January 2007 Cognitive Science Events in Princeton

Thursday January 11

4:30 PM. ISS Seminar. "Design and Analysis of Non-Binary LDPC Codes for Bandwidth-Efficient Communications." Amir Bennatan. B205 EQuad.

Friday January 12

Noon. Psychology Colloquium. "Spatial Attention Modulates Firing Rate and Fano Factor Differently Across Neuronal Classes in Area V4." John Reynolds, Salk Institute. 0-S-6 Green.

Tuesday January 16

1 PM. RuCCS Colloquium. "Discourse Contrast and Interactivity in Language Comprehension." Daniel Grodner, University of Rochester. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers-New Brunswick.

Thursday January 18

4:30 PM. ISS Seminar. "Supercomputing and Signal Processing." Fred Mintzer, IBM. B205 EQuad.

4:30 PM. Rutgers-New Brunswick Philosophy Colloquium. "The Difference Between Space and Time." Craig Callender, UC-San Diego. 128-9 Davison Hall, Douglas Campus, Rutgers, New Brunswick.

Monday January 22

4:30 PM. ISS Seminar. "Waterfillings, waterfillings, and waterfillings: from single-user to multiuser." Daniel Palomar, Hong Kong University. 008 Friend.

Thursday January 25

1 PM. RuCCS Colloquium. "What we know about what we have never heard: evidence from perceptual illusions." Iris Berent, Psychology, Florida Atlantic University. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers University.

Friday January 26

12:30 PM. Rutgers-Camden Psychology Talk. "The Power of Memes: How Contagious Is the God Delusion?" 401 Penn, Rutgers University-Camden.

Saturday January 27

9:30 AM. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Science on Saturday Lecture. "Where's Waldo? - The Science and Application of GPS." Edward Groth, Department of Physics, Princeton University. (For information about location and "heightened security measures", see their web site: http://science-education.pppl.gov/ScienceonSat/index.html.

Tuesday January 30

1 PM. RuCCS Colloquium. "The Quantificational Apparatus of Language: Integrating Theory, Development, and Pathology." Julien Musolino, Speech and Hearing Services, Indiana University. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers University.