The Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab is conducting several paid fMRI experiments and is in need of subjects for the month of November. If you are interested, please feel free to contact the Newman Lab at cnilab@indiana.edu or at (812) 856-1776.
Sincerely,
Andrea
Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
(812) 856-1776
www.indiana.edu/~cnilab
Thursday, October 30, 2008
2008 Midwest NKS Conference
The 2008 Midwest NKS Conference will take place this weekend (starting on Friday) on the IUB campus.
The theme of the conference is "What is Computation? How Does Nature Compute?" There will be talks on the physics of information, quantum computation, cellular automata (of course; NKS == Wolfram's New Kind of Science), and, generally, the nature of reality and computability.
Speakers, either live or by videoconference, include Gregory Chaitin, David Deutsch, Ed Fredkin, Sir Anthony J. Legget, Charles Bennett, and Stephen Wolfram.
While some lunches and dinners require paid registration, everything else is FREE, including all of the lectures and the coffee, donuts, and other refreshments. Events start at 8:30 a.m. Friday, October 31 and run until Sunday, November 2 at 12:15 p.m.
For the full schedule and additional info, please visit:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2008midwestNKSconference/
The theme of the conference is "What is Computation? How Does Nature Compute?" There will be talks on the physics of information, quantum computation, cellular automata (of course; NKS == Wolfram's New Kind of Science), and, generally, the nature of reality and computability.
Speakers, either live or by videoconference, include Gregory Chaitin, David Deutsch, Ed Fredkin, Sir Anthony J. Legget, Charles Bennett, and Stephen Wolfram.
While some lunches and dinners require paid registration, everything else is FREE, including all of the lectures and the coffee, donuts, and other refreshments. Events start at 8:30 a.m. Friday, October 31 and run until Sunday, November 2 at 12:15 p.m.
For the full schedule and additional info, please visit:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2008midwestNKSconference/
IU Outdoor Adventures
There are many opportunities offered by IU Outdoor Adventures (IUOA). At IUOA we provide opportunities to earn academic credit, learn new skills, participate in valuable leadership experiences, and to grow physically, mentally and even professionally. The feedback we receive from students about our courses has been consistently positive, with the biggest complaint being, “I wish I had known about this earlier.”
Many of our classes are only worth 1 credit hour, making them a great complement to a 15 or 16 credit hour course load. Our courses are a valuable way to broaden the college experience, explore new skills and disciplines, and many of them count as electives or towards degrees in the school of HPER.
IUOA is also a great place to start developing leadership skills and practical experience. Some of our student trip leaders go on to work in the outdoor field, but many move into other professions and cite their time with IUOA as contributing to their growth and professional development in their respective fields. Each semester, R317 “Introduction to Wilderness Leadership” is offered as a means of introducing students to the skills necessary to become trip leaders at IUOA and elsewhere. Upon completion of this course, students may be hired as Leaders-in-Training.
In addition to our academic options, we offer adventure trips, equipment rental, and custom experiences.
Kelly Boner
IUOA Outreach Coordinator
(812) 855-2231
900 E. 7th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Many of our classes are only worth 1 credit hour, making them a great complement to a 15 or 16 credit hour course load. Our courses are a valuable way to broaden the college experience, explore new skills and disciplines, and many of them count as electives or towards degrees in the school of HPER.
IUOA is also a great place to start developing leadership skills and practical experience. Some of our student trip leaders go on to work in the outdoor field, but many move into other professions and cite their time with IUOA as contributing to their growth and professional development in their respective fields. Each semester, R317 “Introduction to Wilderness Leadership” is offered as a means of introducing students to the skills necessary to become trip leaders at IUOA and elsewhere. Upon completion of this course, students may be hired as Leaders-in-Training.
In addition to our academic options, we offer adventure trips, equipment rental, and custom experiences.
Kelly Boner
IUOA Outreach Coordinator
(812) 855-2231
900 E. 7th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Course: The Art of Meditation
"The Art of Meditation" will be offered Spring Term 2009 (second eight weeks only)
CLLC-L 100
Class Number 12263
Credit Hours: 2.0
Mondays and Wednesdays 6:50 - 8:20 p.m.
Collins Living-Learning Center Ed Basement
Instructor: Doug Hanvey (dhanvey@indiana.edu)
In this course you will learn the practice of "mindfully allowing what is," the foundational meditation practice of Buddhism. In addition to meditating, you will read, discuss, and write about several core concerns of Eastern philosophy, including the nature of consciousness, reality, time, self, and the ultimate goal of spiritual enlightenment–all via contemporary, Western texts. We will broadly compare Eastern and Western approaches to psychological and spiritual development, asking how Western traditions that aim to strengthen the ego can be reconciled with Eastern traditions that aspire to transcend it.
This will not be an easy "activity" class (or in this case "non-activity" class). While we will meditate regularly and intensively, the discussion component of this class will be emphasized. You might even discover that meditation is more rigorous than you thought it would be, and the philosophical ideas you will learn about may turn your world upside down and inside out (which is also the fun of it). You will explore yourself at the deepest levels of your being and be challenged intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, perhaps even physically. But as a saying goes, "Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours."
An understanding of the basic principles of psychology is helpful, but not required. Grading will be based on participation, reading quizzes, and 1-2 papers.
CLLC-L 100
Class Number 12263
Credit Hours: 2.0
Mondays and Wednesdays 6:50 - 8:20 p.m.
Collins Living-Learning Center Ed Basement
Instructor: Doug Hanvey (dhanvey@indiana.edu)
In this course you will learn the practice of "mindfully allowing what is," the foundational meditation practice of Buddhism. In addition to meditating, you will read, discuss, and write about several core concerns of Eastern philosophy, including the nature of consciousness, reality, time, self, and the ultimate goal of spiritual enlightenment–all via contemporary, Western texts. We will broadly compare Eastern and Western approaches to psychological and spiritual development, asking how Western traditions that aim to strengthen the ego can be reconciled with Eastern traditions that aspire to transcend it.
This will not be an easy "activity" class (or in this case "non-activity" class). While we will meditate regularly and intensively, the discussion component of this class will be emphasized. You might even discover that meditation is more rigorous than you thought it would be, and the philosophical ideas you will learn about may turn your world upside down and inside out (which is also the fun of it). You will explore yourself at the deepest levels of your being and be challenged intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, perhaps even physically. But as a saying goes, "Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth. Tame the dragon and the gift is yours."
An understanding of the basic principles of psychology is helpful, but not required. Grading will be based on participation, reading quizzes, and 1-2 papers.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Neuroscience Seminar: Anne L. Prieto
The Stark Neuroscience Seminar Series, Indiana University School of Medicine, presents Anne L. Prieto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
"Signaling Pathways Activated by the Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase (RPTK) Tyro3: New Insights."
Thursday, October 30, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Research 2 Building, Room 101
IUPUI
"Signaling Pathways Activated by the Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase (RPTK) Tyro3: New Insights."
Thursday, October 30, 2008
4:00 p.m.
Research 2 Building, Room 101
IUPUI
LEAD IU EDUC-U-495 Courses
Spring Term 2009 offers many "LEAD IU" Courses. Enrollment is under course number EDUC-U-495. Subjects include Leadership and Community Service, Leadership Essentials, Advanced Organizational Leadership, Diversity Issues, etc.
For more information, contac:
R.J. Woodring
Graduate Assistant, LEAD IU
Student Activities - The Office for Student Organizations and Leadership Development
Indiana University
Indiana Memorial Union Room 371
Bloomington, IN 47408
rwoodrin@indiana.edu
For more information, contac:
R.J. Woodring
Graduate Assistant, LEAD IU
Student Activities - The Office for Student Organizations and Leadership Development
Indiana University
Indiana Memorial Union Room 371
Bloomington, IN 47408
rwoodrin@indiana.edu
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Octubafest with Dan Perantoni
The Jacobs School of Music presents Octubafest with Dan Perantoni, Director
Free Admission!
The world-renowned tuba studio of Daniel Perantoni will be presenting Octubafest, a series of recitals featuring the tuba and euphonium as solo instruments. Performances will take place in Ford Hall at 7:00 p.m. on October 24, 26, 27, 29, and 30.
The final celebration concert will take place in the Jacobs School of Music recital hall on October 31 at 8:00 p.m. (Costumes are welcome!)
Special guest artist Michael Dunn, professor of low brass at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will perform a solo recital on October 28 at 8:00 p.m. in Ford Hall. Come see what you never dreamed the tuba could do!
http://music.indiana.edu
Free Admission!
The world-renowned tuba studio of Daniel Perantoni will be presenting Octubafest, a series of recitals featuring the tuba and euphonium as solo instruments. Performances will take place in Ford Hall at 7:00 p.m. on October 24, 26, 27, 29, and 30.
The final celebration concert will take place in the Jacobs School of Music recital hall on October 31 at 8:00 p.m. (Costumes are welcome!)
Special guest artist Michael Dunn, professor of low brass at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will perform a solo recital on October 28 at 8:00 p.m. in Ford Hall. Come see what you never dreamed the tuba could do!
http://music.indiana.edu
IU Career Center Events
IU Career Center upcoming events and opportunities for the week of October 27
* Upcoming Resume Submission Deadlines
* Arts & Entertainment Networking Night
* Preparing for Careers outside Academia
* Retail and Design Forum
* Starcom Information Session
* Retail & Design Career Fair
For more information on these and other events, visit www.iucareers.com
Benefits of myIUcareers:
• Participate in on-campus interviews for internships and full-time post-graduation employment
• Access online postings of part-time, internships, fellowships, and permanent positions 24/7
• View the IU Career Development Center/Arts and Sciences Career Services calendar of interview and events and RSVP for workshops and employer presentations
• Obtain contact information for employers actively partnered with the Career Development Center/Arts and Sciences Career Services
Indiana University Career Development Center
Arts and Sciences Career Services
Corner of 10th and Jordan
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-5234
www.iucareers.com
* Upcoming Resume Submission Deadlines
* Arts & Entertainment Networking Night
* Preparing for Careers outside Academia
* Retail and Design Forum
* Starcom Information Session
* Retail & Design Career Fair
For more information on these and other events, visit www.iucareers.com
Benefits of myIUcareers:
• Participate in on-campus interviews for internships and full-time post-graduation employment
• Access online postings of part-time, internships, fellowships, and permanent positions 24/7
• View the IU Career Development Center/Arts and Sciences Career Services calendar of interview and events and RSVP for workshops and employer presentations
• Obtain contact information for employers actively partnered with the Career Development Center/Arts and Sciences Career Services
Indiana University Career Development Center
Arts and Sciences Career Services
Corner of 10th and Jordan
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-5234
www.iucareers.com
Friday, October 24, 2008
Cognitive Lunch Abstract for October 29
The next Cognitive Lunch will be held Wednesday, October 29
Time: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Place: Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Anatomical and Functional Networks in the Human Cerebral Cortex"
Chris Honey, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Abstract:
In the human cerebral cortex, the activity levels of neuronal populations are continuously fluctuating. When neuronal activity, as measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is temporally coherent across two populations, those populations are said to be functionally connected. The patterns of functional connectivity across the brain are presumed to reflect its underlying structural (anatomical) architecture. Our research group has recently obtained measurements of resting state functional connection patterns (using fMRI) and structural connection patterns (using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) tractography) in the same individuals. In this talk I will describe some of our ongoing investigations into this structure-function relationship, and in particular will touch on the spatial inhomogeneity of the relationship and the functional effects of individual differences in anatomy. I will also describe some of our recent computational modeling efforts, and will outline what I see as the key remaining questions regarding anatomical and functional networks in the brain.
Time: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Place: Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Anatomical and Functional Networks in the Human Cerebral Cortex"
Chris Honey, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Abstract:
In the human cerebral cortex, the activity levels of neuronal populations are continuously fluctuating. When neuronal activity, as measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is temporally coherent across two populations, those populations are said to be functionally connected. The patterns of functional connectivity across the brain are presumed to reflect its underlying structural (anatomical) architecture. Our research group has recently obtained measurements of resting state functional connection patterns (using fMRI) and structural connection patterns (using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) tractography) in the same individuals. In this talk I will describe some of our ongoing investigations into this structure-function relationship, and in particular will touch on the spatial inhomogeneity of the relationship and the functional effects of individual differences in anatomy. I will also describe some of our recent computational modeling efforts, and will outline what I see as the key remaining questions regarding anatomical and functional networks in the brain.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Diwali Celebration
Diwali, also known as the "Festival of Lights," is one of the most popular Indian festivals. Symbolizing the victory of good over evil, lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for humankind. It is also a time for family and friends, so come celebrate this joyous occasion with stories, crafts, and hands-on activities.
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Two times:
5:00-6:00 p.m. at the Mathers Museum, 416 N. Indiana Avenue
6:00-8:00 p.m. at the IU Asian Culture Center, 807 E. 10th Street
Presented ACC's Asian Cultures Around Campus, Mathers Museum, and Indian Student Association.
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Two times:
5:00-6:00 p.m. at the Mathers Museum, 416 N. Indiana Avenue
6:00-8:00 p.m. at the IU Asian Culture Center, 807 E. 10th Street
Presented ACC's Asian Cultures Around Campus, Mathers Museum, and Indian Student Association.
Colloquium: Neal Cohen
Join us for the Cognitive Science Colloquium Series.
Monday, October 27
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Psychology Building Room 101
Professor Neal Cohen, Dept. of Psychology and Beckman Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Relational Memory and the Long Reach of the Hippocampus
Monday, October 27
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Psychology Building Room 101
Professor Neal Cohen, Dept. of Psychology and Beckman Institute University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Relational Memory and the Long Reach of the Hippocampus
Massage Break and Mood Check
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Locatiion: Asian Culture Center, 807 E. 10th Street
What mood are you in? Do you sometimes feel depressed? Come take a quiz (with true-false questions) and find out! IU Counseling and Psychological Services and the IU Asian Culture Center are offering a Mood Check and Massage Break event.
Take a break from classes and midterms, and come to Mood Check for your free massage, snacks, and assess and learn more about your mood! We know that classes, midterms, papers, and a lack of sleep can make any college student moody or depressed. So come join us for some rest and relaxation! It's free and open to all IU students.
Co-sponsored by the IU Counseling and Psychological Services and the IU Asian Culture Center.
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Locatiion: Asian Culture Center, 807 E. 10th Street
What mood are you in? Do you sometimes feel depressed? Come take a quiz (with true-false questions) and find out! IU Counseling and Psychological Services and the IU Asian Culture Center are offering a Mood Check and Massage Break event.
Take a break from classes and midterms, and come to Mood Check for your free massage, snacks, and assess and learn more about your mood! We know that classes, midterms, papers, and a lack of sleep can make any college student moody or depressed. So come join us for some rest and relaxation! It's free and open to all IU students.
Co-sponsored by the IU Counseling and Psychological Services and the IU Asian Culture Center.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
African Language Festival
You are invited to the African Language Festival for an evening of skits, songs, dance, and food.
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Foster Quad - Harper Formal Lounge
1000 N. Fee Lane
The event is sponsored by IU African Languages Club, IUSA-AID, and African Studies Program.
For more information, contact:
Alwiya S. Omar, Ph.D.
African Language Coordinator
Memorial Hall 326
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel: 812 855 3323
E-mail: aomar@indiana.edu
African language web page: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrilang
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Foster Quad - Harper Formal Lounge
1000 N. Fee Lane
The event is sponsored by IU African Languages Club, IUSA-AID, and African Studies Program.
For more information, contact:
Alwiya S. Omar, Ph.D.
African Language Coordinator
Memorial Hall 326
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel: 812 855 3323
E-mail: aomar@indiana.edu
African language web page: http://www.indiana.edu/~afrilang
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Cognitive Lunch Abstract for October 22
The next Cognitive Lunch will be held Wednesday, October 22.
Time: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Place: Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Bayesian Analysis of Cocaine Abusers' Gambling Data Using the Expectancy Valence Learning Model" by Woojae Kim, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Abstract
Bayesian data analysis has become popular in statistics as an alternative method to the classical, frequentist counterpart. Among many advantages of this approach, extension to hierarchical models and the Bayes factor method for model evaluation are useful tools for modeling. In the present study, these tools are applied to the analysis of the Expectancy Valence Learning (EVL) model (Busemeyer and Stout, 2002) with data from a clinical population. The use of the Bayes factor as a model selection method provides not only evidence for the EVL model against baseline models among both healthy and patient groups, but also grounds for discriminating the patient group from the healthy group in their EVL parameters. The use of a hierarchical model accounts for individual differences within the groups as well as makes more accurate parameter estimation possible.
Time: 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Place: Psychology Conference Room (room 128)
"Bayesian Analysis of Cocaine Abusers' Gambling Data Using the Expectancy Valence Learning Model" by Woojae Kim, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Abstract
Bayesian data analysis has become popular in statistics as an alternative method to the classical, frequentist counterpart. Among many advantages of this approach, extension to hierarchical models and the Bayes factor method for model evaluation are useful tools for modeling. In the present study, these tools are applied to the analysis of the Expectancy Valence Learning (EVL) model (Busemeyer and Stout, 2002) with data from a clinical population. The use of the Bayes factor as a model selection method provides not only evidence for the EVL model against baseline models among both healthy and patient groups, but also grounds for discriminating the patient group from the healthy group in their EVL parameters. The use of a hierarchical model accounts for individual differences within the groups as well as makes more accurate parameter estimation possible.
Student Academic Center Workshops
The Student Academic Center will offer the following free workshops in the next two weeks. Workshops are open to all students, and you do not need to sign up in advance to attend. However you are advised to arrive early to get seating. Questions may be directed to Sharon Chertkoff, Outreach Coordinator, Student Academic Center, 855-7313.
Tuesday, 10/21, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/22, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, 10/27, Improving Reading Speed, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Briscoe Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/28, Using Groups to Increase Learning, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/29, Using Groups to Increase Learning, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Woodburn Hall 101
Tuesday, 10/21, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/22, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, 10/27, Improving Reading Speed, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Briscoe Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/28, Using Groups to Increase Learning, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/29, Using Groups to Increase Learning, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, October 20, 2008
Lecture: Bill Batchelder
Dr. Bill Batchelder, University of California at Irvine, is famous for his work on processing tree models. He will be visiting IU Bloomington on Tuesday, October 28, and will give a talk at 12:30 p.m. in Psychology Room 128 (conference room) on the following topic:
"Detecting and Modeling Heterogeneity in Categorical Data"
Since Estes' seminal article in the mid 1950s, cognitive modelers have been aware of the problems of inappropriate aggregation of data over participants and/or items . All cognitive modelers are aware of a variety of 'nightmares' that may occur with inappropriate aggregation. Despite this sophistication, until recently little progress has been made in ways to detect and model individual differences. This talk deals squarely with both of these issues.
"Detecting and Modeling Heterogeneity in Categorical Data"
Since Estes' seminal article in the mid 1950s, cognitive modelers have been aware of the problems of inappropriate aggregation of data over participants and/or items . All cognitive modelers are aware of a variety of 'nightmares' that may occur with inappropriate aggregation. Despite this sophistication, until recently little progress has been made in ways to detect and model individual differences. This talk deals squarely with both of these issues.
Patten Lecture: Classicist James O'Donnell
The second speaker in this year's Patten Lecture Series is James J. O'Donnell, Professor of Classics and Provost-Georgetown University. He will give two lectures: Tuesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 30. Both lectures will be held 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Ballantine Hall, room 109.
O'Donnell will speak on the following topics:
"Two Hundred Years Is a Long Time (for a historian), or, What Should Historians Write About?"
O'Donnell will question what history should be "about" considering the long-term movement of DNA-carrying peoples and their economic development, as well as the crises of a given president or prime minister in his first of two Patten Lectures. Ancient history and its narratives shaped much of what people think of as history, so this lecture will use Greco-Roman examples to think through these issues and show that the title of the lecture, though seemingly an obvious fact, is actually a daring proposition for a historian. A source for the content in this lecture is his recently published book, The Ruin of the Roman Empire: a New History.
"Ten Years Is a Long Time (on the Internet), or, What Will Cyberspace Make of the Humanities?"
O'Donnell takes a close look at the mass usage of the Internet in its second decade and how it is described in his book Avatars of the Word, which is a study of the place of media in cultural history in his second lecture of the Patten Lecture Series. O'Donnell will discuss what people have and haven't learned, and especially---what sense do people make of the scale and speed of change for the most traditional ways of building and preserving culture.
For more information, visit http://patten.indiana.edu.
O'Donnell will speak on the following topics:
"Two Hundred Years Is a Long Time (for a historian), or, What Should Historians Write About?"
O'Donnell will question what history should be "about" considering the long-term movement of DNA-carrying peoples and their economic development, as well as the crises of a given president or prime minister in his first of two Patten Lectures. Ancient history and its narratives shaped much of what people think of as history, so this lecture will use Greco-Roman examples to think through these issues and show that the title of the lecture, though seemingly an obvious fact, is actually a daring proposition for a historian. A source for the content in this lecture is his recently published book, The Ruin of the Roman Empire: a New History.
"Ten Years Is a Long Time (on the Internet), or, What Will Cyberspace Make of the Humanities?"
O'Donnell takes a close look at the mass usage of the Internet in its second decade and how it is described in his book Avatars of the Word, which is a study of the place of media in cultural history in his second lecture of the Patten Lecture Series. O'Donnell will discuss what people have and haven't learned, and especially---what sense do people make of the scale and speed of change for the most traditional ways of building and preserving culture.
For more information, visit http://patten.indiana.edu.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Last Call: Indiana Undergraduate Journal of Cognitive Science Submissions
The deadline for submissions to the Indiana Undergraduate Journal of Cognitive Science for the Fall/Winter 2008 publication is two weeks away (Friday, October 31).
Are you interested in the inner workings of the mind or intelligent systems? Do you have a paper that deals with anything related to this complex subject? If so, then consider submitting it for PUBLICATION in a peer-reviewed journal!
The IUJCS is a peer-reviewed, online journal of writing in cognitive science. The journal is currently accepting submissions of original work by undergraduate students in cognitive science and related disciplines. Submissions may originate from any field within cognitive science including, but not limited to: artificial intelligence, anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, logic, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. Even if you are unsure whether your work is relevant, I encourage you to submit.
The benefits of publication include:
*Sharing your important research or ideas with a growing academic community
*Recognition for your outstanding research and writing skills
*Building your publication record for graduate school or employment, and much more.
Interested authors are asked to submit their work electronically in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to the following e-mail address: iacs@indiana.edu. The tentative deadline for all submissions for the Fall 2008 edition of the journal is October 31, 2008.
For more information on the IUJCS or to submit your work, visit:
http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/iacs/journal.html or write to iacs@indiana.edu.
Are you interested in the inner workings of the mind or intelligent systems? Do you have a paper that deals with anything related to this complex subject? If so, then consider submitting it for PUBLICATION in a peer-reviewed journal!
The IUJCS is a peer-reviewed, online journal of writing in cognitive science. The journal is currently accepting submissions of original work by undergraduate students in cognitive science and related disciplines. Submissions may originate from any field within cognitive science including, but not limited to: artificial intelligence, anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, logic, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. Even if you are unsure whether your work is relevant, I encourage you to submit.
The benefits of publication include:
*Sharing your important research or ideas with a growing academic community
*Recognition for your outstanding research and writing skills
*Building your publication record for graduate school or employment, and much more.
Interested authors are asked to submit their work electronically in either Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to the following e-mail address: iacs@indiana.edu. The tentative deadline for all submissions for the Fall 2008 edition of the journal is October 31, 2008.
For more information on the IUJCS or to submit your work, visit:
http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/iacs/journal.html or write to iacs@indiana.edu.
Colin Allen Gives "Networks and Complex Systems" Talk
Networks and Complex Systems Talk
October 20, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Wells Library 001
Presenter: Colin Allen, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, IUB
Title: InPhOrmed Philosophy: Combining Text Mining and Expert Judgments
Abstract: This talk describes ways of managing the varying expertise of people who supply input to the Indiana Philosophy Ontology (InPhO). Although we exploit some features of Web 2.0, our word is not flat. There are different communities with different levels of expertise. It is very important for academic project on the Web to protect the expert assets. One has to ensure that expert–generated content is something that cannot be messed up and the resulting product is one in which the experts will take pride and feel invested. Simultaneously it should possible to use these expert assets to ground more speculative or experimental applications of the data. Public participation can also be used in various ways to help leverage the expert assets. The way to manage this is to keep stratified data — track who is who, where they are coming from, and what kind of reliability they have on various topics. Then, one can use software to find structure in the data, and use the structure to collect the feedback. This feedback can be used to generate yet more structure. In this iterative fashion we hope to realize the full potential that Web 2.0 really has for scholarly disciplines such as philosophy.
October 20, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Wells Library 001
Presenter: Colin Allen, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, IUB
Title: InPhOrmed Philosophy: Combining Text Mining and Expert Judgments
Abstract: This talk describes ways of managing the varying expertise of people who supply input to the Indiana Philosophy Ontology (InPhO). Although we exploit some features of Web 2.0, our word is not flat. There are different communities with different levels of expertise. It is very important for academic project on the Web to protect the expert assets. One has to ensure that expert–generated content is something that cannot be messed up and the resulting product is one in which the experts will take pride and feel invested. Simultaneously it should possible to use these expert assets to ground more speculative or experimental applications of the data. Public participation can also be used in various ways to help leverage the expert assets. The way to manage this is to keep stratified data — track who is who, where they are coming from, and what kind of reliability they have on various topics. Then, one can use software to find structure in the data, and use the structure to collect the feedback. This feedback can be used to generate yet more structure. In this iterative fashion we hope to realize the full potential that Web 2.0 really has for scholarly disciplines such as philosophy.
Colloquium: Genevieve Bell, Intel Corporation
You are cordially invited to attend this distinguished colloquium of the School of Informatics:
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Lindley Hall 102
Genevieve Bell, Intel Corporation, presents, "The next Internet revolution is already happening!"
Abstract: In less than forty years, the Internet has moved from the margins of everyday life into a range of mainstreams: internet connectivity can be found on personal computers and laptops, in cell phones and other mobile devices, in satellite navigation systems, connected consumer electronics, gaming consoles and even personal health technologies. Similarly the internet touches and is touched by people all over the globe. It is an evolving sociotechnical system, rather than simply a technology. In this talk, Bell explores the many different pathways and trajectories along which the internet is evolving and transforming with a particular attention to cultural forces and global trends.
Biography: An internationally recognized cultural anthropologist, Genevieve Bell has been central to Intel's move towards more consumer-centeric product and technology development. She is the Director of Intel's first User Experience Group, which blends anthropological methods and human-factors engineering to help drive innovation within Intel's Digital Home Group. Intel's recently announced consumer electronics offerings were driven out of her team. Her work has been widely published and cited and she is active in the fields of anthropology, computer-human interaction and ubiquitous computing. She is credited with making non-US cultural practices a necessary part of discussions around technological futures and is a much sought after commentator and speaker in forums, conferences and the press worldwide. Raised in Australia, Bell received her BA and Master's at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford.
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Lindley Hall 102
Genevieve Bell, Intel Corporation, presents, "The next Internet revolution is already happening!"
Abstract: In less than forty years, the Internet has moved from the margins of everyday life into a range of mainstreams: internet connectivity can be found on personal computers and laptops, in cell phones and other mobile devices, in satellite navigation systems, connected consumer electronics, gaming consoles and even personal health technologies. Similarly the internet touches and is touched by people all over the globe. It is an evolving sociotechnical system, rather than simply a technology. In this talk, Bell explores the many different pathways and trajectories along which the internet is evolving and transforming with a particular attention to cultural forces and global trends.
Biography: An internationally recognized cultural anthropologist, Genevieve Bell has been central to Intel's move towards more consumer-centeric product and technology development. She is the Director of Intel's first User Experience Group, which blends anthropological methods and human-factors engineering to help drive innovation within Intel's Digital Home Group. Intel's recently announced consumer electronics offerings were driven out of her team. Her work has been widely published and cited and she is active in the fields of anthropology, computer-human interaction and ubiquitous computing. She is credited with making non-US cultural practices a necessary part of discussions around technological futures and is a much sought after commentator and speaker in forums, conferences and the press worldwide. Raised in Australia, Bell received her BA and Master's at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in anthropology at Stanford.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Early Voting Today, October 16
Location: HPER building
(Early Vote is set up near the doors facing the Art Museum)
Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Students must have their student ID card or their Indiana driver’s license.
Anybody who is registered to vote in Monroe County can take advantage of early voting at HPER. Early voting is strongly encouraged because it shortens the lines for other voters on Election Day.
Announced by Natalie Sublett
Student volunteer at IU with GOTV (Get Out the Vote)
(Early Vote is set up near the doors facing the Art Museum)
Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Students must have their student ID card or their Indiana driver’s license.
Anybody who is registered to vote in Monroe County can take advantage of early voting at HPER. Early voting is strongly encouraged because it shortens the lines for other voters on Election Day.
Announced by Natalie Sublett
Student volunteer at IU with GOTV (Get Out the Vote)
Colloquium: "Customizing Instruction Processors"
You are cordially invited to attend a colloquium of the School of Informatics featuring Wayne Luk, Imperial College London, on "Customizing Instruction Processors."
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Lindley Hall 102
Abstract: This talk describes recent research on techniques and tools for customizing instruction processors, principally targeting implementation in field-programmable gate array technology. Two research themes will be presented. The first theme involves a multi-processor architecture, customized for parallel execution of inductive logic programming. The second theme concerns techniques for producing multi-threaded processors with custom instructions. Several examples in multimedia and bioinformatics will be used to illustrate these research themes.
Biography: Wayne Luk is Professor of Computer Engineering in Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he founded and leads the Computer Systems Section. He is also Visiting Professor at Stanford University. His research interests include computer architecture, reconfigurable computing, and design automation.
Lucy Battersby
Computer Science Department
Indiana University
Lindley Hall 215
150 South Woodlawn Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-7104
812-855-6486
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Lindley Hall 102
Abstract: This talk describes recent research on techniques and tools for customizing instruction processors, principally targeting implementation in field-programmable gate array technology. Two research themes will be presented. The first theme involves a multi-processor architecture, customized for parallel execution of inductive logic programming. The second theme concerns techniques for producing multi-threaded processors with custom instructions. Several examples in multimedia and bioinformatics will be used to illustrate these research themes.
Biography: Wayne Luk is Professor of Computer Engineering in Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he founded and leads the Computer Systems Section. He is also Visiting Professor at Stanford University. His research interests include computer architecture, reconfigurable computing, and design automation.
Lucy Battersby
Computer Science Department
Indiana University
Lindley Hall 215
150 South Woodlawn Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-7104
812-855-6486
Lecture: "Reproductive Social Behavior: Old and New Theories"
Announcing a talk by Dr. Joan Roughgarden entitled, "Reproductive Social Behavior: Old and New Theories."
Friday, October 17, at 4:00 p.m.
Wittenberger Auditorium in the IMU
Dr. Roughgarden is a Professor of Biological Sciences and of Geophysics at Stanford University and is a well-known scientist in the area of behavioral and theoretical ecology. She is the author of five books on topics ranging from population genetics to evolutionary ecology and the environment as well as over 120 scholarly articles in diverse areas of evolution and behavioral ecology, and more recently, sex and gender. In addition, Dr. Roughgarden co-wrote a well-received ecology textbook, The Science of Ecology, with Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich. In honor of her many scientific accomplishments, Dr. Roughgarden was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. More recently (2004), Dr. Roughgarden published a book entitled “Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People", her first popular press book, which challenges specific tenets of sexual selection.
Dr. Roughgarden has generally been an outspoken critic of Darwinian sexual selection theory, suggesting in a 2006 review paper in the journal Science (Reproductive Social behavior: Cooperative Games to Replace Sexual Selection" 311:965-969) that sexual selection should be replaced with a cooperative game theory approach to "social selection". Both the book and the review in Science have received considerable attention since their respective publications and both have generated critical analysis and debate within the scientific community as well as the popular press. Some of these ideas form the basis of Dr. Roughgarden’s talk at IU.
Friday, October 17, at 4:00 p.m.
Wittenberger Auditorium in the IMU
Dr. Roughgarden is a Professor of Biological Sciences and of Geophysics at Stanford University and is a well-known scientist in the area of behavioral and theoretical ecology. She is the author of five books on topics ranging from population genetics to evolutionary ecology and the environment as well as over 120 scholarly articles in diverse areas of evolution and behavioral ecology, and more recently, sex and gender. In addition, Dr. Roughgarden co-wrote a well-received ecology textbook, The Science of Ecology, with Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich. In honor of her many scientific accomplishments, Dr. Roughgarden was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993. More recently (2004), Dr. Roughgarden published a book entitled “Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People", her first popular press book, which challenges specific tenets of sexual selection.
Dr. Roughgarden has generally been an outspoken critic of Darwinian sexual selection theory, suggesting in a 2006 review paper in the journal Science (Reproductive Social behavior: Cooperative Games to Replace Sexual Selection" 311:965-969) that sexual selection should be replaced with a cooperative game theory approach to "social selection". Both the book and the review in Science have received considerable attention since their respective publications and both have generated critical analysis and debate within the scientific community as well as the popular press. Some of these ideas form the basis of Dr. Roughgarden’s talk at IU.
Two Research Positions
Here are two positions being offered from an IU Cognitive Science alumnus, appropriate for either a graduate student or an advanced undergraduate.
Research Assistant – Business & Social Systems
Research Programmer – Information Diffusion
Diffusion of innovation on social networks has received increasing amounts of attention in the realm of theoretical and lab studies in recent years. For an outgoing, energetic major in Business, Informatics, or Cognitive Science that would like to meet a great number of local business owners and become published in an academic journal, we have a unique opportunity! It will utilize software from an emerging, cutting-edge social network that has been under development by a startup for approximately a year... and is now coming to market. This project will collaborate with an adviser from IU Cognitive Science.
The startup company is currently running in “stealth mode” and has a mix of experienced entrepreneurs and technology creators with a vision. This position will offer opportunities to present, interact with, and analyze the process of introducing ideas, products, and people the Bloomington area. It will develop your business relationship “people skills”.
Join us on the forefront of business on The New Web. Work will be performed primarily throughout the community, at home with telecons, and on campus with weekly in-person meetings. Schedules are flexible, but reliability, quality, and intellectual integrity are a must for any member of this team. A commitment of approximately 20 hours per week is expected.
Location: Bloomington, IN. Compensation: Independent Study Credit. Telecommuting is ok. This is a part-time job. This is an internship job. Graduate students and upperclassmen preferred. Reply to: bashpole@gmail.com
Research Assistant – Business & Social Systems
Research Programmer – Information Diffusion
Diffusion of innovation on social networks has received increasing amounts of attention in the realm of theoretical and lab studies in recent years. For an outgoing, energetic major in Business, Informatics, or Cognitive Science that would like to meet a great number of local business owners and become published in an academic journal, we have a unique opportunity! It will utilize software from an emerging, cutting-edge social network that has been under development by a startup for approximately a year... and is now coming to market. This project will collaborate with an adviser from IU Cognitive Science.
The startup company is currently running in “stealth mode” and has a mix of experienced entrepreneurs and technology creators with a vision. This position will offer opportunities to present, interact with, and analyze the process of introducing ideas, products, and people the Bloomington area. It will develop your business relationship “people skills”.
Join us on the forefront of business on The New Web. Work will be performed primarily throughout the community, at home with telecons, and on campus with weekly in-person meetings. Schedules are flexible, but reliability, quality, and intellectual integrity are a must for any member of this team. A commitment of approximately 20 hours per week is expected.
Location: Bloomington, IN. Compensation: Independent Study Credit. Telecommuting is ok. This is a part-time job. This is an internship job. Graduate students and upperclassmen preferred. Reply to: bashpole@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Electric Kulintang Concert
As part of the IU Asian Culture Center 10th Anniversary Year Long
celebration events and in honor of the Hispanic Heritage Month, we
bring you:
Electric Kulintang Concert (free)
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: IMU Gallery (IMUG)
Description: ELECTRIC KULINTANG featuring Roberto Rodriguez on laptop electronics, cajon la peru, drums, and Susie Ibarra on acoustic and electric kulintang, voice, drums.
For more information about their music, visit www.electrickulintang.com.
Sponsored by the Asian Culture Center, Asian Student Union, LaCasa
Latino Cultural Center, Latino Studies, Percussion Department of IU
School of Music, and Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
IU Asian Culture Center
807 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
http://www.indiana.edu/~acc
Celebrating 10 years of advocacy, student engagement, and community
outreach.
celebration events and in honor of the Hispanic Heritage Month, we
bring you:
Electric Kulintang Concert (free)
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: IMU Gallery (IMUG)
Description: ELECTRIC KULINTANG featuring Roberto Rodriguez on laptop electronics, cajon la peru, drums, and Susie Ibarra on acoustic and electric kulintang, voice, drums.
For more information about their music, visit www.electrickulintang.com.
Sponsored by the Asian Culture Center, Asian Student Union, LaCasa
Latino Cultural Center, Latino Studies, Percussion Department of IU
School of Music, and Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
IU Asian Culture Center
807 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
http://www.indiana.edu/~acc
Celebrating 10 years of advocacy, student engagement, and community
outreach.
Film: My Vietnam Your Iraq
Ron Osgood's documentary "My Vietnam Your Iraq" tells stories from Vietnam veterans whose own children have served in Iraq. The nine family stories showcase ethnic, gender and rank diversity amongst the veterans.
A screening of "My Vietnam Your Iraq" will be offered:
Friday, October 10, 3:00 p.m.
Radio-TV Center Room 245
IU Bloomington Campus
A screening of "My Vietnam Your Iraq" will be offered:
Friday, October 10, 3:00 p.m.
Radio-TV Center Room 245
IU Bloomington Campus
Lecture: Johannes Hell
Dr. Johannes Hell, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, will be speaking at the Biochemistry Seminar Series on Friday, October 10, 2008. The title of his presentation is "The role of NR2B phosphorylation by calcium/calmodulin kinase II in learning and memory."
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in Chemistry 033
His visit is co-hosted by the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science and Ken Mackie.
Brief summary of research interests:
Signals are transmitted between neurons at synapses. Glutamate, the prevailing neurotransmitter in the brain, is released from the presynaptic site upon depolarization and opens glutamate receptors at the postsynaptic site. These receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that initiate the excitation of the postsynaptic neuron. High frequency stimulation of a synapse causes a long-lasting increase in its activity known as long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP constitutes the physiological basis of learning and memory. Activation of Ca2+ permeable NMDA-type glutamate receptors and the subsequent rise of postsynaptic Ca2+ triggers LTP via cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII), and the tyrosine kinase Src. We are studying the spatio-temporal regulation of these kinases at postsynaptic sites and how they control glutamate receptors.
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in Chemistry 033
His visit is co-hosted by the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science and Ken Mackie.
Brief summary of research interests:
Signals are transmitted between neurons at synapses. Glutamate, the prevailing neurotransmitter in the brain, is released from the presynaptic site upon depolarization and opens glutamate receptors at the postsynaptic site. These receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that initiate the excitation of the postsynaptic neuron. High frequency stimulation of a synapse causes a long-lasting increase in its activity known as long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP constitutes the physiological basis of learning and memory. Activation of Ca2+ permeable NMDA-type glutamate receptors and the subsequent rise of postsynaptic Ca2+ triggers LTP via cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII), and the tyrosine kinase Src. We are studying the spatio-temporal regulation of these kinases at postsynaptic sites and how they control glutamate receptors.
Applying and Paying for Graduate School
Getting into Grad School: Applying for Graduate School
Wednesday October 15 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Do you want to know what it takes to successfully apply for graduate or professional school? Join us for the second of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
*The graduate school application process
*Personal statements, resumes, and letters of recommendation
*Preparing for entrance/admission exams (GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.)
*Preparing for grad school interviews
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this and/or the other two Getting Into Grad School sessions on October 8 and 22).
Getting into Grad School: Paying for Graduate School
Wednesday October 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Do you want to learn more about financing graduate or professional school, and how to stay sane once you're in? Join us for the last of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
•The cost of attending graduate school
•Financial options (loans, grants, assistantships, etc.)
•Good financial habits-making your money last in graduate school
•School/work/life balance
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this session.
Wednesday October 15 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Do you want to know what it takes to successfully apply for graduate or professional school? Join us for the second of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
*The graduate school application process
*Personal statements, resumes, and letters of recommendation
*Preparing for entrance/admission exams (GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.)
*Preparing for grad school interviews
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this and/or the other two Getting Into Grad School sessions on October 8 and 22).
Getting into Grad School: Paying for Graduate School
Wednesday October 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Do you want to learn more about financing graduate or professional school, and how to stay sane once you're in? Join us for the last of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
•The cost of attending graduate school
•Financial options (loans, grants, assistantships, etc.)
•Good financial habits-making your money last in graduate school
•School/work/life balance
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this session.
Middle East/Central Asia Career Night
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Career Development Center
Come hear from alums and others who specialized in Middle East and Central Asian studies and now work in careers where knowledge of Middle East and Central Asian languages and culture are required! Learn how to maximize your time here at IU, learn strategies for Americans seeking international work, meet other students with similar goals and interests, and speak individually with our panelists.
Beth Kreitl, MS, NCC
Associate Director, Student Services
Career Development CenterArts & Sciences Career Services
Indiana University Bloomington
812.855.9888 (p)812.855.2121 (f)
kbethany@indiana.edu www.iucareers.com
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Career Development Center
Come hear from alums and others who specialized in Middle East and Central Asian studies and now work in careers where knowledge of Middle East and Central Asian languages and culture are required! Learn how to maximize your time here at IU, learn strategies for Americans seeking international work, meet other students with similar goals and interests, and speak individually with our panelists.
Beth Kreitl, MS, NCC
Associate Director, Student Services
Career Development CenterArts & Sciences Career Services
Indiana University Bloomington
812.855.9888 (p)812.855.2121 (f)
kbethany@indiana.edu www.iucareers.com
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Student Academic Center Workshops
The Student Academic Center will offer the following free workshops in the next two weeks. Workshops are open to all students, and you do not need to sign up in advance to attend. However you are advised to arrive early to get seating. Questions may be directed to Sharon Chertkoff, Outreach Coordinator, Student Academic Center, 855-7313.
Monday, 10/13, Overcoming Procrastination Now, 7:00-8:00 pm, Briscoe Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/14, Improving Objective Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Teter TEF258
Wednesday, 10/15, Improving Objective Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, 10/20, Emergency Test Preparation: A Systematic Approach to Cramming, 7:00-8:00 pm, Forest Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/21, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/22, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, 10/13, Overcoming Procrastination Now, 7:00-8:00 pm, Briscoe Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/14, Improving Objective Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Teter TEF258
Wednesday, 10/15, Improving Objective Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, 10/20, Emergency Test Preparation: A Systematic Approach to Cramming, 7:00-8:00 pm, Forest Academic Support Center
Tuesday, 10/21, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Teter TEF 258
Wednesday, 10/22, Improving Essay Test Performance, 7:00-8:00 pm, Woodburn Hall 101
Monday, October 06, 2008
Seminar with Karin Pfennig
IU Behavior Colloquia Fall 2008 presents Karin Pfennig, University of North Carolina
Co-Sponsored by CISAB & Department of Biology
Thursday, October 9 at 12:00 Noon
CISAB, 402 N. Park Ave. (corner of 8th St. & Park Ave.)
Title: The evolutionary and ecological implications of fitness trade-offs in mate recognition
ABSTRACT: Mate choice is a powerful selective force that can explain how male traits evolve, and may contribute to evolutionary diversification. When choosing a mate, females face both fitness costs and fitness benefits. How females balance these costs and benefits have important implications for understanding how and why females choose the mates that they do. Perhaps more critically, however, the way in which females trade-off the costs and benefits of mate choice may have important implications for: the evolution of traits beyond those directly involved in mating behavior, population differentiation in these traits, and speciation. I will address these issues using spadefoot toads as a model system. I will show how interactions between two spadefoot species generate trade-offs in mate choice that affect how females choose mates, the fitness consequences of those decisions, population differentiation, and potentially speciation.
For more information, visit www.indiana.edu/~animal or telephone (812) 855-9663.
Co-Sponsored by CISAB & Department of Biology
Thursday, October 9 at 12:00 Noon
CISAB, 402 N. Park Ave. (corner of 8th St. & Park Ave.)
Title: The evolutionary and ecological implications of fitness trade-offs in mate recognition
ABSTRACT: Mate choice is a powerful selective force that can explain how male traits evolve, and may contribute to evolutionary diversification. When choosing a mate, females face both fitness costs and fitness benefits. How females balance these costs and benefits have important implications for understanding how and why females choose the mates that they do. Perhaps more critically, however, the way in which females trade-off the costs and benefits of mate choice may have important implications for: the evolution of traits beyond those directly involved in mating behavior, population differentiation in these traits, and speciation. I will address these issues using spadefoot toads as a model system. I will show how interactions between two spadefoot species generate trade-offs in mate choice that affect how females choose mates, the fitness consequences of those decisions, population differentiation, and potentially speciation.
For more information, visit www.indiana.edu/~animal or telephone (812) 855-9663.
Disability Employment Awareness Month
SPEA Undergraduate Programs and Stonebelt celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month. Please join us for a reception featuring food, fun and, best of all, craft work from Stonebelt’s talented artists.
Reception Date: Tuesday, October 14, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: SPEA Undergraduate Programs Office, PV 240
Food: Something for all tastes
Activities: Door prize, raffle, and beautiful Stonebelt art work (available for purchase)
Stonebelt is a wonderful Bloomington nonprofit organization that provides employment and other resources for developmentally disabled adults. Information about Stonebelt’s mission and programs can be obtained at http://www.stonebelt.org. For pictures of some Stonebelt arts and crafts items, visit http://www.stonebeltartandcraft.com/.
Reception Date: Tuesday, October 14, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: SPEA Undergraduate Programs Office, PV 240
Food: Something for all tastes
Activities: Door prize, raffle, and beautiful Stonebelt art work (available for purchase)
Stonebelt is a wonderful Bloomington nonprofit organization that provides employment and other resources for developmentally disabled adults. Information about Stonebelt’s mission and programs can be obtained at http://www.stonebelt.org. For pictures of some Stonebelt arts and crafts items, visit http://www.stonebeltartandcraft.com/.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
School of Informatics Colloquium
Wendy Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology, presents "Aware Home Technology to Support Aging-in-Place"
2:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008
Informatics East (I2), Room 130
Abbreviated abstract: Imagine if your home were "aware" of your activities so that it might help you remember what it was you went into the kitchen for or whether the visitor at the front door is someone you know or even what the proper procedure is for performing a recently learned home medical procedure. An aware home is not from the world of science fiction - it is within the realm of science. Such technological developments have the potential to enable older adults to maintain their functional independence and to "age-in-place." They also have the potential to support families caring for children with developmental disabilities or individuals recovering from illness or injury. An innovative research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is focused on developing psychological and computer science to support home activities. Dr. Rogers will provide a general overview of the Aware Home concept and capabilities. She will then discuss in depth her research on aging-in-place.
2:00 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008
Informatics East (I2), Room 130
Abbreviated abstract: Imagine if your home were "aware" of your activities so that it might help you remember what it was you went into the kitchen for or whether the visitor at the front door is someone you know or even what the proper procedure is for performing a recently learned home medical procedure. An aware home is not from the world of science fiction - it is within the realm of science. Such technological developments have the potential to enable older adults to maintain their functional independence and to "age-in-place." They also have the potential to support families caring for children with developmental disabilities or individuals recovering from illness or injury. An innovative research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is focused on developing psychological and computer science to support home activities. Dr. Rogers will provide a general overview of the Aware Home concept and capabilities. She will then discuss in depth her research on aging-in-place.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Tell a Friend! Minor in Cognitive Science!
Are your friends intrigued by your Cognitive Science degree program but already busy with another major? Have you tried to convince them to double major in Cognitive Science (BA) or earn a dual degree (BS)? Here's another option to consider...
They might want to minor in Cognitive Science!
The Cognitive Science (COGS) Minor was revised this year, reducing the total number of hours required and broadening the course selection. The requirements (listed here) are found on page 98 of the College of Arts and Sciences 2008-2010 Bulletin (http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/college/2008-2010/index.shtml).
Minor in Cognitive Science
Requirements
At least 15 credit hours in cognitive science, including:
1. At least two of the following courses: Q240, Q250, and Q270.
2. One additional course (or course sequence) in math/logic or computation for cognitive science:
a. Q250 (unless used to satisfy requirement 1) or
b. Q260 and Q320 (Q260 may be exempted for students with strong computational backgrounds) or
c. Q351
3. Additional course work from the list of courses approved for the COGS major, to satisfy the requirement of 15 credit hours.
4. At least 6 credit hours in the minor must be at the 300–400 level.
For more information, contact the Cognitive Science Program Undergraduate Academic Advisor at cogsadv@indiana.edu or (812) 855-4658.
They might want to minor in Cognitive Science!
The Cognitive Science (COGS) Minor was revised this year, reducing the total number of hours required and broadening the course selection. The requirements (listed here) are found on page 98 of the College of Arts and Sciences 2008-2010 Bulletin (http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/college/2008-2010/index.shtml).
Minor in Cognitive Science
Requirements
At least 15 credit hours in cognitive science, including:
1. At least two of the following courses: Q240, Q250, and Q270.
2. One additional course (or course sequence) in math/logic or computation for cognitive science:
a. Q250 (unless used to satisfy requirement 1) or
b. Q260 and Q320 (Q260 may be exempted for students with strong computational backgrounds) or
c. Q351
3. Additional course work from the list of courses approved for the COGS major, to satisfy the requirement of 15 credit hours.
4. At least 6 credit hours in the minor must be at the 300–400 level.
For more information, contact the Cognitive Science Program Undergraduate Academic Advisor at cogsadv@indiana.edu or (812) 855-4658.
Government & Non-Profit Career Events
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
DeVault Alumni Center
Government, Social Service, and Non-Profit Networking Night
Learn the art of networking through interaction with professionals in the government and non-profit sectors. Reservations are required and attendance is limited. Register via your myIUcareers account at iucareers.com.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
IMU – Alumni Hall
Government & Non-Profit Career Fair
More info can be found on IUCareers.com, through your myIUcareers account
Attend the Fair and interact with a variety of public sector and non-profit employers. Gather general career information, and learn about specific internship and full-time job opportunities. Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to connect with employer on your own campus.
Beth Kreitl, M.S., NCC
Associate Director, Student Services
Indiana University
Career Development Center
Arts & Sciences Career Services
kbethany@indiana.edu
812-855-9888
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
DeVault Alumni Center
Government, Social Service, and Non-Profit Networking Night
Learn the art of networking through interaction with professionals in the government and non-profit sectors. Reservations are required and attendance is limited. Register via your myIUcareers account at iucareers.com.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
IMU – Alumni Hall
Government & Non-Profit Career Fair
More info can be found on IUCareers.com, through your myIUcareers account
Attend the Fair and interact with a variety of public sector and non-profit employers. Gather general career information, and learn about specific internship and full-time job opportunities. Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to connect with employer on your own campus.
Beth Kreitl, M.S., NCC
Associate Director, Student Services
Indiana University
Career Development Center
Arts & Sciences Career Services
kbethany@indiana.edu
812-855-9888
Course: Challenges of World-Class Schooling in Japan and China
Prof. Heidi Ross of the School of Education and Prof. Dick Rubinger of East Asian Languages and Cultures are accepting applications for EALC-E 497/EDUC-F 401: “Challenges of World-Class Schooling in Japan and China” for Spring 2009. This course will include a 2-week study tour to Japan and China in May 2009. Registration is limited to sixteen students is by approval of instructor only. The application is due Oct. 15, 2008. The cost to students will be $1,000. A deposit of $600 will be due by November 10, 2008, with the remainder due in January. Please see the course description below for more information.
Challenges of World-Class Schooling in Japan and China
Prof. Heidi Ross (Education Policy) & Prof. Richard Rubinger (EALC)
EALC E497/ EDUC F401
W 1:00-3:45 pm
COURSE AND STUDY TOUR DESCRIPTION
This course and study tour are designed to introduce educational challenges and reform in contemporary China and Japan, from a comparative perspective. One of the important themes throughout the semester will be considering similarities and differences between the two educational systems. A brief examination of pre-modern cultural and educational legacies in China and Japan will set the stage for our exploration of the extraordinary experiences of China and Japan in creating 21st-century schools to meet global challenges and the needs of their changing societies. As we study important cultural and educational issues, we will continue to draw explicit comparisons between the educational practices, achievements, and problems of these two great East Asian societies. Throughout the course students will be working on their research projects (15–20 page paper), which they will present in China. The highlight of this class will be a 12- to 14-day study tour to Japan and China. This study tour is a course requirement and tentatively will take place from May 11 to May 25, 2009. Due to the generosity of a Freeman Foundation grant, we are able to keep the cost of the study tour (including flights and hotels!) for each student to $1,000. On the study tour, we will be visiting schools and cultural sites in Kyoto, Shanghai, and Beijing.
COURSE GOALS—to help students:
1. Appreciate the cultures upon which contemporary educational practice in East Asia is based;
2. Understand the ways in which China and Japan differ with respect to educational ideology and practice;
3. Develop a beginning appreciation of how educational systems implement education reforms and how culture influences reform outcomes;
4. Learn about contemporary lives and concerns of the people of China and Japan;
5. Interact in a meaningful and culturally appropriate way with students and teachers in Chinese and Japanese schools; and
6. Gain experience in direct observation of another culture and learn to put some of this experience into an analytic framework that is communicated to others both orally and in writing.
For more information, contact Prof. Ross, Education Bldg. #4238 or Prof. Rubinger, Goodbody Hall #345
Challenges of World-Class Schooling in Japan and China
Prof. Heidi Ross (Education Policy) & Prof. Richard Rubinger (EALC)
EALC E497/ EDUC F401
W 1:00-3:45 pm
COURSE AND STUDY TOUR DESCRIPTION
This course and study tour are designed to introduce educational challenges and reform in contemporary China and Japan, from a comparative perspective. One of the important themes throughout the semester will be considering similarities and differences between the two educational systems. A brief examination of pre-modern cultural and educational legacies in China and Japan will set the stage for our exploration of the extraordinary experiences of China and Japan in creating 21st-century schools to meet global challenges and the needs of their changing societies. As we study important cultural and educational issues, we will continue to draw explicit comparisons between the educational practices, achievements, and problems of these two great East Asian societies. Throughout the course students will be working on their research projects (15–20 page paper), which they will present in China. The highlight of this class will be a 12- to 14-day study tour to Japan and China. This study tour is a course requirement and tentatively will take place from May 11 to May 25, 2009. Due to the generosity of a Freeman Foundation grant, we are able to keep the cost of the study tour (including flights and hotels!) for each student to $1,000. On the study tour, we will be visiting schools and cultural sites in Kyoto, Shanghai, and Beijing.
COURSE GOALS—to help students:
1. Appreciate the cultures upon which contemporary educational practice in East Asia is based;
2. Understand the ways in which China and Japan differ with respect to educational ideology and practice;
3. Develop a beginning appreciation of how educational systems implement education reforms and how culture influences reform outcomes;
4. Learn about contemporary lives and concerns of the people of China and Japan;
5. Interact in a meaningful and culturally appropriate way with students and teachers in Chinese and Japanese schools; and
6. Gain experience in direct observation of another culture and learn to put some of this experience into an analytic framework that is communicated to others both orally and in writing.
For more information, contact Prof. Ross, Education Bldg. #4238 or Prof. Rubinger, Goodbody Hall #345
Latin America and Caribbean Career Night
Monday, October 6, 2008
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Career Development Center
Come hear from alums and others who specialized in Latin America & Caribbean studies and now work in careers where knowledge of Latin American languages and culture are required! Learn how to maximize your time here at IU, learn strategies for Americans seeking international work, meet other students with similar goals and interests, and speak individually with our panelists.
Matt Van Hoose (Cultural Programming Officer for the US Embassy in Uruguay)
Bradley Levinson (Activist for Latino immigrant rights)
Rebecca Clouser (Examined the impact of fear and mistrust in Guatemalan civil society on the efficacy of development projects)
Nina Hensarling (Has studies abroad in Valparaiso, Chile and her research is focused on the coffee sector specifically related to Latin America)
The Latin America and Caribbean Career Night is at the Career Development Center, located on 625 North Jordan Ave. Make sure you RSVP the IUCareers.com and register through your myIUcareers account.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Career Development Center
Come hear from alums and others who specialized in Latin America & Caribbean studies and now work in careers where knowledge of Latin American languages and culture are required! Learn how to maximize your time here at IU, learn strategies for Americans seeking international work, meet other students with similar goals and interests, and speak individually with our panelists.
Matt Van Hoose (Cultural Programming Officer for the US Embassy in Uruguay)
Bradley Levinson (Activist for Latino immigrant rights)
Rebecca Clouser (Examined the impact of fear and mistrust in Guatemalan civil society on the efficacy of development projects)
Nina Hensarling (Has studies abroad in Valparaiso, Chile and her research is focused on the coffee sector specifically related to Latin America)
The Latin America and Caribbean Career Night is at the Career Development Center, located on 625 North Jordan Ave. Make sure you RSVP the IUCareers.com and register through your myIUcareers account.
Getting Into Graduate School: Graduate School 101
Wednesday October 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Are you thinking about going to graduate or professional school, or searching for the right program? Join us for the first of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
*Is graduate or professional school right for me?
*Should I get work experience in the "real world" first, or go directly to graduate school?
*How do I find and research graduate schools and programs?
*What is life like for a grad student?
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this and/or the other two Getting Into Grad School sessions on October 15 and 22).
Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan Ave.
Are you thinking about going to graduate or professional school, or searching for the right program? Join us for the first of this three-session series, in which guest speakers will discuss the following topics, with plenty of time for Q&A:
*Is graduate or professional school right for me?
*Should I get work experience in the "real world" first, or go directly to graduate school?
*How do I find and research graduate schools and programs?
*What is life like for a grad student?
RSVP to myIUcareers! (To active your Student Profile, go to www.IUcareers.com and click the “student login” link to myIUcareers at the upper right. After completing your profile, RSVP for this and/or the other two Getting Into Grad School sessions on October 15 and 22).
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