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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.
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FACULTY POSITIONS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES - University of California, Irvine
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP w/George Sperling, UCI
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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 >
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