Kedves Kollegak,
Hadd osszam meg az alabbi felhivast a lista olvasoival. Ha valaki tud olyanrol,
akit erdekelne, terjessze batran. Udvozlettel,
Biro Tamas
Call for Participation and Call for Posters:
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Optimality Theory as a General Cognitive Architecture
Workshop held at the 33rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
July 20, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts
Short Summary:
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Optimality Theory has been a very popular approach to linguistic phenomena, but
how does it relate to (higher) cognition in general? Twenty-five years after
the publication of Harmony Theory (Smolensky, 1986), and five years after The
Harmonic Mind (Smolensky and Legendre, 2006), this half-day workshop at the
33rd annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society offers an opportunity to
discuss the place of OT (and HG, and the ICS Architecture) within the cognitive
sciences at large, as well as applications of OT to domains beyond linguistics.
Longer description and Call for Posters:
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Organizers: Tamas Biro and Judit Gervain
Website: http://www.birot.hu/events/OTGCA/.
Harmony Theory (Smolensky, 1986), introduced exactly 25 years ago, became one
of the most popular current approaches to linguistics in the form of Optimality
Theory (OT, Prince and Smolensky 1993). While most people in the OT camp focus
on particular linguistic problems, the underlying motivations of the theory
warrant a constant connection between OT and the (computational) cognitive
sciences. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the place of Optimality Theory
(and related approaches: Harmony Grammar and the ICS Architecture) within the
cognitive sciences at large.
In The Harmonic Mind (2006), Smolensky and Legendre repeatedly allude to the
possibility of applying their ICS Architecture to a broad spectrum of domains
in (higher) cognition, while maintaining the connection between higher
(abstract) level description and lower (neural) level processing. At the same
time, some scholars have already adopted Optimality Theory to specific,
non-linguistic phenomena, including culture and ethical decision making.
Thirdly, experimental and computational OT research often tackle issues that
fit nicely into the cognitive psychological tradition, thereby building new
bridges between linguistics and other cognitive domains.
Yet, it is sad to see the lack of opportunities for scholars working on OT as a
general cognitive architecture to share their ideas. Even less collaboration is
going on between the OT-camp and those employing utility function-based models
in computational biology, psychology or economics. Therefore, the workshop
offers a meeting point to those applying OT to non-linguistic domains, as well
as an opportunity to discuss the place of OT, HG and ICS within the cognitive
sciences.
The half-day-long workshop consists of a key-note address by Paul Smolensky, as
well as by papers delivered by Petra Hendriks, Lotte Hogeweg, Doug Jones,
Geraldine Legendre and Giorgio Magri. Additionally, the workshop will also
feature a poster session.
We thus seek posters describing new results and addressing, primarily, though
not exclusively, the following issues:
* Optimality Theory and Harmony Grammar as general frameworks of (higher)
cognition.
* OT/HG-style analyses of phenomena belonging to (primarily,
non-linguistic) domains that have not yet employed OT.
* The connection of linguistic OT/HG to the study of other (higher)
cognitive functions.
* OT compared to HG, from theoretical-mathematical and
cognitive-neuroscientific perspectives.
* OT/HG-style formalisms compared to utility function-based approaches from
a mathematical-computational perspective; their place in explaining the
brain/mind.
* Relating connectionist and symbolic approaches: the ICS Architecture and
its eventual alternatives.
* Ontogenetic aspects of OT/HG approaches (learnability).
* Phylogenetic aspects of OT/HG approaches (including historical change,
evolutionary models, etc.).
1-page-long abstracts are solicited by May 20, to be sent to Tamas Biro
(t.s.biro(a)uva.nl). Notification of acceptance is due by May 31.
Further information, including a longer description of the workshop is getting
gradually available on the website of the workshop:
http://www.birot.hu/events/OTGCA/.
And a final note:
One of the aims of the workshop is to gauge ongoing work and eventual interest
in using OT beyond linguistics, either in other domains, or as a general
cognitive architecture. Therefore, if you cannot join us in Boston for whatever
reason, but you are nevertheless interested in contributing to the theme of the
workshop, for instance in the form of a paper in an eventual volume coming out
of the meeting, then you are still extremely welcome to contact us.
Kedves Érdeklődők,
Emlékeztetőül az ELTE-PPK Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszékének következő
Kognitív Péntek rendezvényére 2 nap múlva kerül sor:
*Tompa Tamás: Az agy képei*
Időpont: 2011. május 6. 14:00-15:00
Helyszín: ELTE-PPK Pszichológia Intézet, Izabella u. 46., 216. terem
Absztrakt:
https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte-kognitiv-pentek
Ebben a tanévben ezen kívül még egy előadásra kerül sor: május 20-án Téglás
Ernő lesz vendégünk. Előadásának címe: * *A kontingens reakciók észlelése és
értelmezései csecsemőkorban.
Szeretettel várunk Mindenkit!
Üdvözlettel:
Garami Linda
ELTE-PPK Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék
The next talk in the CDC seminar series will be given by
Sara Baker, University of Salford
Date: THURSDAY, May 5th, 5 PM (Please note this talk is on a different
day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Individual differences in the expression of folk physical and folk
psychological knowledge
Abstract: Theories of cognitive development have moved away from the
“one-stop shop” view, according to which a single developmental
mechanism is responsible for change, and towards a “toolkit” view,
whereby domain-general and domain-specific mechanisms interact to
produce the behavior we observe.
Still, a large amount of variability in cognitive development is not
accounted for either in our methods or in our theories. Individual
differences continue to represent a great challenge for the scientific
study of developmental change.
In this talk I will describe experiments which put both intra- and
inter-individual variability at centre-stage. Drawing on examples
from folk physics and folk psychology in 2- to 15-year-old children, I
will discuss some ways in which individual differences contribute to
our understanding of cognitive development.
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Doktori Bizottságának
Pszichológia Szakbizottsága
tisztelettel meghívja Önt
TISLJÁR ROLAND
*"A humor szerepe és szerveződése a társas kapcsolatokban. *
*Evolúciós modellek tesztelése"*
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című doktori (PhD) értekezésének nyilvános védésére.
**
*A védés ideje*: *2011. május 10. (kedd) 13.30*
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*Helye*: *PTE BTK* *Pécs, Ifjúság útja 6.*
* A/434-es terem*
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*A disszertáció megtekinthető az alábbi honlapon: *
*http://pszichologia.pte.hu/menu/59/21*
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Kedves Kollégák,
föl szeretném hívni figyelmüket Wendy Sandler (University of Haifa) jövő
heti előadására. A meghívót csatolva is megtalálják.
We are happy to invite you to the lecture by
Prof. Wendy Sandler
Director, Sign Language Research Lab
University of Haifa
Date: Wednesday, May 4, at 11:00
Venue: Room 52 Main Building, Egyetem tér 1
University of Debrecen
The Emergence of Prosody in Sign Language
Abstract:
All humans in every culture use gestures of the hands, face, and body to
accompany and augment the linguistic stream. In sign languages of deaf
communities, these signals are organized and conventionalized to form the
substance of language itself. The focus of this talk is the way in which
this occurs in the prosodic system of sign languages, especially the
temporal delineation of prosodic constituents and the intonation of the
face. While the presence of such a system in sign languages points to
prosody as a universal property of human language, research on a new sign
language in an insular Bedouin community shows that even universals do not
arise overnight.
Everyone welcome.
HuComTech Research Group
University of Debrecen
FYI:
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>>> Izsák Éva<eizsak(a)issa.hu> 4/28/2011 12:58 PM >>>
Kedves Reka!
Ahogy korabban emlitettem, a szeminárium után sor kerül egy mindenki
számára nyilvános előadásra, aminek a hirdetését angolul és magyarul
is csatolom. jó lenne, ha minél több érdeklődő jönne. Kérhetem abban a
segítségüket, hogy ezt minél több lehetséges érdeklődőnek elküldik?
Köszönöm,
Éva
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY FORUM
Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös University
Address: Múzeum krt. 4/i, Budapest
4 May (Wednesday) 5:00 PM Room 226
Miklós Lehmann
Department of Social Science, Faculty of Elementary and Nursery School
Teachers' Training, Eötvös University
Közösségi tudat és web 2.0
(Common conscience and Web 2.0)
___________________________________
Abstracts and printable program (poster) are available from the web
site of the Forum: http://phil.elte.hu/tpf (Please feel free to post the
program in your institution!)
The Forum is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty
members from all departments and institutes! Format: 60 minute lecture,
coffee break, 60 minute discussion.
The organizer of the Forum: László E. Szabó
(leszabo(a)phil.elte.hu)
--
L a s z l o E. S z a b o
Professor of Philosophy
DEPARTMENT OF LOGIC, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
EOTVOS UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST
http://phil.elte.hu/leszabo
The next talk in the CDC seminar series will be given by
Sara Baker, University of Salford
Date: THURSDAY, May 5th, 5 PM (Please note this talk is on a different
day than usual!)
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyú u. 14, 3rd floor
Individual differences in the expression of folk physical and folk
psychological knowledge
Abstract: Theories of cognitive development have moved away from the
“one-stop shop” view, according to which a single developmental
mechanism is responsible for change, and towards a “toolkit” view,
whereby domain-general and domain-specific mechanisms interact to
produce the behavior we observe.
Still, a large amount of variability in cognitive development is not
accounted for either in our methods or in our theories. Individual
differences continue to represent a great challenge for the scientific
study of developmental change.
In this talk I will describe experiments which put both intra- and
inter-individual variability at centre-stage. Drawing on examples
from folk physics and folk psychology in 2- to 15-year-old children, I
will discuss some ways in which individual differences contribute to
our understanding of cognitive development.
_______________________________________________
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Kedves Érdeklődők,
az ELTE-PPK Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszéke tisztelettel meghívja Önt a
Kognitív Péntek sorozat következő rendezvényére:
*Tompa Tamás: Az agy képei*
Időpont: 2011. május 6. 14:00
Helyszín: ELTE-PPK Pszichológia Intézet, Izabella u. 46., 216. terem
További részletes információk:
https://sites.google.com/site/eltekognitiv/home/elte-kognitiv-pentek
Ebben a tanévben ezen kívül még egy előadásra kerül sor: május 20-án Téglás
Ernő lesz vendégünk.
Szeretettel várunk Mindenkit!
Üdvözlettel:
Garami Linda
ELTE-PPK Kognitív Pszichológia Tanszék