4th International Summer School in Cognitive Science Sofia, July 14 - 26, 1997 Call for Papers and School Brochure 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, Massachusetts, 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, Illinois, USA) Christopher HABEL (Hamburg University, Germany) Joachim HOHNSBEIN (Dortmund University, Germany) Douglas HOFSTADTER (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 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 Institute 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) Eran ZAIDEL (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) Courses Dynamics of Change: Lessons from Human Development - Linda Smith (Indiana University, USA) Ecological Approaches to Human Memory - William Hirst (New School for Social Research, USA) Cognitive Approaches to Syntax - Robert Van Valin (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) Culture and Cognition - Naomi Quinn (Duke University, USA) Spatial Attention - Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy) Cognitive modeling in ACT-R - Werner Tack (University of Saarlandes, Germany) Spatial Concepts and Spatial Representation - Emile van der Zee (Hamburg University) Brain Imaging Techniques for Cognitive Neurosciences - Joachim Hohnsbein (University of Dortmund) Participant Symposia Participants are invited to submit papers reporting completed research 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, MS Word or plain ASCII) by May 1. Selected papers will be published in the School's Proceedings. Only papers presented at the School will be eligible for publication. Student Session Graduate students in Cognitive Science are invited to present their work at the student session. Research in progress as well as research plans and proposals for M.Sc. Theses and Ph.D. Theses will be discussed at the student session. Papers will not be published in the School's Proceedings. Panel Discussions Cognitive Science in the 21st century Cognition in Context: Social, Cutural, Physical, Developmental Brain, Body, Environment, and Cognition Dynamics of Cognition: Short-Term and Long-Term Dynamics Local Organizers New Bulgarian University, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Cognitive Science Society Sponsors TEMPUS SJEP 07272/94 Local Organizing Committee Boicho Kokinov - School Director, Elena Andonova, Guergana Yancheva, Iliana Haralanova Timetable Registration Form: as soon as possible Deadline for paper submission: May 15 Notification for acceptance: June 1 Early registration: June 5 Arrival date and on site registration July 13 Summer School July 14-25 Excursion July 20 Departure date July 26 Paper submission to: Boicho Kokinov Cognitive Science Department New Bulgarian University 21, Montevideo Str. Sofia 1635, Bulgaria e-mail: school(a)cogs.nbu.acad.bg Send your Registration Form to: e-mail: school(a)cogs.nbu.acad.bg (If you don't receive an aknowledgement within 3 days, send a message to kokinov(a)bgearn.acad.bg)