Seven Symbolic Systems students have been appointed as undergraduate peer Advising Fellows for 2012-2013. The seven are:

• Ximena Ampuero ('13), Cognitive Science
• Parth Bhakta ('13), HCI
• Erik Brockbank ('13), AI
• Julie Fortuna ('13), HCI
• Ben Holguin ('13), Philosophical Foundations
• Jimmy Tobin ('13), Computer Music or AI
• George Tsiveriotis ('13), Decision ...

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Congratulations to Prof. John R. Perry (Philosophy), one of the founders of the Symbolic Systems Program, for being recognized this year with the Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievements in Teaching from the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford.

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We are pleased to announce that Michael Bernstein (Class of 2006) will be joining the Computer Science Department at Stanford as an Assistant Professor. Michael is graduating this spring with a Ph.D. at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). As an undergraduate in Symbolic Systems in ...

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Profs. Ben A. Barres (Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, and Neurology and Neurological Sciences) and Michael E. Bratman (Philosophy), both affiliated faculty of the Symbolic Systems Program, were elected this year to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations to both Ben and Michael!

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

See also

• "Universities Reshaping Education on the Web" [NY Times, 7/16/2012]

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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 ...

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