Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!jarthur!usc!wuarchive!udel!princeton!pucc!PSYC From: harnad@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) Newsgroups: sci.psychology.digest Subject: PSYCOLOQUY V2 #3 (announcements A (4) : 208 lines) Message-ID: <9102230448.AA02525@psycho.Princeton.EDU> Date: 23 Feb 91 01:42:47 GMT Sender: VMNNPOST@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Listserv to Netnews Gateway) Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU Lines: 203 Approved: PSYC@PUCC PSYCOLOQUY (ISSN 1055-0143) Fri, 22 Feb 91 Volume 2 : Issue 3 New Electronic Forum: EduTel New Journal: Psychology Teaching Review Second Call for Papers : Language Origins Society NIPS-91 Call for Workshop Proposals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Arnie Kahn Subject: New Electronic Forum: EduTel EduTel: A Forum for Considering CMC Applications in Educational Contexts As the international academic community becomes increasingly familiar with computer networking, there has been widespread interest in understanding how this new communication medium can be used in educational contexts. Since the networks themselves may be the best medium for discussing educational applications, a cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional group of scholars has joined forces to create and guide EduTel, an electronic conference whose purpose is to consider how computer-mediated communication can be used to achieve educational goals. Initially, EduTel staff will encourage discussion related to three broad educational themes. One theme will focus on how computer- mediated communication can enhance students' and faculty's educational experiences within and outside the classroom contexts. A second theme will address how CMC can improve the education and life style of the physically and educationally handicapped. A third theme will be international development: specifically, how developing nations are using CMC to foster education and research within and between themselves. These themes will constitute three separate but simultaneous lines of discussion available to conference participants. Each of these lines of discussion will be moderated and guided by one or two conference staff members. It will also be possible to pose questions or introduce issues that are not related to the themes defined above. As the conference continues, we expect new themes to emerge and, given sufficient interest, be incorporated into ongoing discussion. EduTel is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 11, 1991 and continue into May, 1991. Those interested in participating can subscribe by either: (a) sending an interactive message to COMSERVE@RPIECS.bitnet with the following command: Subscribe EduTel First_Name Last_Name (Example:) Subscribe EduTel Mary Smith (b) sending this same command (with no other punctuation or words) in the message portion of an electronic mail message addressed to either: Comserve@Rpiecs (Bitnet) or Comserve@Vm.Ecs.Rpi.Edu (Internet) Further information about the EduTel conference will be sent to subscribers when the conference begins. Coordinating Moderator: Norman Coombs Rochester Institute of Technology CMC and the Classroom: Boyd Davis University of North Carolina at Charlotte Don Ploch University of Tennessee -- Knoxville CMC and Disability: Bob Zenhausern St. Johns University CMC and International Development: Sam Lanfranco York University CMC and Other Educational Questions: Karen O'Quin Buffalo State College Technical Moderator: Teresa Harrison Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ------------------------------ From: J. Hartley Subject: New Journal: Psychology Teaching Review There is to be a new journal called Psychology Teaching Review published in the U.K. by the British Psychological Society`s group of teachers of psychology. The journal is to be published twice yearly, commencing in March 1992. Details are available from the editor, Stephen Newstead, Dept of Psychology, Polytechnic South West, Drake circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, U.K. or E-mail p02111@uk.ac.poly-south-west.prime-a. janet. ------------------------------ From: TB0EXC1@NIU.BITNET Subject: Second Call for Papers : Language Origins Society 7th Annual Meeting July 18-20 1991 Northern Illinois University DeKalb Il 60115 USA The Language Origins Society invites abstracts for papers on aspects of language origins and evolution. Language Origins is construed very broadly and includes investigations into the philosophical, neurological, biological or social bases of the phylogeny and/or ontogeny of language in any of its forms (speech, writing, sign) or the social and/or linguistic bases of language evolution and change. Possible topics include (but are not limited to) the origins and development of: phonetic systems grammatical systems semantic systems writing systems speech and language biological, neurological and medical aspects non-human communication systems particular language families and subfamilies pidgin and creole languages Send abstracts of 500 words or less and requests for further information to: Edward Callary Coordinator, LOS English Department Northern Illinois University DeKalb Il 60115 USA e-mail: TB0EXC1@NIU.BITNET (TB ZERO, not the letter O) FAX:815-753-1824 TELEPHONE: 815-753-0611 Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 10 March, 1991 Promising abstracts from advanced students are especially welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------- From: jcp%sarnoff.com@pucc (John Pearson W343 x2385) Subject: NIPS-91 Workshop CALL FOR WORKSHOP Proposals NIPS*91 Post-Conference Workshops December 6 and 7, 1991 Vail, Colorado Following the regular NIPS program, workshops on current topics on Neural Information Processing will be held on December 6 and 7, 1991, in Vail, Colorado. Proposals by qualified individuals interested in chairing one of these workshops are solicited. Past topics have included: Rules and Connectionist Models; Speech; Vision; Sensory Biophysics; Neural Network Dynamics; Neurobiology; Computational Complexity Issues; Fault Tolerance in Neural Networks; Benchmarking and Comparing Neural Network Applications; Architectural Issues; Fast Training Techniques; Control; Optimization, Statistical Inference, Genetic Algorithms; VLSI and Optical Implementations; Integration of Neural Networks with Conventional Software. The format of the workshop is informal. Beyond reporting on past research, the goal is to provide a forum for scientists actively working in the field to freely discuss current issues of concern and interest. Sessions will meet in the morning and in the afternoon of both days, with free time in between for the ongoing individual exchange or outdoor activities. Specific open and/or controversial issues are encouraged and preferred as workshop topics. Individuals interested in chairing a workshop must propose a topic of current interest and must be willing to accept responsibility for their group's discussion. Discussion leaders' responsibilities include: arrange brief informal presentations by experts working on this topic, moderate or lead the discussion, and report its high points, findings and conclusions to the group during evening plenary sessions, and in a short (2 page) summary. Submission Procedure: Interested parties should submit a short proposal for a workshop of interest by May 17, 1991. Proposals should include a title and a short description of what the workshop is to address and accomplish. It should state why the topic is of interest or controversial, why it should be discussed and what the targeted group of participants is. In addition, please send a brief resume of the prospective workshop chair, list of publications and evidence of scholarship in the field of interest. Mail submissions to: Dr. Gerald Tesauro, Co-Chair, Attn: NIPS91 Workshops, IBM Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail net address (if applicable) must be on all submissions. Workshop CoChairs: G. Tesauro & S. Kirkpatrick, IBM PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 17,1991 ------------------------------ End of PSYCOLOQUY Digest ******************************