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<p><strong>Winter semester 2009/10</strong></p><p>Master's Program in Cognitive Science, Comenius University, Bratislava</p><p><br /> <strong>Lecturer:</strong> Mgr. Dana Retová., Centre for Cognitive Science, Dept. of Applied Informatics, room  I-6, <a href="mailto:dana.retova@ii.fmph.uniba.sk">dana.retova@ii.fmph.uniba.sk</a><a href="mailto:takac@ii.fmph.uniba.sk" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-weight: bold"> </span><br /> <strong>Time/Place: </strong>tba, 3 hours weekly<br /> <strong>Credits:</strong> 5</p> <h2>Indicative Content<br /> </h2>                    <p>Cognitive Science is a new interdsciplinary field focusing on the study of mind and intelligent behavior. Its roots are in psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, antropology and philosophy. The goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of theories, methods and topics of cognitive science: representational paradigms, perception, memory, learning and reasoning, language and communication, emotional, embodied and collective cognition. Examples of computational models of the studied cognitive phenomena will be presented.<br /> </p> <h2>Assessment</h2> <ol><li><a href="#rj">Reflective journal &amp; Readings</a>  40%</li><li><a href="#op">Oral presentation (peer lecture)</a> 40%</li><li><a href="#rdfc">Group work &amp; Colloquium</a> 20%</li></ol><br /> <h2>Schedule</h2> (The list of readings and other resources will be updated on the way.)  <table border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="1511" height="1381" style="text-align: left">  <tbody>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre style="font-weight: bold">Session</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre style="font-weight: bold">Date</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre style="font-weight: bold">Topic</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1"><span style="font-weight: bold">Presented by<br /> </span>(L = Lecturer, </pre><pre class="tableRow1"> S = Students)</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre style="font-weight: bold">Readings</pre>      </td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">1.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba<br /></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html">Introduction; </a></pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html">Resources, Methods, Sciences and </a></pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html">History of Cognitive Science</a></pre></td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">L</pre>      </td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top"><pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_1">Session 1</a></pre><br /><br /></pre><pre style="font-weight: bold"><br /><br /></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">2.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">Cognitive phenomena: empirical research</pre><pre class="tableRow1">(<a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Pamat.html">Memory</a>, <a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Ucenie.html">Learning</a>, <a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Usudzovanie.html">Reasoning</a>)</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">L</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_2">Session 2</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">3.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1"><a name="p1"></a>Cognitive Science Paradigms: </pre><pre class="tableRow1">Classical (computationalism)</pre><pre class="tableRow1">    </pre><pre style="font-weight: bold">Concepts to be worked on:  </pre>      <ul><li><pre class="tableRow1">symbolic representation of the world</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">symbol grounding</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">syntax, semantics,</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">Physical Symbol Systems Hypothesis (PSSH) </pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">algorithm, </pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">computation + Turing machine,</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">Chinese Room argument</pre></li></ul>      <pre><br /></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">S:</pre><pre class="tableRow1"><br /></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_3">Session 3</a></pre></pre> </td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">4.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1"><a name="p3"></a>Cognitive Science Paradigms: </pre><pre class="tableRow1">Connectionism &amp; Neural Computation</pre><pre class="tableRow1">    </pre><pre style="font-weight: bold">Concepts to be worked on:</pre><ul><li><pre class="tableRow1">symbolic versus subsymbolic representation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">distributed representation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">gradedness</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">graceful degradation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">robustness</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">feedback</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">neural architecture &amp; knowledge</pre></li></ul>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">S: </pre><br /></td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_4">Session 4</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">5.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1"><a name="p4"></a>Cognitive Science Paradigms: </pre><pre class="tableRow1">Embodiment &amp; Situated Cognition</pre><pre class="tableRow1">    </pre><pre style="font-weight: bold">Concepts to be worked on:</pre><ul><li><pre class="tableRow1">embodied representation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">image schemas &amp; metaphors</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">emotional mind</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">subsumption architecture</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">intelligence without representation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">Umwelt</pre></li></ul>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">S: </pre><br /></td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_5">Session 5</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">6.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1"><a name="p5"></a>Cognitive Science Paradigms: </pre><pre class="tableRow1">Dynamical Systems, Collective Cognition</pre><pre class="tableRow1">    </pre><pre style="font-weight: bold">Concepts to be worked on:</pre><ul><li><pre class="tableRow1">dynamical system</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">state space</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">attractor</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">emergence</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">adaptation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">self organisation</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">interaction / coupling</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">Agent</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">multi-agent system</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">cultural cognition</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">enactment</pre></li><li><pre class="tableRow1">Artificial Life</pre></li></ul>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">S: </pre><br /></td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_6">Session 6</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">7.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba</pre>              <pre class="tableRow1"><br /></pre></td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/VypoctoveModely.ppt">Computational Modeling of Cognitive Phenomena</a></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">L</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_7">Session 7</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">-</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><pre class="tableRow1"><span style="font-weight: bold">no lesson!</span> (next week there will be twice as much :-))</pre>      </td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">8.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre><pre class="tableRow1">(<span style="font-weight: bold">13:10-18:10</span>)</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">Paradigms in CogSci: </pre><pre style="font-weight: bold">experimental group work</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">assoc. prof. </pre><pre class="tableRow1"><a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/wissenschaftstheorie/peschl/">Markus Peschl</a> </pre><pre class="tableRow1">from Vienna Univ.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_8">Session 8</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">9.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/jazykEvol.doc">Language and Communication: Evolutionary View</a></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">L</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_9">Session 9</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">10.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Jazyk.html">Language: Phonology, Syntax, </a></pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Jazyk.html">Semantics, Pragmatics, Semiotics</a></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">L</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_10">Session 10</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">11.</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba              </pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">Closing colloquium: </pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html">Future and Ethical Aspects of </a></pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html">Cognitive Science and </a></pre><pre><a href="http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html">AI Research</a></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre><br /></pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"> <pre><pre><a href="http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/ICS2008_Session_11">Session 11</a></pre></pre></td>    </tr>    <tr>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">-</pre>      </td>      <td style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">tba</pre>              <pre class="tableRow1"><br /></pre></td>      <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: top"><pre class="tableRow1">Informal meeting with Vienna MEiCogSci students + Christmas market in downtown</pre><pre class="tableRow1">(voluntary)</pre>      <pre><br /></pre>              </td>    </tr>  </tbody> </table>  <h3> </h3><h3>Other resources:</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/wissenschaftstheorie/peschl/lva/cogscivo1_uni/">Basic Concepts of Cognitive Science I.</a>  - parallel lecture of MEiCogSci program at Vienna Univ.</li><li>Wilson, R., Keil, F. (eds): <em>The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences</em>. Cambridge: MIT Press 1999.</li><li> Johnson-Laird, P.: <em>The Computer and the Mind</em>, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988.</li><li> Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): <em>Jazyk a kognícia</em>, Kalligram Bratislava, 2005.</li><li> Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): <em>Kognitívne vedy</em>, Kalligram Bratislava, 2002.</li><li>Beňušková L. a kol. (eds.): <em>Hľadanie spoločného jazyka v kognitívnych vedách</em>, IRIS Bratislava, 2000.</li><li>Gál E., Kelemen J. (eds.): <em>Myseľ, telo, stroj</em>, BRADLO Bratislava, 1992.</li></ul> <br /> <h2>Assessment details</h2> <h3><a name="rj"></a>Readings</h3> Before each session, a student should carefully read at least one article from the related group of readings <strong>above the line</strong>(optional supplementary readings are below the line) and make up at least one question or a discussion point related to the chosen article. The discussion points should be sent to the mailing list <span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold"><a href="mailto:ICS2009@lists.dai.fmph.uniba.sk" target="_blank">I C S 2 0 0 9 (at) l i s t s . d a i . f m p h . u n i b a . s k</a> </span><strong>before the respective session</strong>. <span class="header-section">Please identify the topic you are reacting to in the subject of the e-mail (e.g. Session 2 - Readings).</span><br /> <br /> <h3>Reflective Journal</h3> <span class="header-section">The reflections will serve the lecturer as a feedback of students' understanding, as well as a platform for discussions among students themselves. Also, they will train the students in formulating and expressing their critical views on scientific content supported by relevant arguments.<br /> The students are supposed to send their written reflections upon each week's topic (either a lecture or a presentation) by e-mail to the common mailing list of the students and the lecturer<span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold">  </span></span>( <span style="color: #3333ff; font-weight: bold"><a href="mailto:ICS2009@lists.dai.fmph.uniba.sk" target="_blank">I C S 2 0 0 9 (at) l i s t s . d a i . f m p h . u n i b a . s k</a>)</span><span class="header-section">. Each reflection should be sent </span><strong>not later than one week after the lecture </strong><span class="header-section">(i.e. by the next week session). Please identify the lecture you are reacting to in the subject of the e-mail </span><span class="header-section">(e.g. Session 2 - Journal)</span><span class="header-section">.<br /> The reflection should include personal views, reactions to reading-related discussion points raised by colleagues, critical attitude and feedback to the content. It can roughly follow the scheme:<br /> </span> <ol><li class="header-section">How do I assess the quality of the lecture/presentation?</li><li class="header-section">Which parts were confusing or weakly explained? What did I miss? What more would I need to know?</li><li class="header-section">What (from the content) do I agree with and what do I disagree with? Why? Support by arguments and your experiences.</li><li class="header-section">Can I see any connections with my student's or practical background? Any application areas?</li><li class="header-section">Do I have any reactions to discussion points raised by my colleagues?</li></ol> <span class="header-section">These example questions are just for inspiration, creative reflections are welcome!<br /> </span><br /> <h3><a name="op"></a> Oral Presentations<br /> </h3> <span class="header-section">Students will work in teams. Each team will have to prepare a presentation of one topic from the list above.  The team will meet the lecturer one week before their presentation to consult the details. The team is responsible for the whole course of presentation, involving demonstrations, discussions etc. </span><br /> <span class="header-section"><br /> </span> <h3><a name="rdfc"></a> Group work &amp; Colloquium<br /> </h3> <span class="header-section">Students will be evaulated for their activity during the group work (Nov 25) and the final colloquium (Dec 16). <br /> </span><br />  <em>Last modification: Sep 01, 2009 <br /></em><p>&nbsp;</p>
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'''Winter semester 2009/10'''
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Master's Program in Cognitive Science, Comenius University, Bratislava
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<br />'''Lecturer:''' Mgr. Dana Retová., Centre for Cognitive Science, Dept. of Applied Informatics, room I-11, [mailto:dana.retova@ii.fmph.uniba.sk dana.retova@ii.fmph.uniba.sk]''' '''<br />'''Time/Place: '''Tue., 14:00, 3 hours weekly<br />'''Credits:''' 5
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==Indicative Content<br />==
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Cognitive Science is a new interdsciplinary field focusing on the study of mind and intelligent behavior. Its roots are in psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, antropology and philosophy. The goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of theories, methods and topics of cognitive science: representational paradigms, perception, memory, learning and reasoning, language and communication, emotional, embodied and collective cognition. Examples of computational models of the studied cognitive phenomena will be presented.<br />
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==Assessment==
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# Reflective journal & Readings 40%
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# Oral presentation (peer lecture) 40%
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# Group work & Colloquium 20%
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==Schedule==
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(The list of readings and other resources will be updated on the way.)
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[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html Introduction; ]
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[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html Resources, Methods, Sciences and ]
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[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Uvod.html History of Cognitive Science]
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[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction_to_Cognitive_Science_-_BRAT_-_W2009_-_Session_1 Session 1]
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assoc. prof.
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[http://www.univie.ac.at/wissenschaftstheorie/peschl/ Markus Peschl]
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from Vienna Univ.
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Cognitive phenomena: empirical research
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([http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Pamat.html Memory], [http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Ucenie.html Learning], [http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Usudzovanie.html Reasoning])
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7.
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
3.11
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
Cognitive Science Paradigms:
 +
 
 +
Dynamical Systems, Collective Cognition
 +
 
 +
'''Concepts to be worked on:'''
 +
 
 +
* dynamical system
 +
* state space
 +
* attractor
 +
* emergence
 +
* adaptation
 +
* self organisation
 +
* interaction / coupling
 +
* Agent
 +
* multi-agent system
 +
* cultural cognition
 +
* enactment
 +
* Artificial Life
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
S:
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction_to_Cognitive_Science_-_BRAT_-_W2009_-_Session_7 Session 7]
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
8.
 +
|
 +
10.11
 +
|
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/VypoctoveModely.ppt Computational Modeling of Cognitive Phenomena]
 +
|
 +
L
 +
|
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_8 Session 8]
 +
 
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_7 <br />]
 +
|-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
17.11
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" colspan="3" |
 +
'''no lesson!'''
 +
 
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_8 <br />]
 +
|-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
9.
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
24.11
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/jazykEvol.doc Language and Communication: Evolutionary View]
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
L
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_9 Session 9]
 +
|-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
10.
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
1.12
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Jazyk.html Language: Phonology, Syntax, ]
 +
 
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Jazyk.html Semantics, Pragmatics, Semiotics]
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
L
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_10 Session 10]
 +
|-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
11.
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
8.12
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
Closing colloquium:
 +
 
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html Future and Ethical Aspects of ]
 +
 
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html Cognitive Science and ]
 +
 
 +
[http://ii.fmph.uniba.sk/%7Etakac/ICS/Kolokvium.html AI Research]
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
 
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
[http://www.meicogsci.eu/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Cognitive%20Science%20-%20BRAT%20-%20W2009_-_Session_11 Session 11]
 +
|-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
-
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" |
 +
17.12
 +
| style="vertical-align: top" colspan="3" |
 +
Informal meeting with Vienna MEiCogSci students + Christmas market in downtown
 +
 
 +
(voluntary)
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===Readings===
 +
 
 +
* Rybárová, D.: Definitions of cognitive science, in: Philosophical and Methodological Issues Concerning Fodor's Theory of Modularity in the Language Domain. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Bratislava, 2003.
 +
* Pfeifer, R., Scheier, C., 1999. Understanding Intelligence. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
 +
* Putnam, Hilary. (1975): The Nature of mental states. In: Mind, Language, and Reality. Cambridge: CUP.
 +
* Carter, M. 2007. Minds and Computers: An introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Edinburg University Press.
 +
* Turing, A. M., 1950. Computing machinery and intelligence. Mind 59, 433–460.
 +
* Searle, J. R., 1980. Minds, brains, and programs. Behavioural and Brain Sciences 3, 417–457.
 +
* Newell, A., Simon, H. A., 1976. Computer science as empirical inquiry: Symbols and search. Commun. ACM 19 (3), 113–126.
 +
* Harnad, S. (1990) The Symbol Grounding Problem. Physica D 42: 335-346.
 +
* Šefránek, J., Takáč, M., Farkaš, I.: Vznik inteligencie v umelých systémoch. In: Magdolen, D. (ed.): Hmota, život, inteligencia: Vznik. VEDA, Bratislava, in press.
 +
* Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J., 2002. Konekcionizmus a modelovanie kognitívnych procesov [Connectionism and modeling of cognitive processes]. In: Rybár, J., Beňušková, L., Kvasnička, V. (Eds.), Kognitívne vedy. Kalligram, Bratislava, pp. 257–345.
 +
* I. Farkaš: Konekcionistické modelovanie jazyka. Chapter in book: J. Rybar, V. Kvasnicka, I. Farkas (Eds.), Jazyk a kognícia, Kalligram, Bratislava, pp. 262-305, 2005.
 +
* Fodor J. A. and Pylyshyn Z. W.: Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture: A Critical Analysis. In: Connections and symbols. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 3–71. 1988.
 +
* Rogers, T. T., McClelland, J. L., 2004. Semantic Cognition: A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
 +
* Kvasnička V. a kol.: Úvod do teórie neurónových sietí, IRIS Bratislava, 1997.
 +
* Beňušková L. Umele neuronove siete . Kapitola z Navrat P. et al. Umela inteligencia. STU: Bratislava, 2002, str. 161-189
 +
* Rambusch, J. & Ziemke T. (2005). The role of embodiment in situated learning. In: Bara, B.G., Barsalou, L., and Bucciarelli, M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1803-1808. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
 +
* Lakoff, G.: Ženy, oheň a nebezpečné věci. TRIÁDA, 2006.
 +
* Lakoff, G., Johnson, M., 1980. Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
 +
* Gibbs, R. W., 2006. Embodiment and Cognitive Science. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
 +
* Pecher, D., Zwaan, R. A. (Eds.), 2005. Grounding Cognition: The Role of Perception and Action in Memory, Language, and Thinking. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.
 +
* Doerner, D: A Simulation of Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Overcrowding
 +
* Gelder, T. J., 1999. Dynamic approaches to cognition. In: Wilson, R. A., Keil, F. C. (Eds.), The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 244–246.
 +
* Burian, J.: Kognice a informace In: Kvasnička V., Kelemen J., (eds.). Kognice a umělý život V. Slezská univerzita. Opava
 +
* Farkaš, I.: Reciprocal causality between mind and brain from neuroscientific perspective (in Slovak). In J. Kelemen, V. Kvasnicka, J. Pospichal (Eds.), Cognition and artificial life V, Smolenice, Slovakia, pp. 117-124, 2005.
 +
* Perfors, A.: Simulated Evolution of Language: a Review of the Field, in Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation vol. 5, no. 2, 2002.
 +
* Takáč, M.: Modelovanie kultúrneho prenosu a jeho úloha v evolúcii jazyka, in Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): Jazyk a kognícia, Kalligram Bratislava, 2005.
 +
* Gärdenfors, P.: Cued and detached representations in animal cognition", Behavioural Processes 36, 1996, pp. 263-273.
 +
* Gärdenfors, P.: "Language and the evolution of cognition", in Penser l'esprit: Des sciences de la cognition à une philosophie cognitive, ed. by V. Rialle and D. Fisette, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, Grenoble, 1996, pp. 151-172.
 +
* Kováč, L: Komentovaný Úvod do kognitívnej biológie. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Kognice a umělý život IV. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 233-258, 2004.
 +
* Kováč, L: Ľudské vedomie je produktom evolučnej eskalácie emocionálneho výberu. In: (Kelemen, J., Ed.) Kognice a umělý život. III. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 75-93, 2003.
 +
* Hurford, J.: The evolution of language and languages. In: The Evolution of Culture edited by Robin Dunbar, Chris Knight and Camilla Power, 1999, Edinburgh University Press. p.173-193
 +
* Kováč, L: Princípy molekulárnej kognície. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnicka, V. (eds.) Kognice a umelý život VI. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 215-222, 2006.
 +
* Kováč, L: Metafora evolučných krosien: kto je tkáč a čo tká? In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Kognice a umělý život. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 131-140, 2001.
 +
* Šefránek, J.: Kognícia bez mentálnych procesov. In Ľ. Beňušková, et. al.,(eds.): Kognitívne vedy. Kaligram, Bratislava, 2002: s. 200–256.
 +
* Retová, D., Šilliková, J., Šefránek, J.: Opice, psy, sémantika a logika. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (eds.): Kognice a umělý život VII. Slezská univerzita, Opava, 2007, s. 287-294.
 +
* Kováč, L. Ľudstvo v ohrození: potreba syntézy prírodných a kultúrnych vied. In: Beňušková, Ľ., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Hľadanie spoločného jazyka v kognitívnych vedách. Iris 2000, pp. 83-120
 +
* Burian, J.: Etika umělého vědomí In: Sinčák P., Kvasnička V., Pospíchal J., Kelemen J., Návrat P. (ed.). Kognice a umělý život III. Košice: Elfa, 2003.
 +
 
 +
===Other resources:===
 +
 
 +
* [http://www.univie.ac.at/wissenschaftstheorie/peschl/lva/cogscivo1_uni/ Basic Concepts of Cognitive Science I.] - parallel lecture of MEiCogSci program at Vienna Univ.
 +
* Wilson, R., Keil, F. (eds): ''The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences''. Cambridge: MIT Press 1999.
 +
* Johnson-Laird, P.: ''The Computer and the Mind'', Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988.
 +
* Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): ''Jazyk a kognícia'', Kalligram Bratislava, 2005.
 +
* Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): ''Kognitívne vedy'', Kalligram Bratislava, 2002.
 +
* Beňušková L. a kol. (eds.): ''Hľadanie spoločného jazyka v kognitívnych vedách'', IRIS Bratislava, 2000.
 +
* Gál E., Kelemen J. (eds.): ''Myseľ, telo, stroj'', BRADLO Bratislava, 1992.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==Assessment details==
 +
 
 +
===Readings===
 +
 
 +
Before each session, a student should carefully read at least one article from the related group of readings '''under the title READINGS '''(optional supplementary readings are below in SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS) and make up at least one question or a discussion point related to the chosen article. The discussion points should be posted under the corresponding thread <span class="header-section">(e.g. Session 2 - Readings) </span> '''<font color="#3333ff"> </font>''''''before the respective session'''. If you are the first person to post the discussion point to a topic, p<span class="header-section">lease identify the topic you are reacting to in the subject of the thread (e.g. Session 2 - Journal).</span><br /><br />
 +
 
 +
===Reflective Journal===
 +
 
 +
<span class="header-section">The reflections will serve the lecturer as a feedback of students' understanding, as well as a platform for discussions among students themselves. Also, they will train the students in formulating and expressing their critical views on scientific content supported by relevant arguments.<br /> The students are supposed to send their written reflections upon each week's topic (either a lecture or a presentation) by posting in on the forum under the corresponding thread.</span><span class="header-section"> Each reflection should be sent </span>'''not later than one week after the lecture '''<span class="header-section">(i.e. by the next week session). If you are the first person to post the discussion point, please identify the lecture you are reacting to in the subject of the thread </span><span class="header-section">(e.g. Session 2 - Journal)</span><span class="header-section">.<br /> The reflection should include personal views, reactions to reading-related discussion points raised by colleagues, critical attitude and feedback to the content. It can roughly follow the scheme:<br /></span>
 +
 
 +
# How do I assess the quality of the lecture/presentation?
 +
# Which parts were confusing or weakly explained? What did I miss? What more would I need to know?
 +
# What (from the content) do I agree with and what do I disagree with? Why? Support by arguments and your experiences.
 +
# Can I see any connections with my student's or practical background? Any application areas?
 +
# Do I have any reactions to discussion points raised by my colleagues?
 +
 
 +
<span class="header-section">These example questions are just for inspiration, creative reflections are welcome!<br /></span><br />
 +
 
 +
===Oral Presentations<br />===
 +
 
 +
<span class="header-section">Students will work in teams. Each team will have to prepare a presentation of one topic from the list above. The team will meet the lecturer one week before their presentation to consult the details. The team is responsible for the whole course of presentation, involving demonstrations, discussions etc. </span><br /><span class="header-section"><br /></span>
 +
 
 +
===Group work & Colloquium<br />===
 +
 
 +
<span class="header-section">Students will be evaulated for their activity during the group work (Sept 29) and the final colloquium (Dec 8). </span>''<br />''

Aktuálna revízia z 13:54, 2. máj 2010

Winter semester 2009/10

Master's Program in Cognitive Science, Comenius University, Bratislava


Lecturer: Mgr. Dana Retová., Centre for Cognitive Science, Dept. of Applied Informatics, room I-11, dana.retova@ii.fmph.uniba.sk
Time/Place: Tue., 14:00, 3 hours weekly
Credits: 5

Indicative Content

Cognitive Science is a new interdsciplinary field focusing on the study of mind and intelligent behavior. Its roots are in psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, antropology and philosophy. The goal of this course is to provide the students with an overview of theories, methods and topics of cognitive science: representational paradigms, perception, memory, learning and reasoning, language and communication, emotional, embodied and collective cognition. Examples of computational models of the studied cognitive phenomena will be presented.

Assessment

  1. Reflective journal & Readings 40%
  2. Oral presentation (peer lecture) 40%
  3. Group work & Colloquium 20%


Schedule

(The list of readings and other resources will be updated on the way.)

Session

Date

Topic

Presented by
(L = Lecturer,

S = Students)

Readings

1.

22.9

Introduction;

Resources, Methods, Sciences and

History of Cognitive Science

L

Session 1

2.

29.9

(13:00

-18:00)

experimental group work

assoc. prof.

Markus Peschl

from Vienna Univ.

-

3.

6.10

Cognitive phenomena: empirical research

(Memory, Learning, Reasoning)

L

Session 3



4.

13.10

Cognitive Science Paradigms:

Classical (computationalism)

Concepts to be worked on:

  • symbolic representation of the world
  • symbol grounding
  • syntax, semantics,
  • Physical Symbol Systems Hypothesis (PSSH)
  • algorithm,
  • computation + Turing machine,
  • Chinese Room argument

S:

Session 4

5.

20.10

Cognitive Science Paradigms:

Connectionism & Neural Computation

Concepts to be worked on:

  • symbolic versus subsymbolic representation
  • distributed representation
  • gradedness
  • graceful degradation
  • robustness
  • feedback
  • neural architecture & knowledge

S:

Session 5


6.

27.10

Cognitive Science Paradigms:

Embodiment & Situated Cognition

Concepts to be worked on:

  • embodied representation
  • image schemas & metaphors
  • emotional mind
  • subsumption architecture
  • intelligence without representation
  • Umwelt

S:

Session 6

7.

3.11

Cognitive Science Paradigms:

Dynamical Systems, Collective Cognition

Concepts to be worked on:

  • dynamical system
  • state space
  • attractor
  • emergence
  • adaptation
  • self organisation
  • interaction / coupling
  • Agent
  • multi-agent system
  • cultural cognition
  • enactment
  • Artificial Life

S:

Session 7

8.

10.11

Computational Modeling of Cognitive Phenomena

L

Session 8


-

17.11

no lesson!


9.

24.11

Language and Communication: Evolutionary View

L

Session 9

10.

1.12

Language: Phonology, Syntax,

Semantics, Pragmatics, Semiotics

L

Session 10

11.

8.12

Closing colloquium:

Future and Ethical Aspects of

Cognitive Science and

AI Research

Session 11

-

17.12

Informal meeting with Vienna MEiCogSci students + Christmas market in downtown

(voluntary)


Readings

  • Rybárová, D.: Definitions of cognitive science, in: Philosophical and Methodological Issues Concerning Fodor's Theory of Modularity in the Language Domain. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Slovak Academy of Sciences. Bratislava, 2003.
  • Pfeifer, R., Scheier, C., 1999. Understanding Intelligence. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
  • Putnam, Hilary. (1975): The Nature of mental states. In: Mind, Language, and Reality. Cambridge: CUP.
  • Carter, M. 2007. Minds and Computers: An introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Edinburg University Press.
  • Turing, A. M., 1950. Computing machinery and intelligence. Mind 59, 433–460.
  • Searle, J. R., 1980. Minds, brains, and programs. Behavioural and Brain Sciences 3, 417–457.
  • Newell, A., Simon, H. A., 1976. Computer science as empirical inquiry: Symbols and search. Commun. ACM 19 (3), 113–126.
  • Harnad, S. (1990) The Symbol Grounding Problem. Physica D 42: 335-346.
  • Šefránek, J., Takáč, M., Farkaš, I.: Vznik inteligencie v umelých systémoch. In: Magdolen, D. (ed.): Hmota, život, inteligencia: Vznik. VEDA, Bratislava, in press.
  • Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J., 2002. Konekcionizmus a modelovanie kognitívnych procesov [Connectionism and modeling of cognitive processes]. In: Rybár, J., Beňušková, L., Kvasnička, V. (Eds.), Kognitívne vedy. Kalligram, Bratislava, pp. 257–345.
  • I. Farkaš: Konekcionistické modelovanie jazyka. Chapter in book: J. Rybar, V. Kvasnicka, I. Farkas (Eds.), Jazyk a kognícia, Kalligram, Bratislava, pp. 262-305, 2005.
  • Fodor J. A. and Pylyshyn Z. W.: Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture: A Critical Analysis. In: Connections and symbols. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 3–71. 1988.
  • Rogers, T. T., McClelland, J. L., 2004. Semantic Cognition: A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
  • Kvasnička V. a kol.: Úvod do teórie neurónových sietí, IRIS Bratislava, 1997.
  • Beňušková L. Umele neuronove siete . Kapitola z Navrat P. et al. Umela inteligencia. STU: Bratislava, 2002, str. 161-189
  • Rambusch, J. & Ziemke T. (2005). The role of embodiment in situated learning. In: Bara, B.G., Barsalou, L., and Bucciarelli, M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1803-1808. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Lakoff, G.: Ženy, oheň a nebezpečné věci. TRIÁDA, 2006.
  • Lakoff, G., Johnson, M., 1980. Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
  • Gibbs, R. W., 2006. Embodiment and Cognitive Science. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Pecher, D., Zwaan, R. A. (Eds.), 2005. Grounding Cognition: The Role of Perception and Action in Memory, Language, and Thinking. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K.
  • Doerner, D: A Simulation of Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Overcrowding
  • Gelder, T. J., 1999. Dynamic approaches to cognition. In: Wilson, R. A., Keil, F. C. (Eds.), The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 244–246.
  • Burian, J.: Kognice a informace In: Kvasnička V., Kelemen J., (eds.). Kognice a umělý život V. Slezská univerzita. Opava
  • Farkaš, I.: Reciprocal causality between mind and brain from neuroscientific perspective (in Slovak). In J. Kelemen, V. Kvasnicka, J. Pospichal (Eds.), Cognition and artificial life V, Smolenice, Slovakia, pp. 117-124, 2005.
  • Perfors, A.: Simulated Evolution of Language: a Review of the Field, in Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation vol. 5, no. 2, 2002.
  • Takáč, M.: Modelovanie kultúrneho prenosu a jeho úloha v evolúcii jazyka, in Rybár J. a kol. (eds.): Jazyk a kognícia, Kalligram Bratislava, 2005.
  • Gärdenfors, P.: Cued and detached representations in animal cognition", Behavioural Processes 36, 1996, pp. 263-273.
  • Gärdenfors, P.: "Language and the evolution of cognition", in Penser l'esprit: Des sciences de la cognition à une philosophie cognitive, ed. by V. Rialle and D. Fisette, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, Grenoble, 1996, pp. 151-172.
  • Kováč, L: Komentovaný Úvod do kognitívnej biológie. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Kognice a umělý život IV. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 233-258, 2004.
  • Kováč, L: Ľudské vedomie je produktom evolučnej eskalácie emocionálneho výberu. In: (Kelemen, J., Ed.) Kognice a umělý život. III. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 75-93, 2003.
  • Hurford, J.: The evolution of language and languages. In: The Evolution of Culture edited by Robin Dunbar, Chris Knight and Camilla Power, 1999, Edinburgh University Press. p.173-193
  • Kováč, L: Princípy molekulárnej kognície. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnicka, V. (eds.) Kognice a umelý život VI. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 215-222, 2006.
  • Kováč, L: Metafora evolučných krosien: kto je tkáč a čo tká? In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Kognice a umělý život. Slezská univerzita, Opava, pp. 131-140, 2001.
  • Šefránek, J.: Kognícia bez mentálnych procesov. In Ľ. Beňušková, et. al.,(eds.): Kognitívne vedy. Kaligram, Bratislava, 2002: s. 200–256.
  • Retová, D., Šilliková, J., Šefránek, J.: Opice, psy, sémantika a logika. In: Kelemen, J., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (eds.): Kognice a umělý život VII. Slezská univerzita, Opava, 2007, s. 287-294.
  • Kováč, L. Ľudstvo v ohrození: potreba syntézy prírodných a kultúrnych vied. In: Beňušková, Ľ., Kvasnička, V., Pospíchal, J. (Eds.) Hľadanie spoločného jazyka v kognitívnych vedách. Iris 2000, pp. 83-120
  • Burian, J.: Etika umělého vědomí In: Sinčák P., Kvasnička V., Pospíchal J., Kelemen J., Návrat P. (ed.). Kognice a umělý život III. Košice: Elfa, 2003.

Other resources:

  • Basic Concepts of Cognitive Science I. - parallel lecture of MEiCogSci program at Vienna Univ.
  • Wilson, R., Keil, F. (eds): The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences. Cambridge: MIT Press 1999.
  • Johnson-Laird, P.: The Computer and the Mind, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988.
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Assessment details

Readings

Before each session, a student should carefully read at least one article from the related group of readings under the title READINGS (optional supplementary readings are below in SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS) and make up at least one question or a discussion point related to the chosen article. The discussion points should be posted under the corresponding thread (e.g. Session 2 - Readings) 'before the respective session'. If you are the first person to post the discussion point to a topic, please identify the topic you are reacting to in the subject of the thread (e.g. Session 2 - Journal).

Reflective Journal

The reflections will serve the lecturer as a feedback of students' understanding, as well as a platform for discussions among students themselves. Also, they will train the students in formulating and expressing their critical views on scientific content supported by relevant arguments.
The students are supposed to send their written reflections upon each week's topic (either a lecture or a presentation) by posting in on the forum under the corresponding thread.
Each reflection should be sent not later than one week after the lecture (i.e. by the next week session). If you are the first person to post the discussion point, please identify the lecture you are reacting to in the subject of the thread (e.g. Session 2 - Journal).
The reflection should include personal views, reactions to reading-related discussion points raised by colleagues, critical attitude and feedback to the content. It can roughly follow the scheme:

  1. How do I assess the quality of the lecture/presentation?
  2. Which parts were confusing or weakly explained? What did I miss? What more would I need to know?
  3. What (from the content) do I agree with and what do I disagree with? Why? Support by arguments and your experiences.
  4. Can I see any connections with my student's or practical background? Any application areas?
  5. Do I have any reactions to discussion points raised by my colleagues?

These example questions are just for inspiration, creative reflections are welcome!

Oral Presentations

Students will work in teams. Each team will have to prepare a presentation of one topic from the list above. The team will meet the lecturer one week before their presentation to consult the details. The team is responsible for the whole course of presentation, involving demonstrations, discussions etc.

Group work & Colloquium

Students will be evaulated for their activity during the group work (Sept 29) and the final colloquium (Dec 8).