[Cms-moe-list] PPIG announce: Call for participation at CT2001: Instruments of Mind (Warwick 6/8-9/8)

[Meurig Beynon]

Dear PPIG colleague

The 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology will be held in
the new Computer Science building at the University of Warwick from 6th -
9th August 2001.  The conference is the biennial meeting of the Cognitive
Technology Society, founded by Barbara Gorayska, Jacob Mey and Jonathon
Marsh prior to the first conference in Hong Kong in 1995.  Subsequent
conferences have been held in Aizu, Japan (1997) and San Francisco, USA
(1999).  The participation of international delegates from a wide range
of disciplines, including social studies, psychology, education,
linguistics, computer science and artificial intelligence has been a
feature of previous conferences.

A central concern of Cognitive Technology - how people are affected in
cognitive, personal and social terms by technology - is reflected in the
theme of conference: Instruments of Mind. The keynote speakers will
explore this theme from a variety of perspectives: in relation to society
and education (Judith Donath of the MIT Media Lab, Steve Talbott of The
Nature Institute), virtual worlds and their implications (Chris Landauer
and Kirstie Bellman of The US Aerospace Corporation, Tom Rodden and Steve
Benford from the Equator Project) and with reference to their
philosophical and historical context (Andy Clark - University of Sussex,
David Gooding - University of Bath, Martin Campbell-Kelly, University of
Warwick).  These invited papers will be complemented by a full
interdisciplinary programme of papers that includes contributions from
Gorayska, Mey and Marsh.

Places are still available for residential attendance at the conference,
and participation on a day-by-day basis is also welcome.  For full
details of the conference programme and registration see the conference
website at http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/ct2001.  Please note that
discount rates may be available to delegates in special circumstances -
contact Sarah Smitham (sarah.smitham@warwick.ac.uk) for more details.

We look forward to seeing you at CT2001.

Meurig Beynon
Conference Chair, CT2001
on behalf of the organising committee

[ the following details can be printed as a 3 page postcript document
suitable for display as simple poster from the conference website] 

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The 4th International Conference on Cognitive Technology

INSTRUMENTS OF MIND

University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
6th - 9th August 2001

http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/ct2001/
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Cognitive Technology is concerned with the interaction between two 
worlds: that of the mind and that of the machine. In science and 
engineering, this interaction is often explored by posing the question: 
how can technology be best tailored to human cognition? But as the 
history of technological developments has consistently shown, cognition 
is also fashioned by technology. Technologies as diverse as writing, 
electricity generation and the silicon chip all illustrate the profound 
and dynamic impact of technology upon ourselves and our conceptions of 
the world. The instruments afforded by these technologies continue to 
evolve and to shape the minds that first conceived them. 

The technologies of the third millennium promise mind-machine 
interactions of unprecedented intimacy and subtlety. These interactions 
embrace radically new kinds of experience that force us to re-examine 
fundamental concepts of embodiment and consciousness which frame our 
understanding of the relationship between minds and machines. The 
implications of these interactions will hinge on the ways in which humans 
make meanings out of these new experiences. This conference will address 
this issue using the diverse perspectives afforded by a wide range of 
disciplines, and evidence drawn from both contemporary developments and 
the history of technology. Its aim is to deepen our insight into the 
potential influence of current and future technologies over people and 
society. 

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Keynote Speakers
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Martin Campbell-Kelly  University of Warwick, UK
	Victorian Data Processing - When Software Was People 

Andy Clark  University of Sussex, UK
	Natural-Born Cyborgs?

Judith Donath  MIT Media Lab, USA
	Mediated Faces

David Gooding  University of Bath, UK
	Experiment as an Instrument of Innovation:
	Experience and Embodied Thought 	

Chris Landauer, Kirstie Bellman  Aerospace Corporation, USA
	Computational Infrastructure for
	Experiments in Cognitive Leverage

Tom Rodden, Steve Benford  University of Nottingham, UK
	Interweaving Physical and Digital Interaction in the
	Equator Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

Steve Talbott  The Nature Institute, USA
	The History of Technology You've Never Heard
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Outline of the Conference Programme
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Monday

Theme: 	DESIGN SPACES & VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Speakers: 	Steve Talbott, Tom Rodden

Sessions:	Designing Artifacts
		Cognition in Robotic and Virtual Environments
		Interaction and Virtual Reality
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Tuesday

Theme: 	HUMAN ACTIVITY & HUMAN COMPUTING

Speakers:	David Gooding, Martin Campbell-Kelly

Sessions:	Implications for Technology
		Computing and People
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Wednesday

Theme: 	INSTRUMENTS OF MIND

Speakers:	Andy Clark

Sessions:	Education and Cognition 
		Narrative and Story-Telling
		Interfaces 
		The Making of Meaning 
		Cognitive Dimensions
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Thursday

Theme: 	SOCIETY & TECHNOLOGY

Speakers:	Judith Donath, Chris Landauer

Sessions:	Social Computing
		Human-Technology Relationships

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