Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Conference Opportunity for COGS Undergraduates

The Indiana University Student Organization for Cognitive Science and the Indiana University Cognitive Science Program are pleased to announce the Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference on the weekend of April 11-12, 2009 in Bloomington, Indiana.

This conference is organized to provide the next generation of cognitive scientists an opportunity to present their research to their peers from across the Midwest.

Adina Roskies , Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College, will be delivering the keynote address on topics in neuroethics on Saturday, April 11.

Potential speakers should send a 250-500 word abstract to cogsconf@indiana.edu by March 1, 2010. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to present a talk, poster or either. Talks will be up to 15-minutes in length, followed by a short question and answer session. Posters will be showcased during an one-hour session and presenters must be present to answer questions.

Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee and notifications will be sent via e-mail by March 11, 2010.

The conference will have no registration fee. However, transportation and lodging arrangements will be the responsibility of the participants.

Further details will be announced as the conference date grows closer. To be placed on our mailing list, send a message to listserv@indiana.edu with the body "subscribe cogsconf-l". If there are any questions please contact cogsconf@indiana.edu. Please forward and distribute this announcement.
Thank you,
Jaimie Murdock
MUCSC Chair
cogsconf@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~iusocs/mucsc/

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