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Calls for Papers/Participation/Endorsement

Call for Endorsement Proposal for a symposium on "Cognitive Shape Processing" for the 2010 AAAI Spring Symposium Series at Stanford University seeking endorsement (Posted on: April 7, 2009).
See .pdf for a draft of the proposal, as well as how to give your endorsement for the proposed symposium: Open .pdf document.

Submission deadline: May 31, 2009 Call for Papers: Workshop at COSIT 2009, Aber Wrac'h, France, September 21st, 2009: Presenting Spatial Information: Granularity, Relevance, and Integration. For more information see the attached .pdf document:   Open .pdf document

Submission deadline: July 1, 2009 Call for Papers: Spatial Cognition and Computation:  Special Issue:  First and Second Language Acquisition of Spatial Language. For more information see the attached .pdf document:   Open .pdf document


Classes / Conferences / Meetings / Workshops

Dates of Upcoming Classes / Conferences / Meetings / Workshops

March 22-27, 2009:  Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Las Vegas, NV.

April 26 to May 10, 2009:  Neuromorphic Cognition Workshop in Sardinia. http://cne.ini.uzh.ch/capocaccia08 More info here: Open .pdf document

May 14-16, 2009:  Modeling Spatial Cognition in Scottsdale, AZ. The Air Force Research Laboratory is sponsoring this workshop. Information, including registration (no fee) and a list of presenters and abstracts, is here: http://www.mindmodeling.org/msc/. The workshop is open to anyone interested in spatial cognition, modeling of complex cognitive processes, and specifically modeling spatial cognitive processing.

May 27 to May 30, 2009:  Thirteenth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems in Boston, MA at Boston University. http://www.cns.bu.edu/meetings/ More info here: Open Word document

June 2, 2009:  Workshop: Adaptation in Spatial Communication (held in conjunction with AGILE 2009, June 2nd-5th, 2009).
Workshop website:  http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~mtomko/Adaptation09/dates.html

June 8-12, 2009:  Summer School:  Dynamic Field Theory Summer School, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Open .pdf document

September 14-18, 2009:  4th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Spatial Cognition and Action (ICSC 2009) in Rome, Italy. http://w3.uniroma1.it/icsc/2009/.
Conference Flyer:  Open .pdf document

September 21-25, 2009:  Conference on Spatial Information Theory: COSIT'09, Aber Wrac'h, France. Conference website: http://www.cosit.info/

October 16 & 17, 2009  Art Beyond Sight International Conference, New York, NY.
Conference information:  Open .pdf document
Conference Registration Form and additional info.: Open .pdf document

September 14-17, 2010:  GIScience 2010, Zurich, Switzerland.
Conference info:
GIScience 2010 aims to bring together scientists from academia, industry, and government to discuss the state-of-the-art in geographic information science, and explore emerging research directions. The conference focuses on basic research findings across all sectors of the field, and pure application papers are discouraged. The conference has two (refereed) submission tracks: full papers and extended abstracts. Pre-conference workshops and tutorials (Sep. 14) and the main conference (Sep. 15-17) will take place at the University of Zurich-Irchel campus, featuring state-of-the-art conference facilities within a park-like setting. The conference site is located only 20 minutes from both downtown and Zurich Airport, and is easily accessible through public transport.
Conference website: http://www.giscience2010.org

Other Information on: Classes / Conferences / Meetings / Workshops

November 6-8, 2008 Washington, D.C.: A Workshop on Spatial Learning in Geography: A Cross-Community Conversation.
For more information about this workshop and to retrieve workshop documents, go to: WORKSHOP  Up-dated on 1/08-09/2009.

Talks & Lecture Series

SPRING Spatial Seminar Series  Schedule:
  • January 23, 12:00PM
    Nora Newcombe
    Department of Psychology, Temple University
    "Eight Reasons to Question the Existence of a Geometric Module"
    University of Pennsylvania: Large Conference Room - Room 470, 3401 Walnut Street - Suite 400A

  • January 30, 12:00PM
    David Redish
    Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
    "Deliberative and automatic spatial decision making in the rat"
    University of Pennsylvania: Large Conference Room - Room 470, 3401 Walnut Street - Suite 400A
    Co-sponsored by University of Pennsylvania Institute for Research in Cognitive Science

  • February 2
    Michael Brown
    Department of Psychology, Villanova University
    Temple University: 1701 N. 13th Street - Weiss Hall
    Co-sponsored by Temple University Department of Psychology Brain, Behavioral and Cognition Group

  • February 23, 1:00PM
    Philip Gersmehl
    Department of Geography, Hunter College
    "Where are we now? - spatial thinking in elementary and secondary education"
    Temple University: Gladfelter Hall - Room 310, 1115 West Berks Street
    Co-sponsored by Temple University Department of Geography and Urban Studies

  • February 27, 12:00PM
    Aude Oliva
    Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
    University of Pennsylvania: Large Conference Room - Room 470, 3401 Walnut Street - Suite 400A
    Co-sponsored by University of Pennsylvania Institute for Research in Cognitive Science

  • March 23, 11:30AM
    James Russell
    Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
    "The spatio-temporal element in episodic cognition"
    Temple University: Hamilton Library, 1701 N. 13th Street - Weiss Hall 6th Floor
    Co-sponsored by Temple University Department of Psychology Developmental Group

  • March 24, 9:30 AM
    Lynn Nadel
    Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
    "Is Spatial Learning Special?"
    Temple University: SILC Conference Room - Room 321, 1701 N. 13th Street - Weiss Hall 3rd Floor

  • March 25, 4:00PM
    Lynn Nadel
    Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
    "The hippocampus, context, and memory"
    University of Pennsylvania: Barchi Library - Room 140, 3620 Hamilton Walk - John Morgan Building

  • March 27, 12:40PM
    Dawn Blasko
    Department of Psychology, Penn State University
    Kathy Holliday-Darr
    School of Engineering, Penn State University
    Temple University: Room 126, 1947 N. 12th Street - Engineering Building
    Co-sponsored by Temple University College of Engineering

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07/01/2009
View our July Showcase:
Reorientation by Slope Cues in Humans [Daniele Nardi, Amanda Y. Funk, Nora S. Newcombe & Thomas F. Shipley, Department of Psychology, Temple University]

06/18/2009
Post-doctoral Research Associate position available, Air Force Research Laboratory's Cognitive Models and Agents Branch (Mesa, AZ).See our Jobs / Miscellaneous page.

06/11/2009
2 post-doctoral research positions available at University of Leeds (United Kingdom). See our Jobs / Miscellaneous page.

06/02/2009
Two upcoming conferences added to our Conferences page: Art Beyond Sight (October 16-17, 2009) and GIScience (September 14-17, 2010).

06/02/2009
View our June Showcase:
Spatial-Temporal Processing and Social Cognition: Contributions to Language Development in Children with Autism [Julia Parish-Morris, Doctoral Candidate (Advisor: Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek) Department of Psychology, Temple University].


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