LINGUIST List 29.1105
Mon Mar 12 2018
Summer Schools: Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application (CARLA)/Germany
Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinsonlinguistlist.org>
Date: 08-Mar-2018
From: Mingya Liu <liu.mingya
uni-osnabrueck.de>
Subject: Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and
Application (CARLA)
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Website: http://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de
Dates: 06-Aug-2018 -
10-Aug-2018
Location: Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony, Germany
Focus: This
summer school will focus on concepts.
Minimum Education Level: MA
Special
Qualifications: We invite applications from PhD students and postdocs working on or
being interested in concepts from a variety of fields, including (but not restricted
to) linguistics, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, logic, computer
science, and cognitive science. Highly interested advanced master students may be
allowed in exceptional cases. We strongly encourage applications from individuals
who are under-represented in their respective fields. For more information about the
summer school, please visit our website
(https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/overview.html).
Description:
The Institute of Cognitive Science at Osnabrück University (
https://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de)
is happy to announce the summer school “Concepts in Action: Representation,
Learning, and Application” (CARLA), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and a
subsequent international workshop on the same topic. Both the school participants
and external researchers are invited to submit abstracts to the workshop for oral or
poster presentations.
The summer school will bring together researchers
from different disciplines with the goal of providing participants with knowledge
about concept research outside of their own fields and to initiate interdisciplinary
exchanges and research. The subsequent and co-located workshop provides an excellent
opportunity to present and discuss ongoing research on concepts. Both events will
focus on (but not be restricted to) three core questions: How can we formally
describe and model concepts? Where do concepts come from, and how are they acquired?
How are concepts used in cognitive tasks?
Lecturers and Classes:
*Nicholas
Asher (
https://www.irit.fr/~Nicholas.Asher/)
and Julie Hunter (
http://www.juliejhunter.com/):
“Concepts and Conceptualization: From the Lexicon to Situated Conversation”
*Christiane
D. Fellbaum (
https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~fellbaum/):
“A Linguistic Perspective on Concepts”
*Peter Gärdenfors (
http://www.fil.lu.se/en/person/PeterGardenfors):
“Where Do Conceptual Domains Come From?”
*Robert L. Goldstone (
http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/rgoldsto.php):
“The Learning and Use of Concepts by Humans”
*Michael Spranger (
https://sites.google.com/view/michaelspranger/):
“Co-acquisition of Concepts and Language: Computational Models and Robot
Experiments”
Schedule:
https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/preliminary_program.html
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics
Discipline of Linguistics
Tuition: 0 EUR
Registration: 08-Mar-2018 to
30-Apr-2018
Contact Person: Mingya Liu
Email:
liu.mingya
uni-osnabrueck.de
Apply on the web: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlass18
Registration Instructions:
Your application should consist of a single pdf file
including a single-page CV and a short motivation letter of up to 300 words stating
your research interests and why you want to attend the summer school. If you need a
visa to enter Germany, please indicate this in your application so that we can
prepare invitation letters for you in time. If you need financial support for travel
and accommodation expenses, please also indicate this in your application. We will
notify you about the selection results by May 7, 2018. Should you have any
questions, please contact us anytime at concepts
uni-osnabrueck.de.
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