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Science of Learning Colloquia SeriesAll Colloquia take place on Friday at 12:00 pm in Room D 428 (ICS) on the fourth floor of the Muenzinger Psychology building unless otherwise noted.
Leveraging - Science of Learning "Leveraging Human Generalization Abilities for Optimal Learning" Although we haven't received the "official" announcement yet, we appear to be on track to receive our Science of Learning Catalyst Center Grant. The topic of our center is "Leveraging human generalization abilities for optimal learning". One of the activities we proposed was a year long seminar on how the question of generalization is examined from experimental, developmental and lifespan, biological, and computational perspectives. Thus, 7 of the ICS "colloquia" slots in the fall will be held for this purpose from 12-2 on Friday. In our kick-off meeting we will raise some general questions about generalization of learning that we'd like people's input on, and will break into smaller groups to discuss some of the perspectives that people have on those questions. We hope to use this session to delineate some of the major themes that we will want to examine over the year. For the remaining 6 sessions, we envision 2 "triplets" of session. A triplet will consist of two sessions in which people from various disciplines present background information on how generalization of knowledge is addressed in their discipline. In this manner we can build a common knowledge base. The third session will be like our "Converging on Cognition" sessions, in which we will have the people that have presented in the prior two sessions engage in a dialog about where their perspectives on generalization of knowledge converge or diverge. The ICS Friday afternoon colloquium series offers a number of different types of meetings. Converging On Cognition This type of session presents and reviews research efforts by the membership, with discussants who may have differing points of view. The session is structured so that the research under discussion is briefly reviewed, with written details provided prior to the meeting. Most of the session is devoted to exploring such things as what the results mean, both with respect to advancing theory, and how they may be applied across discipline boundaries. State of the Field Tutorial These meetings are designed to help the membership stay up-to-date with topics that are related to one's work, but not one's main area of expertise. We look to experts within the membership to provide these tutorials to the extent that is possible. These meetings are the forum for members of ICS to identify topics that "I always wanted to know more about…" or "what's been happening lately in XYZ field." Poster Session ICS members save the posters that they make for various presentations throughout the year for the annual, year-end ICS fiesta and poster session where the membership can discuss the work informally with the investigators. Colloquia by ICS Membership There is some exciting work being done by our own members, and the colloquia are a forum for the membership to share their work with others. Colloquia by Invited Speakers Distinguished researchers in cognitive science are invited to spend a few day at CU Boulder exchanging ideas with faculty and students. Among the scheduled events are a colloquium given in the core department representing the visitor's fundamental area of expertise, and an ICS colloquium highlighting the speakers' interdisciplinary work in cognitive science. Speakers from the business community represent another topic category for one of our colloquia. |
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