WELCOME TO THE 30TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE!

THIS YEAR THE SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE HELD

BETWEEN JULY 1 AND JULY 5, 2024.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Host Institution: New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria                          

Location: Hybrid event

Language: English

Dates:  July 1 – July 5, 2024

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. 

We celebrate 30 YEARS of summer schools by highlighting the achievements of summer school ALUMNI who are now prominent cognitive scientists making important contributions to science and training the next generation of bright minds. Congratulations!

TOPICS AND LECTURERS: 

Lecturer: Prof. Alexander Petrov, Associate Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University

Topic: Cognitive Science in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence

Lecture 1: Layered Organization of the Brain and Mind

Lecture 2: Towards Unifaction of Cognitive Science and Affective Neuroscience

Lecture 3: Types of Computation

Lecture 4: The AGI Alignment Problem and the Meaning of Human Life

Lecturer: Prof. Avgis Hadjipapas, MD, MSc, PhD, Professor for Neuroscience and Research Methods,

Head of Assessment, MSc in Family Medicine and Cyprus MRCGP [INT]

University of Nicosia, Medical School

Topic: Neuronal oscillations and cortical synchronization

Lecture 1: Oscillations and neuronal synchronization: background and fundamental principles Part I : generation and biophysical aspects

Lecture 2: Oscillations and neuronal synchronization: background and fundamental principles Part II : functional aspects: sensation, perception and cognition

Lecture 3: Oscillations: Methodology in electrophysiology and computational neuroscience

Lecture 4: Oscillations: clinical applications in epilepsy and dementia

Lecturer: Prof Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, Professor of Psychology, the University of British Columbia

Topic: How to think about thinking: Some lessons from the neuroscience of spontaneous thought

Lecturer:  Prof Ivo Vlaev, Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School

Topic: Decoding the Efficacy of Behavioural Interventions: A Mechanistic Approach

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 26 th. 

Registration is free.

CONTACT US:

Email: summer.school.cogsci@gmail.com

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

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.

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.

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 

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

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 Schoener, Ph.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 2^nd 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.

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

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.

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;
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.

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 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
• 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.

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 Evgenya 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 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: 1st of July (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: 1st of July

Tuition fee payment deadline: 1st of July.

Tuition fee

New Bulgarian University

Research Center for Cognitive Science

e-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg 

This will be the 23rd 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 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

Application:

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

• Application form (please, fill in and submit the form)
• 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. 

Participation and Fees

The participants' symposium during the summer school in 2016 will take place on Tuesday, July 12th, starting at 3 pm in room 409. Participants will have 15 minutes for oral presentations followed by a short discussion. The following oral talks have been accepted for presentation during the symposium:

• Chloe Newbury (Lancaster University, UK): The interaction between sleep and emotionality on veridical and false memory performance
• Elena Kulkova (National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia): Bilateral Motor Cortex Contributes to Figurative Language Processing: A TMS-MEP Study of Metaphoric and Idiomatic Sentence Comprehension 
• Nukolay Ratchev :  Working Memory Capacity and Cognitive Reflection: Further Implications for the Rationality Debate
• Veselina Kadreva (New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria): Emotions and Moral Judgment

We are grateful to the Cognitive Science Society for their partial financial support of the International Summer School in Cognitive Science

New Bulgarian University

Research Center for Cognitive Science

e-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg