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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: ECCM-98

Second European Conference on Cognitive Modelling

Nottingham, UK, 1st-4th April 1998

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Contributions are invited for the Second European Conference
on Cognitive Modelling, to be held at the University of Nottingham
from 1st to 4th April 1998 (starting with a day of optional
tutorials).  This series of meetings was founded to encourage
international, inter-disciplinary co-operation in the field of
cognitive modelling.  The first meeting, held in Berlin in November
1996, attracted about 60 researchers from Europe and USA working in
artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, computer linguistics
and philosophy of mind.

Submissions are welcome on any aspect of the computer modelling
of human cognition, but preference will be given to work which
describes both a running computer model and its comparison to
empirical data.

Further information about this Call, about the format for
submissions, and about the Conference itself can be found at
the conference Web site:
    http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/~rmy/eccm98/programme.html
 or http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/eccm98/

Contributions can take the form of papers, posters, proposals for
symposia, or tutorials.


PAPERS

FOUR copies of papers should be sent to the Programme Co-Chair
(address below), to ARRIVE by 5pm on 7th January 1998.  (Late
submissions will be returned.)  Hardcopy is required: email
and fax submissions are not acceptable.  Papers should include a
cover page giving the name and contact information of the first
author, and stating any requirements for audio-visual equipment.
The paper itself should consist of not more than 8 sides of A4 or
US (8.5" x 11") paper, set in 10 point type in two columns.  For
detailed formatting instructions, sample pages, and templates for
word processing, please consult the Web pages as given above.


POSTERS

Work can be submitted as a poster which for any reason is better
presented as a poster than as a written paper and talk.  To submit a
poster, send a cover sheet (see above under Papers) and FOUR copies of
an abstract of up to 2 pages.  Authors of accepted posters will be
invited to address the audience for three minutes as part of a "poster
mania" session, in order to whet the audience's appetite and encourage
them to visit the poster.


SYMPOSIA

By a symposium, we mean a session of related work on a particular
topic.  The session can take any of several different forms: a
group of related papers, some short presentations followed by a
discussion, a panel discussion, a debate, ... .  The length of
a symposium session is flexible, but by default would be 90 minutes.
If you would like to organise a symposium, send us a proposal
outlining your ideas and the names of the contributors, by no later
than 1st December.  If the proposal is accepted, we will work with
you to try to ensure the success of the symposium, but you will be
responsible for arranging and running it.


TUTORIALS

There will be one-day tutorials on both ACT-R and Soar.  If you
would like to present a tutorial on some other aspect of cognitive
modelling, please contact us as soon as possible, and certainly no
later than the middle of October.


Important dates:
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  Symposium proposal: by 1st December 1997
  Paper or poster:    to ARRIVE by 5 pm on 7th January 1998
  Decision:           by 9th February 1998
  Revised version:    by 13th March 1998

Send submissions to:
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  Richard M Young, ECCM-98
  Department of Psychology
  University of Hertfordshire
  Hatfield
  Herts AL10 9AB
  U.K.

For enquiries, contact:
  R.M.Young@herts.ac.uk; tel: +44 (1707) 28 5051; fax: 28 5073, or
  Frank.Ritter@nottingham.ac.uk; tel: +44 (115) 951 5292; fax: 951 5324.

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