Join us on Thursday, November 13th from 2:00 until 5:30 in Computer Science 150/151 to learn about and contribute to Cognitive Science efforts on the UMass Amherst campus. The Computer Science building is at the far north end of campus, and there are metered parking spots available directly across the street. A schedule of events follows.
2:00 Social 15 minutes to meet others interested in Cognitive Science and to see a short video introducing the new website
2:15 Lisa Sanders (Co-Director Cognitive Science Initiative) will outline our current plans to become an Institute of Cognitive Science and introduce John McCarthy
2:20 John McCarthy (Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School) will talk about interdisciplinary research and graduate education
2:30 Andy Barto (Computer Science) Computational Clues to the Brain’s Reward System
2:50 Louise Antony (Philosophy) Epistemology and Psychology: Can Justification be “Naturalized”?
3:10 Caren Rotello (Cognitive Psychology) Why Cognitive Psychology is Important for Neuroscience: An Example from Research on Reasoning
3:30 Poster session and social hour
4:30 Rajesh Bhatt (Linguistics) The Importance of Treebanks in Cognitive Science
4:50 Erik Cheries (Developmental Psychology) Foundations of Mind: Infants’ Knowledge of Objects, Agents, & Identity
5:10 Dave Huber (Cognitive Neuroscience) Testing a Perceptual Habituation Model with Electrophysiology
