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                    Second Annual Undergraduate 
                 Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science 
                       IRCS, Philadelphia, PA

                          June 7 - 18, 1999
      The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 1999.

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Summer Workshop in
Cognitive Science, at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for
Research in Cognitive Science (IRCS), the site of the National Science
Foundation Science and Technology Center for Research in Cognitive Science.

This workshop will gather a select national/international group of students
who are interested in the growing fields of Cognitive Science and Cognitive
Neuroscience. This program is designed to be an intense two-week workshop
introducing students to Cognitive Science research, and providing close
interaction with Penn's leading researchers in the study of language,
perception and thought.


Students in the workshop will participate in: 

       * Lectures from prominent research figures in cognitive science and
         cognitive neuroscience

       * Hands-on labs using some of the latest technologies and methods in
         cognitive science

       * Opportunity to present your own work 

       * Panel discussion on the future of cognitive science 


Labs and Lab Tours will include:

       * Free-Head Eyetracking Lab

       * Language Development Lab

       * Visuo-Motor Lab

       * Graphics, Animation, and Modeling Lab

       * Event-Related Potential Lab (ERP)

       * Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) 

       * Natural Language Processing Lab 


Lectures and Workshops will include: 

       * On-line Language Processing 

       * Language Development 

       * Cognitive Neuroscience 

       * Visual Perception 

       * Robotics, Action and Perception 

       * Computational Modeling of Language


Admitted participants will be provided with accommodations at the Penn
Dormitories and a food plan through the dining services.  
There are no tuition costs for participants.


Participating IRCS faculty include: 

Steve Bird, Ty Cannon, Robin Clark, Kostas Daniilidis, Mark D'Esposito,
Martha Farah, Leif Finkel, Lila Gleitman, Aravind Joshi, David Knill, 
John Kounios, Mark Liberman, Mitch Marcus, Dimitris Metaxas, Martha Palmer,
Ellen Prince, Maribel Romero, Richard Samuels, C. J. Taylor, 
Sharon Thompson-Schill, John Trueswell, and Scott Weinstein.


HOW TO APPLY:

        To apply, please visit our web page:

             www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html

        This web page includes an on-line application form.   
        The deadline for receipt of applications is March 1, 1999.

        You should apply if 

                * you have a strong interest or curiosity about cognitive
                  science, and

               * you are currently an enrolled undergraduate at any
                 university or college.

*** Course experience with cognitive science is desired, but not required. *** 


Questions? Please see the Undergraduate Summer Workshop FAQ sheet on our
web page, or send e-mail to summer_workshop@central.cis.upenn.edu


Mailing Address for Workshop Correspondence:
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
Attn: Summer Workshop
Suite 400A, 3401 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228

Main Web Page of IRCS:    www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs
Workshop Web Page:        www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/events/ugradsumwork.html

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