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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 15:31:20 GMT
Subject: Turing 1990 Programme
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                           TURING 1990 COLLOQUIUM
 
               At the University of Sussex, Brighton, England
                            3rd - 6th April 1990
 
              PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS AND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS
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                              INVITED SPEAKERS
 
Paul CHURCHLAND (Philosophy, University of California at San Diego)
       Title to be announced
 
Joseph FORD (Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology)
       CHAOS :  ITS PAST, ITS PRESENT, BUT MOSTLY ITS FUTURE
 
Robin GANDY (Mathematical Institute, Oxford)
       HUMAN VERSUS MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE
 
Clark GLYMOUR (Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon)
       COMPUTABILITY, CONCEPTUAL REVOLUTIONS AND THE LOGIC OF DISCOVERY
 
Andrew HODGES (Oxford, author of "Alan Turing: the enigma of intelligence")
       BACK TO THE FUTURE :  ALAN TURING IN 1950
 
Douglas HOFSTADTER (Computer Science, Indiana)
       Title to be announced
 
J.R. LUCAS (Merton College, Oxford)
       MINDS, MACHINES AND GODEL :  A RETROSPECT
 
Donald MICHIE (Turing Institute, Glasgow)
       MACHINE INTELLIGENCE - TURING AND AFTER
 
Christopher PEACOCKE (Magdalen College, Oxford)
       PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CONCEPTS
 
Herbert SIMON (Computer Science and Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon)
       MACHINE AS MIND
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                               OTHER SPEAKERS

Most of the papers to be given at the Colloquium are  interdisciplinary, 
and should hold considerable interest for those working in any  area  of
Cognitive Science or related disciplines. However the papers below  will
be presented in paired parallel sessions, which have  been  arranged  as
far as possible to minimise clashes of subject area, so that  those  who
have predominantly formal interests, for example, will be able to attend
all of the papers which are most relevant to their work, and  a  similar
point applies for those with  mainly  philosophical,  psychological,  or
purely computational interests.
 
Jonathan Cohen (The Queen's College, Oxford)
     "Does Belief Exist?"
 
Mario Compiani (ENIDATA, Bologna, Italy)
     "Remarks on the Paradigms of Connectionism"
 
Martin Davies (Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London)
     "Facing up to Eliminativism"
 
Chris Fields (Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico)
     "Measurement and Computational Description"
 
Robert French (Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana)
     "Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test"
 
Beatrice de Gelder (Psychology and Philosophy, Tilburg, Netherlands)
     "Cognitive Science is Philosophy of Science Writ Small"
 
Peter Mott (Computer Studies and Philosophy, Leeds)
     "A Grammar Based Approach to Commonsense Reasoning"
 
Aaron Sloman (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex)
     "Beyond Turing Equivalence"
 
Antony Galton (Computer Science, Exeter)
     "The Church-Turing Thesis: its Nature and Status"
 
Ajit Narayanan (Computer Science, Exeter)
     "The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game"
 
Jon Oberlander and Peter Dayan (Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh)
     "Altered States and Virtual Beliefs"
 
Philip Pettit and Frank Jackson (Social Sciences Research, ANU,Canberra)
     "Causation in the Philosophy of Mind"
 
Ian Pratt (Computer Science, Manchester)
     "Encoding Psychological Knowledge"

Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky (Philosophy, Utrecht, Netherlands)
     "Remarks on the Impact of Connectionism on our Thinking about
      Concepts"
 
Murray Shanahan (Computing, Imperial College London)
     "Folk Psychology and Naive Physics"
 
Iain Stewart (Computing Laboratory, Newcastle)
     "The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory"
 
Chris Thornton (Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh)
     "Why Concept Learning is a Good Idea"
 
Blay Whitby (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex)
     "The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind Alley?"
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                           TURING 1990 COLLOQUIUM
 
               At the University of Sussex, Brighton, England
 
                            3rd - 6th April 1990
 
This Conference commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication in Mind
of Alan Turing's influential paper  "Computing  Machinery and Intelligence".
It  is hosted by the School of  Cognitive  and  Computing  Sciences  at  the
University of  Sussex  and  held under the auspices of the Mind Association.
Additional  support  has been received  from  the  Analysis  Committee,  the
Aristotelian Society, The  British Logic Colloquium, The International Union
of History and Philosophy  of  Science, POPLOG, Philosophical Quarterly, and
the SERC Logic for IT Initiative.
 
The aim of the Conference  is to draw together people working in Philosophy,
Logic,  Computer  Science,  Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive  Science  and
related fields, in order  to  celebrate  the  intellectual and technological
developments which owe so much to Turing's seminal  thought.  Papers will be
presented  on  the  following  themes:  Alan  Turing  and the  emergence  of
Artificial Intelligence,  Logic and the Theory of Computation,  The  Church-
Turing  Thesis, The Turing Test, Connectionism, Mind and Content, Philosophy
and Methodology of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science.    Invited
talks  will be  given by  Paul Churchland, Joseph Ford,  Robin Gandy,  Clark
Glymour,  Andrew Hodges,   Douglas Hofstadter,  J.R. Lucas,   Donald Michie,
Christopher Peacocke and Herbert Simon, and there  are  many other prominent
contributors, whose names and papers are listed above.
 
Anyone wishing to attend this  Conference should complete the form below and
send it to Andy Clark, TURING  1990  Registrations,  School of Cognitive and
Computing  Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, England, U.K.,
enclosing a  STERLING  cheque  or  money order for the total amount payable,
made out to "Turing 1990".  We regret that we cannot accept payment in other
currencies.  The form should be returned  not  later than Thursday 1st March
1990, after which an extra fee of #5.00 for late registration is payable and
accommodation cannot be guaranteed.
 
The conference will start after lunch on Tuesday 3rd April 1990, and it will
end on Friday 6th April after tea.  Final details will be sent to registered
participants towards the end of February.
 
                     Conference Organizing Committee
 
     Andy Clark (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex University)
     David Holdcroft (Philosophy, Leeds University)
     Peter Millican (Computer Studies and Philosophy, Leeds University)
     Steve Torrance (Information Systems, Middlesex Polytechnic)
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                   REGISTRATION DOCUMENT :  TURING 1990
 
 
NAME AND TITLE :  _______________________________________________________
 
INSTITUTION :  __________________________________________________________
 
STATUS :    _____________________________________________________________
 
ADDRESS :   _____________________________________________________________
 
            _____________________________________________________________
 
POSTCODE :  _________________       COUNTRY :   _________________________
 
Any special requirements (eg. diet, disability) :  ______________________
 
 
I wish to register for  the Turing 1990 Colloquium and enclose a Sterling
cheque or money order, payable to "Turing 1990", for  the   total  amount
listed below :

Please ENTER AMOUNTS as appropriate.

1.  Registration Fee:  Mind Association Members       #30.00  ...........
      (Compulsory)
                       Full-time students             #30.00  ...........
                      (enclose proof of status
                      - e.g. letter from tutor)
 
                       Academics (including
                        retired academics)            #50.00  ...........
 
                       Non-Academics                  #80.00  ...........
 
                       Late Registration Fee           #5.00  ...........
                      (payable after 1st March)
 
2.  Full Board including all meals from Dinner        #84.00  ...........
    on Tuesday 3rd April to Lunch on Friday
    6th April, except for Thursday evening
                       OR
    All meals from Dinner on Tuesday 3rd April        #33.00  ...........
    to Lunch on Friday 6th April, except for
    Thursday evening
 
3.  Conference banquet in the Royal Pavilion,         #25.00  ...........
    Brighton on Thursday 5th April
                       OR
    Dinner in the University on Thursday 5th April     #6.00  ...........

4.  Lunch on Tuesday 3rd April                         #6.00  ...........
 
5.  Dinner on Friday 6th April                         #6.00  ...........
                                                              ___________
 
                                                     TOTAL   #
                                                              ___________
 
 
Signed ________________________________          Date ___________________
 
 
Please return this form, with your cheque  or  money  order  (payable  to
"Turing 1990"), to:
                     Dr Andy Clark,
                     Turing 1990 Registrations,
                     Cognitive and Computing Sciences,
                     University of Sussex,
                     Falmer,  Brighton,  BN1 9QH,
                     England.

Email responses to:     turing@uk.ac.sussex.syma
     ( from BITNET:     turing@syma.sussex.ac.uk -NM )
________________________________________________________________________
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR STUDENTS AND SUPERVISORS:
 
The Analysis Committee has kindly made a donation to subsidise  students
who would benefit from attending the Colloquium but who might  otherwise
be unable to do so. The amount of any such subsidy will  depend  on  the
overall demand and the quality of the candidates, but it would certainly
cover  the  registration  fee  and  probably   a   proportion   of   the
accommodation expenses. Interested parties should write  immediately  to
Andy Clark at the address above, enclosing a  brief  supporting  comment
from a tutor or supervisor.
________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE SEND ON THIS NOTICE to any researchers, lecturers or students  in
the fields  of  Artificial  Intelligence,  Cognitive  Science,  Computer
Science, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy or  Psychology,  in  Britain  or
abroad, and to ANY APPROPRIATE BULLETIN BOARDS which have not previously
displayed it.
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