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- Subject: CFP: Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 13:16:52 GMT
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- Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the
- COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
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- A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON COGNITION
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- June 18 - 21, 1993
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Call for Participation
- with Revised Deadlines
-
- This year's conference aims at broad coverage of the many and diverse
- methodologies and topics that comprise Cognitive Science. In addition
- to computer modeling, the meeting will feature research in computational,
- theoretical, and psycho-linguistics; cognitive neuroscience; conceptual
- change and education; artificial intelligence; philosophical foundations;
- human-computer interaction and a number of other approaches to the
- study of cognition.
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- A plenary session honoring the memory of Allen Newell is scheduled.
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- Plenary addresses will be given by:
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- Alan Baddeley Andy DiSessa Paul Smolensky
- Sandra Thompson Bonnie Webber
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- The conference will also highlight invited research papers:
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- Conceptual Change: (Organizers: Nancy Songer & Walter Kintsch)
- Frank Keil Gaea Leinhardt Ashwin Ram Jeremy Rochelle
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- Language Learning: (Organizers: Paul Smolensky & Walter Kintsch)
- Michael Brent Robert Frank Brian MacWhinney
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- Situated Action: (Organizer: James Martin)
- Leslie Kaebling Pattie Maes Bonnie Nardi Alonso Vera
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- Visual Perception & Cognitive Neuroscience: (Organizer: Michael Mozer)
- Marlene Behrmann Robert Jacobs Hal Pashler David Plaut
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- PAPER SUBMISSIONS
- With the goal of assembling a high-quality program representative of the
- diversity of methods and topics in cognitive science, we invite papers
- presenting interdisciplinary research addressing any cognitive domain and
- using any of the diverse methodologies of the field. Papers are specifically
- solicited which address the topics of the invited research sessions listed
- above.
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- Authors should submit five (5) copies of the paper in hard copy form to:
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- Cognitive Science 1993 Submissions
- Dr. Martha Polson
- Institute of Cognitive Science
- Campus Box 344
- University of Colorado
- Boulder, CO 80309-0344
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- DAVID MARR MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR EXCELLENT STUDENT PAPERS
- Papers with a student first author will be eligible to compete for a David
- Marr Memorial Prize for excellence in research and presentation. The David
- Marr Prizes are accompanied by a $300.00 honorarium, and are funded by an
- anonymous donor.
-
- LENGTH
- Papers must be a maximum of six (6) pages long (excluding only the cover
- page), must have at least 1 inch margins on all sides, and must use no
- smaller that 10 point type. Camera-ready versions will be required only
- after authors are notified of acceptance.
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- COVER PAGE
- Each copy of the paper must include a cover page, separate from the body
- of the paper, which includes, in order:
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- 1. Title of paper.
- 2. Full names, postal addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses
- (if possible) of all authors.
- 3. An abstract of no more than 200 words.
- 4. The area(s) in which the paper should be reviewed. When possible, please
- list, in decreasing order of relevance, 1-3 of the following keywords:
- action/motor control, acquisition/learning, cognitive architecture,
- cognitive neuroscience, connectionism, conceptual change/education,
- decision making, foundations, human-computer interaction, language
- (indicate subarea), memory, reasoning and problem solving, perception,
- situated action/cognition, skill/expertise.
- 5. Preference for presentation format: Talk or poster, talk only, poster
- only. Poster sessions will be highlighted in this year's conference. The
- proceedings will not distinguish between papers presented orally and
- those presented as posters.
- 6. A note stating if the paper is eligible to compete for a Marr Prize.
- For jointly authored papers, include a note from the student author's
- advisor explaining the student's contribution to the research.
-
- DEADLINE
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- ***** PAPERS ARE DUE FEBRUARY 2, 1993. ******
-
- SYMPOSIA
- Proposals for symposia are also invited. Proposals should indicate:
- (1) A brief description of the topic;
- (2) How the symposium would address a broad cognitive science audience;
- (3) Names of symposium organizer(s);
- (4) List of potential speakers, their topics, and some estimate of their
- likelihood of participation;
- (5) Proposed symposium format (designed to last 90 minutes).
- Symposium proposals should be sent as soon as possible, but no later than
- February 2, 1993.
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- FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
- Dr. Martha Polson
- Institute of Cognitive Science
- Campus Box 344
- University of Colorado
- Boulder, CO 80309-0344
- E-mail: Cogsci@clipr.colorado.edu
- Telephone: (303) 492-7638
- FAX: (303) 492-2967
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- Office: LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, 412-624-7046
- Office Fax: 412-624-9149
- Home: 1255 Murdoch Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 412-687-9826
- Secretary: Ms. Cassandra Stanley, 412-624-7046
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