Cognitive Science in and around Princeton

Monday December 1

Noon. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/translation and intercultural communication lecture. "Cognitive Processes in Simultaneous Interpreting." Brooke MacNamara. 213 Burr.

*** CANCELLED *** 1:30 PM. RuCCS Perceptual Science Talk. "Keeping the Beat: Biomechanics and Brain in the Timing of Repeated Movements." Saul Sternberg, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers University. *** CANCELLED ***

Wednesday December 3

4 PM. Computer Science Colloquium. "Computer Graphics as a Telecommunication Medium." Vadlen Koltun, Stanford University. 105 Computer Science.

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. "Self-faces and self-deception: Why have a self?." Julian Keenan, Montclair State University. 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday December 4

10 AM. Rutgers Computer Science Distinguished Lecture. "The Art of Reduction." Avi Wigderson, Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. CoRE Auditorium. Busch Campus, Rutgers.

Noon. Rutgers "What Is Cognitive Science?" Lecture. "Syntax, Semantics, and the Acquisition of Number Words." Kristen Syrett, Conter for Cognitive Science, Rutgers. 101 Psychology, Busch Campus, Rutgers University.

3:30 PM. Machine Learning Talk. "Adding Structural Information to Factor Models in Machine Learning and Computer Vision." Amit Gruber, Hebrew U. 301 Computer Science.

4:30 PM. Neuroscience Seminar. "Tracking Memory Retrieval with Multivariate Pattern Analysis." Kenneth Norman, Psychology, Princeton. 107 Schultz.

4:30 PM. ISS Seminar. Urs Niesen, MIT. B205 EQuad.

Friday December 5

Noon. Psychology Colloquium. "The Psychology of Social Identity: Its Role in Group Performance Differences and the Challenges of an Integrated Society." Claude Steele, Stanford University. 0-S-6 Green.

1 PM. Philosophy of Mind Seminar. Experimental Philosophy. Joshua Knobe, Philosophy, UNC-Chapel Hill. 201 Marx Hall.

1 PM. Rutgers-Newark Psychology Colloquium. "Stress, Desire, and Compulsive Seeking of Hedonic Stimuli." Rajiita Sinha, Yale University. 371 Smith Hall. Rutgers-Newark.

1:30 PM. Computer Science Colloquium. "Effective Diagnosis of Routing Disruptions from End Systems." Z. Morley Mao, University of Michigan. 102 Computer Science.

3 PM. Rutgers Linguistic Colloquium. "Decomposition to the root: MEG studies of morphologically complex words." Arild Hestvik, Delaware. 108 Linguistics, 18 Seminary Place, New Brunswick.

3 PM. Computer Science Lecture. "The Barrelfish OS for Hetergeneous Multicore Systems." Timothy Roscoe. 402 Computer Science.

4 PM. Philosophy lecture. "Knowing (How)." Jason Stanley, Rutgers University. 2 Robertson.

Monday December 8

4:30 PM. Linguistics Talk. "Silencing Voice: How not all Unpronounceables are Created Equal." Jason Merchant, U of Chicago. 027 East Pyne.

Friday January 9

Noon. Psychology Colloquium. "How We Reason." Philip Johnson-Laird, Princeton University. 0-S-6 Green.

Thursday January 22

4:30 PM. ISS Seminar. "Global Optimization Using Bayesian Methods and Correlated Knowledge Gradients." Peter Frazier, ORFE, Princeton University. B205 EQuad.

Friday January 23

Noon. Psychology Colloquium. "The Social Neuroscience of Face Perception." Ralph Adolphs, University of Iowa. 0-S-6 Green.

Wednesday January 28

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Jason Mitchell. 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday February 12

4:30 PM. Moffett Public Lectures in Ethics. Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago. 101 McCormick Hall.

Wednesday February 25

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Rebecca Saxe. 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday February 26

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. Bryan Garsten, Yale University. 127 Corwin.

Thursday March 5

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. Danielle Allen, Institute for Advanced Study. 127 Corwin.

Wednesday March 11

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Patrick Simen. 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday March 12

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. Melissa Swartzberg, Columbia University. 127 Corwin.

Wednesday March 25

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Lasana Harris. 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday March 26

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. A. J. Julius, UCLA. 127 Corwin.

Wednesday April 8

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Jeremy Skipper 1-S-5 Green.

Thursday April 16

4:30 PM. Political Philosophy Colloquium. Eric Nelson, Harvard University. 127 Corwin.

Thursday April 23

4:30 PM. Ethics and Public Affairs Seminar. Andrea Sangiovanni, Kings College, London. 301 Marx.

Wednesday May 6

4:30 PM. Neuroscience and Social Decision-Making Discussion. TBA. Maximilian Riesenhuber. 1-S-5 Green.

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