A tutorial on the CLARION cognitive architecture at CogSci 2010

A tutorial on the CLARION cognitive architecture will take place on August 11, 2010, at the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society in Portland Oregon (http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/registration.html ) For participants attending the CogSci2010 conference, the tutorial is free. But Please indicate clearly on the registration form that you intend to attend this tutorial. This tutorial introduces participants to CLARION, a dual-process/dual- representation cognitive architecture that focuses on the distinction between explicit and implicit cognitive processes, as well as their synergistic interactions. CLARION is also integrative, involving cognition (reasoning, memory, learning, skill acquisition, etc.), motivation, metacognition, and so on. This presentation will provide an introductory description, along with simulations, advanced topics, and formal results. Although some prior exposure to cognitive architectures and artificial neural networks can be helpful, prior understanding of these areas is not required, as the tutorial includes a detailed presentation of basic, as well as advanced, topics related to cognitive modeling using the CLARION cognitive architecture. This tutorial will enable participants to apply the basic concepts, theories, and computational models of CLARION to their own work. For registration, go to: http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/registration.html For details of the CLARION cognitive architecture, go to: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/clarion.html