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>Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 16:42:30 +0000 (GMT)
>From: INFO-PSYLING moderator Kerry Kilborn <psyling@psy.gla.ac.uk>
>Subject: InfoPsyling
>To: distribute-psyling@psy.gla.ac.uk
>
>1.  Position: University of Pittsburgh 
>2.  Position: Second  Language Acquisition, New York City 
>3.  9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse 
>4.  Child Language Seminar First Call 
>5.  Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science 
>6.  Conference on Consciousness and Cognition (2nd call) 
>7.  Cognitive Science Conference deadline
>
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>
>1.  Position: University of Pittsburgh
>
>From: Charles A Perfetti <perfetti+@pitt.edu>
>
>
>UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning. The
>Department of Psychology and the Learning Research and
>Development Center (LRDC) announce the joint creation of a
>tenure-line faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, 
>pending budget approval, with the tenure line in the Department
>of Psychology.  We seek a recent PH.D. with strong training in
>cognitive neuroscience methods and cognitive psychology coupled
>with an interest in issues of learning and educational processes.
>LRDC is an interdisciplinary research institution whose
>scientists work on a wide range of issues, including literacy,
>complex learning, learning technology, and otherproblems of
>educational impact. Although the area of specialization is open,
>the successful candidate will show the potential to carry out
>cognitive neuroscience research that connects to learning as it
>is exemplified in LRDC. The cognitive neuroscience environment
>includes cognitive psychologists in the Department of Psychology,
>the functional imaging center at the University of Pittsburgh
>Medical Center, and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition,
>organized jointly by Carnegie Mellon University and the
>University of Pittsburgh. The Department of Psychology emphasizes
>quality undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as research.
>The specific teaching areas are flexible, but a commitment to
>effective teaching must be demonstrated.
>
>Applicants should send a letter of interest, a CV, a
>representative publication, and 3 letters of recommendation to
>Joint Psychology-LRDCSearch Committee, c/o Jo-Anne Kasper, LRDC,
>University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260. The deadline for
>applications is January 30, 1999. The University of Pittsburgh is
>an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.
>
>
>Charles A. Perfetti Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
>Senior Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center
>University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 Perfetti+@pitt.edu
>412-624-7071
>
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>
>2.  Position: Second Language Acquisition, New York City
>
>
>From: Virginia Valian <PSYHC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
>
>
>Position in Second Language Acquisition New York City
>
>A one-year half-time position in second language acquisition is
>available beginning September 1999 (with the possibility of an
>earlier start date).  The project investigates syntactic
>development in children and adults learning English as a second
>language, comparing both to children learning English as a first
>language.  The project is funded by CUNY and is directed by Prof.
>Elaine C. Klein, Prof. Gita Martohardjono, and Prof. Virginia
>Valian.  Prof.'s Klein and Martohardjono teach at Queens College
>and Prof. Valian teaches at Hunter College.  All three are also
>members of Ph.D Program in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate
>Center. The doctoral program is an active research-oriented
>program whose students and faculty work on a large variety of
>different languages in a number of different settings.  The
>program has a formal colloquium series and a number of informal
>meetings in topics like syntax, psycholinguistics, second
>language acquisition, and sociolinguistics.  The person hired on
>the project will be welcome to participate in events at the
>Graduate Center, Queens College, and Hunter College. The person
>hired will be encouraged to contribute as a full partner in the
>project.  On a daily level, the person will a) develop
>experimental materials for use in intervention, production, and
>comprehension tasks with children and adults; b) supervise
>students and interns on the project; c) recruit participants; d)
>perform experiments; e) record, transcribe, and analyze learners'
>spontaneous speech; f) analyze data. Since the project involves
>contact with young children, parents, and non-native learners of
>English, the person to be hired must work well with people from
>different backgrounds of different ages, and must understand and
>accommodate their concerns and needs.  He or she should also be
>highly organized, reliable, punctual, sensitive, and patient. We
>are anticipating hiring someone with a PhD in psychology,
>cognitive science, linguistics, or speech, but candidates with a
>BA or MA in one of those fields will also be considered.  We
>expect a candidate to have a solid background, preferably
>including:  cognitive, developmental, and experimental
>psychology; linguistics; cognitive science; language acquisition;
>statistics; basic computer skills; previous laboratory research
>experience, preferably including speech transcription; fluency in
>English.
>
>Salary for one year at half-time (19 hours/week) is $12,000.
>Part-time teaching positions and other research funding may
>become available but cannot be guaranteed.
>
>To apply, send a vita or summary of your qualifications by email
>or mail.  Include a cover letter addressing the points raised
>above.  Also include no more than 3 examples of papers that have
>been published or presented at conferences.  Ask at least two
>people who know your academic work well to send a letter of
>recommendation.
>
>Email addresses: psyhc@cunyvm.cuny.edu   [NB:  not psych]
>gitam@interport.net eklein@cuny.campuscw.net Address: Dr.
>Virginia Valian, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, 695
>Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021 USA Voice:  212/ 772-5557        
> Fax:  212/ 650-3247
>
>
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>
>3.  9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse
>
>
>From: "Rachel R. W. Robertson" <rrrobert@facstaff.wisc.edu>
>
>Call for Proposals
>
>Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse
>(Co-sponsor: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.)
>
>Sunday through Tuesday, August 15 - 17, 1999
>
>The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel at Stanley Park (in the heart of
>Vancouver's West End)
>
>*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
>*  *  *
>
>We are pleased to announce the Ninth Annual Meeting of the
>Society for Text and Discourse.  The Society for Text and
>Discourse is an international society of researchers who
>investigate all aspects of discourse processing and text
>analysis. (See our web site:
>http://www.psyc.memphis.edu/ST&D/ST&D.htm.) The purpose of the
>Society is to consolidate research in discourse processing and to
>enhance communication among researchers in different disciplines.
>Therefore, we invite scholars from various disciplines (e.g.,
>psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, education,
>sociology, anthropology, communications, and philosophy) to
>attend and participate in the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society
>for Text and Discourse.
>
>The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse
>will precede the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society,
>which will take place on August 19-21, 1999 at the Harbour Centre
>campus of Simon Fraser University (near downtown Vancouver). 
>Visit their web site at http://www.sfu.ca/cogsci99/main.htm. The
>meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse will begin with a
>welcome reception, Sunday evening, August 15th, in the outdoor
>Garden Terrace of The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel. Spoken papers and
>invited addresses will begin the morning of Monday, August  16
>and end the afternoon of Tuesday, August 17. A poster session
>will be held Monday evening, August 16.  All events of the Ninth
>Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse will occur
>in The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel.
>
>We are very pleased to announce that Ray Gibbs, James W.
>Pennebaker, and Judith Green will be giving an invited address at
>this year's meeting. We hope that you, too, will join us by
>submitting a proposal for participation in the Ninth Annual
>Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse and by attending
>what we believe will be an excellent meeting.
>
>This announcement contains four pieces of information:
>
>1. How to submit a proposal for presentation at the Ninth Annual
>Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse.
>
>2. How to submit an entry for the OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD
>and the JASON ALBRECHT AWARD to be awarded at the Ninth Annual
>Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse.
>
>3. How to reserve hotel lodging for the Ninth Annual Meeting of
>the Society for Text and Discourse.
>
>4. How to register for the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society
>for Text and Discourse.
>
>For further information, about the Ninth Annual Meeting of the
>Society for Text and Discourse, contact Dani McKinney or Nancy
>Behnen, by phone at (608) 262-6989, or e-mail at
>textdis@macc.wisc.edu.
>
>*****************************************
>***************************************** 1.  How to Submit a
>Proposal for the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and
>Discourse
>
>Presentations at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text
>and Discourse can be in the form of POSTERS and SPOKEN PAPERS.
>The deadline for submitting proposals for both presentation
>formats is March 29, 1999. Note that this is a "receipt deadline"
>(proposals must be received on or before that date). Authors will
>be notified whether their proposed presentations are accepted
>before April 27, 1999. Please note that all presentations must be
>based on research that is completed at the time that the proposal
>is submitted.
>
>For POSTER and PAPER presentations, please submit the following
>BY E-MAIL to textdis@macc.wisc.edu. Please place information
>within the body of the e-mail message, DO NOT USE ATTACHMENTS OR
>ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS.
>
>The subject heading should contain the last name of the first
>author and the title of the proposal, in the format LAST NAME,
>TITLE (e.g., Gernsbacher, The benefits of becoming a member of
>the Society for Text and Discourse).
>
>Each submission must be in the body of a separate e-mail message.
>Please use the following format.
>
>A.  AUTHOR INFORMATION For every author on the submission,
>provide: Name Affiliation Full mailing address E-mail address
>Telephone number
>
>B.  PRESENTER NAME (name of the person who will be making the
>presentation)
>
>C.  PRESENTATION FORMAT PREFERENCE Choose one of the following
>options: Spoken only Poster only Preference for spoken but would
>be willing to do a poster
>
>(Note that the number of time slots for spoken presentations will
>be limited.)
>
>D.  STATEMENT verifying that the research that will be presented
>has been completed (as of the date that the proposal is
>submitted).
>
>E.  PRESENTATION INFORMATION The title of the presentation
>Authors' names and affiliations A 2-page summary of the
>presentation A 75-word abstract of the presentation
>
>Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.  If for some reason
>you cannot send your submission by e-mail, please contact Dani
>McKinney or Nancy Behnen, Department of Psychology, 1202 W.
>Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, phone: (608) 262-6989, fax: (608)
>262-4029, textdis@macc.wisc.edu. Confirmation of submissions will
>be sent within a week of receipt.
>
>***************************************** 2.  How to Submit an
>Entry for the OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD or the JASON
>ALBRECHT OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD
>
>Each year the Governing Board of the Society for Text and
>Discourse holds a competition for the best spoken paper submitted
>and presented by a graduate student. Up to two Outstanding
>Student Paper Awards will be given. Recipients of the award
>receive a commemorative (framed) certificate and a check for
>$150.
>
>The Governing Board of the Society for Text and Discourse has
>also established the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist
>Award. This award, in honor of Jason Albrecht, a promising young
>text and discourse researcher who passed away in 1996, will be
>presented to the best spoken paper submitted and presented that
>is based on a doctoral dissertation.
>
>Entries for the Outstanding Student Paper Award or the Jason
>Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award must be submitted IN
>ADDITION to regular submissions for the conference (i.e., persons
>who submit entries for the Outstanding Student Paper Award or the
>Jason Albrecht Award must ALSO submit the same proposal as a
>"regular" entry for inclusion in the program).
>
>The deadline for submitting entries for the Outstanding Student
>Paper Award and the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist
>Award is also March 29, 1999. Recipients will be notified April
>27, 1999. For these award submissions, please submit the
>following BY EMAIL to textdis@macc.wisc.edu. Please place the
>required information (listed below) inside the body of the email
>message. DO NOT USE ATTACHMENTS OR ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS.
>
>The subject heading for entries for the Outstanding Student Paper
>Award should contain the acronym OSPA followed by the last name
>of the student submitting the proposal (e.g., OSPA, Sundermeier).
>The subject heading for entries for the Jason Albrecht
>Outstanding Young Scientist Award should contain the acronym
>JAOYSA followed by the last name of the student submitting the
>proposal (e.g., JAOYSA, Linderholm).
>
>The submission must be in the body of the e-mail in the following
>format.
>
>A.  THE TITLE OF THE PRESENTATION B.  A 2-page SUMMARY of the
>presentation C.  For papers co-authored with the student's
>advisor(s) a statement from the major advisor that, in the case
>of the Outstanding Student Paper Award the work is primarily the
>student's or, in the case of the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young
>Scientist Award the presentation is based on the student's
>dissertation.
>
>Evaluation of entries for these two competitions will be blind.
>Therefore, DO NOT include any information for the first two items
>listed above that will identify the author of the entry. Other
>identifying necessary (e.g., the student's name in the subject
>heading and the statement from the advisor in the case of
>co-authoring) will be removed prior to the evaluation.
>
>Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.  If for some reason
>you cannot send your submission by e-mail, please contact, Dani
>McKinney or Nancy Behnen, Department of Psychology, 1202 W.
>Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, phone: (608) 262-6989, fax: (608)
>262-4029, textdis@macc.wisc.edu. Confirmation of submissions will
>be sent within a week of receipt.
>
>***************************************** 3.  How to Reserve
>Hotel Lodging for the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for
>Text and Discourse
>
>All sessions will be held at The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel, 1763
>Comox Street, Vancouver. Participants of the Society for Text and
>Discourse meeting will receive a special group rate for hotel
>rooms at The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel. The rate is $175 Canadian
>or approximately $121 US per night for single occupancy and $195
>Canadian or approximately $134 US for double occupancy. 
>One-bedroom suites are also available for $225 Canadian or
>approximately $155 US for single occupancy and $245 Canadian or
>approximately $169 US for double occupancy.
>
>The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel is a 35 story building in the heart
>of Vancouver's West End.  It is a beautiful location with
>spectacular ocean, mountain and city views and within a short
>stroll to English Bay and Stanley Park.  It is also close to
>shopping, restaurants and attractions. All rooms come equipped
>with coffee makers, hairdryers, mini-bar, refrigerator, movie
>channel and step out balcony.  Other guest services include
>complimentary downtown transportation service during select
>times, and health club facilities including gym, squash courts,
>indoor pool and saunas.
>
>For reservations at The Coast Plaza Suite Hotel, call
>1-800-663-1144 (the general Coast Hotels & Resorts line) and tell
>the reservation agent that you are with the Society for Text and
>Discourse.  A block of rooms will be held until June 30, 1999. 
>Please make your reservations as early as possible.
>
>We also have a small block of rooms reserved at the downtown
>Vancouver Youth Hostel at 1114 Burnaby St. The Hostel is a 15
>minute walk from the Coast Plaza Suite Hotel. Private rooms for
>one or two people are available for $49.90 (or approximately $34
>US dollars), which includes a shared bath. Dorm rooms for four
>people are available at $19.95 (or approximately $14 US dollars)
>per person.  To make a reservation call (604) 684-4565 and ask
>for the group coordinator.  Tell him you are with the Society for
>Text and Discourse.  The block of rooms will be held until July
>15th.
>
>Additionally, we are holding rooms at the YWCA Hotel/Residence at
>733 Beatty St (visit their web site at http://www.ywcavan.org). 
>The YWCA is a new 11 story building, it is a 20 minute bus ride
>from the Coast Plaza Suite Hotel (busses depart every 10 minutes)
>and a short walk to Harbour Center (where the Cognitive Science
>Conference is located). Room rates for a Double (1 double bed)
>are $59 (or approximately $41 US dollars) for a room with a hall
>bath, $74 (or approximately $51 US dollars) for a room with a
>shared shower, and $94 (or approximately $65 US dollars) for a
>room with a private bath. Room rates for a Double/Double (2
>double beds and private bath) are $113 (or approximately $78 US
>dollars) for 1-2 people, $118 (or approximately $81 US dollars)
>for 3 people, and $123 (or approximately $85 US dollars) for 4
>people. Other room options are available, but these are the ones
>reserved in the room block. To make a reservation call
>1-800-663-1424 or email hotel@ywcavan.org. The block of rooms
>will be held until July 15th.
>
>
>***************************************** 4.  How to Register for
>the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse
>
>To register, please fill out the form below. Send the completed
>form with a check made out to the Society for Text and Discourse,
>to the address listed below. Registration fees are $40 for
>Society members, $55 for non-members. We have also instituted a
>SPECIAL STUDENT REGISTRATION RATE of $25. There will be on-site
>registration available; however, the on-site registration rates
>are $50 for members, $65 for non-members, and $35 for students.
>If you are not a member of the Society, please consider joining
>now. Membership includes a subscription to the Society's journal,
>Discourse Processes.
>
>Registration and NEW Membership Form Ninth Annual Meeting of the
>Society for Text and Discourse
>
>
>Name: Affiliation: Address:
>
>City, State, Country: Telephone: Fax: Email:
>
>Please list any information that you prefer not to have listed in
>the Society's membership directory (Name, Address, Telephone,
>Fax, E-mail Address, etc.):
>
>
>Registration
>
>Please choose one of the following
>
>___ REGISTRATION FEE - Society Member ($40)
>
>___ REGISTRATION FEE - Non-Member ($55)
>
>___ REGISTRATION FEE - student ($25):
>
>
>NEW Membership (only for NEW members)
>
>Please indicate whether you are applying for:
>
>___ NEW MEMBERSHIP - Regular (USA or CANADA) $75,
>
>___ NEW MEMBERSHIP - Foreign (outside USA or CANADA) $85,
>
>___ NEW MEMBERSHIP - Special (does not include Discourse
>Processes) $15
>
>If you are applying for a Special Membership, please let us know
>whether you are a student, or you are on the editorial board of
>Discourse Processes, or your spouse is a member and subscribes to
>the journal, or you have already renewed your subscription
>directly with the publisher.
>
>
>Make checks payable to the Society for Text and Discourse. United
>States currency only.
>
>Mail to: Roger J. Kreuz Secretary/Treasurer, Society for Text and
>Discourse Department of Psychology Campus Box 526400 The
>University of Memphis Memphis, TN  38152-6400 USA
>
>************************** Rachel R. W. Robertson Lab
>Coordinator, Lang Comprehension Lab Department of Psychology 1202
>W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-6989
>
>*************************************************************************
>
>4.  Child Language Seminar First Call
>
>
>From: "G.Morgan" <garym@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk>
>
>
>CHILD LANGUAGE SEMINAR 1999
>
>FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>2-4 September 1999
>
>The 1999 Child Language Seminar will be hosted by the Department
>of Language and Communication Science, City University, London,
>UK. Proposals are invited for papers of 30 minutes duration and
>for posters on issues related to language acquisition in
>children.
>
>*   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Dan Slobin and Judy Kegl
>
>*   CONFERENCE LOCATION The Conference sessions will be held at
>the Oliver Thomson suite with accommodation nearby at Rosebery
>Hall.  City University is located near Islington, within walking
>distance of central London.
>
>*   PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS Selected papers will be published
>in the conference proceedings, to appear before 31 December 2000.
>
>*   HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS Abstracts should be up to 250 words
>in length (excluding references) and may be submitted preferably
>by e-mail or e-mail attachment, alternatively by mail or Fax.
>Submissions should be received by 1 May 1999. At the top of the
>abstract please include Name(s) of Author(s), Institutional
>Affiliation, Full Address, E-Mail Address, Telephone and Fax
>Numbers, Paper or Poster, Equipment Requirements.
>
>Please leave several lines between this information and the title
>and body of the abstract so that the header information can be
>removed for anonymous review.
>
>Send your abstract to: CLS 99 Dept. of Language and Communication
>Science, City University, Northampton Sq., London, EC1V 0HB
>
>e-mail: b.woll@city.ac.uk Fax:    (+44) (0)171 477 8577 Minicom /
>TTY: +44(0) 171 477 8314
>
>*  FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE
>
>Please check our conference website:
>http://www.city.ac.uk/ccs/cls99.htm
>
>or contact:
>
>Gary Morgan: 44 (0) 171 419 3162
>
>Shula Chiat:    44 (0)171 477  8297
>
>------- Gary Morgan Dept of Linguistics, UCL, London tel: 0171
>4193162 (voice/text) fax: 0171 3834198
>
>*************************************************************************
>
>5. Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science
>
>
>From: trueswel@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (John Trueswell)
>
>REMINDER:
>
>***APPLICATION DEADLINE:  MARCH 1, 1999****
>
>
>Second Annual Undergraduate Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science
>IRCS, Philadelphia, PA
>
>June 7 - 18, 1999
>
>We are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Summer
>Workshop in Cognitive Science, at the University of
>Pennsylvania's Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
>(IRCS), the site of the National Science Foundation Science and
>Technology Center for Research in Cognitive Science.
>
>This workshop will gather a select national/international group
>of students who are interested in the growing fields of Cognitive
>Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. This program is designed to
>be an intense two-week workshop introducing students to Cognitive
>Science research, and providing close interaction with Penn's
>leading researchers in the study of language, perception and
>thought.
>
>
>Students in the workshop will participate in:
>
>* Lectures from prominent research figures in cognitive science
>and cognitive neuroscience
>
>* Hands-on labs using some of the latest technologies and methods
>in cognitive science
>
>* Opportunity to present your own work
>
>* Panel discussion on the future of cognitive science
>
>
>Labs and Lab Tours will include:
>
>* Free-Head Eyetracking Lab
>
>* Language Development Lab
>
>* Visuo-Motor Lab
>
>* Graphics, Animation, and Modeling Lab
>
>* Event-Related Potential Lab (ERP)
>
>* Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
>
>* Natural Language Processing Lab
>
>
>Lectures and Workshops will include:
>
>* On-line Language Processing
>
>* Language Development
>
>* Cognitive Neuroscience
>
>* Visual Perception
>
>* Robotics, Action and Perception
>
>* Computational Modeling of Language
>
>
>Admitted participants will be provided with accommodations at the
>Penn Dormitories and a food plan through the dining services.
>There are no tuition costs for participants.
>
>
>Participating IRCS faculty include:
>
>Steve Bird, Ty Cannon, Robin Clark, Kostas Daniilidis, Mark
>D'Esposito, Martha Farah, Leif Finkel, Lila Gleitman, Aravind
>Joshi, David Knill, John Kounios, Mark Liberman, Mitch Marcus,
>Dimitris Metaxas, Martha Palmer, Ellen Prince, Maribel Romero,
>Richard Samuels, C. J. Taylor, Sharon Thompson-Schill, John
>Trueswell, and Scott Weinstein.
>
>
>HOW TO APPLY:
>
>To apply, please visit our web page:
>
>www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html
>
>This web page includes an on-line application form. The deadline
>for receipt of applications is March 1, 1999.
>
>You should apply if
>
>* you have a strong interest or curiosity about cognitive
>science, and
>
>* you are currently an enrolled undergraduate at any university
>or college.
>
>*** Course experience with cognitive science is desired, but not
>required. ***
>
>
>Questions? Please see the Undergraduate Summer Workshop FAQ sheet
>on our web page, or send e-mail to
>summer_workshop@central.cis.upenn.edu
>
>
>Mailing Address for Workshop Correspondence: Institute for
>Research in Cognitive Science Attn: Summer Workshop Suite 400A,
>3401 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
>
>Main Web Page of IRCS:    www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs Workshop Web
>Page: www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html
>
>
>*************************************************************************
>
>6.  Conference on Consciousness and Cognition (2nd call)
>
>
>From: "Robert L. Campbell" <campber@CLEMSON.EDU>
>
>Mind 4 Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, August 16-20,
>1999
>
>Theme: "Two Sciences of Mind"
>
>
>Confirmed invited speakers include: Bernard Baars David Galin
>Karl Pribram Stuart Hammeroff Kathy McGovern Steven Nachmanovitch
>Jacob Needleman
>
>Program Committee: Bernard Baars Mark Bickhard Robert Campbell
>Christian de Quincey Stuart Hammeroff Paul Mc Kevitt Kathy
>McGovern Steven Nachmanovitch Jacob Needleman Sean O Nuallain
>Yoshi Nakamura Max Velmans Terry Winegar
>
>Keynote addresses:
>
>Jabob Needleman: "Inner and Outer Empiricism in Consciousness
>Research"
>
>Bernard Baars: "The Compassionate Implications of Brain Imaging
>of Conscious Pain: New Vistas in Applied Cognitive Science."
>
>Stream 1: Outer and Inner empiricism in consciousness research
>
>This stream will feature papers that attempt to show how "inner"
>states can be elucidated with reference to external phenomena.
>"Inner empiricism" designates experience, or qualia. They are
>shaped (somehow) by brain processes or states which sense and
>interpret the external phenomena.  The physical nature of these
>processes or states may tell us much about consciousness.
>Likewise, the argument that we are conscious of only one thing at
>a time because of the gating action of the nuclei reticularis
>thalami (Taylor, Baars, etc) is indicative of the kind of
>thinking we are trying to encourage. In this vein, pain
>experience and its imperfect relationship to neural activity are
>similarly relevant. We particularly welcome papers that feature
>empirical data, or, lacking these data, show a grasp of the 
>range of disciplines necessary to do justice to the topic.
>
>Papers are also invited that
>
>- Interpret qualia in terms of a quantum-mechanics based
>panpsychism (or, in current terms, pan-protopsychism)
>
>- Establish links with developments like Whitehead's
>pan-experientialism and process thought
>
>-Interrelate physiological processes at the neural level with
>current thought in QM
>
>- Emphasize "relational empiricism", ie second-person
>considerations
>
>- Investigate the brain processes or states giving rise to qualia
>at whatever level the writer considers appropriate (eg
>intra-cellular cytoskeletal activities and/or quantum-level
>phenomena).
>
>- Involve studies of central pain states as well as other
>curiosities like allodynia, spontaneous analgesia, pain
>asymbolia, and hypnotic analgesia.
>
>The invited talks include:
>
>David Galin "The Experience of 'Spirit' in Cognitive Terms."
>
>Stuart Hameroff "Quantum Computing and Consciousness"
>
>Steve Nachmanovitch "Creativity and Consiousness"
>
>Each of these talks will be followed by a panel discussion
>discussing respectively, consciousness as explored
>experientially, through scientific investigation, and in the
>arts.
>
>
>Stream 2: Foundations of Cognitive Science
>
>Co-chairs:
>
>Sean O Nuallain Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
>(sonualla@compapp.dcu.ie)
>
>Robert L. Campbell Department of Psychology, Clemson University,
>Clemson, SC USA (campber@clemson.edu)
>
>WHAT THE STREAM IS ABOUT
>
>Though deep and contentious questions of theory and metatheory
>have always been prevalent in Cognitive Science--they arise
>whenever an attempt is made to define CS as a discipline--they
>have frequently been downrated by researchers, in favor of
>empirical work that remains safely within the confines of
>established theories and methods.
>
>Our goal to is redress the balance.  We encourage participants in
>this stream to raise and discuss such questions as:
>
>* the adequacy of computationalist accounts of mind
>
>* the adequacy of conceptions of mental representation as
>structures that encode structures out in the environment
>
>* the consequences of excluding emotions, consciousness, and the
>social realm from the purview of cognitive studies
>
>* the consequences of Newell and Simon's "scientific bet" that
>developmental constraints do not have to be studied until
>detailed models of adult cognition have been constructed and
>tested
>
>* the relationship between cognitive science and formal logic
>
>A wide range of theoretical perspectives is welcome, so long as
>the presenters are willing to engage in serious discussion with
>the proponents of perspectives that are different from their own:
>
>
>* Vygotskian approaches to culture and cognition
>
>* Dynamic Systems theories
>
>* Piagetian constructivism
>
>* interactivism
>
>* neuroscience accounts such as those of Edelman and Grossberg *
>accounts of emergence in general, and emergent knowledge in
>particular
>
>* perception and action robotics
>
>* functional linguistics
>
>* genetic algorithms
>
>* Information Procesing
>
>* connectionism
>
>* evolutionary epistemology
>
>********************
>
>Contributors will be asked to submit short papers (3000 word
>limit) in the form of ASCII text files (HTML files are also
>welcome, but are optional) to Robert Campbell (for stream 2) and
>Sean O Nuallain (stream 1). The deadline is March 1, 1999.  We
>will email notification of acceptance or rejection by April 1.
>
>The standard presentations during the streams will be 20-minute
>talks and poster sessions.
>
>***********
>
>The "MIND" conferences have normally had their proceedings
>published by John Benjamins. We have already been approached by
>prospective publishers for Mind 4. All accepted papers and
>posters will be included in a preprint.
>
>Robert L. Campbell Professor, Psychology Brackett Hall 410A
>Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-1511 USA phone (864)
>656-4986 fax (864) 656-0358
>http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/index.html Editor, Dialogues
>in Psychology
>http://hubcap.clemson.edu/psych/Dialogues/dialogues.html
>
>
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>
>7.  Cognitive Science Conference deadline
>
>
>From: Colleen Seifert <seifert@umich.edu>
>
>This is the final call for submissions to the 21st annual meeting
>of the Cognitive Science Society, which will take place in
>Vancouver, British Columbia, on August 19-21, 1999.
>
>The DEADLINE for submission of standard papers, reviewed posters,
>and symposia has been extended to February 15th, 1999.  This
>year, all submission and review will be electronic.  For each
>submission, it is necessary to (1) fill out a web-based data form
>and to (2) send your submission in a separate e-mail message,
>preferably  as an attachment.
>
>Please note that there was an error in the initial call for
>papers: The maximum length for standard papers and posters is NOT
>2000 words, but is 6 printed pages in the Proceedings. 
>Approximately 5000 words will fit if no figures or other
>illustrations are included.  Shorter submissions are welcome!
>
>Detailed information on submission procedures, and access to the
>Submission Data Form, is available on our web-site,
>http://www.sfu.ca/cogsci99/. Please send any questions to
>cogsci99@sfu.edu  -- Thanks!
>
>
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>
Lise Menn
Professor and Chair
Linguistics Department - Box 295
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309-0295
303-492-8042; fax 303-492-4416

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