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            THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

                  Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
                          February 5 -- 10, 2006 
      Organizer:  George Sperling, University of California, Irvine
                    http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC

                CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS

  The THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE will meet in
Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, February 5 - 10, 2006.
The conference covers a wide range of subjects in what has come to be
called cognitive science, ranging from visual and auditory physiology
and psychophysics to human information processing, cognition, learning
and memory, to computational approaches to these problems including
neural networks, artificial intelligence, and most recently, brain
imaging.  The aim is to provide overview talks that are comprehensible
and interesting to a wide scientific audience --such as one might
fantasize would occur at a National or Royal Academy of Science.

The Conference begins with a reception on Sunday evening, February 5,
at 5:00p followed by a half-session.  Regular sessions meet from Monday
through Friday at 4:00p to 8:00p; the rest of the day is free.  After the
last session on Friday, there is a banquet for participants and guests.

In 2006, in addition to the usual sessions, AIC-31 will feature the
following special sessions (and their organizers):

   fMRI (Geoff Boynton,  boynton@salk.edu)
   new technologies for dealing with aging (Misha Pavel,  pavel@bme.ogi.edu)
   motion, emotion, reward (Adina Roskies,   adina.roskies@dartmouth.edu)

Paper submissions are hereby invited.  The deadline for submissions is
Oct 31, 2005.  To participate in the special sessions, send a title and
abstract to the appropriate organizer(s) as well as a copy to the AIC
conference organizer (sperling@uci.edu).  All other submissions need go
only to the conference organizer.   Complete the registration form at the
AIC website    http://www.socsci.uci.edu/HIPLab/AIC/registration.html
or provide equivalent information via email directly to < sperling@uci.edu >
or hardcopy to:

   Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
   c/o  Prof. George Sperling
   Department of Cognitive Sciences, SSPA-3
   University  of California 
   Irvine, CA 92697-5100

Submissions are not finally accepted until registration is complete
and the registration fee of $140 ($160 after January 1, 2006; $70 for
students) is paid.  Conference registration includes daily snacks and
refreshments, and the closing banquet, payable by check (no credit cards)
to "Annual Interdisciplinary Conference" mailed to the address above.

Applicants
will be notified on or before Nov. 14, 2005 of the acceptance of proposed
presentations.  Registration fees for speakers are  nonrefundable; 
registration for non-speaking participants is refundable at any time.

The 30 previous programs, photos, and hotel information are published on
the AIC website; the 2006 program will be posted as it becomes available.
To receive future electronic mailings write your email address on the
registration form or send it by letter or email.  (Persons already on the
AIC mailing list are retained until they request to be removed).

The conference hotel, the Best Western Inn at Jackson Hole, is directly
at the base of the ski slopes, a short walk from the tram and other ski
lifts.  The Conference has arranged special room rates for registered
participants.  To reserve lodging, telephone The Inn 800-842-7666 or
307-733-2311 and ask the desk to verify that you are on their list of
registered participants in the Annual Interdisciplinary Conference (AIC).
Other hotels, restaurants, ski rental facilities, shops, and cross
country ski trails, are all within walking distance.  There are flights
directly to Jackson Hole AP from Chicago, Denver, and Salt Lake City
(taxi or bus to the hotel).  Alternatively, Jackson is a five-hour drive
from Salt Lake City.

Additional information about the conference, travel, and skiing
opportunities, is available at the website.

UCI UPDATE
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  FACULTY POSITIONS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES - University of California, Irvine
  POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP w/George Sperling, UCI
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    UCI is continuing with its plan to approximately double its size
(although California's well-publicized budget problems are slowing the
growth rate).   In line with a University-wide initiative in Cognitive
Brain Imaging, a 4T and a 1.5 magnet are now available for fMRI research
studies, and a 3T is on order..  For 2005-2006, the Department of Cognitive
Sciences is advertising one junior and one open-rank faculty position in
broadly defined areas of Cognitive Sciences/Neuroscience.  For information
see    http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/open-positions.shtml

Also, I am seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on projects in attention
and motion perception that involve psychophysics, modeling, and brain
imaging.   Contact:  < sperling@uci.edu >

Finally, UCI's expanding graduate program in Cognitive Sciences invites
applications:  See    http://www.cogsci.uci.edu 
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