2016-student-workshop

The Students of Cognitive Systems workshop (SOCS-16) is aimed at Ph.D. students who have completed a majority of their course work and are working towards proposing a thesis. Students will be paired with more experienced mentors based on shared interest and research themes. Approximately 8-10 students will be invited to participate.

The workshop has the following primary goals:

To introduce students to cognitive systems research early in their academic career
To give students the opportunity to present their research to their peers and other researchers
To pair students with mentors who are further along in their careers
To discuss key challenges, evaluation methodologies, best practices, and ongoing research efforts in Cognitive Systems research
To foster a culture of collaboration across several research labs that are pursuing research in cognitive systems and other related fields

The workshop schedule is now available for download.


	Thursday, June 23

Time	Title	Presenters
9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:30 AM	Welcome & Introductions
10:00 AM	Filling the Gaps: An Ablation Study of Dialogue Understanding	Petr Babkin
10:30 AM	Apprentice Learner Architecture	Christopher MacLellan
11:00 AM	Break (15 minutes)
11:15 AM	The Role of Analogy in Social Cognition	Irina Rabkina
11:45 AM	Projective Replay Analysis	Erik Harpstead
12:15 PM	Lunch (75 minutes)
1:30 PM	Keynote: Finding and telling stories at Internet scale	Professor Larry Birnbaum
2:00 PM	Break (15 minutes)
2:15 PM	Plan and Goal Recognition Through Mirroring	Mor Vered
2:45 PM	Modeling the Phases of Skill Acquisition	Caitlin Tenison
3:15 PM	Break (15 minutes)
3:30 PM	Episodic Memory in a Cognitive Model	David Menager
4:00 PM	Break (15 minutes)
4:15 PM	Career Panel
5:30 PM	Conclusions & Walk to Dinner
6:00 PM	Dinner at Flat Top

Workshop Location:

2133 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL, 60208

Ford Design Studio Conference Room, room 1.230

Dinner Location:

FlatTop Grill, 707 Church St. Evanston, IL, 60208

Conference Hotel:

1818 Maple Ave. Evanston, IL, 60201

For more information about transportation to and from Evanston, visit http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2016/venue.html.

Travel Awards

We have applied for funding in order to give National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Awards to students from United States Universities who participate. Soon, we will post more details in this section about possible travel grants. Please check back soon!

Submission Procedure

Interested students should assemble a PDF packet with the following materials:

A research abstract not to exceed four pages. Abstracts should be formatted according to instructions provided at http://www.cogsys.org/format/, which provides Latex and Word templates. Figures, tables, and references count toward the four page limit. Students should include any research that has already been completed, but may also include plans for future research (e.g. planned experiments without results).
A current CV
A letter of support from their advisor

At the conference, students will give a short presentation on their work. Please plan to speak for 10-12 minutes, allowing 3-5 minutes for questions.

All applications will be submitted using EasyChair (applicants will have to create an EasyChair account if they do not have one already).

Students of Cognitive Systems (SOCS) submission site

Important Dates

~~May 1, 2016~~ May 8, 2016, 11:59pm PDT: Deadline for submission (Extended)
~~May 8, 2016:~~ May 13, 2016: Decisions about acceptance (Extended)
June 23, 2016: Student Workshop
June 23-26, 2016: Advances in Cognitive Systems Conference

Questions?

If you have any questions about participation, please feel free to contact Clifton McFate (c-mcfate@u.northwestern.edu).

Organizing Committee for SOCS 2016

Clifton McFate Northwestern University
Michael Leece University of California Santa Cruz
James Kirk University of Michigan
Christopher MacLellan Carnegie Mellon University

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Second Annual Students of Cognitive Systems Workshop June 23rd, 2016, Evanston, Illinois