Connectionists: Call for nominations: Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive Science

[David Plaut]

*Call for Nominations*

*The Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive Science*

*Nomination Deadline: January 15, 2014*

The Cognitive Science Society <http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/index.html> 
and the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation 
<http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/%7Eglushko/> seek nominations for up to 
five outstanding dissertation prizes in cognitive science.  The goals of these 
prizes are to increase the prominence of cognitive science, and encourage 
students to engage in interdisciplinary efforts to understand minds and 
intelligent systems. The hope is that the prizes will recognize and honor young 
researchers conducting ground-breaking research in cognitive science.  The 
eventual goal is to aid in efforts to bridge between the areas of cognitive 
science and create theories of general interest to the multiple fields 
concerned with scientifically understanding the nature of minds and intelligent 
systems.  Promoting a unified cognitive science is consistent with the belief 
that understanding how minds work will require the synthesis of many different 
empirical methods, formal tools, and analytic theories. The prize was first 
begun in 2011, and 2014 will occasion the induction of the fourth group of 
prize winners.  Up-to-date information on the prizes can be found at 
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_awards_glushko.html.

*A Description of the Prizes*

1) Up to five Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive Science will 
be awarded annually.  Each prize will be accompanied by a certificate and a 
$10,000 award to be used by the recipient without any constraints.  Prize 
winners will also receive three years of complimentary membership in the 
Cognitive Science Society starting with the year in which they have won the prize.

2) Prize-winning dissertations are expected to transcend any one of the 
individual fields comprising cognitive science.   They should centrally address 
issues of interest to multiple fields that comprise cognitive science, 
including: psychology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, 
neuroscience, and education.

3) Prize-winners must have received a PhD degree no more than two years before 
the January 15 nomination deadline. For the 2014 prizes, dissertations will be 
considered from individuals who received their PhD degrees during the period 
from January 15, 2012 to January 15, 2014.

4) The dissertation prizes are open to any student who has conducted 
dissertation research related to cognitive science, regardless of nationality 
or originating department.

*How to Submit*

1) The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2014.  Awardees will be 
announced by April 15, 2014.

2) All nomination materials should be sent electronically to 
glushkoprize at gmail.com <mailto:glushkoprize at gmail.com>, in ascii, PDF, or Word 
format.  A nomination dossier includes:

Letters of support from 3 faculty members.  The letters of support should 
explicitly describe how the dissertation research transcends a single field 
comprising cognitive science to address core issues of relevance to several 
fields.  We recommend that these letters refer to particular sections of the 
dissertation to support claims for interdisciplinary importance.

A curriculum vitae for the nominee

The dissertation itself

A précis of no more than 4,000 words (references are not included in the word 
count) written by the nominee describing the dissertation research. This 
description should clearly express the interdisciplinary contribution of the 
dissertation, suitable for review by a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists.

*Glusko Prize Commitee*


Kathleen Akins 
<http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/people/faculty/research_teaching/kathleenakins.html>, 
Professor of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Dedre Gentner <http://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/gentner/>, Professor of 
Psychology and of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, United 
States

Maryellen MacDonald <http://lcnl.wisc.edu/people/mcm/> (*chair*), Professor of 
Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

David Plaut <http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/%7Eplaut/>, Professor of Computer Science 
and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Tim Shallice 
<http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Staff-Lists/MemberDetails.php?Title=Prof&FirstName=Tim&LastName=Shallice>, 
Professor of Neuropsychology, University College London, England

Linda Smith <http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/smith4.php>, Professor of 
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, United States

Shimon Ullman <http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/%7Eshimon/>, Professor of 
Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

*Acknowledgements*

The Robert J. Glushko Prize is underwritten by the Glushko-Samuleson 
Foundation, which also underwrites the David E. Rumelhart 
<http://rumelhartprize.org/> Prize in Cognitive Science. The prize is sponsored 
by the Cognitive Science Society <http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/index.html>.




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