The Puzzle of the Mind

SSC391: Cognitive Science Colloquium
Stuart C. Shapiro
Fall, 2007
W 2:00 - 4:00, 280 Park Hall
Registration No. 138072
1 credit hour; Pass/Fail

Catalog Description:

Acquaints students with ongoing research in the range of disciplines affiliated with cognitive science. Primarily requires attendance at the weekly colloquium and symposium series of the Center for Cognitive Science. Requires students to read any literature that has been publicly preannounced to be relevant to the upcoming colloquium or symposium.

Professor:

Prof. Stuart C. Shapiro, 326 Bell Hall, 645-3180 ext. 125, shapiro@cse.buffalo.edu
Office Hours: To be announced. You can make an appointment via email. See my schedule for my available times.

Requirements:

Attendance at the weekly colloquia of the Center for CognitiveScience.
You are expected to attend every meeting, but you only need attend when there is a speaker. See the Center's web page, Fall 2007 Colloquia for the schedule.
It is important for you to check the colloquium schedule every week, as sometimes the speaker cancels at the last minute, and sometimes new speakers are added at the last minute for a week that was previously open.
Please sign your name on the sign-up sheet each time. The sign-up sheet is always located to your right when you come in the door in 280 Park Hall.
A 5-page double-spaced report
The report should be on the issues discussed by one or more of the colloquium speakers. This should not be a summary, but your reaction to the issues, whether you challenge the conclusions, build up new ideas from them, compare and contrast the positions of different speakers, abstract the cognitive science import you see running across all the speakers, or the like. That is, some kind of creative response is called for.
The report is due on the last day of classes, Friday, December 7, 2007. Put your report in an 8 ½ × 11 manila mailing envelope, address it to Prof. Shapiro, and give it to a CSE Department secretary in 201 Bell Hall

Behavior:

The colloquium speaker will be a UB faculty member, senior graduate student, or, in most cases, a visitor from some other university or research institute. Do not be rude to the speaker. In particular:

Arrive in Park 280 by 2:00 so you do not walk in, making a disturbance, during the presentation.
Do not leave until the speaker has finished giving the presentation. There will often be short questions during the presentation, but it will be clear when the formal presentation has ended. This will be followed by a, perhaps extensive, question and discussion period. You may leave, if you must, during this period, but do so quietly.
Feel free to ask questions, especially during the discussion period. Do not be intimidated by the presence of faculty members and senior researchers. This colloquium series is for you as well as for them.

Last modified: Thu Aug 16 09:35:11 EDT 2007
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SSC391: Cognitive Science Colloquium Stuart C. Shapiro Fall, 2007 W 2:00 - 4:00, 280 Park Hall Registration No. 138072 1 credit hour; Pass/Fail

SSC391: Cognitive Science Colloquium
Stuart C. Shapiro
Fall, 2007
W 2:00 - 4:00, 280 Park Hall
Registration No. 138072
1 credit hour; Pass/Fail