5 May
1998
5 May
'98
11:17 a.m.
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Sixth International Colloquium on Cognitive Science
Donostia - San Sebastian, - Spain - May 12-15, 1999
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
ICCS'99 is organized by the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and
Information (ILCLI) and the Deptartment of Logic and Philosophy of Science
of the University of the Basque Country (Euskadi). It will take place in
the Faculty of Philosophy of the Univiversity of the Basque Country at
Donostia - San Sebastian.
MAIN TOPICS :
(1) Cognition: Epistemology and Metaphysics.
(2) Cognition and Emotion.
(3) Cognitive Approaches to Learning: Know-how, Imitation, Innovation.
(4) Foundations and Models of Discourse Pragmatics.
Provisional list of INVITED SPEAKERS :
K. Bach (San Francisco), B. Brewer (Oxford), P. Ekman (San Francisco),
L. Kaelbling (Providence), P. Lipton (Cambridge), T. Mitchell (Pittsburgh),
J. Rosenberg (Chapel Hill), E. Sosa (Providence), R. de Sousa (Toronto),
D. Sperber (Paris).
SEMINARS and TUTORIALS by :
B. Claverie, M. Davies, J. Ezquerro, F. Garcia-Murga, K. Korta...
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
Contributed papers (25-30 minutes) are invited from all areas of Cognitive
Science.
Authors wishing to submit a paper should send four (4) hardcopies of an
extended abstract of 5-6 pages written in English to Pr. J. M. LARRAZABAL
(address above) by January 31, 1999. Submissions by e-mail are not
accepted. A cover page should be added to the abstract including title, all
authors names and affiliations, corresponding author's address, Fax number
and e-mail address. To facilitate blind review by two or more referees all
indications of authorship should appear on this detachable cover page only.
Papers will be evaluated by the Program Committee on the basis of
originality, clarity, correctness and significance of results. Authors of
accepted papers are expected to present them at the Colloquium.
Notification of acceptance/rejection: March 15, 1999.
IBERDROLA BEST PAPER AWARD
A prize will be awarded by Iberdrola to the author(s) of the best
contributed paper as judged by a committee drawn from the Program Committee.
Submissions of complete papers (25 pages maximum, 4 hardcopies) of
previously accepted abstracts, with indication of salient keywords, should
be sent to the Organizing Committee by April 12, 1999.
GRANTS :
Student travel grants for European graduate students in Cognitive Science
will be available, so that they may attend the meeting and present a
contributed paper.
To be considered for a grant, please
(i) send a letter of application, and
(ii) ask your thesis supervisor to send a brief letter of recommendation
including
(1) your name,
(2) your home institution,
(3) your supervisor's name,
(4) a description (300 words) of your studies in Cognitive Science, and
(5) your estimate of the travel expenses you will incur.
Your application materials should be sent by the deadline of March 22,
1999, to F. Migura (address above).
Notification of grants by March 30, 1999.
The registration fee is 28,000 ptas. (14,000 ptas. for students and
accompanying persons) before April 7, 1999.
Program Committee :
B. Claverie (Bordeaux), M. Davies (Oxford), A. Garcia Suarez (Oviedo),
J. M. Gondra (San Sebastian), J. M. Larrazabal (Secretary),
T. Mitchell (Pittsburgh), J. Rosenberg (Chapel Hill),
E. Sosa (Providence), L. Vieu (Toulouse).
Organizing Committee :
B. Asua (San Sebastian), E. Delgado (Vitoria), M. Iza (Malaga),
J. M.Maganto (San Sebastian), F. Migura (Assistant Secretary),
Luis A. Perez Miranda (Secretary), M.Vazquez (La Laguna),
S. Yarnoz (San Sebastian).
Further information :
Pr. J. M. Larrazabal or Dr. Luis A. Perez Miranda.
ICCS'99 (address above).
mailto:ICCS-99@sf.ehu.es
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