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by Andras Mate

Az ELTE BTK Filozofiai Intezet Logika tanszekenek doktori kurzusai es specialis kollegiumai 1999 osz I. DOKTORI KURZUSOK FL--350.10 Paradigmak a logika Ruzsa Imre prof. emeritus torteneteben FL--350.15 Az okori es kozepkori logika Klima Gyula vendegprof. tortenete Mate Andras docens Operatorok es modalis logika Sain Ildiko tud. fmts. (MTA Renyi Alfred Mat.Kut.Int.) A harom doktori kurzus idopontmegbeszelese szept. 15-en de. 11-kor lesz a Logika tanszeken (Bp. V. Pesti B. u. 1., felem. 23). Sain Ildiko oraja csak komoly logikai es algebrai felkeszultseggel rendelkezo doktoranduszoknak szol. A masik ket kurzust megfeleloen tajekozott undergraduate hallgatok is felvehetik specialis szeminariumkent. II. TOVABBI SPECIALIS SZEMINARIUMOK FL--350.08 Modalis logika Mate Andras docens Csaba Ferenc pgr. od. FL--350.09 Tarsadalomtudomanyi elmeletek Polos Laszlo adj. logikai rekonstrukcioja FL--350.14 Intuicionista es klasszikus Mate Andras docens logika Simonyi Andras pgr. od. Az utobbi kurzusok idopontmegbeszelese: szept. 15. 12h, ugyanott. ============================================================================== Andras Mate CSc, assoc. prof. -- Dept. of Logic Lorand Eotvos University Budapest, Faculty of Arts and Humanities H-1364 Budapest, POB 107 Phone: (36 1) 266 9100/5328 -- TAD/Fax: (36 1) 266 41 95 e-mail:mate@isis.elte.hu Home: H-1119 Budapest, Nandorfehervar koz 11 / Phone: (36 1) 204 0489

26 years, 9 months

Tudomanyfilozofiai Szeminarium (szeptemberi program)

by László E. Szabó

Tisztelt Kollegak! Az ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszeke szeptembertol folytatja tudomanyfilozofiai szeminariumait. Kozkivanatra a szeminariumot csutortokrol atkoltoztettuk HETFOre. Tehat szeptembertol kezdve hetfonkent lesz 12:30-tol 14-ig. A novekvo szamú hallgatosagra tekintettel egy nagyobb terembe koltoztunk: 6. em. 659. (A regi, 662-es teremtol 5 meterre!) Kave/tea tovabbra is lesz. A deli idopontnak megfeleloen a szeminarium alatt enni-inni nem szamit illetlensegnek. Az eloadasok tovabbra is maximum 60 percesek lesznek, amit 5 perc szunet, majd 25 perc vita kovet. Mint az eddigi programbol is kitunt, a "tudomanyfilozofiat" meglehetosen tagan ertelmezzuk. Alkalmasint elofordulnak tudomanytorteneti eloadasok is, elsosorban olyan temakrol, amelyek vagy az adott tudomanyterulet ideainak melyebb megerteset szolgaljak, vagy altalanosabb filozofiai kerdesek atgondolasat segitik elo. Vannak eloadasok, melyek a logika es elofordulnak olyanok, amelyek az analitikus filozofia teruletebe tartoznak. A tanszek fo kutatasi es oktatasi profiljanak megfeleloen azonban a legszorosabb szalak a TTK fizika, biologia es matematika tanszekeihez kotodnek. A szeminariumnak az is celja, hogy forumot biztositson a TTK kulonbozo tanszekein dolgozo kutatok szamara, hogy olyan temakat adjanak elo es vitassanak meg, melyek interdiszciplinaris jelleguk, vagy altalanosabb filozofiai vonatkozasuk miatt mas tanszekek kutatoit is erdekelhetnek. Ezert tehat mindenkit szivesen latunk hallgatokent es eloadokent. Otletekkel, javaslatokkal kapcsolatban kerjuk, keresse meg a szeminarium szervezojet: Szabo Laszlo E-mail: szabol(a)caesar.elte.hu. Tel: 6671 A szeminarium weblapja: http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo/szeminar/folap.htm Udvozlettel, Kampis Gyorgy (tanszekvezeto egy. doc., Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszek) Szabo Laszlo (tud. fomunkatars, Elmeleti Fizikai Tanszek) _____________________________________________________________ ELTE TTK Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszek Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A Tudomanyfilozofia Szeminarium SZEPTEMBER ________________________________________________ 1999. Szeptember 27. (hetfo !) 12:30 6. em. 659. B a r r y L o e w e r Rutgers University Collegium Budapest Probability and Determinism Although probability is essential to the formulation (and evaluation) of scientific theories and although a great deal is known about how to employ probabilistic concepts, there is still philosophical controversy concerning the nature of probability. Some hold that only probability concerns only degrees of belief (either subjective or constrained by "objective" rules) while others hold that it concerns mind-independent features of reality. The latter view divides among those who hold that it concerns only frequencies (actual or hypothetical) and those who hold that it concerns a "causal propensity." The nature of probability is especially puzzling when the underlying dynamics is completely deterministic as in classical mechanics and Bohm's version of quantum mechanics. Some claim that when the dynamics is deterministic then all objective probabilities are 1 or 0. But this seems at odd with the scientific practice. In my talk I will review some of the main ideas concerning the nature of probability and also an idea suggested by David Lewis. According to Lewis probability concerns an objective feature of reality that supervenes on the totality of propositions not concerning chance. Whether or not Lewis' account is correct for dynamical chances I argue that it provides a good account of chance statements when the dynamics are deterministic. A szeminarium szervezoje: Szabo E. Laszlo -- Laszlo E. Szabo Department of Theoretical Physics Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32. Phone: (36-1)2090-555/6671 Fax: (36-1)372-2509 Home: (36-1)200-7318 http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo

26 years, 9 months

AISB`00 Call for Symposium Proposals (fwd)

by Csaba PLEH

26 years, 9 months

NIH's Public Archive for the Refereed Literature: PUBMED CENTRAL

by Stevan Harnad

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:37:39 -0400 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

26 years, 9 months

SIMPLE HEURISTICS: BBS Call for Multiple Book Review

by Stevan Harnad

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.html http://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.uk http://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/ INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html http://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!).

26 years, 9 months

Individual Differences in Reasoning: BBS Call for Commentators

by Stevan Harnad

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.html http://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.uk http://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/ INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: http://www.princeton.edu/~harnad/bbs/instructions.for.authors.html http://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!).

26 years, 9 months

InfoPsyling (fwd)

by Csaba PLEH

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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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. **************************************************** 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 ********************************************************** 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/ *********************************************************** 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 ********************************************************* 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 ********************************************************* 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 ********************************************************* 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 ********************************************************* 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 ******************************************************* 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 ********************************************************* 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 ******************************************************* 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

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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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Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by RITTER(a)VPSYC.PSYCHOLOGY.NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK follows. Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed.---------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- ================================================================== 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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