COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER July, 1999 CONFERENCE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE! 1999 Annual Meeting The twenty-first annual meeting will be held August 19th, 20th, and 21st (Thursday through Saturday), 1999, at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prof. Martin Hahn is serving as conference chair. The proceedings will be available both in print and on the web through Lawrence Erlbaum. This year, a day of tutorials (partly sponsored by the Office of Naval Research) and workshops (partly sponsored by the cognitive science program at Indiana University through the NSF) precedes the conference, and special interest group meetings will be held. For more information, send email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" or visit the conference web site, located at http://www.sfu.ca/cogsci99/ Please register and book your accommodations SOON! Early registration ends 8/4. Governing Board Nominations Please send your nominations for up to four members to serve two six-year terms filled annually (email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Nominations must be received by August 15. The current board of governors includes Larry Barsalou, Micki Chi, Jeff Elman (Chair-Elect), Susan Epstein, Martha Farah, Ken Forbus, Dedre Gentner, Jim Greeno, Alan Lesgold, Douglas Medin, Mike Mozer, Vimla Patel, Kim Plunkett, Colleen Seifert, and Paul Thagard (Chair). The board will meet in Vancouver to discuss conference policies and future sites, publications, membership, an undergraduate student society, and ways to facilitate research in cognitive science. We welcome your ideas, questions, and comments via email and at the Business Meeting held at the conference. SIGs This year's Cognitive Science conference will explore the possibility of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in Cognitive Science. SIGs are an important component of many scientific societies, providing a mechanism for networking and collaboration of researchers interested in a particular area. Two SIGs have already been proposed (on Educational Dialog, and Human Centered Design of Computing Environments) but others are welcome. The meetings at the conference will be informal, and there is no fee or early signup required. If you would like more information contact: Brian Fisher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Science Journal Our long-time publisher, Ablex Press, has merged its operations with JAI Press, and now merged again with Elsevier. Executive Editor Jim Greeno and current editors Robert Jacobs, Ray Gibbs, and Kurt van Lehn solicit your recommendations for an editor to fill in for Mark Steedman. Also, if you are experiencing problems with your subscription, please contact the society office at 734-429-9248 or send email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Reprint Permissions A reminder: The society holds the copyright for materials published in the journal and in the proceedings of the annual meeting, and grants their use at no charge given the authors� permission. Please contact the society office to request reprint permissions for the journal (published by Elsevier) and proceedings (published by Erlbaum), and NOT the publishers. Future Conferences The 22nd annual meeting will be held August 12-15, 2000 at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and co-chaired by Aravind Joshi & Lila Gleitman. The 2001 meeting will take place at Edinburgh University in Scotland, and will be chaired by Keith Stenning. If you�d like to consider hosting a conference at your university, please contact the society office for more information. Society Web Page "Latest news" is posted weekly, along with funding opportunities, employment ads, conference announcements, and links to related societies, journals, and programs. Please check the page regularly for updates. If you would like to post an announcement, send email to "cogsci.umich.edu" or visit http://www.umich.edu/~cogsci/
