Note the conference themes...........djc
25th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY
Dates: July 31 through Aug 2, 2003 and July 30 tutorials
Boston Park Plaza
Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
CogSci 2003 is the annual meeting of the premier society for basic and
applied cognitive science research. We encourage researchers from across
the
world to submit their best work and to attend CogSci 2003 to hear the
latest
theories and data from the world's best cognitive science researchers.
Online conference site is:
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/conf03
Plenary Speakers:
Edwin Hutchins, UCSD
Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute
James Greeno, Stanford University
Rumelhart Prize Award Winner:
Aravind Joshi, University of Pennsylvania
NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY -- Topic Debates
The conference committee will be evaluating proposals for 45 minute
debates
on core topics in Cognitive Science. These topics can be on either
research
or application issues. Debates will have two discussants and a
moderator.
The format for discussion will be:
* Introduction of topic by moderator. 6 min max
* Position statements by discussants. 12 min each
* Questions from the moderator and the floor. 15 min
DEADLINES
Feb 11th 2003
* Six-page papers. Refereed papers for publication in
Proceedings. These will be presented as traditional talks or as posters.
The
Marr Prize for the best student paper will be selected from these
submissions
* Topic Debates. Proposals for 45 minute focused debates on contested
research and application issues in Cognitive Science. Proposals should
list
discussants and moderator, and include a justification. A one page
abstract
for each participant will appear in the conference proceedings plus a
justification statement by the moderator.
* Symposiums. Proposals for a complete 90 minute symposium on current
research topics. Proposals should list participants and moderator, and
include a one page summary of the topic.
* Publication-Based Submission. Traditional talk by
researchers with a track record of publishing on their topic. Requires
one
page abstract plus list of relevant publications. See website for
submission
details.
April 29 2003
* Poster Abstracts from Members. Members can submit a one page abstract
that
will appear in the Proceedings. Accepted posters will be presented at
the
conference.
THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
The Cognitive Science Conference welcomes submissions in all areas of
the
discipline. Each year, in addition to submitted talks on traditional
topics, we highlight particular emerging trends in the field. This
year, we
will focus on the following areas:
*The Social, Cultural and Contextual Elements of Cognition.
* Collaboration (cooperation; coordination; organization of joint
behaviors,
shared planning and mental model)
*Cultural Learning (accumulation of knowledge within communities across
generations; the function of artifacts in cultural history, acquisition
of
conventional behavior)
* Distributed Cognition (external representations, mechanisms of
coordination, arena setting and context, workflow analysis)
*Interaction (between individuals; within context; person environment
coupling as dynamical system, meaning in conversational interaction,
emergent representations)
TUTORIALS
As in prior years, we are encouraging submissions for
one-day tutorials to be given the day before CogSci-2003 officially
starts
-- Wednesday July 30.
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Rick Alterman, Brandeis University
David Kirsh, UCSD
Address all correspondence to cogsci2003@cs.brandeis.edu
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