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[RRE]Computationalism -- The Next Generation
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Date: 1/21/99
From: Alexander Riegler
After the success of the first New Trends in Cognitive Science conference in Vienna, Austria, we are pleased to announce its successor. While in 1997 we focused on the problem of representation (for details see http://www.univie.ac.at/cognition/ntcs97.htm), we will this year put emphasis on the notion of computationalism and its future in the cognitive sciences. Please have a look at the attached Call For Papers or the conference homepage at http://www.univie.ac.at/cognition/conf/ntcs99/ for more information.
We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Alex Riegler Austrian Society of Cognitive Science
New Trends in Cognitive Science 1999
C o m p u t a t i o n a l i s m -- T h e N e x t G e n e r a t i o n
International Conference and Workshop Vienna, Austria, May 17-20, 1999
http://www.univie.ac.at/cognition/conf/ntcs99/
Deadline for submissions: February 15, 1999
Invited speakers
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Phil AGRE University of California, Los Angeles Rainer BORN University of Linz Jack B. COPELAND University of Canterbury Adrian CUSSINS University of Illinois, Urbana Stevan HARNAD University of Southampton John HAUGELAND University of Pittsburgh David ISRAEL SRI International Brian C. SMITH Indiana University, Bloomington
Purpose
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This international conference and workshop organized by the Austrian Society of Cognitive Science attemps to bring together theorists working on identifying a "successor" notion of computation--one that not only respects the classical (and critical) limiting results about algorithms, grammars, complexity bounds, etc., but that also does justice to real-world concerns of daily computational practice, and thereby offers a much better chance of serving as a possible foundation for a realistic theory of mind. The workshop will focus on the prospects for developing a theory that takes computing not to be not abstract, syntactic, disembodied, isolated, and non-intentional, but concrete, semantic, embodied, interactive, and intentional. If such a successor notion of computation can be defined, the resulting rehabilitated computationalism may still be our best bet for explaining cognition.
It is hoped that this conference will set the agenda for a "philosophy of computation" that will tackle such as issues as: the program/ process distinction; the notion of implementation and questions of physical realization; real-time constraint and real-world interaction; the use and limitations of models; relations between concrete and abstract; the proper interpretation of complexity results; etc. Addressing such questions is a critical prerequisite for providing a firm foundation for cognitive science in the new century.
Paper submission
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Submitted manuscripts should be between 4000 and 5000 words in length and typed doublespaced on one side of plain paper, with wide margins to allow for editorial notes. The first page of the manuscript should only contain the author's name and affiliation address, the article title, and an abstract of about 100-150 words. Each page of the manuscript should be consecutively numbered, including pages of references. References should be listed at the end of the article in alphabetical and chronological order. Notes should be placed at the bottom of each page as footnotes and numbered consecutively. Reviewing will be blind to the identities of the authors, which requires that authors exercise some care not to identify themselves in their papers.
3 hard copies of the manuscript should be sent to either
Matthias Scheutz Institut fuer Wissenschaftstheorie Universitaet Wien Sensengasse 8/10 A-1090 Wien AUSTRIA
or
Matthias Scheutz Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
Conference Site
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The conference will take place in the festival hall at the University of Vienna, located in Vienna's historical first district.
More information
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For details see http://www.univie.ac.at/cognition/conf/ntcs99/ or contact Matthias Scheutz at matthias.scheutz@univie.ac.at ```
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