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NL-KR Digest Volume 11 No. 04
NL-KR Digest (Fri Apr 2 15:15:09 CST 1993) Volume 11 No. 4
Today's Topics:
Program: Concepts Conference
Program: First International Summer Institute in Cognitive Science
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 93 10:08:15 -0500
From: rey@umiacs.UMD.EDU (Georges Rey)
Subject: Program: concepts conference
University of Maryland at College Park
The Dept. of Philosophy
in conjunction with
the Committee on Cognitive Studies
will present a D.C. Williams Fund conference on
CONCEPTS
WHO NEEDS THEM?
an interdisiplinary discussion of the roles that concepts are
required to play in the cognitive sciences. What laws,
generalizations or explanations require them? Are they the same
things in all cases? Are they really needed at all?
visiting participants:
Ned Block (linguistics and philosophy, MIT)
Paul Bloom (psychology, University of Arizona)
Martin Davies (philosophy, Oxford)
Leila Gleitman (psychology, University of Pennsylvania)
Jane Grimshaw (linguistics, Rutgers)
Eric Lormand (philosophy, University of Michigan)
Kenneth Taylor (philosopy, Rutgers(
with College Park faculty:
Michael Devitt (philosophy), John Horty (philosophy),
Georges Rey (philosophy), Ellin Scholnick (psychology)
Amy Weinberg (linguistics)
Friday evening - Sunday afternoon
9-11 April 1993
University College (University & Adelphi Blvds)
University of Maryland at College Park
accomodations available; for further information, contact:
Georges Rey, philosophy, UMCP, College Park, MD 20742
(301)-405-5707; email: rey@umiacs.umd.edu
Schedule
Friday, 9 April:
6-8PM: informal dinner arrangments in College Park
8-10PM: Opening talk and discussion:
"Some Geography," Georges Rey (philosophy, UMCP)
10-11PM: wine
Saturday, 10 April: 9:00AM coffee
9:30-12:30PM Concepts in Psychology
Paul Bloom (psychology, Arizona)
Leila Gleitman (psych, Univ Penn)
panel: Ned Block (philos, MIT)
Eric Lormand (philosophy, Michigan, UMCP)
Ellen Scholnick (psych, UMCP)
12:30-2PM lunch, University College
2-5PM Concepts in Linguistics
Jane Grimshaw (linguistics, Rutgers)
Ken Taylor (philosophy, Rutgers)
panel: Martin Davies (philosophy, Oxford)
Michael Devitt (philosophy, UMCP)
Amy Weinberg (linguistics, UMCP)
6:00-8:30 banquet
8:30-10PM address: Martin Davies (philosophy, Oxford)
10-12: bar @ cost
sunday. 11 April: 9:00Am: coffee
10AM-1PM Concepts in Philosophy
Jeff Horty (philosophy, UMIACS, UMCP)
Michael Devitt (philosophy, UMCP)
panel: Ned Block (philosophy, MIT)
Eric Lormand (philosophy, Michigan)
Georges Rey (philosophy, UMCP)
afternoon: cherry blossoms in DC
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From: rapaport@cs.buffalo.edu (William J. Rapaport)
Subject: Program: FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 19:57:59 GMT
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
State University of New York at Buffalo
CENTER FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE
announces the
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* FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE: *
* Multidisciplinary Foundations of Cognitive Science *
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to be held at the Amherst Campus of SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
JULY 5-30, 1994
Robert Van Valin & Barry Smith, Institute Co-Directors
Leonard Talmy, Director of the Center for Cognitive Science
HONORARY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Margaret Boden University of Sussex, UK
Charles Fillmore University of California, Berkeley, USA
Charles Frake SUNY Buffalo, USA
Elmar Holenstein ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Philip Johnson-Laird Princeton University, USA
Kevin Mulligan University of Geneva, Switzerland
Dan Slobin University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dan Sperber CREA, Paris, France
David Waltz Thinking Machines, Cambridge, MA, USA
Sandra Witelson McMaster University, Canada
ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE:
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Science Society
Linguistic Society of America
Society for Machines and Mentality
The Center for Cognitive Science of the State University of New York at
Buffalo will present a four-week summer institute, July 5-30, 1994.
This project represents an important innovation in the Cognitive
Science field; no venture of this type has been attempted before.
The first three weeks of the Institute will be comprised of courses at
basic and advanced levels in constituent disciplines of Cognitive
Science. Courses will be taught by both SUNY Buffalo faculty and
faculty invited from other institutions. The fourth week will then be
devoted to workshops and special conferences. Running through the four
weeks, there will also be a special speaker series of prominent invited
scholars. The Institute will provide an opportunity for many faculty
and students to get an introduction to the field of cognitive science
and to complement courses in their own disciplines at their home
institutions.
It is anticipated that participants will include undergraduate and
graduate students, faculty associates, and researchers from industry
and government. A special effort will be made to recruit students and
participants from outside the United States, where systematic courses
across the range of Cognitive Science disciplines are rarely offered.
Participants may enroll in the courses for academic credit, if desired.
Each course will meet for a total of 15 hours over the three weeks and
will carry 1 semester unit of credit.
TENTATIVE LIST OF COURSES (as of March 1993):
Foundations of Cognitive Science
Introduction to the Anthropological Study of Cognition
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience
Introduction to Linguistics in Cognitive Science
Introduction to Philosophy for Cognitive Science
Anthropology of Knowledge Systems
Knowledge Representation
Epistemology
Mental Models
Knowledge of Language: Syntax
Knowledge of Language: Semantics
Natural-Language Understanding
Language Disorders
Cognitive Development
Neurological Development
Linguistic Development
Geographic Organization of Space
Artificial Intelligence and Categorization
Language and Conceptual Structure
Philosophy and Categorization
Psychology of Problem Solving
Reasoning and Artificial Intelligence
Logic
Inference in Conversation, Discourse, and Narrative
Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Perception
Language and Speech Perception
Neuropsychology of Vision
Philosophy and Psychology of Perception
TENTATIVE LIST OF WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND SYMPOSIA (as of March 1993):
Workshop on Connectionism
Evolution of Cognition
The SNePS Knowledge Representation and Reasoning System
Applied Cognitive Science: Cognitive Science in the Work-Place
Narrative and Deixis
Ontology and the Cognition of Space and Time
Bilingualism and Cognition
INVITED SPEAKERS (as of March 1993)
Thomas G. Bever Psychology, Univ. of Rochester
Antonio Damasio (tentative) Neuroscience, Univ. of Iowa
Gilles Fauconnier Linguistics, Univ. of California, San Diego
Jerry Feldman Computer Science, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Janet Dean Fodor Linguistics, CUNY Graduate Center
Jerry Fodor Philosophy, Rutgers Univ. & CUNY Graduate Center
Dedre Gentner Psychology, Northwestern Univ.
Geoff Hinton Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto
Ed Hutchins Anthropology, Univ. of California, San Diego
Ray Jackendoff Linguistics, Brandeis Univ.
Michael Jordan Artificial Intelligence, MIT
Annette Karmiloff-Smith Psychology, Univ. of London, UK
Stephen M. Kosslyn Psychology/Neuroscience, Harvard Univ.
John Searle (tentative) Philosophy, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Michael Silverstein Linguistics/Anthropology, Univ. of Chicago
Brian Cantwell Smith Computer Science, Xerox PARC
Paul Smolensky Computer Science, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
David Waltz Computer Science, Thinking Machines Corp.
Sandra Witelson Neuroscience, McMaster Univ.
Detailed information on the Institute, including course offerings,
speaker series, workshops, fees, living accommodations, and scholarship
and travel support for students, will be available in summer 1993.
If you wish to receive the Institute brochure, please send your name
and *postal* address (and e-mail address, if available) to either:
Bitnet: cogsci94@ubvms
Internet: cogsci94@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
or
1994 Cognitive Science Summer Institute
Center for Cognitive Science
652 Baldy Hall
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
(716) 645-3794
(716) 645-3825 (fax)
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