7.639, Confs: Cognitive Science Society

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-7-639. Tue Apr 30 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 388 Subject: 7.639, Confs: Cognitive Science Society Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry(a)emunix.emich.edu> (On Leave) T. Daniel Seely: Eastern Michigan U. <dseely(a)emunix.emich.edu> Associate Editor: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselin(a)emunix.emich.edu> Assistant Editors: Ron Reck <rreck(a)emunix.emich.edu> Ann Dizdar <dizdar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Annemarie Valdez <avaldez(a)emunix.emich.edu> Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers(a)emunix.emich.edu> Editor for this issue: avaldez(a)emunix.emich.edu (Annemarie Valdez) We'd appreciate your limiting conference announcements to 150 lines, so that we can post more than 1 per issue. Please consider omitting information useful only to attendees, such as information on housing, transportation, or rooms and times of sessions. Please do not use abbreviations or acronyms for your conference unless you explain them in your text. Many people outside your area of specialization will not recognize them. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------Directory----------------------------------- 1) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 12:52:40 PDT From: dnoelle(a)cs.ucsd.edu (David Noelle) Subject: CogSci96 - May 1st Is Early Registration Deadline ---------------------------------Messages------------------------------------ 1) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 12:52:40 PDT From: dnoelle(a)cs.ucsd.edu (David Noelle) Subject: CogSci96 - May 1st Is Early Registration Deadline Eighteenth Annual Conference of the COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY July 12-15, 1996 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Annual Cognitive Science Conference began with the La Jolla Conference on Cognitive Science in August of 1979. The organizing committee of the Eighteenth Annual Conference would like to welcome members home to La Jolla. We plan to recapture the pioneering spirit of the original conference, extending our welcome to fields on the expanding frontier of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Life, Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Evolutionary Psychology, as well as the core areas of Anthropology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology. The conference will feature plenary addresses by invited speakers, invited symposia by leaders in their fields, technical paper sessions, a poster session, a banquet, and a Blues Party. San Diego is the home of the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Sea World, the historic all-wooden Hotel Del Coronado, beautiful beaches, mountain areas and deserts, is a short drive from Mexico, and features a high Cappuccino Index. Bring the whole family and stay a while! PLENARY SESSIONS "Controversies in Cognitive Science: The Case of Language" Stephen Crain (UMD College Park) & Mark Seidenberg (USC) Moderated by Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University) "Tenth Anniversary of the PDP Books" Geoff Hinton (Toronto), Jay McClelland (CMU), & Dave Rumelhart (Stanford) "Frontal Lobe Development and Dysfunction in Children: Dissociations between Intention and Action" Adele Diamond (MIT) "Reconstructing Consciousness" Paul Churchland (UCSD) TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATIONS United Airlines is the official airline of the 1996 Cognitive Science Conference. Attendees flying with United can receive a 5% discount off of any published United or United Express round trip fare (to San Diego) in effect when ticket is purchased, subject to all applicable restrictions. Attendees flying with United can receive a 10% discount off of applicable BUA fares in effect when ticket is purchased 7 days in advance. To get your discount, be sure to give your travel agent the following information: * "Meeting ID# 557NS for the Cognitive Science Society Meeting" * United's Meeting Desk phone number is (800) 521-4041. Alternatively, you may order your tickets direct from United's Meeting Desk, using the same reference information as above. Purchasers of United tickets to the conference will be eligible for a drawing (to be held at the conference) in which two round trip tickets will be given away -- so don't throw away your boarding pass! If you are flying to San Diego, you will be arriving at Lindbergh Field. If you don't rent a car, transportation from the airport to the UCSD area will cost (not including tip) anywhere from $15.00 (for a seat on a shuttle/van) to $35.00 (for a taxi). We have arranged for special rates at two of the hotels nearest to the UCSD campus. In addition, on campus apartments can be rented at less expense. All rooms are subject to availability and hotel rates are only guaranteed up to the dates specified, so reserve early. None of the rates quoted below (unless explicitly stated) include tax, which is currently 10.5 percent. The La Jolla Marriott is located approximately 2 miles from campus. Single and double rooms are available at $92.00 per night, when reserved before June 21st. Included in the rate is a morning and evening shuttle service to and from campus (running for one hour periods, on July 13th, 14th, and 15th only). The hotel has parking spaces, available at $7 per day or $10 per day with valet service. On campus parking requires the purchase of daily ($6.00) or weekly ($16.00) passes. There is also city bus service (fare is about $1.50 per ride) from and to campus which passes within 1 block of the hotel. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel at (619) 587-1414 or (800) 228-9290. Be sure to reference the "Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society" to receive these special rates. Arrival after 6:00 P.M. requires a first night's deposit, or guarantee with a major credit card. The La Jolla Radisson is located approximately 1/2 mile from campus. Single and double rooms are available at $75.00 per night, when reserved before June 12th. Included in the rate is a morning and evening shuttle service to and from campus, although walking is also very feasible. Parking is available and complementary. On campus parking requires the purchase of daily ($6.00) or weekly ($16.00) passes. The first night's room charge (+ tax) is due by June 12th. Reservations can be made by calling Radisson Reservations at (800) 333-3333. Be sure to reference the "Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society" to receive these special rates. There are a limited number of on-campus apartments available for reservation as a 4 night package, from July 12th through July 16th. Included is a (mandatory) meal plan - cafeteria breakfast (4 days), and lunch (3 days). The total cost is $191 per person (double occupancy, including tax) and $227 per person (single occupancy, including tax). (Checking in a day early is $45 extra for a single room or $36 for a double.) On campus parking is complimentary with this package. These apartments may be reserved using the conference registration form. REGISTRATION INFORMATION There are three ways to register for the 1996 Cognitive Science Conference: * ONLINE REGISTRATION -- You may fill out and electronically submit the online registration form, which may be found on the conference web page at "http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/events/cogsci96/". This is the preferred method of registration. (You must pay registration fees with a Visa or MasterCard in order to use this option.) * EMAIL REGISTRATION -- You may fill out the plain text (ASCII) registration form, which appears below, and send it via electronic mail to "cogsci96reg(a)cs.ucsd.edu".edu". (You must pay registration fees with a Visa or MasterCard in order to use this option.) * POSTAL REGISTRATION -- You may download a copy of the PostScript registration form from the conference home page (or extract the plain text version, below), print it on a PostScript printer, fill it out with a pen, and send it via postal mail to: CogSci'96 Conference Registration Cognitive Science Department - 0515 University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0515 (Under this option, you may enclose payment of registration fees in U. S. dollars in the form of a check or money order, or you may pay these fees with a Visa or MasterCard. Please make checks payable to: The Regents of the University of California.) For more information, visit the conference web page at "http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/events/cogsci96". Please direct questions and comments to "cogsci96(a)cs.ucsd.edu".edu", (619) 534-6773, or (619) 534-6776. Edwin Hutchins and Walter Savitch, Conference Chairs John D. Batali, Local Arrangements Chair Garrison W. Cottrell, Program Chair ====================================================================== PLAIN TEXT REGISTRATION FORM ====================================================================== Cognitive Science 1996 Registration Form ---------------------------------------- Your Full Name : _____________________________________________________ Your Postal Address : ________________________________________________ (including zip/postal ________________________________________________ code and country) ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Your Telephone Number (Voice) : ______________________________________ Your Telephone Number (Fax) : ______________________________________ Your Internet Electronic Mail Address (e.g., dnoelle(a)cs.ucsd.edu) : ______________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FEES : Please select the appropriate registration option from the menu below by placing an "X" in the corresponding blank on the left. Note that the Cognitive Science Society is offering a special deal to individuals who opt to join the Society simultaneously with conference registration. The "New Member" package includes conference fees and first year's membership dues for only $10 more than the nonmember conference cost. Registration fees received after May 1st are $20 higher ($10 higher for students) than fees received before May 1st. Be sure to register early to take advantage of the lower fee rates. _____ Registration, Member -- $120 ($140 after May 1st) _____ Registration, Nonmember -- $145 ($165 after May 1st) _____ Registration, New Member -- $155 ($175 after May 1st) _____ Registration, Student Member -- $85 ($95 after May 1st) _____ Registration, Student Nonmember -- $100 ($110 after May 1st) _____ Registration, New Student Member -- $115 ($125 after May 1st) CONFERENCE BANQUET : Tickets to the conference banquet are *not* included in the registration fees, above. Banquet tickets are $35 per person. (You may bring guests.) Number Of Banquet Tickets Desired ($35 each): _____ _____ Omnivorous _____ Vegetarian CONFERENCE SHIRTS : Conference T-Shirts are *not* included in the registration fees, above. These are $10 each. Number Of T-Shirts Desired ($10 each): _____ UCSD ON-CAMPUS APARTMENTS : There are a limited number of on-campus apartments available for reservation as a 4 night package, from July 12th through July 16th. Included is a (mandatory) meal plan - cafeteria breakfast (4 days), and lunch (3 days). The total cost is $191 per person (double occupancy, including tax) and $227 per person (single occupancy, including tax). (Checking in a day early is $45 extra for a single room or $36 for a double.) On campus parking is complimentary with this package. Off-campus accommodations in local hotels are also available, but you will need to make reservations by contacting the hotel of interest directly. If you will be staying off-campus, please skip this portion of the registration form. On-campus housing reservations must be received by May 1st, 1996. Please include the cost of on-campus housing in the total conference cost listed at the bottom of this form. Select the housing plan desired by placing an "X" in the appropriate blank on the left: _____ UCSD Housing and Meal Plan (Single Room) -- $227 per person _____ UCSD Housing and Meal Plan (Double Room) -- $191 per person Arrival Date And Time : ____________________________________________ Departure Date And Time : ____________________________________________ If you reserved a double room above, please indicate your roommate preference below: _____ Please assign a roommate to me. I am _____ female _____ male. _____ I will be sharing this room with a guest who is not registered for the conference. I will include $382 ($191 times 2) in the total conference cost listed at the bottom of this form. _____ I will be sharing this room with another conference attendee. I will include $191 in the total conference cost listed at the bottom of this form. My roommate will submit her housing fee along with her registration form. My roommate's full name is: ______________________________________________________________ ASL TRANSLATION : American Sign Language (ASL) translators will be available for a number of conference events. The number of translated events will be, in part, a function of the number of participants in need of this service. Please indicate below if you will require ASL translation of conference talks. _____ I will require ASL translation. Comments To The Registration Staff : ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Please sum your conference registration fees, the cost of banquet tickets and t-shirts, and on-campus housing costs, and place the total below. To register by electronic mail, payment must be by Visa or MasterCard only. TOTAL : _$____________ Bill to: _____ Visa _____ MasterCard Number : ___________________________________________ Expiration Date: ___________________________________ Registration fees (including on-campus housing costs) will be fully refunded if cancellation is requested prior to May 1st. If registration is cancelled between May 1st and June 1st, 20% of paid fees will be retained by the Society to cover processing costs. No refunds will be granted after June 1st. When complete, send this form via email to "cogsci96reg(a)cs.ucsd.edu".edu". Please direct questions to "cogsci96(a)cs.ucsd.edu".edu", (619) 534-6773, or (619) 534-6776. ====================================================================== PLAIN TEXT REGISTRATION FORM ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINGUIST List: Vol-7-639.