Connectionist Models of Cognition: A Workshop

[Devin McAuley]

          *** Registration deadline extended to June 21st ***

                CONNECTIONIST MODELS OF COGNITION: A WORKSHOP
                  Monday July 7th - Friday July 11th, 1997
                          University of Queensland
                    Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia

                                sponsored by
                      the School of Psychology and the
                          Cognitive Science Program

        Workshop Home Page: http://psy.uq.edu.au/~brainwav/Workshop/
            BrainWave Home Page: http://psy.uq.edu.au/~brainwav/

This workshop provides an opportunity for faculty and students with teaching
and research interests in connectionist modeling to gain hands-on modeling
experience with the BrainWave neural network simulator during an intensive
5-day workshop on connectionist models of cognition at the University of
Queensland.

The workshop has three primary objectives:

   * to provide training in specific connectionist models of cognition.
   * to introduce instructors to the BrainWave simulator and course materials.
   * to support the development of new models by the participants.

The first two days of the workshop will provide training in specific
connectionist models of cognition and introduce participants to the
BrainWave simulator. Day 3 will focus on how to develop a new model using
BrainWave. On days 4 and 5, the instructors will be available to assist
faculty and students in the development of new models and to discuss the
development of teaching materials for undergraduate and postgraduate courses
on connectionist modeling.

Instructors:

   * Simon Dennis, School of Psychology
   * Devin McAuley, School of Psychology
   * Janet Wiles, Schools of Information Technology and Psychology

Registration for the 5-day workshop includes:

   * Course materials:
        o The BrainWave Simulator for the Mac, Windows95, and Unix Platforms
        o An Introduction to Neural Networks and the BrainWave Simulator
        o Three chapters of a workbook on connectionist models of cognition
   * Morning and afternoon tea (Monday - Friday)
   * Lunch (Monday and Tuesday)

The deadline for registration is June 21st.

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                              Workshop Program

                              Monday, July 7th

Morning Session

 8:00-9:00  Registration
 9:00-10:30 Lecture: Introduction to connectionist models of cognition
 11:00-1:00 Laboratory: Introduction to the BrainWave simulator

Afternoon Session

 2:00-3:00 Lecture: The Interactive Activation and Competition model of
           letter perception
 3:30-5:00 Laboratory: The word superiority effect

                             Tuesday, July 8th

Morning Session

 9:00-10:00  Lecture: The BackPropagation model of word and color naming
 10:30-12:30 Laboratory: The Stroop effect

Afternoon Session

 1:30-3:00 Lecture: The Matrix model of episodic memory
 3:30-5:00 Laboratory: Familiarity versus recognition

                            Wednesday, July 9th

Morning Session (using the Scheme language interface to modify BrainWave)

 9:00-10:30  Lecture: Introduction to the Scheme programming language
 11:00-12:30 Laboratory: How to extend models in BrainWave

Afternoon Session (a case study of model development in BrainWave)

 1:30-3:00 Lecture: The Deep Dyslexia network
 3:30-5:00 Organisation of group projects

                            Thursday, July 10th

Morning Session

 9:30-11:00  Group Work: Model design
 11:00-12:30 Group Work: Model construction I

Afternoon Session: Stream 1 (continued model construction)

 1:30-3:00 Group Work: Model construction II
 3:30-5:00 Group Work: Model construction III

Afternoon Session: Stream 2 (using the Java language to modify BrainWave)

 1:30-3:00 Lecture: Introduction to the Java programming language
 3:30-5:00 Laboratory: How to add new architectures to BrainWave

                             Friday, July 11th

Morning Session

 9:30-12:30 Group Work: Model construction IV (preparing your demonstration)

Afternoon Session

 1:30-3:30 Workshop presentations and discussion


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Send general inquiries and registration form to:

     email: brainwav at psy.uq.edu.au

     fax: +61-7-3365-4466 (attn: Dr. Devin McAuley)

     postal mail:

     BrainWave Workshop (c/o Dr. Devin McAuley)
     School of Psychology
     University of Queensland
     Brisbane, Queensland 4072
     Australia

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