NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY Department of Cognitive Science announces -------------------------------------------------------- SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDENTS are available from HESP (OSI) to students in the Graduate Program in Cognitive Science at NBU -------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM FEATURES Degrees offered: Post-Graduate Diploma, M.Sc., Ph.D. Duration: 1 to 6 years depending on the degree and the individual learning and research rate. Courses: Strong interdisciplinary program covering Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Neurosciences, Linguistics, Philosophy, Mathematics, Methods. Courses are taught in English. Annual International Summer School: the intensive courses given by distinguished lecturers at the school are part of the regular program. Research: Theoretical and experimental research in integration of the symbolic and connectionist approaches, hybrid cognitive architectures, models of memory and reasoning, analogy, psycholinguistics, aphasia, vision, imagery, agnosia. Supervisors: at least two advisors with different backgrounds (possibly one external international advisor) are assigned to every student. Dissertation committee: each student is assigned an international dissertation committee and international reviewers. 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 (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Chris Thornton (University of Sussex, England ), Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy), Eran Zaidel (UCLA, USA). ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS * B.Sc./B.A. degree in psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, neurosciences, or related fields. * Fluency in English. Applications can be sent out at any time and will be considered for the upcoming semester unless otherwise specified. FINANCIAL AID Full scholarships (tuition fee and living expenses) are available to students from Central and Eastern Europe thanks to the Soros Foundation. For more information and application forms write or e-mail: Cognitive Science Department, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo Str., Sofia 1635, Bulgaria, tel.: 558065, fax: 558262, e-mail: office(a)cogs.nbu.acad.bg or kokinov(a)bgearn.acad.bg