[Editor], '[Part2] Newsletter Section', Psycoloquy 9410 URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/psycoloquy/psycol-9410-[editor]-part2 PSYCOLOQUY ISSN 1055-0143 Sat, 08 October 94 Newsletter Section (1) Announcement: IREX Grants for US Scholars and Institutions (2) Conference: SOFtware SEMinar (SOFSEM), Nov/Dec '94, Prague, CZ (3) Conference: Political Behavior, Anay '95, U of Santa Catarina, BZ (4) Conference: AI & Cognitive Science, April '95, Sheffield, UK (5) New List: New Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Net (6) Query: Psychology of Gender Courses Available at Universities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: irex Subject: (1) Announcement: IREX Grants for US Scholars and Institutions IREX ANNOUNCES 1995-1996 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS American scholars in the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply for the programs described below; eligibility requirements vary by program. Please contact IREX for further information on these and other programs. International Research & Exchanges Board 1616 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 628-8188 Fax: (202) 628-8189 E-mail: irex%irexmain@irex.org gopher: info.irex.org, port 70 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Application deadline: November 1, 1994 Research placement and access for predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars at institutions in the host country for a period of 2-12 months. Regions: Baltic States, Central & Eastern Europe, Mongolia, Newly Independent States. Research Residencies Application deadline: November 1, 1994 Research Residents spend 9-12 months in the host region/country pursuing individual research and improving language skills. IREX requires Research Residents to submit quarterly reports on developments in the local academic and policy communities. Regions: Albania, Baltic States, Croatia, Macedonia, Newly Independent States, Slovenia, Slovakia. Bulgarian Studies Seminar Application deadline: November 1, 1994 One-month fellowships for American scholars wishing to improve their knowledge of the Bulgarian language and culture. The seminar, held in Sofia during the month of July, consists of lectures on Bulgarian language, history, culture, and literature. Topics vary each year to complement the needs and interests of each group of scholars. Region: Bulgaria. Special Projects in Library and Information Science Application deadline: January 15, 1995 Opportunities for support of librarians, archivists, and information specialists pursuing projects relating to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Regions: Baltic States, Central & Eastern Europe, Newly Independent States. Special Projects Application deadline: March 1, 1995 Financial support for collaborative projects in the study of Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Proposals from all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are welcome. All projects must involve American and non-American participants from one or more of the eligible countries. Regions: Baltic States, Central & Eastern Europe, Newly Independent States. Short-Term Travel Grants Application deadlines: October 1, 1994; February 1, 1995; & June 1, 1995 IREX offers travel grants for scholarly projects focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Mongolia. Support is available for brief visits (1-2 weeks) for individuals who do not require administrative assistance from IREX. Regions: Baltic States, Central & Eastern Europe, Mongolia, Newly Independent States. US Host Universities for Graduate Students from Eurasia and the Baltics [Edmund S. Muskie and Freedom Support Act Fellows] Application Deadline: January 27, 1995 These Fellowships are funded through the US Information Agency and administered by IREX and three other organizations to bring graduate students from the countries of Eurasia and the Baltics for one- and two-year, degree and non-degree programs in professional fields. IREX accepts proposals from US universities with masters-level programs in economics, journalism/mass communications, and library and information science to serve as host universities for approximately 90 fellows. US Host Institutions for Teaching Assistants from Russia (Russian Teaching Assistants Program-RTAP) Application deadline: October 7, 1994 RTAP, a new program funded by the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Branch of the US Information Agency, matches Russian Teaching Assistants with US two- and four- year academic institutions. US host institutions may apply to receive teaching assistants for either a six- or eight- month program. Russian participants are recent graduates of pedagogical institutes and primarily specialists in the field of English. The TAs may also serve as resource persons in departments of Russian language and culture, either as occasional lecturers in courses related to Russian language, society, and culture. In addition to serving as a TA, the Russian participants will enroll in two to three courses per semester to broaden their understanding of their fields of specialization and/or American culture and society. ------------------------------ From: Jana Kohoutkova Subject: (2) Conference: SOFtware SEMinar (SOFSEM), Nov/Dec '94, Prague, CZ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SOFSEM'94 XXI-st International Winter School on theoretical and practical aspects of computer science Milovy, Czech Republic, 27.11. - 9.12. 1994 Organized by Czech and Slovak Societies for Computer Science and Czech ACM Chapter SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is a two-week international informatics winter school organized annually in Czech/Slovak republics. Its aim is to present the state-of-the-art activities across a wide spectrum of Computer Science. The programme has two kinds of presentations: Invited Talks (tutorials by prominent researchers in the field) Contributed Talks (presentations of original research contributions by SOFSEM participants) SOFSEM'94 is the 21st in the series of SOFSEM seminars held annually and follows many successful meetings; it is intended to foster cooperation among people working in various areas of computer science. Its scientific program offers a unique opportunity to gain a relatively quick and representative overview about the selected parts of computer science, presented by top researchers. Its social program provides an optimal framework for discussions, meetings, contact establishing, and recreation. Especially suited for PhD students and young computer scientists. Venue: The winter school will be held at Conference Center Milovy located at Bohemian-Moravian Uplands by the town of 'Zdar nad Sazavou'. The location is easily accessible from airports at Prague or Vienna (2-3 hours by car, bus or train). Swimming pool, sauna, fitness-center, day-club and other services are available. Countryside provides a good opportunity for cross-country skiing most of the winter season. Advisory Board: Dines Bjorner (UN University, IIST, Macau) Peter van Emde Boas (Uni Amsterdam, Netherlands) Manfred Broy (TU Munich, Germany) Michal Chytil (Arthur D.Little Int., Prague, CZ) Georg Gottlob (TU Vienna, Austria) Keith Jeffery (RAL, Oxon, UK) Maria Zemankova (Mitre Corp, McLean, USA) Program Committee: Chair - J.Staudek (Technical Univ. Brno), M.Bartosek (Masaryk Univ., Brno), J.Kral (Masaryk Univ.,Brno), J.Pavelka (Charles Univ., Prague), F.Plasil (Czech TU, Prague), I.Privara (Inst. of Informatics and Statistics, Slovakia), B.Rovan (Comenius Univ., Slovakia), J. Wiedermann (Acad.of Science, Prague), J. Zlatuska (Masaryk Univ., Brno). Language: The school is conducted in English. The registration fee covers the organization expenses, accommodation and meals for 12-day winter school, as well as a copy of proceedings. -------------------------------------------------------------------- double(shared) room single room -------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic rates 400 $ US 450 $ US C/S participants 5 600 Kc 7 400 Kc -------------------------------------------------------------------- (On-site payment in cash for non C/S participants also possible.) Banking : Ceska sporitelna Brno - mesto, Brno, Czech Rep. Account Name : Ceska informaticka spolecnost, pobocka Brno Account Number : 6851659-628/0800 Details of Payment: Fill in your name and affiliation. Organization: For more information regarding SOFSEM'94 and Local Arrangements (or if you wish to subscribe to Sofsem mailing list) please contact: sofsem@muni.cz ------------------------------ From: PSI1LAL@BRUFSC.BitNet Subject: (3) Conference: Political Behavior, Anay '95, U of Santa Catarina, BZ The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program and the Laboratory of Studies of Political Behavior - Center of Philosophy and Human Science at Federal University of Santa Catarina - are calling for papers to the Second National Seminar on Political Behavior, to take place in this University during the period of 02 to 05 of Anay 1995. Main themes: social participation, political culture and voting behavior. The seminar will be composed, basically, of debates, lectures, research communication, and round tables. The enrollment for presentation of works must be done by December 2nd. The Coordination of the seminar reserves the right to decide in what modality the work will be inserted, and will also base selection according to the volume of enrolled works. LOUISE A. LHULLIER (PROFESSORA ADJUNTA) UNIV. FED. STA.CATARINA - DEPTO PSICOLOGIA FLORIANOPOLIS - SANTA CATARINA - BRASIL TELEFONE: (0482) 319330 (TRAB.) 335028 (RES.) E-MAIL:PSI1LAL@IBM.UFSC.BR N. IBM = 150.162.1.5 ------------------------------ From: Paul Mc Kevitt Subject: (4) Conference: AI & Cognitive Science, April '95, Sheffield, UK CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS AISB-95: Hybrid Problems, Hybrid Solutions Monday 3rd -- Friday 7th April 1995 Halifax Hall of Residence & Computer Science Department University of Sheffield Sheffield, ENGLAND The Tenth Biennial Conference on AI and Cognitive Science organised by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. Programme Chair: John Hallam (University of Edinburgh) Programme Committee: Dave Cliff (University of Sussex) Erik Sandewall (University of Linkoeping) Nigel Shadbolt (University of Nottingham) Sam Steel (University of Essex) Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield) Local Organisation: Paul Mc Kevitt (University of Sheffield) The past few years have seen an increasing tendency for diversification in research into Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Artificial Life. A number of approaches are being pursued, based variously on symbolic reasoning, connectionist systems and models, behaviour-based systems, and ideas from complex dynamical systems. Each has its own particular insight and philosophical position. This variety of approaches appears in all areas of Artificial Intelligence. There are both symbolic and connectionist natural language processing, both classical and behaviour-based vision research, for instance. While purists from each approach may claim that all the problems of cognition can in principle be tackled without recourse to other methods, in practice (and maybe in theory, also) combinations of methods from the different approaches (hybrid methods) are more successful than a pure approach for certain kinds of problems. The committee feels that there is an unrealised synergy between the various approaches that an AISB conference may be able to explore. Thus, the focus of the tenth AISB Conference is on such hybrid methods. We particularly seek papers that describe novel theoretical and/or experimental work which uses a hybrid approach or papers from purists, arguing cogently that compromise is unnecessary or unproductive. While papers such as those are particularly sought, good papers on any topic in Artificial Intelligence will be considered: as always, the most important criteria for acceptance will be soundness, originality, substance and clarity. Research in all areas is equally welcome. The AISB conference is a single track conference lasting three days, with a two day tutorial and workshop programme preceding the main technical event, and around twenty high calibre papers will be presented in the technical sessions. It is expected that the proceedings of the conference will be published in book form in time to be available at the conference itself, making it a forum for rapid dissemination of research results. SUBMISSIONS: High quality original papers dealing with the issues raised by mixing different approaches, or otherwise related to the Conference Theme, should be sent to the Programme Chair. Papers which give comparative experimental evaluation of methods from different paradigms applied to the same problem, papers which propose and evaluate mixed-paradigm theoretical models or tools, and papers that focus on hybrid systems applied to real world problems will be particularly welcome, as will papers from purists who argue cogently that the hybrid approach is flawed and a particular pure approach is to be preferred. Papers being submitted, whether verbatim or in essence, to other conferences whose review process runs concurrently with AISB-95 should indicate this fact on their title page. If a submitted paper appears at another conference it must be withdrawn from AISB-95 (this does not apply to presentation at specialist workshops). Papers that violate these requirements may be rejected without review. SHEFFIELD: Sheffield is one of the friendliest cities in the UK and is situated well having the best and closest surrounding countryside of any major city in the UK. The Peak District National Park is only minutes away. It is a good city for walkers, runners, and climbers. It has two theatres, the Crucible and Lyceum. The Lyceum, a beautiful Victorian theatre, has recently been renovated. Also, the city has three 10 screen cinemas. There is a library theatre which shows more artistic films. The city has a large number of museums many of which demonstrate Sheffield's industrial past, and there are a number of Galleries in the City, including the Mapping Gallery and Ruskin. A number of important ancient houses are close to Sheffield such as Chatsworth House. The Peak District National Park is a beautiful site for visiting and rambling upon. There are large shopping areas in the City and by 1995 Sheffield will be served by a 'supertram' system: the line to the Meadowhall shopping and leisure complex is already open. The University of Sheffield's Halls of Residence are situated on the western side of the city in a leafy residential area described by John Betjeman as ``the prettiest suburb in England''. Halifax Hall is centred on a local Steel Baron's house, dating back to 1830 and set in extensive grounds. It was acquired by the University in 1830 and converted into a Hall of Residence for women with the addition of a new wing. FORMAT AND DEADLINES: Four copies of submitted papers must be received by the Programme Chair no later than 24 OCTOBER 1994 to be considered. Papers should be at most 12 pages in length and be produced in 12 point, with at most 60 lines of text per A4 page and margins at least 1 inch (2.5cm) wide on all sides (default LaTeX article style is OK). They should include a cover sheet (not counted in the 12 page limit) giving the paper title, the abstract, the authors and their affiliations, including a contact address for both electronic and paper mail for the principal author. Papers should be submitted in hard-copy, not electronically. Papers that do not adhere to this format specification may be rejected without review. Notification of acceptance will be sent to authors by 7 DECEMBER 1994 and full camera-ready copy will be due in early JANUARY 1995 (publishers' deadlines permitting). CONFERENCE ADDRESS: Correspondence relating to the conference programme, submissions of papers, etc. should be directed to the conference programme chair at the address below. John Hallam, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh EH1 2QL, SCOTLAND. Phone: + 44 31 650 3097 FAX: + 44 31 650 6899 E-mail: john@aifh.edinburgh.ac.uk Correspondence concerning local arrangements should be directed to the local arrangements organiser at the following address. Paul Mc Kevitt, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield S1 4DP, ENGLAND. Phone: + 44 742 825572 FAX: + 44 742 780972 E-mail: p.mckevitt@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: "Joseph J. Plaud" Subject: (5) New List: New Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group Net I am pleased to announce the formation of a new group dedicated to behavior analysis, incorporating discussion of basic research and clinical issues, especially the interrelatedness of behavior analysis to clinical psychology and psychiatry and other interdisciplinary areas. If you are interested in assisting me as list owner, please email me privately. I would like to set up a newsletter and explore journal possibilities. To join send the following to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu: SUBSCRIBE BEHAV-AN yourfirstname yourlastname An introductory file will be sent at that time. Look forward to seeing you on line! Joe Plaud--List Owner Clinical Psychology Group of InterPsych and Behavior Analysis Group Department of Psychology University of North Dakota Plaud@Badlands.NoDak.Edu ------------------------------ From: pac@cam.org (PA Cotnoir) Subject: (6) Query: Psychology of Gender Courses Available at Universities We are conducting a survey about the availability of a course on the PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER at the undergraduate level in Psychology. If your University program offers a course on this topic, could you please send us a short description of it (curriculum); please specify if the course is obligatory in your program. Please send your answer to this email: pac@cam.org Thanks for your collaboration, Pierre-Alain Cotnoir End of PSYCOLOQUY Digest ******************************