<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Fyi, the symposium in honor of John's Benjamin Franklin Medal will be next Thursday, April 28, at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The symposium is free and open to the public, and will have talks by </span><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">three </span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div></b></span></div></b><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">distinguished speakers. I've heard that a few nearby ACT-R folks are planning to attend, so I'm broadcasting this in case others are interested. (We hope to have it recorded and streamable after the event as well.)</span></div></b></span></div></b></div></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">-----</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">*** <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#57178D">FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AWARDS SYMPOSIUM</font> ***</span></font></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><div style="text-align: center; "><b><br></b></div></font></span><div></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">"Models of Cognition and Applications to Computer Tutors"</span></font></div></font></b><div style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">featuring</span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#57178D"> DR. JOHN R. ANDERSON</font></span></font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">, recipient of the</span></font></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></span></div></font><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>2011 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science</b></span></div><div><br></div><br><b>Thursday, April 28, 2011</b><br><b>10:30 am — 1:30 pm</b> (light lunch provided)<br>Bossone Research Enterprise Center<br>Drexel University<br>Market Street between 31st & 32nd Sts.<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104<br><br></div><div>Talks & Speakers:<br><br><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00538E">"The Cognitive Architecture: A Scaffold for Understanding the Mind"</font></b></span></div></b><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><div style="text-align: center; ">-- Niels Taatgen, University of Groningen</div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div style="text-align: center; "></div></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00538E"><div style="text-align: center; "><b><br></b></div></font><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00538E">"Cognitive Tutors and Beyond: Personalizing Learning and Learning to Learn"</font></b></span></div></b><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><div style="text-align: center; ">-- Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University</div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><div style="text-align: center; "><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></blockquote><b><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00538E">"Using Neural Imaging to Uncover the Sequential Structure of Thought"</font></b></span></div></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">-- John R. Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University</div><div><br>Free and open to the public.<br><br>For more information, please see the official poster: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 144, 88); "><a href="http://cog.cs.drexel.edu/events/FranklinSymposium.pdf">http://cog.cs.drexel.edu/events/FranklinSymposium.pdf</a></span></div><div>or contact Julie Fisher at <<a href="mailto:jmf323@drexel.edu">jmf323@drexel.edu</a>> or 215-895-6275.</div><div><br>This event is presented as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival.</div></div></body></html>