Workshop on Socio-cognitive mechanisms of symbolic communication
Workshop on Socio-cognitive mechanisms of symbolic communication
This workshop inaugurates the ‘Socio-cognitive mechanisms of symbolic communication’ project, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) within the Internationalisation of the Humanities programme. The workshop is also sponsored by the School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS).
The objective of this project is to set up a structural research network, which brings together researchers from various disciplines who investigate the socio-cognitive nature of symbolic communication. The objective of the network is to improve cross-fertilization between researchers from different disciplines by exchanging knowledge and experiences, and join forces to study communication multidisciplinary. This way, we aim to improve each other’s research methods and investigate unifying properties of the socio-cognitive mechanisms underlying symbolic communication.
Unfortunately, Linda Smith cannot visit the workshop, but thankfully Afra Alishahi of Tilburg University was so kind to replace her at a very short notice. Unlike we announced earlier, no registration fee will be requested. If you wish to attend the workshop, there are still a few seats available. If you wish to attend, please send an email to socog.symcom@gmail.com.
Programme (for titles and abstracts, download the abstract booklet):
8:30 – 9:00Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome by Paul Vogt
9:15 – 10:15 Keynote lecture: Aylin Küntay, Koç University. How does extended referential discourse integrate speech and other communicative devices in early child-caregiver interaction?
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30 Tony Belpaeme, Plymouth Univeristy. Understanding the acquisition of symbolic communication through robotic models
11:30 – 12:15 Afra Alishahi, Tilburg University. Cross-situational word learning and the role of context
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 – 14:00 Paul Vogt, Tilburg University. Cultural, social and cognitive mechanisms of language acquisition: a multi-disciplinary approach
14:00 – 14:45 Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, INRIA Bordeaux. Boostrapping fluid learning of linguistic interaction through general imitation mechanisms
14:45 – 15:30 Asli Özyürek, Radboud University & Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen. Multimodal approach to symbolic communication: What do gestures reveal about language, cognition, and development?
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Keynote lecture: Luc Steels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Sony CSL Paris. How we do experiments in cultural language evolution
17:00 – 17:30 Panel discussion
17:30 – 18:30 Reception
For more information, contact Paul Vogt (socog.symcom@gmail.com).
Date: 26 January 2012
Time: 9:00 - 18:00 hours
Venue: Tilburg University
Tias building, TZ4
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Organisation: Paul Vogt
Call for Participation