28.4194, Confs: Cog Sci/Latvia

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Subject: 28.4194, Confs: Cog Sci/Latvia

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:21:58
From: Jurgis Skilters [jurgisskilters at gmail.com]
Subject: 12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication

 
12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication 

Date: 31-Oct-2017 - 01-Nov-2017 
Location: Riga, Latvia 
Contact: Jurgis Skilters 
Contact Email: lpcs at lu.lv 
Meeting URL: http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/12th-international-symposium/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science 

Meeting Description: 

According to recent evidence from psychology and learning science visuospatial
skills are critical components in learning and might be a significant
predictor of success in learning. Furthermore, external visuospatial
representations scaffold variety of internal processes of reasoning ranging
from everyday tasks to highly complex processes.

This symposium will focus on the following topics (but are not limited to):

- Impact of visuospatial skills on the processes of learning in STEM fields
- The nature and dynamics of visuospatial skills and their place in the larger
context of cognitive processes
- The role of visualizations in cognitive processes as scaffolding tools and
expressive media.
- Visuospatial reasoning, its semantics, qualitative and quantitative
representation.
- Verbal and nonverbal processes in visuospatial reasoning
- Visuospatial processes in logic and formal sciences

Keynote Speakers (alphabetically):

Bob Coecke,
Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, UK

Mike Stieff,
Department of Chemistry, Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Illinois-Chicago, IL, USA

David H. Uttal,
School of Education and Social Policy & Department of Psychology Northwestern
University, Evanston, IL, USA
 

12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication “Impact of
Visuospatial Skills on Learning”

Program highlights:
(full program available on
http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/12th-international-symposium/programme/)

Tuesday, October 31

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee

17.00 – 18.30 
Panel discussion on Visuo-spatial cognition and Artificial Intelligence (with
Prof. Uttal, Prof. Coecke, Prof. Stieff, and prof. Šķilters)

Wednesday, November 1
(University of Latvia, Raiņa bulvāris. 19, Lielā aula)

8.30 – 9.45 
Registration

9.45 – 10.00 
Symposium opening

10.00 – 11.00 
Plenary lecture / Accenture MadScience Talk (free public access)

“When, how, and why does spatial thinking matter in learning science and
mathematics?”
David H. Uttal, President of Cognitive Development Society and Professor at
the School of Education and Social Policy & Department of Psychology,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

12.00-13:00 
Lielā aula

Plenary session supported by Accenture

“From quantum processes to cognition via pictures”
Bob Coecke,
Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures, Department of
Computer Science, University of Oxford, UK

14.00 – 15.00 

“The validity of visuo-spatial ability for predicting STEM achievement.”
Mike Stieff,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Illinois-Chicago, IL, USA

Detailed program (including workshops) available on
http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/12th-international-symposium/programme/





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