13.3115, FYI: Qualitative Modeling/Common Sense Understanding

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-3115. Tue Nov 26 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.3115, FYI: Qualitative Modeling/Common Sense Understanding

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Date:  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:04:01 -0600
From:  Art Markman <markman at psy.utexas.edu>
Subject: Virtual Colloquium: Qualitative Modeling of Common Sense Understanding

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Date:  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:04:01 -0600
From:  Art Markman <markman at psy.utexas.edu>
Subject: Virtual Colloquium: Qualitative Modeling of Common Sense Understanding

VIRTUAL COLLOQUIUM SEREIS
November 25, 2002



The Cognitive Science Society is hosting a 2002-2003 virtual
colloquium series presented live via the Internet, with the second
talk given by Dr. Ken Forbus.
( http://www.ctaresource.com/CognitiveScience/ )Register now to attend.

TIME:  MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2002
1:00pm US Eastern Standard Time

PRESENTER:  DR. KEN FORBUS
Northwestern University

TOPIC:  QUALITATIVE MODELING OF COMMON SENSE UNDERSTANDING

How people understand the physical world is one of the deepest
problems of human cognition. Qualitative modeling provides formalisms
that can be used to express human mental models of the physical
world, and how we reason with them. This talk surveys some basic
ideas of qualitative representations and reasoning, illustrating how
they can be used to model developmental results, as a component in
natural language semantics, and as a bridge between perceptual and
conceptual representations in spatial reasoning.

Further information about the colloquium series, a schedule of future
talks, and an archive of previous talks are available at
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/colloquium

Contact Janet Morrow (cta at aptima.com)  with any questions about
registration for this seminar.

Please forward this invitation to colleagues who would benefit from
this seminar or the series. Sincerely,

Art Markman
markman at psy.utexas.edu

Dr. Arthur B. Markman
University of Texas
Department of Psychology
Austin, TX 78712
512-232-4645

The seminar series is hosted
Aptima's Web Conferencing Facility
( http://www.ctaresource.com/conferencing_facility.php )
The seminar series is sponsored by the
Office of Naval Research
( http://www.onr.navy.mil/ )

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