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dcs.shef.ac.uk>============================================================================== (REACHING FOR MIND) <REACHING FOR MIND> <REACHING FOR MIND> <REACHING FOR MIND> (REACHING FOR MIND) <REACHING FOR MIND> <REACHING FOR MIND> <REACHING FOR MIND> ============================================================================== PROGRAMME AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AISB-95 Workshop on REACHING FOR MIND: FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE April 3rd/4th 1995 ******************** at the The Tenth Biennial Conference on AI and Cognitive Science (AISB-95) (Theme: Hybrid Problems, Hybrid Solutions) Halifax Hall University of Sheffield Sheffield, England (Monday 3rd -- Friday 7th April 1995) HOSTED BY The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB) and The Department of Computer Science (University of Sheffield) Chair: SE/AN /O NUALL/AIN Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland & National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada Co-Chair: PAUL MC KEVITT Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield, England WORKSHOP COMMITTEE: John Barnden (New Mexico State University, NM, USA) (& University of Reading, England) Istvan Berkeley (University of Alberta, Canada) Mike Brady (Oxford, England) Harry Bunt (ITK, Tilburg, The Netherlands) Peter Carruthers (University of Sheffield, England) Daniel Dennett (Tufts University, USA) Eric Dietrich (SUNY Binghamton, NY, USA) Jerry Feldman (ICSI, UC Berkeley, USA) Stevan Harnad (University of Southampton, England) James Martin (University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA) Eoghan MacAogain (Instidiud Teangeolaiochta/ Irish Linguistics Institute, Dublin, Ireland) John Macnamara (McGill University, Canada) Mike McTear (Universities of Ulster and Koblenz, Germany) Ryuichi Oka (RWC P, Tsukuba, Japan) Jordan Pollack (Ohio State University, OH, USA) Zenon Pylyshyn (Rutgers University, USA) Ronan Reilly (University College, Dublin, Ireland) Roger Schank (ILS, Northwestern, USA) NNoel Sharkey (University of Sheffield, England) Walther v.Hahn (University of Hamburg, Germany) Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield, England) PROGRAMME: MONDAY, APRIL 3RD, 1995 ************************* INTRODUCTION: 9.00 `Introduction' Se/an /O Nuall/ain and Paul Mc Kevitt COMPUTATION AND INTENTIONALITY: (Chair: Brian C. Smith) 9.30 `The foundations of computation' Brian C. Smith Xerox Parc Palo Alto Research Centre and Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA 10.30 Break 11.00 `Machines and consciousness' Yorick Wilks Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, EU DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: (Chair: F.G. Winkler) 11.30 `Meaningful representations? a dynamical systems approach and some implications for cognitive science' F.G. Winkler Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, EU 12.00 `Remembering, rehearsal and empathy' K. Dautenhahn and T. Christaller German National Research Centre for Computer Science Germany, EU 12.45 LUNCH SEACHING-FOR-MIND: (Chair: Se/an /O Nuall/ain) 2.00 `Is cognition an autonomous subsystem?' M.B. Bickhard, Dept of Psychology, Lehigh University Department of Psychology Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA 2.30 `Crisis? what crisis?' Paul D. Scott Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, England, EU 3.00 `The search for mind' Se/an /O Nuall/ain School of Computer Applications Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, EU 3.30 Panel Discussion led by Se/an /O Nuall/ain MEMBERS: Bickhard, Guzeldere, Mc Kevitt, Scott, Smith, Wilks 4.00 Break COGNITION AND MIND: (Chair: Guven Guzeldere) 4.30 `Cartesian modularism' Guven Guzeldere Xerox Parc Palo Alto Research Centre and Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA 5.00 `Redescription, information and access' Terry Dartnall Computing and Information Technology Griffith University, Nathan Brisbane, Australia 5.30 Poster session 6.00 GENERAL DISCUSSION 6.30 DINNER AGUS O/ICHE MHA/ITH TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 1995 *************************** INTRODUCTION II: 9.00 `Introduction' Se/an /O Nuall/ain and Paul Mc Kevitt ARCHITECTURES FOR CONSCIOUSNESS: (Chair: Y. Wilks) 9.30 `A neurocognitive model for consciousness' Newman, B. Baars and S-B Cho. The Wright Institute, USA 10.00 `Consciousness and natural language understanding' Gerard Sabah LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay, France, EU 10.30 Break 11.00 `Idle Thoughts' B.F. Katz and N.C. Riley School of Cognitive and computing Sciences, University of Sussex, England, EU COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE PERSON: 11.30 `Cognitive Science and two images of the person' A. Brook, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada 12.00 `Cognitive science, consciousness and selfhood' Se/an /O Nuall/ain School of Computer Applications Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland COGNITIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION: 12.30 Panel discussion with (self-selecting) participants invited to present a five-minute summary of a program in the area which they have established followed by general discussion. `Not what is cognitive science rather what is a cognitive scientist?' Austin et al. Division of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, England, EU 12.45 LUNCH EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY: (Chair: Terry Dartnall) 2.00 `The lion, the bat and the wardrobe' Stuart Watt The Open University, England, EU 2.30 `Foundational anti-representationalism' Craig Delancey Indiana University, Illinois, USA (Chair: Karl MacDorman) 3.00 `Reinventing the square wheel' P. Kime University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, EU 3.30 `The role of the systematicity argument' K. Aizawa Dept of Philosophy, Central Michigan University, Michigan, USA 4.00 Poster session/Break 4.30 `How to ground symbols adaptively' Karl MacDorman Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, EU 5.00 GENERAL DISCUSSION ON REACHING FOR MIND 6.00 DINNER & O/ICHE MHA/ITH REGISTRATION: Mail aisb95Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
prl.philips.nl>CMC/95 International Conference on Cooperative Multimodal Communication, Theory and Applications ********* Sponsored by the Universities of Brabant Joint Research Organization (SOBU) Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24-26 May 1995 ********* ANNOUNCEMENT ********** The Eindhoven University of Technology, in collaboration with the Institute for Perception Research in Eindhoven and the Institute for Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Tilburg, will host an international conference on the theory and applications of COOPERATIVE MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION to take place at the Institute for Perception Research (IPO) in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24-26 May 1995. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists involved in research concerning the design, implementation, and application of forms of cooperative human-computer communication where natural language (typed or spoken) is used in combination with other modalities, such as visual feedback and direct manipulation. TOPICS OF INTEREST ********* The conference will focus on formal, computational, and user aspects of building cooperative multimodal dialogue systems. Talks are in areas which include, but are not limited to, the following topics: * cooperativity in multimodal dialogue * natural language semantics in a multimodal context * formal and computational models of dialogue context * incremental knowledge representation and dialogue * interacting with visual domain representations * collaborative problem solving * constraint-based approaches to animation and visual modelling * effective use of different interactive modalities * modelling temporal aspects of multimodal communication * type theory and natural language interpretation * knowledge sharing technologies INVITED SPEAKERS **************** Mark MAYBURY (The MITRE corporation, McLean) Wolfgang WAHLSTER (DFKI, Saarbruecken) Bonnie WEBBER (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) Kent WITTENBURG (Bellcore, Morristown) ORGANIZATION ********** Programme Committee: Harry Bunt (ITK, Tilburg) (chair) Paul McKevitt (University of Sheffield) Norman Badler (UPenn, Philadelphia) Rob Nederpelt (TUE, Eindhoven) Jeroen Groenendijk (UvA, Amsterdam) Kees van Overveld (TUE, Eindhoven) Walther von Hahn (Hamburg) Ray Perrault (Stanford) Dieter Huber (Mainz) Donia Scott (Brighton) Hans Kamp (Stuttgart) Wolfgang Wahlster (Saarbruecken) John Lee (EdCAAD, Edinburgh) Bonnie Webber (UPenn, Philadelphia) Joseph Mariani (LIMSI, Paris) Kent Wittenburg (Bellcore) Mark Maybury (MITRE, Bedford) Organization Committee: Robbert-Jan Beun (chair) Tijn Borghuis Harry Bunt Rob Nederpelt Marianne Wagemans FURTHER INFORMATION ********** The participation fee for CMC/95 is expected to be around Dfl 250, or $ 150. For registration information please contact Robbert-Jan Beun (see the address below). For questions concerning the scientific content: Harry Bunt, ITK, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg Phone +31 - 13.66.30.60, fax +31-13.66.25.37, email: Harry.BuntMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue