The Symbolic Systems Forum at Stanford

(The Public Sessions of Symsys 280, Symbolic Systems Research Seminar, 1 unit)

Spring Quarter, 2012-2013
  12:15-1:05 pm, Mondays, in 460-126 (Margaret Jacks Hall)
Everyone is welcome!

Apr. 8  Alexis Burgess, Philosophy Department, "Identity Explained Away"

Apr. 22  Jeffrey Shrager, Symbolic Systems Program, "Aspects of the Development of Commonsense Perception"

Apr. 29  Daniel Bryant (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "Models of Spiking Behavior in Cortical Neurons"; and Francisco Guzman (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "Encouraging Behavior Change through Wearable Persuasive Technology: An Analysis of Authority"

May 6   VIDEO: Clifford Nass: "Multitasking: How It Is Changing the Way You and Your Children Think and Feel" (October 2012) [live presentation by Prof. Nass has been postponed]

May 13  Jonathan Tyler Boyd-Meredith (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "Detecting Long-Term Autobiographical Memories Using fMRI"; and Miriam Connor (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "Unsupervised Disambiguation of Preposition Senses with an LDA Topic Model"

May 15  (NOTE DATE AND ROOM: Wednesday, 5:15 pm in 420-040) 23rd Annual Symbolic Systems Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Alison Gopnik, Psychology Department, UC Berkeley, "Why children are better (or at least more open-minded) scientists than adults are: Causation, computation and learning"

May 20  Ellen Markman, Psychology Department, "How children generalize what they have learned:Factors that affect the scope, importance, and robustness of generalization"

Jun. 3  Ben Holguin (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "Empty Names and Unreal Objects"; and Kathryn Papadopoulos (M.S. Candidate), Symbolic Systems Program, "From Supporting the Scale to Scaling the Support: Defining the New Role of Peers in Online Courses"

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