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Лятна школа

Международна лятна школа по когнитивна наука

 

Целта на лятното училище е да осигури интердисциплинарно обучение на млади професори, изследователи, докторанти и студенти, които да преподават и да се занимават с изследвания в областта на когнитивната наука. Участниците се интересуват и работят в различни области на когнитивната наука като психология, лингвистика, философия, невронауки, компютърни системи, антропология. Лятното училище предлага на своите участници възможност да работят в екипи със световноизвестни учени, да се запознаят лично с новостите, навлезли в различните области на тази интересна и предизвикателна наука и да добият представа как се преподава когнитивна наука. За да завършат някои от курсовете те трябва да изготвят проекти по зададена тема. Като резултат се очаква участниците да разширят курсовете си в университетите, които преподават и да включват свои студенти в изследователски проекти. Това ще подпомогне създаването на екипи, занимаващи се когнитивна наука в Централна и Източна Европа и ще заздрави когнитивната общност като цяло.

 

Работен език: английски

 

Директор: доц. д-р Елена Андонова

 

Конференции

 

Международна конференция по когнитивна икономика

Итердисциплинарен семинар по конструктивна памет

Първа международна конференция по аналогия

Втора международна конференция по аналогия

Европейска конференция по когнитивна наука, 2011

 

  • Лятно училище, 2023 (03.07-07.07)
  •  

    WELCOME TO THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE!

    THIS YEAR THE SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JULY 3 AND JULY 7, 2023. 

     REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 

     

    Host Institution: New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

    Location: Hybrid event

    Language: English

    Dates:  July 3 – July 7, 2023

    Registration: free

     

    Focus: The Summer School in Cognitive Science gives an opportunity to students and young researchers to be acquainted with a range of current topics and achievements in cognitive science research.

     

    Special Qualifications: Anybody interested in cognitive science is welcome to the International Summer School in Cognitive Science.

     

    Description: The International Summer School in Cognitive Science is a unique event, which brings together students and researchers all over the world and it’s a platform for collaboration.

     

     

    TOPICS AND LECTURERS: 

     

    Lecturer: Anis Rojbi, University Paris 8, France;

    Topic 1: Web Accessibility;

    Topic 2: Innovative tool for adapting digital documents into tactile elements for people with specific needs

     

    Lecturer: Tania Lombrozo, Princeton University, United States;

    Topic: Explaining Explanation

     

    Lecturer: Bill Thompson, University of California, Berkeley, United States;

    Topic: Cultural Evolution in Cognitive Science

     

    Lecturer: Brett J. Kagan, Cortical Labs Pte Ltd, Melbourne, Australia;

    Topic: Learning from a Learning System: Implications from Embodied in vitro Biological Neural Networks

     

    Lecturer: Ivar Hannikainen, Granada University, Spain

    Topic: Philosophical theory and folk conceptual structure

     

    Lecturer: Moris Grinberg, Research Center for Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University

    Topic: Cognitive Modelling & Artificial Intelligence

     

    Lecturer: Armina Janyan, Research Center for Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University

    Topic: Abstract concepts in vertical and horizontal space: Space-valence automaticity and dynamics

     

    Lecturer: Evgenia Hristova, Research Center for Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University

    Topic: Moral Dilemmas

     

    Lecturer: Penka Hristova, Cognitive Science & Psychology Dept., New Bulgarian University

    Topic: LTM Representations of Semantic Relations

     

    Lecturer: Margarita Pavlova, Cognitive Science & Psychology Dept., New Bulgarian University

    Topic: Analogy in Learning 

     

    Schedule:

     

    You can check the schedule of the lectures HERE

     

    APPLICATION:

     

    To participate in the Summer School you have to fill in the following registration form

    by June 29 th

    Registration is free.

     

    CONTACT:

     

    Email: summer.school.cogsci@gmail.com

     

    *Note: The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the event program and topics.

     

  • Лятно училище, 2022 (18.07 - 22.07)
  • Welcome to the 28th International summer school in cognitive science!

    This year the summer school will be held between July 18 and July 22, 2022. 

     Registration is now open! 

     

    Host Institution: New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

    Location: Hybrid event

    Dates:  July 18 – July 22

    Registration: free

     

    Focus: The Summer School in Cognitive Science gives an opportunity to students and young researchers to be acquainted with a range of current topics and achievements in cognitive science research.

     

    Special Qualifications: Anybody interested in cognitive science is welcome to the International Summer School in Cognitive Science.

     

    Description: The International Summer School in Cognitive Science is a unique event, which brings together students and researchers all over the world and is a platform for collaboration.

     

     

    Topics and Lecturers: 

     

    Topic: Behavior Change and Cognition

    Lecturer: Ivo Vlaev, Ph.D.

    Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

    Website: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/ivo-vlaev

     

     

    Topic: Causes and Consequences of Moral Disagreement

    Lecturer: Ivar Allan Rodríguez Hannikainen, Ph.D.

    Doctor of Philosophy | University of Granada | UGR · Departamento de Filosofía I 

    Website: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/ivo-vlaev

     

     

    Topic: Studying child development using psychophysiological methods

    Lecturers:

    Mihaela Barokova, Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian University 

    Sarah Lynch, Biobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development Lab, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

    Diana Lopera, Brain and Early Experiences laboratory, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

    Meredith Pecukonis, Center for Autism Research Excellence, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

     

     

    Schedule:

     

    You can check the schedule of the lectures here.

     

    Application:

    To participate in the Summer School you have to fill in the form

    Registration is free.

     

    Email: summer.school.cogsci@gmail.com

     

     

  • Лятно училище, 2021 (12.07 - 16.07)
  • Welcome to the 27th International summer school in cognitive science!

    This year the summer school will be held between July 12 and July 16, 2021. 

     Registration is now open! 

     

     

    Host Institution: New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

    Location: Online event

    Dates:  July 12 – July 16

    Registration: free

     

    Focus: The Summer School in Cognitive Science gives an opportunity to students and young researchers to be acquainted with a range of current topics and achievements in cognitive science research.

     

    Special Qualifications: Anybody interested in cognitive science is welcome to the International Summer School in Cognitive Science.

     

    Description: The International Summer School in Cognitive Science is a unique event, which brings together students and researchers all over the world and is a platform for collaboration.

     

    Topics and Lecturers: 

     

    Topic: Spatial Cognition and Development

    Lecturer: Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D.

    Professor of Psychology at Temple University, USA

    Website: https://sites.temple.edu/newcombe/

     

    Topic: Computational Sensorimotor Control

    Lecturer: Daniel M. Wolpert, Ph.D.

    Professor of Neuroscience at Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, USA

    Website: https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/daniel-m-wolpert-phd

     

    Topic: Behavior Change and Cognition

    Lecturer: Ivo Vlaev, Ph.D.

    Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

    Website: https://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/ivo-vlaev

     

    Topic: Learning as programming

    Lecturer: Steven T. Piantadosi, Ph.D.

    Assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Website: http://colala.berkeley.edu/people/piantadosi/

     

    Topic: Dynamic Field Theory

    Lecturer: Gregor SchoenerPh.D.

    Professor at Bochum University, Germany

    Website: https://www.ini.rub.de/the_institute/people/gregor-schoner/

     

    Schedule:

     

    You can check the schedule of the lectures here.

     

     

    Application:

    To participate in the Summer School you have to fill in the form until the 2nd of July

    Registration is free.

     

    Feedback form:

     

    You can fill the feedback form here.

     

    E-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg

     

    *Note: The organizers reserves the right to make changes to the event program and topics.

  • Лятно училище, 2020
  • In the current global epidemiological situation, we have no choice but to cancel this year's edition of the international summer school in cognitive science. 

    We hope to be back in 2021! 

    Stay healthy and well,

    Dr Elena Andonova

    Director, 

    International Summer School in Cognitive Science

    New Bulgarian University

  • Лятно училище, 2019 (8.07 - 19.07)
  • Welcome to the 26th International summer school in cognitive science!

    This year the summer school will be held between July 8 and July 19, 2019. 

     Registration is now open! If you have questions, pleаse write to school@cogs.nbu.bg.

     

    Courses:

    Week 1: July 8 – 12

    • Vincenzo Crupi - Rationality debates in contemporary cognitive science: A guide for the perplexed;
    • Kiril Kostov - Tutorial to E-prime.
    • Lecture series: NBU research highlights: Ivo Popivanov - Representation of objects in primate inferior temporal cortex; Penka Hrtistova - Representation of Relational Knowledge; Evgenia Hristova - Moral Judgments.

     

    Week 2: July 15 - 19

    • Asaf Gilboa - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry;
    • Juliana Yordanova and Vasil Kolev - Cognitive electrophysiology.

     

     

     The Summer School includes also daily discussion sessions in small groups and other events.

     

    Application:

    To participate in the Summer School you have to fill in the form and pay the tuition fee until the 1st of July. 

     

    GRANTS:

    • Grants for International applicants:

    Thanks to the generous donation of the Cognitive Science Society (http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/), we have Summer school grants (tuition fee waivers) for up to 10 international applicants. To apply for a grant you need to send via e-mail to school@cogs.nbu.bg the following documents:

    1. Application form (please, fill in and submit the form);
    2. CV;
    3. Statement of purpose (not more than 2 pages);
    4. Academic reference by a faculty member or thesis supervisor (optional);                     

    Deadline for applicatons: 20th of June.

    • Grants for Bulgarian nationals:

    For more information, please send your enquiries to school@cogs.nbu.bg.

     

    Participants' Symposium (optional)

    At the symposium the participants can present their own research projects - their research plans, preliminary or final data and get feedback from the rest of the group and the lecturers. 

    Submit short abstracts up to 300 words to be reviewed and potentially presented at the participant symposium. Papers should be sent in PDF format to school@cogs.nbu.bg

    Applying for the participants' symposium: 1st of July.

     

  • Лятно училище, 2018 (9.07 - 20.07)
  • Welcome to the 25th International summer school in cognitive science!

    This year the summer school will be held between July 9 and July 20, 2018. 

     

    Schedule:

     

    Courses:

    Week 1: July 9 – 13

    Jeff Zacks (https://psychweb.wustl.edu/zacks ) - Event Cognition;

    Ken McRae (https://sites.google.com/site/kenmcraelab/ ) - How People Understand Language: Semantic Memory, Concepts, and Sentence Comprehension;

    Ivo Popivanov and Ivan Vankov (NBU, Bulgaria) - Knowledge Representation in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks.

     

    Week 2: July 16 – 20

    Yuko Munakata (https://www.colorado.edu/munakata/ ) - Cognitive Development and Representational Change;

    Evgeniya Hristova (NBU, Bulgaria) - Eye-tracking: Methodology and Applications;

    Kiril Kostov (NBU, Bulgaria) - Tutorial in E-prime scripts.

     

     

    Registration is now open! If you have questions pleаse write to school@cogs.nbu.bg.

     

    Application:

    To participate in the Summer School you have to fill in the form and pay the tuition fee until the 1st of July.

     

    Application for grant:

    Thanks to the generous donation of the Cognitive Science Society (http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/).This year we have Summer school grants (tuition fee waivers) for up to 10 international applicants. To apply for grant you need to send via e-mail the following documents:

    • Application form (please, fill in and submit the form until the 1st of July)
    • CV– please, send your CV to school@cogs.nbu.bg
    • Statement of purpose  (not more than 2 pages)– send your letters to school@cogs.nbu.bg
    •  Academic reference by a faculty member or thesis supervisor (optional) send reference to school@cogs.nbu.bg

     

    Participants' Symposium

    At the symposium the participants can present their own research projects - their research plans, preliminary or final data and get feedback from the rest of the group and the lecturers. 

    Submit short abstracts up to 300 words to be reviewed and potentially presented at the participant symposium. Papers should be sent in PDF format at school@cogs.nbu.bg

     

    Important dates:

    Applying for grant till: 20th of June (all the documents should be submitted by this date);

    Applying for the participant's symposium: 1st of July;

    Registration deadline: 1st of July.

    Tuition fee payment deadline: 1st of July.

     

    Tuition fee

     

  • Лятно училище, 2017 (10.07-21.07)
  • This will be the 24th Summer School in the series. The summer school started on September 12th, 1994, and has been held annually since then. More than 1200 young researchers and doctoral students from all five continents have participated over the years, and many collaborations and friendships have been forged. Information on the whole series of Summer Schools can be found here.

    A short video about the NBU Summer School is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgToTwPhNU

     

     

    Schedule:

     

     

    Courses:

    Week 1: July 10 – 14

    Jukka Hyona (University of Turku, Finland) - Using eye movements to study language processing and visual cognition

    Rufin Vogels (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) - Neural mechanisms of visual cognition

     

    Week 2: July 17 – 20

    Angelo Cangelosi (University of Plymouth, UK) - Developmental Robotics

    Maurice Grinberg and Evgeniya Hristova (NBU, Bulgaria) - Social Dilemmas

    Armina Janyan (NBU, Bulgaria) - Tutorial in E-prime scripts

     

    Application:

     

    Participants will be selected on the basis of their submitted documents:

     

    • Application form (please, fill in and submit the form until 20th of June)
    • CV– please, send your CV to school@cogs.nbu.bg
    • Statement of purpose  (not more than 2 pages)– send your letters to school@cogs.nbu.bg
    •  Academic reference by a faculty member or thesis supervisor (optional) send reference to school@cogs.nbu.bg

     

     

    Participants' Symposium

     

    At the symposium the participants can present their own research projects - their research plans, preliminary or final data and get feedback from the rest of the group and the lecturers. 

    Submit short abstracts up to 300 words to be reviewed and potentially presented at the participant symposium. Papers should be sent in PDF format at school@cogs.nbu.bg

    Participants in the symposium

    Important dates:

    Applying for grant till: 20th of June (all the documents should be submitted by this date);

    Applying for the participant's symposium: 30th of June;

    Cancelation & Reimbursements: 5th of July (15% reduction);

    Registration deadline: 20th of June

    Tuition fee payment deadline: 1st of July.

     

    Tuition fee

     

    New Bulgarian University

    Research Center for Cognitive Science

    e-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg 

  • Лятно училище, 2016 (04.07.-10.07)
  • Courses:

     

     

    WEEK 1: JULY 4 – 10

    SILVIA GENNARI (UNIVERSITY OF YORK, UK)EVENTS IN LANGUAGE, COGNITION & THE BRAIN

    NELSON COWAN (UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, USA) – WORKING MEMORY

    MUTSUMI IMAI (KEIO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO) – LEXICAL ACQUISITION: SYMBOLS GROUNDING & DE-GROUNDING TO CONSTRUCT CULTURE-SPECIFIC LEXICAL SYSTEMS

     

    WEEK 2: JULY 11 – 15 

    NELSON COWAN (UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, USA) – WORKING MEMORY

    LUCIANO FADIGA (UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA, ITALY) & ALESSANDRO D’AUSILIO (ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) –  SENSORIMOTOR COGNITION

    ARMINA JANYAN (NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY) - SCRIPTING BEHAVIORAL TASKS: E-PRIME BASICS

  • Лятно училище, 2015 (06.07-19.07)
  • Week 1: July 6 - 12

    Andrew Colman (University of Leicester) - Game Theory, Experimental Games, and Computer Simulations

    Armina Janyan (New Bulgarian University) - Scripting Behavioral Tasks: E-prime Basics

    Milena Mutafchieva, Elena Andonova, Penka Hristova (New Bulgarian University) - Topics in Cognitive Development

    Week 2: July 13 - 19

    Alessandro D'Ausilio (Italian Institute of Technology) - The Role of the Motor System in Perception

    andSocial Interaction

    Alexander Todorov (Princeton University) - Social Perception of Faces

    Garrison Cottrell (University of California) - Modeling Face and Visual Object Processing with

    Neural Nets