10 scholarships in CogSci

The deadline is extended till August 31. 10 scholarships are available to successful candidates for the Graduate Program in Cognitive Science at NBU for candidates from Eastern and Central Europe. The scholarschips have been provided by the Soros Foundation. NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY Department of Cognitive Science Admission to the Graduate Program in Cognitive Science is open till August 31. (Applications will also be accepted after this date if any vacan positions remain). It offers the following degrees: Post-Graduate Diploma, M.Sc., Ph.D. FEATURES Teaching in English both in the regular courses at NBU and in the intensive courses at the Annual International Summer Schools. Strong interdisciplinary program covering Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Neurosciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Mathematics, Methods. Theoretical and experimental research in integration of the symbolic and connectionist approaches, emergent hybrid cognitive architectures, models of memory and reasoning, analogy, vision, imagery, agnosia, language and speech processing, aphasia. Advisors: at least two advisors with different backgrounds, possibly one external international advisor. International dissertation committee. INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Elizabeth Bates (UCSD, USA), Amedeo Cappelli (CNR, Italy), Cristiano Castelfranchi (CNR, Italy), Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, USA), Charles De Weert (University of Nijmegen, Holland), Christian Freksa (Hamburg University, Germany), Dedre Gentner (Northwestern University, USA), Christopher Habel (Hamburg University, Germany), Douglas Hofstadter (Indiana University, USA), Joachim Hohnsbein (University of Dortmund, Germany), Keith Holyoak (UCLA, USA), Mark Keane (Trinity College, Ireland), Alan Lesgold (University of Pittsburg, USA), Willem Levelt (Max-Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics, Holland), Ennio De Renzi (University of Modena, Italy), David Rumelhart (Stanford University, USA), Richard Shiffrin (Indiana University, USA), Paul Smolensky (University of Colorado, USA), Chris Thornton (University of Sussex, England ), Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy) ADDMISSION REQUIREMENTS B.Sc. degree in psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, neurosciences, or related fields. Good command of English. Address: Cognitive Science Department, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo Str. Sofia 1635, Bulgaria, tel.: (+3592) 55-80-65 fax: (+3592) 54-08-02 e-mail: cogs(a)adm.nbu.bg or kokinov(a)bgearn.acad.bg