Dear Hoover:
Please post the annoucement of the Twenty-Fourth meeting of the Annual
Interdisciplinary Conference (AIC-24), Jan 31 - Feb 5, 1999, in Jackson,
Wyoming. Thanks! George Sperling < sperling@uci.edu >
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NOTE: There are FOUR JOB POSTINGS below THE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
January 31 - February 5, 1999
Organizer: George Sperling, University of California, Irvine
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS
The TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE will meet in
Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, January 31 - February 5, 1999.
The conference covers a wide range of subjects in what has come to be
called cognitive science, ranging from visual and auditory physiology
and psychophysics to human information processing, cognition, learning
and memory, to computational approaches to these problems including
neural networks and artificial intelligence. 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. Attendance is limited by the
size of the conference facility to about 60 persons.
The Conference begins with a reception on Sunday evening, January 31,
at 5:00p followed by a half-session. Regular sessions meet from Monday
through Friday from 4:00p to 8:00p; the rest of the day is free. On
Friday, 8:00p, there is a banquet for all the participants.
PRESENTATIONS
As of this writing, there is still space available on the program.
Talks are 20 minutes in length and ideally are given at a Scientific
American level of detail, with discussion during as well as after
the talks.
To submit a talk, complete the electronic registration form at the
AIC website (it will request a title and a brief abstract) or submit
this information directly to < sperling@uci.edu > Allow two weeks
for notification concerning acceptance.
INTERNET http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC
Previous programs are published on the AIC website (above); the
1999 program will be posted as it becomes available.
FACILITIES
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.
The Conference has arranged special room rates for registered participants.
To reserve lodging, first register with the conference, and then telephone
The Inn 1-800-842-7666 and inform the desk that you are with the
Interdisciplinary Conference (AIC). Other hotels, restaurants, ski rental
facilities, shops, and cross country ski trails, are all within walking
distance. There are flights directly to Jackson Hole AP (taxi or bus to the
hotel). Alternatively, Jackson is a five-hour drive from Salt Lake City.
For more information, electronic registration forms, and programs of recent
AICs, see the www pages at http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC
To attend the conference, register electronically at the conference web
site and mail the registration fee $120 ($140 after Jan 20) payable by check
to "Annual Interdisciplinary Conference" addressed to
Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
c/o Prof. George Sperling
Department of Cognitive Sciences SSP-A3
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697 Email: sperling@uci.edu
Registration includes admission to all sessions, daily snacks and
refreshments, and the closing banquet.
To receive future mailings (which may be electronic), provide your address
on the electronic or hardcopy registration forms.
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THREE FACULTY POSITIONS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
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UCI continues to move forward (two Nobel Prizes in 1995), a new Chancellor
in 1998 (Ralph Cicerone, a distinguished atmospheric chemist and member NAS),
and the Department of Cognitive Sciences is flourishing.
Three new faculty appointments were made recently: Charles Chubb, perception
and mathematical psychology; Gregory Hickock, language, brain imaging, and
neuropsychology; and Gavin Huntley- Fenner, cognitive development. For
1998-99, the Department of Cognitive Sciences is advertising three additional
faculty appointments in broadly defined areas of Cognitive Sciences.
The current ad follows (cf. http://aris.ss.uci.edu/cogsci/open-positions.htm)
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Open Faculty Positions in
Cognitive Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
The Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine,
invites applications for up to three tenure-track positions in cognitive
psychology, all with potential starting dates of July 1, 1999. Specific
areas of interest are: cognitive development, cognitive neuropsychology,
social cognition, reasoning and decision making, learning and memory, and
neural network theory.
Candidates should have a strong record of research accomplishment
commensurate with their academic rank and a serious commitment to
undergraduate and graduate education. Applicants should submit a
curriculum vitae, representative publications, three letters of
recommendation, and a letter indicating the applicant's area of research
interest taken from the six areas listed above. (More than one area may be
mentioned, but for processing purposes please designate one primary area.)
Address material to:
Search Committee for (area)
Department of Cognitive Sciences
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
To ensure consideration, applications must be received by December 31, 1998.
UC Irvine is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through
diversity.
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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
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Postdoctoral fellow to work with G. Sperling in the Human Information
Processing Lab (HIPLab) at UCI on the psychophysics of visual motion and
attention. For more information see
http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/ or write to sperling@uci.edu
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