Gabriela Magana, who has been the Administrative Assistant for Symbolic Systems and also for the Linguistics Dept. since 2006, received the Dean's Award of Merit from the School of Humanities and Sciences on April 30, 2012, for her many contributions both to our program and to the Ling Dept ...

The Dish has taken public note of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, happening this weekend:

"Faculty, alumni and students of the interdisciplinary Symbolic Systems program will be gathering to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a free symposium on Friday and by-invitation-only discussions on Saturday that highlight the program’s history, impact ...

Profs. Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller of the Computer Science Department were recently featured in a New York Times story about their online education venture, Coursera.

Symposium
"How the Brain Makes Meaning: Explorations in the Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience of Semantic Cognition"

Friday, May 4, 2012
1:30 - 5:15 pm
Building 200, Room 002 (History Corner), Stanford University
(free and open to all)

How do we go beyond the information given to attribute unseen ...

An audio recording of the April 17 appearance by Marvin Minsky as the 2012 Symbolic Systems Distinguished Speaker (in conversation with SSP Director Ken Taylor, and introduced by Advising Fellow Clayton Mellina, '11) has been posted in MP3 format. (Note that the audio skips and there are a few minutes ...

Mike Krieger (Class of 2008, M.S. 2009) was featured recently in numerous press stories about the acquisition of Instagram (which he co-founded) by Facebook. Among the most widely cited was a profile of the company and its founders in the New York Times that mentioned Mike's Symbolic Systems ...

Symbolic Systems Forum
presents
"A Voice in the Archive: Macroanalysis and the 19th-Century Irish Novel in English"
Matthew Jockers
English Department

Monday, May 7, 2012
12:15-1:05 pm
Building 460, Room 126
map link: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=01-460

ABSTRACT:
Dr. Jockers leverages text and data ...

Symbolic Systems Forum
presents
M.S. Project Presentations
by
Stacey Svetlichnaya and Jan Overgoor (M.S. Candidates)
Symbolic Sysems Program

Monday, May 14, 2012
12:15-1:05 pm
Building 460, Room 126
map link: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=01-460

ABSTRACTS:

(a) "In the Words of the Beholder ...

Symbolic Systems Forum
M.S. Project Presentations
by
Alex Stiller and Neekaan Oshidary
M.S. Candidates, Symbolic Systems Program

April 23, 2012
Building 460, Room 126
map link: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=01-460

ABSTRACTS:
(a) "Ad-hoc Scalar Implicatures in 3-year-olds" (Alex Stiller)
Everyday conversation is full of ...

Symbolic Systems Forum
"Calming Technology and Augmented Self-Regulation"
Neema Moraveji
Calming Technology Lab

Monday, April 9, 2012, 12:15-1:05 pm
Building 460, Room 126
map link: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=01-460

ABSTRACT:
Stress silently but steadily damages physical and emotional well-being, relationships, productivity, and our ability ...

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