From rcs at cogsci.ed.ac.uk Fri Sep 13 16:43:22 1996 From: rcs at cogsci.ed.ac.uk (rcs at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:43:22 +0100 Subject: No subject Message-ID: <13913.199609132043@burns.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* Second and final call for papers/posters GALA '97 in Edinburgh ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* International Conference on Language Acquisition: Knowledge Representation and Processing GALA '97 4th - 6th April 1997 University of Edinburgh ---- Plenary speakers ---- Melissa Bowerman Nina Hyams Peter Jusczyk Steven Pinker Andrew Radford Bonnie D. Schwartz Paul Smolensky This, the third of the GALA conferences on Language Acquisition, will be held at the University of Edinburgh in 1997. Building on the success of its predecessors (Groningen 1995, Durham 1993), this conference aims to encourage a spirit of dialogue between linguistically-oriented and psychologically-oriented researchers. Abstracts of 20-minute papers, or posters, are invited on any aspect of first or second language acquisition including: syntax phonetics and phonology morphology semantics cognitive modelling psycholinguistics Send (a) three anonymous, hard-copy, one-page abstracts, (b) one camera-ready copy with name and affiliation, (c) a separate sheet with your postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address to: GALA '97 HCRC, University of Edinburgh 2 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland State your preference for an oral or a poster presentation. No email or fax submissions will be accepted. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 15th October, 1996. Notification of acceptance will be sent in December, 1996. Papers and posters will be eligible for publication in a reviewed volume. Address for email correspondence: gala97 at ling.ed.ac.uk For further information, and for the preferred form of the abstracts, see: http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/gala/ (N.B. GALA '97 is adjacent to the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) annual conference, also in Edinburgh, April 7th-9th, 1997. See http://clwww.essex.ac.uk/LAGB ) Organisers: Antonella Sorace (Applied Linguistics), Caroline Heycock (Linguistics), Richard Shillcock (Cognitive Science). __________________________________________________________________________ Registration form __________________________________________________________________________ GALA '97 April 4-6, 1997 University Of Edinburgh, Scotland Please print out and complete 1 form per delegate and return, together with your remittance to: GALA '97 Human Communication Research Centre The University of Edinburgh 2 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland Please note that it may be possible to register on site, but places cannot be guaranteed, and that there is a discount for early registration (i.e. before 28th February). SECTION 1: PERSONAL DETAILS MS/MR/DR/PROF SURNAME FORENAME(S) (Please delete as appropriate) INSTITUTION: ADDRESS: TEL NO: FAX NO: EMAIL: SECTION 2: BOOKING DETAILS BEFORE AFTER 28/2/97 28/2/97 3 Days @ Full Delegate Rate 80.00 100.00 (pounds Sterling) 3 Days @ Student Rate 40.00 50.00 (to qualify, proof of student status (pounds Sterling) must accompany the registration). Total Cost of Registration ____ (Registration fee includes a drinks reception on the first evening) Lunch can be provided at a rate of 10.00 (pounds Sterling) per day. Please tick the days for which you require lunch: FRI ___ SAT ___ SUN ___ Total cost of lunches ____ TOTAL PAYABLE ____ SECTION 3: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 1. DIETARY REQUIREMENTS Please specify if you require a vegetarian or vegan option. 2. OTHER REQUIREMENTS Please specify any other special requirements eg. wheelchair access,etc. 3. ACCOMMODATION There is a wide range of accommodation available in the city, and we have negotiated some discounted rates, and also set aside a limited number of rooms at the University Halls of Residence. You can find detailed information on the gala www pages, URL - http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/gala/ If you do not have access to the WWW, you may email us to request this information at gala97 at ling.ed.ac.uk. You may also contact the Tourist Board, Central Accommodation Services, Tel: +44 131 557 9655 SECTION 4: PAYMENT OF FEES 1. Cheques should be drawn on a British bank in pounds Sterling, and made payable to "The University of Edinburgh". 2. Direct transfers should be sent to: Edinburgh University Account - 00919680 Bank Of Scotland 32a Chambers Street Edinburgh Scotland Sort Code 80-02-24 Transfers must include mention of "Gala A/c No: 265000 G40182" 3. Credit cards: We are able to accept payment from a variety of credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Switch, and Delta). Payments by credit card will incur an additional charge of 2% of the total amount due. If you wish to pay by credit card, please complete the following, and send it to us by post (Do not email your card number. we need an original signature). NAME: ADDRESS (to which card is registered): CARD TYPE: (VISA, MC, SWITCH, DELTA): CARD NUMBER: VALID FROM: EXPIRY DATE: AMOUNT DUE: (in pounds Sterling) ADMINISTRATION CHARGE (2%) (in pounds Sterling) TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE CHARGED TO CARD: (in pounds Sterling) SIGNATURE: ......................................... DATE: .......................................... *If you have any questions about registration, payment of fees etc., Please email: gala97 at ling.ed.ac.uk *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** From heymann at cs.tu-berlin.de Thu Sep 5 06:38:57 1996 From: heymann at cs.tu-berlin.de (Eric Heymann) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:38:57 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: CM '96 - Preliminary Program Message-ID: First European Workshop on Cognitive Modeling in conjunction with EuroSoar-10 14.-16.November 1996, Berlin University of Technology Preliminary Program *** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE We are happy to inform you that the preliminary program for the First European Workshop on Cognitive Modeling is complete. The program looks very promising: the contributions cover a variety of interesting topics (from classification to creativity) and a variety of modelling methods (statistics, logic, production systems, connectionist approaches). If you are interested in participation, please refer to the workshop homepage http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~schmid/eurocog.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,####### ############# First European Workshop on ,######### ############ Cognitive Modelling #### ,### in conjunction with EuroSoar-10 ### ,### ### #### 14-16. November 1996 ###. `###. ####. `###. Berlin University of Technology `######### ############. `####### ############# Preliminary Program ------------------- Invited Speakers: Bonnie John (CMU, PA, USA), Friedhart Klix (Berlin, Germany), Gerhard Strube (University Freiburg, Germany), Werner Tack (University Saarbruecken, Germany) Thursday Learning Frank E. Ritter and Gordon D. Baxter (Nottingham, UK): Able, III: Learning in a More Visibly Principled Way Niels Taatgen (Groningen, The Netherlands): Learning and Revising Task-Specific Rules in ACT-R Ute Schmid and Fritz Wysotzki (Berlin, Germany): Skill Acquisition Can Be Regarded as Program Synthesis Linda Briesemeister, Tobias Scheffer and Fritz Wysotzki (Berlin, Germany): A Concept Formation Based Algorithmic Model for Skill Acquisition Gareth E. Miles and Stephen J. Payne (Cardiff, UK): Learning from Examples: Reminding or Heuristic Switching? Fernand Gobet (Nottingham, UK): EPAM-like Simulations of the Recall of Random Chess Positions Vittorio Maniezzo and Anna Navarra (Bologna, Italy): A Psychogenetic Model for Learning Sensorimotor Sequences Wolfgang Stolzmann (Osnabrueck, Germany): Learning Classifier Systems Using the Cognitive Mechanism of Anti- cipatory Behavioral Control Demonstrations Richard Cooper and John Fox (London, UK): COGENT: A Package to Assist Cognitive Modelling Jans Aasman (Leidschendam, The Netherlands): SOARing back to LISP Friday Reasoning Christoph Schlieder (Freiburg, Germany): A Computational Account of Preferences in Mental Model Construction Bettina Berendt (Hamburg, Germany): The Utility of Mental Images: How to Construct Stable Mental Models in an Unstable Image Medium Peter Hawighorst (Osnabrueck, Germany): Rough-Sets-Theory-Algorithms as Mental Tools to Construct Causal Dependences in Unknown Complex Systems Frank Van Overwalle and Dirk Van Rooy (Brussel, Belgium): A Conncetionist Approach to Causal Attribution Antonella Carassa, Alessandra Valpiani, Giuliano Geminiani and Stefania Bandini (Turin, Italy): Mental Models of Physical Causality Michael May (Hamburg, Germany): Experimentation and the Formation of Causal Theories Laurence Alpay, Eileen Scanlon, Rose Dieng and Alain Giboin (Milton Keynes, UK): Modelling Reasoning Processes in Diagnostic Problem Solving: A Study across Three Domains Josef F. Krems (Chemnitz, Germany) and Todd Johnson (Columbus, OH, USA): A Computational Model of Abductive Reasoning Discovery, Insight, Creativity Gerd Grasshoff (Hamburg, Germany): Cognitive Modelling of Scientific Discovery Processes Marcus Winteroll (Hamburg, Germany): Symmetry - Modelling Albert Einstein's Method Guenther Knoblich (Hamburg, Germany) and Stellan Ohlsson (Chicago, IL,= USA): Can ACT-R Have Insights? Luis Macedo, Francisco C. Pereira, Carlos Grilo and Amilcar Cardoso (Coimbra, Portugal): Towards a Computational Case-Based Model for Creative Planning Penousal Machado and Amilcar Cardoso (Coimbra, Portugal): Generation and Evaluation of Artworks Detlev Zimmermann (Saarbruecken, Germany): A Proposal for a Cognitive Model of Automatic Intention-Based Music Composition Saturday Cognitive Architectures Tim Read (Granada, Spain): Evaluating the Design Based Approach Todd Johnson (Columbus, OH, USA): A Comparison of ACT-R and Soar Natural Language Processing Marie-Anne Schelstraete (Louvain, Belgium): Use of 3CAPS Architecture to Simulate Inhibition Processes in Grammatical Assignment Mohsen Rais-Ghasem and Jean-Pierre Corriveau (Ottawa, Ont., Canada): Beyond Concept Recognition John A. Bullinaria (London, UK): Connectionist Models of Reading: Incorporating Semantics Enrico Blanzieri, Monica Bucciarelli and Pierpaolo Peretti (Torino, Italy): Sentences and Mental States in Attributing Intentions: Modeling Their Cognitive Balance Christian Ebert, Daniel Glatz, Martin Jansche, Ralf Meyer-Klabunde and Robert Porzel (Heidelberg, Germany): From Conceptualization to Formulation in Generating Spatial Descriptions Tutorials at Wednesday, 13.11. Dieter Wallach and Werner H. Tack (Saarbruecken, Germany): ACT-R Frank E. Ritter (Nottingham, UK) and Richard M. Young (Cambridge, UK): Soar7 EuroSoar-10 : Friday and Saturday Organization: Ute Schmid, Fritz Wysotzki (TU Berlin), Josef Krems (TU Chemnitz) Support: Bernd Mahr and the KIT-Research Group (TU Berlin), Wissenstransfer Berlin (TU Berlin), Informatik Training GmbH (Radolfzell) Support for Euro-Soar: Frank E. Ritter (Nottingham, UK), Richard M. Young (Cambridge, UK) Further Information: http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~schmid/eurocog.html From heymann at cs.tu-berlin.de Thu Sep 5 06:38:57 1996 From: heymann at cs.tu-berlin.de (Eric Heymann) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 12:38:57 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: CM '96 - Preliminary Program Message-ID: First European Workshop on Cognitive Modeling in conjunction with EuroSoar-10 14.-16.November 1996, Berlin University of Technology Preliminary Program *** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE We are happy to inform you that the preliminary program for the First European Workshop on Cognitive Modeling is complete. The program looks very promising: the contributions cover a variety of interesting topics (from classification to creativity) and a variety of modelling methods (statistics, logic, production systems, connectionist approaches). If you are interested in participation, please refer to the workshop homepage http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~schmid/eurocog.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,####### ############# First European Workshop on ,######### ############ Cognitive Modelling #### ,### in conjunction with EuroSoar-10 ### ,### ### #### 14-16. November 1996 ###. `###. ####. `###. Berlin University of Technology `######### ############. `####### ############# Preliminary Program ------------------- Invited Speakers: Bonnie John (CMU, PA, USA), Friedhart Klix (Berlin, Germany), Gerhard Strube (University Freiburg, Germany), Werner Tack (University Saarbruecken, Germany) Thursday Learning Frank E. Ritter and Gordon D. Baxter (Nottingham, UK): Able, III: Learning in a More Visibly Principled Way Niels Taatgen (Groningen, The Netherlands): Learning and Revising Task-Specific Rules in ACT-R Ute Schmid and Fritz Wysotzki (Berlin, Germany): Skill Acquisition Can Be Regarded as Program Synthesis Linda Briesemeister, Tobias Scheffer and Fritz Wysotzki (Berlin, Germany): A Concept Formation Based Algorithmic Model for Skill Acquisition Gareth E. Miles and Stephen J. Payne (Cardiff, UK): Learning from Examples: Reminding or Heuristic Switching? Fernand Gobet (Nottingham, UK): EPAM-like Simulations of the Recall of Random Chess Positions Vittorio Maniezzo and Anna Navarra (Bologna, Italy): A Psychogenetic Model for Learning Sensorimotor Sequences Wolfgang Stolzmann (Osnabrueck, Germany): Learning Classifier Systems Using the Cognitive Mechanism of Anti- cipatory Behavioral Control Demonstrations Richard Cooper and John Fox (London, UK): COGENT: A Package to Assist Cognitive Modelling Jans Aasman (Leidschendam, The Netherlands): SOARing back to LISP Friday Reasoning Christoph Schlieder (Freiburg, Germany): A Computational Account of Preferences in Mental Model Construction Bettina Berendt (Hamburg, Germany): The Utility of Mental Images: How to Construct Stable Mental Models in an Unstable Image Medium Peter Hawighorst (Osnabrueck, Germany): Rough-Sets-Theory-Algorithms as Mental Tools to Construct Causal Dependences in Unknown Complex Systems Frank Van Overwalle and Dirk Van Rooy (Brussel, Belgium): A Conncetionist Approach to Causal Attribution Antonella Carassa, Alessandra Valpiani, Giuliano Geminiani and Stefania Bandini (Turin, Italy): Mental Models of Physical Causality Michael May (Hamburg, Germany): Experimentation and the Formation of Causal Theories Laurence Alpay, Eileen Scanlon, Rose Dieng and Alain Giboin (Milton Keynes, UK): Modelling Reasoning Processes in Diagnostic Problem Solving: A Study across Three Domains Josef F. Krems (Chemnitz, Germany) and Todd Johnson (Columbus, OH, USA): A Computational Model of Abductive Reasoning Discovery, Insight, Creativity Gerd Grasshoff (Hamburg, Germany): Cognitive Modelling of Scientific Discovery Processes Marcus Winteroll (Hamburg, Germany): Symmetry - Modelling Albert Einstein's Method Guenther Knoblich (Hamburg, Germany) and Stellan Ohlsson (Chicago, IL,= USA): Can ACT-R Have Insights? Luis Macedo, Francisco C. Pereira, Carlos Grilo and Amilcar Cardoso (Coimbra, Portugal): Towards a Computational Case-Based Model for Creative Planning Penousal Machado and Amilcar Cardoso (Coimbra, Portugal): Generation and Evaluation of Artworks Detlev Zimmermann (Saarbruecken, Germany): A Proposal for a Cognitive Model of Automatic Intention-Based Music Composition Saturday Cognitive Architectures Tim Read (Granada, Spain): Evaluating the Design Based Approach Todd Johnson (Columbus, OH, USA): A Comparison of ACT-R and Soar Natural Language Processing Marie-Anne Schelstraete (Louvain, Belgium): Use of 3CAPS Architecture to Simulate Inhibition Processes in Grammatical Assignment Mohsen Rais-Ghasem and Jean-Pierre Corriveau (Ottawa, Ont., Canada): Beyond Concept Recognition John A. Bullinaria (London, UK): Connectionist Models of Reading: Incorporating Semantics Enrico Blanzieri, Monica Bucciarelli and Pierpaolo Peretti (Torino, Italy): Sentences and Mental States in Attributing Intentions: Modeling Their Cognitive Balance Christian Ebert, Daniel Glatz, Martin Jansche, Ralf Meyer-Klabunde and Robert Porzel (Heidelberg, Germany): From Conceptualization to Formulation in Generating Spatial Descriptions Tutorials at Wednesday, 13.11. Dieter Wallach and Werner H. Tack (Saarbruecken, Germany): ACT-R Frank E. Ritter (Nottingham, UK) and Richard M. Young (Cambridge, UK): Soar7 EuroSoar-10 : Friday and Saturday Organization: Ute Schmid, Fritz Wysotzki (TU Berlin), Josef Krems (TU Chemnitz) Support: Bernd Mahr and the KIT-Research Group (TU Berlin), Wissenstransfer Berlin (TU Berlin), Informatik Training GmbH (Radolfzell) Support for Euro-Soar: Frank E. Ritter (Nottingham, UK), Richard M. Young (Cambridge, UK) Further Information: http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~schmid/eurocog.html From S.Warrick at cs.ucl.ac.uk Sat Sep 7 09:00:10 1996 From: S.Warrick at cs.ucl.ac.uk (Stephanie Warrick) Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 14:00:10 +0100 Subject: Closure of leading UK cognitive science research centre Message-ID: <4974.842101210@cs.ucl.ac.uk> [APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE MULTIPLE COPIES. THIS MESSAGE IS BEING POSTED ON SEVERAL LISTS] To the cognitive science research community :- I have just been told of a recent decision by the Medical Research Council to close its Cognitive Development Unit (CDU) in London, on economic grounds. Apparently the MRC believe that funding two psychology-related research units in London, the CDU and the Institute of Psychiatry, is unjustified. The decision is currently unofficial but is due for ratification in a couple of weeks. As a research student in artificial intelligence with strong interests in developmental psychology, I am appalled at this news. My particular interest is that I have worked at the Unit in the past. I made friends there and have kept one or two, which is how I've heard about this. There are so few centres for cognitive science research in the UK, and the CDU is one of the best. Its staff have made exciting theoretical contributions in infant perception, conceptual change in childhood, autism, neuroscience and other areas of cognitive development. There are very few centres in Europe similarly equipped to do cognitive research with young infants and children, and very few which promote the developmental perspective across disciplinary boundaries. Given its international reputation, its publications record, and its success in attracting prominent researchers to the UK, I would have expected to see the CDU expanded rather than closed. If you feel similarly, please spread the news of this decision to other researchers, especially senior ones, who might be prepared to make an urgent protest against the MRC's decision. It's very important that this takes the form of civilised argument, and not orchestrated fury! In particular, if you know anyone at the level of Council, please discuss this with them, without delay. The MRC need to be persuaded of the damaging consequences of this closure for the future of cognitive science research in the UK, before it is too late. The following details may be useful: Medical Research Council 20 Park Crescent, London W1N 4AL United Kingdom tel : 0171 636 5422 (or +44 171 636 5422) fax : 0171 436 6179 (or +44 171 436 6179) email: tony.helm at headoffice.mrc.ac.uk WWW : http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/MRC/ Regards, Stephanie Warrick - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephanie Warrick Tel: +44 171 3877050 x4413 Email: S.Warrick at cs.ucl.ac.uk Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT