CogSci95 Summer School in Sofia

[Boicho Kokinov]

                      2nd International Summer School
                                    in
                             Cognitive Science
                          Sofia, July 3-16, 1995

                   First Announcement and Call forPapers

The Summer School features introductory and advanced courses
in Cognitive Science, participant symposia, panel
discussions, student sessions, and intensive informal
discussions. Participants will include university teachers
and researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate students.

International Advisory Board

Elizabeth BATES (University of California at San Diego, USA)
Amedeo CAPPELLI (CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Cristiano CASTELFRANCHI (CNR, Roma, Italy)
Daniel DENNETT (Tufts University, Medford, Ma, USA)
Ennio De RENZI (University of Modena, Italy)
Charles DE WEERT (University of Nijmegen, Holland )
Christian FREKSA (Hamburg University, Germany)
Dedre GENTNER (Northwestern University, Evanston, Il, USA)
Christopher HABEL (Hamburg University, Germany)
Joachim HOHNSBEIN (Dortmund University, Germany)
Douglas HOFSTADTER (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
Keith HOLYOAK (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Mark KEANE (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland)
Alan LESGOLD (University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
Willem LEVELT (Max-Plank Inst. of Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen,
Holland)
David RUMELHART (Stanford University, California, USA)
Richard SHIFFRIN (Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
Paul SMOLENSKY (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Chris THORNTON (University of Sussex, Brighton, England)
Carlo UMILTA' (University of Padova, Italy)

Courses

Computer Models of Emergent Cognition - Robert French
(Indiana University, USA)
Hemispheric Mechanisms in Cognition - Eran Zaidel (UCLA, USA)
Cross-Linguistic Studies of Language Processing -
Elizabeth Bates (UCSD, USA)
Aphasia Research - Nina Dronkers (UC at Davis, USA)
Selected Topics in Cognitive Linguistics - Elena Andonova (NBU, Bulgaria
Spatial Attention - Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy)
Parallel Pathways of Visual Information Processing - Angel Vassilev (NBU
Color Vision - Charles De Weert (University of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands)
Integration of Language and Vision - Geoff Simmons (Hamburg
University, Germany)
Emotion and Cognition - Cristiano Castelfranchi (CNR, Italy)
Philosophy of Mind - Lilia Gurova (NBU, Bulgaria)
Analogical Reasoning: Psychological Data and Computational Models -
Boicho Kokinov (NBU, Bulgaria)

Participants are not restricted on the number of courses they can
register for. There will be no parallel running courses.


Participant Symposia

Participants are invited to submit papers which will be
presented (30 min) at the participant symposia. Authors
should send full papers (8 single spaced pages) in
triplicate or electronically (postscript, RTF, or plain
ASCII) by March 31. Selected papers will be published in the
School's Proceedings after the School itself. Only papers
presented at the School will be eligible for publishing.

Panel Discussions

Language Processing: Rules or Constraints?
Vision and Attention
Integrated Cognition

Student Session

At the student session proposals for M.Sc. Theses and Ph.D.
Theses will be discussed as well as public defense of such
theses. Graduate students in Cognitive Science are invited
to present their work.

Local Organizers

New Bulgarian University, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Bulgarian Cognitive Science Society


Timetable

Application Form:     now
Deadline for paper submission:   March 31
Notification for acceptance:   April 30
Early registration:     May 15
Arrival day and on site registration July 2
Summer School      July 3-14
Excursion       July 15
Departure day      July 16

Paper submission to:
Boicho Kokinov
Cognitive Science Department
New Bulgarian University
21, Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1635, Bulgaria
fax: (+3592) 73-14-95
e-mail: kokinov at bgearn.bitnet

Send your Application Form to:
e-mail: cogsci95 at adm.nbu.bg


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      International Summer School in Cognitive Science
                   Sofia, July 3-14, 1995

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