolso felhivast.
Tobben jeleztek, hogy meg egy-ket nap kellene nekik. Ezert a jelenkezesi
hataridot, hogy ne legyen kapkodas, meghosszabbitjuk dec. 20.-ig.
A MAKOG pillanatnyilag elorelathato koltsege fejenkent 6200 Ft, ami
tartalmazza a regisztracios dijat, a szallast es a teljes ellatast. Ez
meg csak tajekoztatas, es nem a vegleges adat - csokkenni persze mar nem
fog, de meg sajnos emelkedhet, mert draga a terem.
Diakoknak a reszvetel ingyenes, a szallasert 1200 Ft/nap, az
etkezesert ugyancsak 1200 Ft/nap osszeget kell fizetniuk.
udv, jo szelet, kgy