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Csaba Pleh Pleh Csaba Cognitive Science Group Megismerestudomanyi Csoport Department of Psychology Pszichologiai Tanszek Attila Jozsef University Jozsef Attila Tudomanyegyetem Szeged Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary Telefon/Phone: (36)(62) 544000 Lakas/Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary (36)(23) 453932 or 933 Mobile: (0620) 3278922 WEB: http//www.jate.u-szeged.hu/~pleh Hungarian Review of Psychology Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle editor foszerkeszto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 01:37:01 GMT From: info-psyling-digest <owner-info-psyling-digest(a)gla.ac.uk> To: info-psyling-digest(a)gla.ac.uk Subject: info-psyling-digest V1 #1 Resent-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 99 18:02:57 +100 Resent-From: PLEH(a)izabell.elte.hu Resent-To: pleh(a)sol.cc.u-szeged.hu info-psyling-digest Monday, January 10 2000 Volume 01 : Number 001 This digest covers the subjects listed below (indicating also the originator): [none] ("Institute of Cognitive Science" <ics(a)louisiana.edu>) Special Issue of Cognitive Science on Connectionist Language Processing ("Dr. Morten H. Christiansen" <morten(a)compute.it.siu.edu>) Graduate Openings in Brain and Cognitive Sciences ("Dr. Morten H. Christiansen" <morten(a)compute.it.siu.edu>) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:31:09 -0600 From: "Institute of Cognitive Science" <ics(a)louisiana.edu> Subject: [none] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_006B_01BF5831.253A9020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is pleased to announce the = inauguration of its Institute of Cognitive Science, which offers a Ph.D. = in Cognitive Science. The Institute of Cognitive Science emphasizes the = comparative study of human, animal and machine cognition. The ICS, one = of the university's centers of excellence, links researchers in various = university units, including the Cognitive Evolution Group, the Center = for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), and the departments of Psychology, = Communicative Disorders, English (Linguistics), Mathematics, Philosophy, = and Biology. Beginning in January of 2000, Ph.D. students will have the option to = concentrate in psycholinguistics, thus we welcome applications from = students who are interested in the study of language processing. The = NSF-funded Psycholinguistics Laboratory at the Institute is equipped for = both reaction time and eye movement experiments, and is headed by Dr. = Julie Boland. Additional expertise and advising will be available from = other faculty with active interests in language processing, including = Patricia Kilroe (English), Bill Manaris (Computer Science), & Shalini = Arehole (Communicative Disorders). Financial support for graduate students is available through the = Institute of Cognitive Science in the form of assistantships and = fellowships. This support is awarded on a competitive basis, but the = Institute currently has adequate funds to cover most students accepted = to the program. For additional information, see the ICS website, which = include links to pages with more information for prospective students: = http://www.louisiana.edu/Research/ICS/. Or contact: Dr. Todd M. Preuss, = University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Institute of Cognitive Science, = 4401 W. Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560, Phone: 337-482-0261, = Email: ics(a)louisiana.edu. Best Regards, Teri Gillett Administrative Assistant Institute of Cognitive Science Cognitive Evolution Group University of Louisiana at Lafayette Phone: (318) 482-0265 ICS(a)louisiana.edu Please visit our website at www.louisiana.edu/research/ics/. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:12:48 -0600 (CST) From: "Dr. Morten H. Christiansen" <morten(a)compute.it.siu.edu> Subject: Special Issue of Cognitive Science on Connectionist Language Processing The members of this list may be interested in the most recent issue of Cognitive Science which is a Special Issue on connectionist language processing: Christiansen, M.H., Chater, N. & Seidenberg, M.S. (Eds.) (1999). Connectionist models of human language processing: Progress and prospects. Special issue of Cognitive Science, Vol. 23(4), 415-634. PREFACE Connectionist Models of Human Language Processing: Progress and Prospects Editors Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater & Mark S. Seidenberg This Special Issue appraises the progress made so far and the prospects for future development of connectionist models of natural language processing. This project is timely - the decade since the publication of Rumelhart & McClelland's influential PDP volumes has seen an explosive growth of connectionist modeling of natural language, ranging from models of early speech perception, to syntax and to discourse level phenomena. The breadth and variety of this work is illustrated in the review, which forms the introductory paper in the volume. How much has been achieved by this vast research effort? Part I presents some of the most recent progress by leading connectionist researchers, in a range of topics of central interest in language processing. Gaskell & Marslen-Wilson describe recent developments in connectionist models of speech perception. Plunkett & Juola report on progress in the highly controversial area of connectionist models of morphology. Tabor & Tanenhaus describe their work utilizing recurrent networks to model parsing within a dynamic perspective. Dell, Chang & Griffin provide accounts of lexical and syntactic aspects of language production. Plaut outlines recent developments in connectionist models of reading. Where Part I brings us to the forefront of current connectionist modeling of natural language processing, Part II considers the prospects for future research. Seidenberg and MacDonald argue that connectionism provides a fundamentally new way of looking at language processing and acquisition, which challenges traditional viewpoints derived from linguistics. By contrast, Smolensky attempts to synthesize lessons learned from both linguistics and connectionist research, arguing that progress will come from providing an integration of the two approaches. Steedman takes on the role as an "outside" observer, seeking to put connectionist natural language processing in perspective. Connectionist modeling has had a vast impact throughout cognitive science, and has been both most productive and most controversial in the area of natural language processing and acquisition. This issue can be used as an overview of the "state of the art" in connectionist models of natural language processing. But more important, we hope that it serves also as a contribution to the current research effort in this area, and as a stimulus to informed debate concerning future research on human natural language. TABLE OF CONTENTS (Abstracts can be found at http://siva.usc.edu/~morten/cs.SI-abtracts.html) Introduction Connectionist Natural Language Processing: The State of the Art. Morten H. Christiansen & Nick Chater Part I: Progress Ambiguity, Competition and Blending in Spoken Word Recognition. M. Gareth Gaskell & William D. Marslen-Wilson A Connectionist Model of English Past Tense and Plural Morphology. Kim Plunkett & Patrick Juola Dynamical Models of Sentence Processing. Whitney Tabor & Michael K. Tanenhaus Connectionist Models of Language Production: Lexical Access and Grammatical Encoding. Gary S. Dell, Franklin Chang & Zenzi M. Griffin A Connectionist Approach to Word Reading and Acquired Dyslexia: Extension to Sequential Processing. David C. Plaut Part II: Prospects A Probabilistic Constraints Approach to Language Acquisition and Processing. Mark S. Seidenberg & Maryellen C. MacDonald Grammar-based Connectionist Approaches to Language. Paul Smolensky Connectionist Sentence Processing in Perspective. Mark Steedman [Sorry, I can provide no hardcopies - for electronic copies, please contact the authors directly]. Best regards, Morten Christiansen - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Morten H. Christiansen Assistant Professor Phone: +1 (618) 453-3547 Department of Psychology Fax: +1 (618) 453-3563 Southern Illinois University Email: morten(a)siu.edu Carbondale, IL 62901-6502 Office: Life Sciences II, Room 271A Personal Web Page: http://www.siu.edu/~psycho/faculty/mhc.html Lab Web Site: http://www.siu.edu/~morten/csl - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:48:44 -0600 (CST) From: "Dr. Morten H. Christiansen" <morten(a)compute.it.siu.edu> Subject: Graduate Openings in Brain and Cognitive Sciences Dear Colleague, Please bring the following information to the attention of potential graduate school applicants from your program with an interest in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. GRADUATE PROGRAM IN BRAIN AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE. The Department of Psychology at Southern Illinois University has several openings for fall 2000 admission to its newly established Ph.D. program in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. The program emphasizes cognitive behavior approached from a combination of developmental (infancy and childhood, adolescence and aging), neurobiological (neurophysiology, neuropsychology, genetics), behavioral (human and animal experimentation) and computational (neural networks, statistical analyses) perspectives. As an integral part of their training, students become active participants in ongoing faculty research programs in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Students will receive training in two or more different research methodologies, and are expected to develop a multidisciplinary approach to their own research. Current research by the Brain and Cognitive Sciences faculty includes perinatal risk factors in child development, neurophysiological and behavioral correlates of infant and child cognitive and language development, personality and social correlates of cognitive aging, child play and social behaviors, identity development across the life span, neural network modeling of language acquisition and processing, artificial grammar learning, sentence processing, evolution of language and the brain, the pharmacological modulation of memory, effects of psychoactive drugs, reversible inactivation of discrete brain areas and memory, recovery of function from brain damage, electrophysiological models (e.g., long-term potentiation), the neurophysiology of memory, animal learning, and human learning and memory. For more information about the program and application procedures, please visit our web site at: http://www.siu.edu/~psycho/bcs Visit also the Department's web site at: http://www.siu.edu/~psycho The deadline for applications is February 1st, 2000. Complete applications received by January 15, 2000 may be considered for one of the prestigious Morris Fellowships. Best regards, Morten Christiansen Coordinator of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Morten H. Christiansen Assistant Professor Phone: +1 (618) 453-3547 Department of Psychology Fax: +1 (618) 453-3563 Southern Illinois University Email: morten(a)siu.edu Carbondale, IL 62901-6502 Office: Life Sciences II, Room 271A Personal Web Page: http://www.siu.edu/~psycho/faculty/mhc.html Lab Web Site: http://www.siu.edu/~morten/csl - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of info-psyling-digest V1 #1 ********************************