Sixth Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Liege, Belgium, Sept 16-18

[Robert French]

SIXTH NEURAL COMPUTATION AND PSYCHOLOGY 
WORKSHOP (NCPW6)

Connectionist models of evolution, learning and development
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Saturday, September 16 to Monday, September 18, 2000
URL: http://www.fapse.ulg.ac.be/ncpw6/


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

This workshop, the sixth in a series, has the explicit goal 
of bringing together connectionists modelers, and especially 
connectionist modelers from Europe, who are primarily 
focused on some aspect of psychology or neuropsychology.

Each year there is a relatively wide-ranging theme for the 
Workshop. For example, “Neurodynamics and Psychology” 
was the theme of the first workshop, “Perception”, the third, 
“Connectionist representations” the fourth, and so on.  This 
year the theme will be “Development, learning and evolution.”  
This is a broad topic and intentionally so.  Although we 
aren’t interested in, say, connectionist applications to 
submarine warfare, we will consider all papers that have 
something to do with the announced topic, even if rather 
tangentially.

The organization of the final program will depend on the 
submissions received.

As in previous years, the Workshop will be reasonably small.  
There are, for example, no parallel sessions and no poster 
sessions.  And plenty of time will be left for discussion among 
participants.  The atmosphere is designed to be congenial 
but rigorous. 

Even though participation in the Workshop is by no means 
limited to Europeans, one of its explicit goals is to bring 
together European connectionist modelers interested in 
psychology or neuropsychology. This is the first year that 
NCPW is being held on the Continent, a move that was 
explicitly designed to attract not only the usual contingent
of British connectionists, but also our colleagues from 
other European countries as well.


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Workshop will last from Saturday, September 16 through 
the morning of Monday, September 18, 2000.  There will be 
approximately 25-30 paper presentations.  Abstracts 
(approximately 200 words) are due by June 7.  Notification 
of acceptance for a paper presentation will be done by 
June 22. The finished paper must be ready by the time 
of the Workshop.  See the NCPW6 Web page for all details: 
http://www.fapse.ulg.ac.be/ncpw6/


REGISTRATION, ETC.

The registration fee will be 100 euros. (Reductions will be 
made upon request for a limited number of students, 
especially students from abroad who also have significant 
travel expenses.)  Included in this fee will be the welcome 
reception (evening of September 15), coffee breaks, lunches, 
and a copy of Workshop Proceedings afterthe Workshop 
(we have a tentative publishing agreement with 
Springer-Verlag, as in the past).  Special conference rates 
have been arranged at a number of hotels, as indicated on 
the Web page for the Workshop.


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Bob French (rfrench at ulg.ac.be) University of Liege, Belgium, organizer
Axel Cleeremans (axcleer at ulb.ac.be) Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Nick Chater (Nick.Chater at warwick.ac.uk) University of Warwick
Denis Mareschal (d.mareschal at bbk.ac.uk) Birkbeck College, London
Jacques Sougné (j.sougne at ulg.ac.be) University of Liège, Belgium


CONTACT DETAILS
  
For any problems or questions, please send e-mail to 
mailto:cogsci at ulg.ac.be