LINGUIST List 15.1250

Mon Apr 19 2004

FYI: 11th Summer School in Cognitive Science

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1. school, 11th International Summer School in Cognitive Science

 11th INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE 


Date: July 4-24, 2004
Location: New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact: Elena Marina
Contact Email: schoolcogs.nbu.bg 
Meeting URL: http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2004.html
Linguistic Sub-field: Cognitive Science 


Meeting Description:

11th International Summer School in Cognitive Science
Organised by the New Bulgarian University
Endorsed by the Cognitive Science Society
Sponsored by the European Commission (EUROCOG project)


Courses: 

Week I: July 5-11
- Edward Necka (U. Cracow, Poland) Creativity
- Franz Schmalhofer (U. Osnabrueck, Germany) Situation Models and
 Embodied Language Processes
- George Kampis (U. Budapest, Hungary) Deconstructing the Mind:
 Anti-Cartesian Perspective on Cognition

Week II: July 12-18
 Color and Form in Visual Perception
- Myron Braunstein (UC Irvine, USA) Visual Perception of the 3D
 World
- Boicho Kokinov (NBU, Bulgaria) Understanding Human Analogy-Making

Week III: July 19-24
- Jeffrey Elman (UC, San Diego, USA) Connectionist Models of
 Learning and Development
- Fernanda Ferreira (Michigan State U, USA) Psycholinguistics:
 Language as a product and as an action
- Richard Belew (UC, San Diego, USA) Adaptive Individuals in
 Evolving Populations: Combining Evolutionary Modeling with Learning
 and Development Models

In addition, panel discussions, participant symposia, and project work
will take place.

For more information look at:
http://www.nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2004.html

Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science
New Bulgarian University
21 Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1635
phone: (+3592) 8110-403
e-mail: schoolcogs.nbu.bg