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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><div><b>2nd call for papers: NCPW14 - 14th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Lancaster UK</b></div><div><br><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">* Apologies for cross-posting * <br></span><div><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Dear colleague,</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">We cordially invite you to participate in NCPW14, the 14th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, to be held at Lancaster University, UK, from August 21-23, 2014:</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><a href="http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/ncpw14" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/ncpw14</a><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">This well-established and lively workshop aims at bringing together researchers from different disciplines such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology to discuss their work on models of cognitive processes.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Often this workshop has had a theme, and this time it is ‘Development across the lifespan’, but also submissions that do not fall under this theme are welcome.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Papers must be about emergent models - frequently, but not necessarily - of the connectionist/neural network kind, applied to cognition.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The NCPW workshops have always been characterized by their limited size, high quality papers, the absence of parallel talk sessions, and a schedule that is explicitly designed to encourage interaction among the researchers present in an informal setting. NCPW14 is no exception.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The scientific program will consist of keynote lectures, oral sessions and poster sessions.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Furthermore, this workshop will feature a unique set of invited speakers:</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">James McClelland, Stanford University.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Bob McMurray, University of Iowa.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Michael Thomas, Birkbeck College, London.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>Abstract submission</b></span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Please submit one-page abstracts (pdf) by email to </span><a href="mailto:ncpw14conf@gmail.com" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">ncpw14conf@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">, stating whether you want to present as a talk, poster, or talk/poster. Please also indicate whether you would like to be considered for a Rumelhart Memorial Travel Award (see below). </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>Rumelhart Memorial Travel Awards</b></span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The Rumelhart Memorial Travel awards, generously funded by Professor Jay McClelland, will provide funding to support travel costs for students/post docs presenting at the conference. Awards of US$250 are available to students or post docs from Western European countries, and US$750 for students or post docs from elsewhere. Decisions will be based on the quality of the submission.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Eligibility criteria:</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><font face="Times-Roman">The first author of the submission is a student or Post-doctoral fellow who will attend the meeting and will present the submission if chosen to receive a travel award.</font><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>Location</b></span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Lancaster is situated in the north west of England, approximately one hour from Manchester and Liverpool airports. Lancaster is surrounded by spectacular scenery, hiking and climbing country. The Yorkshire Dales national park is 10 miles away. The Lake District national park is 20 miles away, </span><a href="http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk</a><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">. The stagecoach 555 bus (</span><a href="http://www.stagecoachbus.com" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">http://www.stagecoachbus.com</a><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">) takes you directly from Lancaster through the heart of the Lakes. The Trough of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is 2 miles away.</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>Important dates to remember</b></span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Abstract deadline: 15 May</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Notification of abstract acceptance: 7 June</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Early registration deadline: tbc</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Online registration deadline: tbc</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Conference dates: 21-23 August, 2014</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Looking forward to your participation!</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><b>Organizing Committee</b></span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Gert Westermann, Lancaster University</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Padraic Monaghan, Lancaster University</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Katherine E. Twomey, Liverpool University</span><br style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Alastair C. Smith, MPI Nijmegen</span><div style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Prof. Gert Westermann<br>Department of Psychology<br>Lancaster University<br>Lancaster LA1 4YF<br>Phone: +44 (0)1524 592 942<br>Fax: +44 (0)1524 593 744<br><a href="mailto:g.westermann@lancaster.ac.uk">g.westermann@lancaster.ac.uk</a><br><a href="http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/gert-westermann">http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/gert-westermann</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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