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[CogSci Summer School]

4th International Summer School
in
Cognitive Science
Sofia, July 14 - 26, 1997

Call for Papers and School Brochure


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,
Massachusetts, 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,
Illinois, USA)
Christopher HABEL (Hamburg University, Germany)
Joachim HOHNSBEIN (Dortmund University, Germany)
Douglas HOFSTADTER (Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana, 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 Institute 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)
Eran ZAIDEL (University of California at Los Angeles,
USA)

Courses
Dynamics of Change: Lessons from Human Development - Linda Smith
(Indiana University, USA)
Ecological Approaches to Human Memory - William Hirst (New School
for Social Research, USA)
Cognitive Approaches to Syntax - Robert Van Valin (State
University of New York at Buffalo, USA)
Culture and Cognition - Naomi Quinn (Duke University, USA)
Spatial Attention - Carlo Umilta' (University of Padova, Italy)
Cognitive modeling in ACT-R - Werner Tack (University of
Saarlandes, Germany)
Spatial Concepts and Spatial Representation - Emile van der Zee
(Hamburg University)
Brain Imaging Techniques for Cognitive Neurosciences - Joachim
Hohnsbein (University of Dortmund)


Participant Symposia
Participants are invited to submit papers reporting completed
research 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, MS Word or plain
ASCII) by May 15. Selected papers will be published in the School's
Proceedings. Only papers presented at the School will be eligible
for publication.

Student Session

Graduate students in Cognitive Science are invited to present
their work at the student session. Research in progress as well as
research plans and proposals for M.Sc. Theses and Ph.D. Theses
will be discussed at the student session. Papers will not be
published in the School's Proceedings.

Panel Discussions

Cognitive Science in the 21st century
Cognition in Context: Social, Cutural, Physical, Developmental
Brain, Body, Environment, and Cognition
Dynamics of Cognition: Short-Term and Long-Term Dynamics

Local Organizers

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

Sponsors

TEMPUS SJEP 07272/94

Local Organizing Committee

Boicho Kokinov -  School Director, Elena Andonova, Gergana
Yancheva, Iliana Haralanova

Timetable

Registration Form:			as soon as possible
Deadline for paper submission: 	May 15
Notification for acceptance:		June 1
Early registration:			June 5
Arrival date and on site registration	July 13
Summer School			July 14-25
Excursion				July 20
Departure date			July 26

Paper submission to:
Boicho Kokinov
Cognitive Science Department
New Bulgarian University
21, Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1635, Bulgaria
e-mail: school at cogs.nbu.acad.bg

Send your Registration Form to:
e-mail: school at cogs.nbu.acad.bg
(If you don't receive an aknowledgement within 3 days, send a
message to kokinov at bgearn.acad.bg)