29.1105, Summer Schools: Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application (CARLA)/Germany

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Subject: 29.1105, Summer Schools: Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application (CARLA)/Germany

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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:23:30
From: Mingya Liu [liu.mingya at uni-osnabrueck.de]
Subject: Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application (CARLA)

 

Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application (CARLA)

Host Institution: Universität Osnabrück
Website: http://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de

Dates: 06-Aug-2018 - 10-Aug-2018
Location: Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony, Germany

Focus: This summer school will focus on concepts.
Minimum Education Level: MA


Special Qualifications:
We invite applications from PhD students and postdocs working on or being interested in concepts from a variety of fields, including (but not restricted to) linguistics, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, logic, computer science, and cognitive science. Highly interested advanced master students may be allowed in exceptional cases. We strongly encourage applications from individuals who are under-represented in their respective fields. For more information about the summer school, please visit our website (https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/overview.html).


Description:
The Institute of Cognitive Science at Osnabrück University
(https://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de) is happy to announce the summer school
“Concepts in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application” (CARLA),
funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and a subsequent international workshop
on the same topic. Both the school participants and external researchers are
invited to submit abstracts to the workshop for oral or poster presentations. 

The summer school will bring together researchers from different disciplines
with the goal of providing participants with knowledge about concept research
outside of their own fields and to initiate interdisciplinary exchanges and
research. The subsequent and co-located workshop provides an excellent
opportunity to present and discuss ongoing research on concepts. Both events
will focus on (but not be restricted to) three core questions: How can we
formally describe and model concepts? Where do concepts come from, and how are
they acquired? How are concepts used in cognitive tasks?

Lecturers and Classes:
*Nicholas Asher (https://www.irit.fr/~Nicholas.Asher/) and Julie Hunter
(http://www.juliejhunter.com/): “Concepts and Conceptualization: From the
Lexicon to Situated Conversation” 
*Christiane D. Fellbaum (https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~fellbaum/): “A
Linguistic Perspective on Concepts” 
*Peter Gärdenfors (http://www.fil.lu.se/en/person/PeterGardenfors): “Where Do
Conceptual Domains Come From?” 
*Robert L. Goldstone (http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/rgoldsto.php): “The
Learning and Use of Concepts by Humans” 
*Michael Spranger (https://sites.google.com/view/michaelspranger/):
“Co-acquisition of Concepts and Language: Computational Models and Robot
Experiments”

Schedule:
https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/preliminary_pr
ogram.html


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                      Computational Linguistics
                      Discipline of Linguistics

Tuition: 0 EUR

Tuition Explanation: The school is fully funded and does not charge a registration fee. Meals are
included in the funding and will be provided to the participants free of
charge. The number of participants is limited to 25. If your institution  is
not able to cover your travel expenses, we can reimburse accommodation costs
as well as travel costs up to 150 € for participants from Germany, 350 € for
participants from non-German European countries, and 800 € for participants
from elsewhere.


Registration: 08-Mar-2018 to 30-Apr-2018

Contact Person: Mingya Liu
                Email: liu.mingya at uni-osnabrueck.de

Apply on the web: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlass18

Registration Instructions:
Your application should consist of a single pdf file including a single-page
CV and a short motivation letter of up to 300 words stating your research
interests and why you want to attend the summer school. If you need a visa to
enter Germany, please indicate this in your application so that we can prepare
invitation letters for you in time. If you need financial support for travel
and accommodation expenses, please also indicate this in your application. We
will notify you about the selection results by May 7, 2018. Should you have
any questions, please contact us anytime at concepts at uni-osnabrueck.de.




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