28.3766, Calls: Cognitive Science/Latvia

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Subject: 28.3766, Calls: Cognitive Science/Latvia

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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 15:24:13
From: Jurgis Skilters [jurgisskilters at gmail.com]
Subject: 12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication

 
Full Title: 12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication 

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

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science 

Call Deadline: 25-Sep-2017 

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):

a. Impact of visuospatial skills on the processes of learning in STEM fields
b. The nature and dynamics of visuospatial skills and their place in the
larger context of cognitive processes
c. The role of visualizations in cognitive processes as scaffolding tools and
expressive media.
d. Visuospatial reasoning, its semantics, qualitative and quantitative
representation.
e. Verbal and nonverbal processes in visuospatial reasoning
f. 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


2nd Call for Papers:

12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication
 Impact of Visuospatial Skills on Learning
http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/12th-international-symposium/

The deadline for submissions has been extended until September 25.

Symposium and Workshop at the Laboratory for Perceptual and Cognitive Systems,
Faculty of Computing,
University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
October 31, November 1, 2017

Co-Organizers: Faculty of Computing & Faculty of Business, Management and
Economics
University of Latvia

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):

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

We welcome contributions from fields including cognitive science, psychology,
learning science, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy.

Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.

2-page anonymous abstracts (12 point) for a talk of 30 minutes (+10 minutes
discussion) should be submitted by September 25 by sending them to lpcs at lu.lv
with 'Paper Riga 2014' on the subject line.

Submissions have to be prepared as pdf files.

(Those authors that will submit until September 15 will be notified regarding
their acceptance within a week after submission; those who will submit by
September 25 will be notified until the end of September.)

A limited number of papers will be selected for presentation at the symposium
and considered for inclusion in the proceedings in the Baltic International
Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication
(http://newprairiepress.org/biyclc/; instructions:
http://newprairiepress.org/biyclc/policies.html) or Baltic Journal of Modern
Computing (http://www.bjmc.lu.lv/instructions-to-authors/)

Program Committee:

Andris Ambainis, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Ivars Austers, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Signe Bāliņa, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Michael Glanzberg, Northwestern University, USA
Nora Newcombe, Temple University, USA
Susan Rothstein, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Jurģis Šķilters, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
David Uttal, Northwestern University, USA
Yoad Winter, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Joost Zwarts,  Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Support: University of Latvia Foundation, ACCENTURE.

 Additional information:

lpcs at lu.lv or jurgis.skilters at lu.lv

http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/
http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/12th-international-symposium/




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