=========================================================================== THIRTIETH ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming January 30 - February 4, 2005 Organizer: George Sperling, University of California, Irvine CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS The THIRTIETH ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE will meet in Teton Village, Jackson, Wyoming, January 30 to February 4, 2005. The conference covers a wide range of subjects in what has come to be called cognitive science, ranging from sensory physiology and psychophysics to human information processing, cognition, learning and memory, to computational approaches and physiological approaches to these problems including neural networks, artificial intelligence and, most recently, brain imaging. The aim is to provide overview talks that are comprehensible and interesting to a wide scientific audience -- such as one might fantasize would occur at a National or Royal Academy of Science. The Conference begins with a reception on Sunday evening, January 30, at 5:00p followed by a half-session. Regular sessions meet from Monday through Friday at 4:00p to 8:00p; the rest of the day is free. After the last session on Friday, there is a banquet for participants and guests. In 2005, in addition to the usual sessions, AIC-30 will feature a special session Neurophysiology of Neural Cognition (organized by John Reynolds and Tania Pasternak) and an anniversery session featuring speakers from AIC-1, 1976. Paper submissions are hereby invited. To participate in the special sessions, send a title and abstract to the appropriate organizer(s) as well as a copy to the AIC conference organizer (sperling@uci.edu). All other submissions need go only to the conference organizer. Complete the registration form at the AIC website http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC or provide equivalent information via email directly to < sperling@uci.edu > or hardcopy to: Annual Interdisciplinary Conference c/o Prof. George Sperling Department of Cognitive Sciences SSP-A3 University of California Irvine, CA 92697-5100 Submissions are not finally accepted until registration is complete and the registration fee of $140 ($160 after January 1) is paid. Applicants will be notified on Nov. 9, 2004 of the acceptance of proposed presentations. Registration fees for speakers are refundable until November 15, 2004 and at any time for non-speaking participants. The conference hotel, the Best Western Inn at Jackson Hole, is directly at the base of the ski slopes, a short walk from the tram and other ski lifts. For information about AIC-30, including hotel information, the previous 29 programs, and *** PHOTOS *** see the AIC website (above). You will receive future AIC electronic mailings automatically unless you request to be removed from the AIC mailing list. ================================================================================ FACULTY POSITIONS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES - University of California, Irvine POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP w/George Sperling, UCI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UCI is continuing with its plan to approximately double its size (although California's well-publicized budget problems are slowing the growth rate. In line with a University-wide initiative in Cognitive Brain Imaging, a 4T and a 1.5 magnet are now available for fMRI research studies. For 2004-2005, the Department of Cognitive Sciences is advertising two additional junior faculty positions in broadly defined areas of Cognitive Sciences although exceptional candidates at any level will be considered. For information see http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/open-positions.shtml Also, I am seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on projects in attention and motion perception that involve psychophysics, modeling, and brain imaging. - George < sperling@uci.edu > ================================================================================