CogSci95 Summer School in Sofia

2nd International Summer School in Cognitive Science Sofia, July 3-16, 1995 First Announcement and Call forPapers The Summer School features introductory and advanced courses in Cognitive Science, participant symposia, panel discussions, student sessions, and intensive informal discussions. Participants will include university teachers and researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate students. International Advisory Board Elizabeth BATES (University of California at San Diego, USA) Amedeo CAPPELLI (CNR, Pisa, Italy) Cristiano CASTELFRANCHI (CNR, Roma, Italy) Daniel DENNETT (Tufts University, Medford, Ma, USA) Ennio De RENZI (University of Modena, Italy) Charles DE WEERT (University of Nijmegen, Holland ) Christian FREKSA (Hamburg University, Germany) Dedre GENTNER (Northwestern University, Evanston, Il, USA) Christopher HABEL (Hamburg University, Germany) Joachim HOHNSBEIN (Dortmund University, Germany) Douglas HOFSTADTER (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Keith HOLYOAK (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) Mark KEANE (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) Alan LESGOLD (University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA) Willem LEVELT (Max-Plank Inst. of Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Holland) David RUMELHART (Stanford University, California, USA) Richard SHIFFRIN (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA) Paul SMOLENSKY (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) Chris THORNTON (University of Sussex, Brighton, England) Carlo UMILTA' (University of Padova, Italy) Courses Computer Models of Emergent Cognition - Robert French (Indiana University, USA) Hemispheric Mechanisms in Cognition - Eran Zaidel (UCLA, USA) Cross-Linguistic Studies of Language Processing - Elizabeth Bates (UCSD, USA) Aphasia Research - Nina Dronkers (UC at Davis, USA) Selected Topics in Cognitive Linguistics - Elena Andonova (NBU, Bulgaria Spatial Attention - Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy) Parallel Pathways of Visual Information Processing - Angel Vassilev (NBU Color Vision - Charles De Weert (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands) Integration of Language and Vision - Geoff Simmons (Hamburg University, Germany) Emotion and Cognition - Cristiano Castelfranchi (CNR, Italy) Philosophy of Mind - Lilia Gurova (NBU, Bulgaria) Analogical Reasoning: Psychological Data and Computational Models - Boicho Kokinov (NBU, Bulgaria) Participants are not restricted on the number of courses they can register for. There will be no parallel running courses. Participant Symposia Participants are invited to submit papers which will be presented (30 min) at the participant symposia. Authors should send full papers (8 single spaced pages) in triplicate or electronically (postscript, RTF, or plain ASCII) by March 31. Selected papers will be published in the School's Proceedings after the School itself. Only papers presented at the School will be eligible for publishing. Panel Discussions Language Processing: Rules or Constraints? Vision and Attention Integrated Cognition Student Session At the student session proposals for M.Sc. Theses and Ph.D. Theses will be discussed as well as public defense of such theses. Graduate students in Cognitive Science are invited to present their work. Local Organizers New Bulgarian University, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Cognitive Science Society Timetable Application Form: now Deadline for paper submission: March 31 Notification for acceptance: April 30 Early registration: May 15 Arrival day and on site registration July 2 Summer School July 3-14 Excursion July 15 Departure day July 16 Paper submission to: Boicho Kokinov Cognitive Science Department New Bulgarian University 21, Montevideo Str. Sofia 1635, Bulgaria fax: (+3592) 73-14-95 e-mail: kokinov(a)bgearn.bitnet Send your Application Form to: e-mail: cogsci95(a)adm.nbu.bg ------------------------------------------------------------ International Summer School in Cognitive Science Sofia, July 3-14, 1995 Application Form Last Name: First Name: Status: Professor / Academic Researcher / Applied Researcher / Graduate Student / Undergraduate Student Affiliation: University: Department: Country: Mailing address: e-mail address: fax: I would like to attend the following courses: I intend to submit a paper: (title)