January 2008 Cognitive Science Events in Princeton

Thursday January 10

11 AM. ISS Seminar. "Using Convex Optimizationi to Model Neural Spiking Activity with Point Processes Nonparametrically." Todd Coleman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. J323 EQuad.

Friday January 11

Noon. Psychology Colloquium. "The Selfish Goal." John Bargh, Yale University. 0-S-6 Green.

Saturday January 12

9:30 AM. Science on Saturday Lecture. "Is the Universe Infinite?" Janna Levin, Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. More information here.

Monday-Tuesday January 14-15

Center for Information Technology Policy Workshop: Computing in the Cloud.

Thursday January 17

3 PM. Institute for the Study of Child Development Colloquium. "Trying to Fill Some of the Holes in Psychology." Paul Rozin, University of Pennsylvania. 314 RWJMS Professional Center, 97 Paterson Street, New Brunswick.

4:30 PM. Neuroscience Seminar. "Building a behavioral circuit: Molecular mechanisms of synaptic specificity in the C. elegans brain." Daniel Colon-Ramos. 107 Schultz.

Saturday January 19

9:30 AM. Science on Saturday Lecture. "From Accreting Black Holes to Mergin Galaxies: Computation in Astrophysics," Jim Stone, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. More information here.

Wednesday Janurary 23

Noon. Neuroscience Seminar. "Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity." Brian Chen. 107 Schultz.

Thursday January 24

4:30 PM. Rutgers-New Brunswick Philosophy Colloquium. "Paradoxes and Concept Expansions." Meir Buzaglo, Israel, Visitng Rutgers Jewish Studies. 128-129 Davison Hall, Douglas Campus, Rutgers, New Brunswick.

Friday January 25

1 PM. Rutgers-Newark Psychology Colloquium. "The Role of Thinking in Feeling." Kevin Ochsner Columbia University. 371 Smith Hall, Newark Campus, Rutgers.

4:30 PM. Neuroscience Seminar. "Using Zebraafish to Reveal Principles of Neural Circuit Function." David McLean. 107 Schultz.

Saturday January 26

9:30 AM. Science on Saturday Lecture. "Scrapes, Scabs, and Scars - a Wound Healing Saga." Prof. Jean Schwarzbauer, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. More information here.

Monday January 28

4 PM. Neuroscience Talk. "New methods of evaluating the motor command signals generated by premotor neurons." Xintian Hu, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China. 0-S-9 Green.

Tuesday January 29

1 PM. Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science Colloquium. "Computing Linguistically-Based Textual Inferences." Lauri Karttunen, Paulo Alto Research Center, Stanford University. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers.