September 2009 Cognitive Science Events in Princeton

Thursday September 10

Noon. Rutgers What Is Cognitive Science Talk. "Conditionals, Questions, and Content." William Starr, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers.

4:30 PM Rutgers Philosophy Colloquium. "Humor, Cognition and Emotion." Noel Carroll, Temple University. Seminar Room, College Avenue Seminary 3, Rutgers, New Brunswick.

Thursday September 17

Noon. Rutgers What Is Cognitive Science Talk. "What Does the World Think? Learning From and About Humans with Social Media." Mor Naaman, Library and Information Science, Rutgers University. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers.

Friday September 18

1 PM Rutgers Newark Psychology Colloquium. "The Narrow Fellow in the Grass: Biological Preparedness in Infants and Young Children." Vanessa LoBue. 371A Smith Hall, Rutgers, Newark.

5 PM. Neuroscience PHD Defense. "Neural Coding and Computation Using Noisy Oscillataions." David Markowitz. 107 Schultz.

Monday September 21

5:30 PM Philosophy Symposium. Discussing Mark Johnston, Saving God. Cornell West and Jeffrey Stout, response by Mark Johnston. 010 East Pyne.

Tuesday September 22

4:30 PM. Computer Science Distinguished Colloquium. "Fleet, Infinity and Marina." Ivan Sutherland, Portland State University. Small auditorium, Computer Science.

Wednesday September 23

12:30 PM. Computer Engineering Seminar. "Resource-Efficient Audiovisual Sensing." Nirupama Bulusu, Computer Science, Portland State University. B205 EQuad.

Thursday September 24

11 PM. Neuroscience Seminar. "How the Brain Makes Attentional Decisions: Linking Attention and Behavior." Jackie Gottlieb, Columbia University. 3-N-4 Green.

Noon. Rutgers "What Is Cognitive Science?" Lecture. "Theory of Mind in Reality and Imagination." Deena Weisberg, Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers University.

4:30 PM. Neuroscience Seminar. "Better Luck Next Time: How Prior Behavioral Outcomes Influence Network Activity in the Frontal Cortex." Mark Laubach, John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine. 107 Schultz.

4:30 PM. Rutgers Philosophy Colloquium. "Illuminati, Zombies and Metaphysical Gridlock." Katalin Balog, Department of Philosophy, Yale Universityt. Seminar Room, College Avenue Seminary 3, Rutgers, New Brunswick.

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. "Getting People to Do Things." A. J. Julius, University of California at Los Angeles. 127 Corwin Hall.

Friday September 25

12:30 PM. Psychology Colloquium. "Integration of Emotion and Cognitive Control: Implications for Self-Regulation." Jeremy Gray, Yale University. 0-S-6 Green.

1 PM. Rutgers-Newark Psychology Colloquium. "Living Under the Rainbow: New Research on Lesbian and Gay Family Lives." Charlotte Patterson, University of Virginia. 371A Smith, Rutgers, Newark.

3:0 PM. Computer Science Talk. "Intelligent Network Measurement for Diagnosis and Attack Defenses." Z Morley Mao, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan. 402 Computer Science.

4 PM. Philosophy Colloquium. "Take the Sugar." Caspar Hare, MIT. 2 Robertson.

Wednesday September 30

Noon. Mol Bio Seminar. "Identifying memory molecules: a story of receptors, the synapse and cognitive ability." Ed Weeber, Associate Professor in the Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology department and Director of the Murine Neurobehavior Laboratory at the University of South Florida. 303 Lewis Thomas Lab.

2 PM. Machine Learning Talk. "Nonparametric Bayesian Analysis for Sparse Signal Representations and Dictionary Learning Using Beta Process Priors." John Paisley, Duke University. 402 Computer Science.