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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">We are pleased to announce the 2nd
"Computational Cognition" workshop, hosted by the DFG-funded
Research Training Group by the same name at the Institute of
Cognitive, Osnabrück University (Germany). The workshop <b>will
be held</b> <b>remotely</b> on September 23 – 24, 2021.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">In this workshop, we pursue to
(re-)integrate research from areas concerned with low- and
high-level cognition. Much is understood regarding the
neural signals underlying basic sensorimotor processes, as
well as the cognitive processes involved in reasoning,
problem solving, and language. However, understanding how
high-level cognition can arise from low-level mechanisms is
a long-standing open problem in cognitive science.
Artificial intelligence has recently made great progress on
many cognitive tasks using (deep) neural networks. At the
same time, cognitive scientists have explored similar ideas,
such as predictive coding for unified neural theories of
learning. Thus, by bringing together ideas from cognitive
science and Al we hope to generate new insights into human
and machine intelligence alike.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Confirmed invited speakers:</span><span
style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;"> Jacob Andreas (MIT), Richard
Baraniuk (Rice University), Tom Griffiths (Princeton
University), Andrea E. Martin (Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics), Claire Sergent (Université de Paris),
Agnieszka Wykowska (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Call for abstracts:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">We invite abstracts for papers from
all areas of cognitive science. Submissions should have a
strong computational focus, and may concern research
questions in low- or high-level cognition. Topics include
but are not limited to…</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Computational neuroscience</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Artificial intelligence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Mathematical and computational
models of higher-order cognition (e.g., language, decision
making, inference)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Mathematical and computational
models of low-level cognition (e.g., signal processing,
semantic classification)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Natural language processing and
computational models of language</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Machine learning and Deep Learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Empirical studies conducted in
relation to either of the above</span></li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Abstracts should be submitted
anonymously. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">The main text
should not exceed one A4 page (12pt font, 2.54 cm/1 inch
margins), with an optional second page for additional
materials such as tables, figures, and reference</span><span
style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">s.</span><span style="font-weight:
400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"> Abstracts
can be considered for a 30-minute talk or poster. Please
indicate when submitting whether you would like the abstract
to be considered for a talk, poster, or both. To do so, add
the labels "talk", "poster", or "talk/poster" to the title
in the submission form (e.g., title: "My first submission
(talk/poster)").</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Please note that the deadline for
submission has been <b>extended to July 16, 2021 (11:59 pm
CEST).</b> We expect to notify authors of the decision by
early August 2021.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">You may submit your abstracts here:
</span><a
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comco2021"><span
style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: underline;">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comco2021</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Further information is available on
the conference website (<b>registration is now open!</b>): </span><a
href="https://comco2021.uni-osnabrueck.de/"
style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight:
400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;">https://comco2021.uni-osnabrueck.de/</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">For any inquiries please contact: </span><span
style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;"><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:comco@uni-osnabrueck.de">comco@uni-osnabrueck.de</a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">Kind regards,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;">The COMCO 2021 organizing committee
<br>
Michael Marino, Xenia Ohmer, Gabriela Pipa, and Juliane
Schwab</span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Juliane Schwab, M.Sc.
RTG Computational Cognition
Research Group Psycho- and Neurolinguistics
Osnabrück University
Institute of Cognitive Science
Wachsbleiche 27
49090 Osnabrück
Germany
office: 50/104
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jschwab@uos.de">jschwab@uos.de</a>
phone: +49-541-969-2247</pre>
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