Liebe Mitglieder der GK, Hier drei Informationen die wir gerne an Sie weitergeben. Mit freundlichen Grüßen N. Rötting ----------------------------------------------------------- 2 neue Stipendien, 1 neuer Preis ----------------------------------------------------------- Liebe Kollegen und Freunde, die Barbara-Wengeler-Stiftung vergibt in Kürze zum ersten Mal zwei Promotionsstipenden und einen jährlich wiederkehrenden Preis in Höhe von € 10.000,- für Arbeiten, die auf hohem Niveau eine Verknüpfung zwischen Neurowissenschaften und Philosophie herstellen. Der Stiftungszweck besteht darin, “den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs im Bereich der Forschung auf den Gebieten der Vernetzung und des Austauschs zwischen Philosophie und den Neurowissenschaften, insbesondere Neurologie, Neurophysiologie, Neuropsychologie und Neuropsychiatrie, zu fördern.“ Details zu Promotionsförderung unter: http://www.barbara-wengeler-stiftung.de/foerderprogramme.html Formale Voraussetzungen für die Bewerbung • ein zügig durchgeführtes Studium • Höchstalter von 30 Jahren am Ende der Förderung • ein weit überdurchschnittlicher Studienabschluss, der nicht länger als ein Jahr zurückliegt • ein wissenschaftlich anspruchsvolles Dissertationsprojekt, das innerhalb von maximal drei Jahren abgeschlossen werden kann • die Zulassung zur Promotion an einer deutschen Universität • Einreichung der Dissertation an einer deutschen Universität • Bei anderweitiger finanzieller Absicherung der Promotion (z.B. Arbeitsverhältnis oder Doktorandenstipendium einer anderen Institution) ist eine Förderung durch die Barbara-Wengeler-Stiftung nicht möglich. Details zum Barbara-Wengeler-Preis unter: http://www.barbara-wengeler-stiftung.de/preis.html In formeller Hinsicht preiswürdig sind solche Arbeiten, die im Jahr 2005 von einer deutschen Hochschule als Dissertation oder Habilitationsschrift angenommen worden sind. Vorschläge zur Verleihung des Preises werden formlos an die Stiftung gerichtet, und zwar für das Jahr 2005 bis zum 15.01.2006. ----------------------------------------------------------- Ausschreibung einer BAT IIa Stelle ----------------------------------------------------------- The Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrueck (Germany) seeks applicants for a two-year Postdoctoral position. The position, carrying a salary according to scale BAT IIa, is embedded in the project “The Modeling of Predictive Analogies with Heuristic-Driven Theory Projection” funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). The goal of the research project is to develop models for analogical reasoning and metaphorical expressions that can be implemented on machines. The complete spectrum of the analysis of analogical inferences and metaphorical expressions – ranging from the logical specification and the development of a denotational semantics to the implementation of algorithms and machine learning procedures – are covered by the project. Applicants should have a PhD degree and should additionally fulfil the following requirements · Knowledge in logic, algebra, and complexity theory · Knowledge in the semantics of natural language · Knowledge in the development of algorithms · Practical knowledge in at least one of the following programming languages: Prolog, Java, or ML The University of Osnabrueck strives for an increase in the number of women in academic employment. Women are therefore especially encouraged to submit their applications and will be preferentially considered provided they are equally qualified. Disabled candidates with equal qualifications will also be given preference. There is an option for part-time employment. Letters of applications with the usual documents (CV, list of publications, and the names of two referees) should be sent to the Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck, Albrechtstrasse 28, 49076 Osnabrueck. The deadline for applications is November 28th, 2005. The official job offer is formulated in German and can be found at http://www2.uni-osnabrueck.de/career_service/stellenangebote/detail.cfm?stid=795. Further information can be provided by Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger (kkuehnbe@uos.de). ----------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers: ICCM-2006 ----------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ICCM-2006: The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Trieste, Italy, 5 - 8 April 2006 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling provides an international forum that allows cognitive scientists pursuing computational modeling to present, discuss and evaluate their models, to compare different architectural approaches, and to further the development, accumulation and integration of cognitive theories. The goal of ICCM-2006 is to foster the development of models of human cognition based on a principled integration of analytical, experimental and computational tools capable of providing theoretical accounts of phenomena spanning different levels of analysis, from the behavioral to the neuronal ones. ICCM-2006 invites the submission of papers from the whole scope of modeling approaches including, but not restricted to, symbolic, connectionist, hybrid, neural, Bayesian, statistical and mathematical models. Authors are strongly encouraged (but not obliged) to include in the submission the code of the models discussed in their work. Invited speakers: - Dario Floreano (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) - Wayne D. Gray (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Richard L. Lewis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI) Submission categories: - Papers: scientific contribution ranging in length from 4 to a maximum of 6 pages. - Abstracts: short scientific contribution (up to 2 pages). Accepted papers and abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings, and will be presented as a talk or as a poster at the conference. Submission deadlines: - Papers: 15 December 2005 - Abstracts: 10 February 2006 Notification of submission acceptance: 20 February 2006 Submission procedure and formats: All submissions must be camera-ready pdf files named in the format "firstAuthorName.pdf". The files should be readable by a standard Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or superior), and must be editable by people other than the author. Special non-standard fonts must be included within the submitted file. Templates for the files could be downloaded from the conference website. Please note that submission files that are not readable and editable, or that are beyond lenghth will be rejected without review. Submitted models should be sent through a zip/gz archive containing all the code, and sharing the same name of the pdf file. All submissions must be made via e-mail to the following address: iccm2006@theoffice.it A submission acknowledgment will be sent to the authors. Organizing Committee: Danilo Fum (University of Trieste) Andrea Stocco (Carnegie Mellon University) Fabio Del Missier (University of Trento) Contacts: website: iccm2006.units.it email: iccm2006@units.it. Organizing secretariat: The Office www.theoffice.it/iccm2006 ------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft Schriftführer: Prof. Dr. Manfred Thüring Webmaster: Nikolaus Rötting e-Mail: sf@gk-ev.de Web: http://www.gk-ev.de --------------------------------------------------