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                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>CfP
                      Summer School and Workshop “Concepts in Action:
                      Representation,
                      Learning, and Application” (CARLA)</b></font></font></font></p>
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          sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">The
            Institute of Cognitive Science </font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">at</font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
            Osnabrück University (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de">https://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de</a>) is
            proud to
            announce the summer </font></font></font><font face="Arial,
        sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">school
        </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
          style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“Concepts
          in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application” (CARLA),
        </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial,
          sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">funded
            by the </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
          face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
            size="2"><i>Volkswagen
              Foundation</i></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
          face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
            size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">,
            </span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
          face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
            size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">and
              a subsequent</span></font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">
                international workshop on the same topic. </span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">B</span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">oth
                the school participants and external researchers are
                invited to
              </span></font></font></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
          style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:
                normal">submit
                abstracts </span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">to
                the workshop </span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">for
              </span></font></font></span></font><font color="#000000"><span
          style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:
                normal">oral
                or poster presentation</span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">s</span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">.</span></font></font></span></font><font
        color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
            face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
              size="2">
            </font></font></span></font>
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      <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Th</font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">e</font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
            summer school will bring together researchers from different
            disciplines with the goal of providing participants with
            knowledge
            about concept research outside of their own fields and to
            initiate
            interdisciplinary exchanges and research. </font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">The
            subsequent and co-located workshop provides an excellent
            opportunity
            to present and discuss ongoing research on concepts.</font></font></font></p>
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      <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Both
          </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial,
          sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">events</font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
          </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial,
          sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">will
            focus on </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
          face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
            size="2">(but
            not be restricted to)</font></font></font><font
        color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
            three core questions: How can we formally describe and model
            concepts? Where do concepts come from, and how are they
            acquired? How
            are concepts used in cognitive tasks?</font></font></font></p>
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      <u><b><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">I.
              </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">CARLA
              </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">S</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">ummer
              </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">S</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">chool:
              </font></font></font></b></u>
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    <ul>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2"><span style="font-style: normal">Time and
                  Venue:</span></font></font></font><font
            color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2"> </font></font></span></font> </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">August 06 to August 10, 2018, in Osnabrück
                    (Germany).</font></font></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">Lecturers and Casses:</font></font></font></p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2"><b>Nicholas Asher </b></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="font-weight: normal">(</span></font></font></font><a
                class="western"
                href="https://www.irit.fr/%7ENicholas.Asher/"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">https://www.irit.fr/~Nicholas.Asher/</font></font></a><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="font-weight: normal">)</span></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> and </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Julie Hunter </b></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="font-weight: normal">(</span></font></font></font><a
                class="western" href="http://www.juliejhunter.com/"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">http://www.juliejhunter.com/</font></font></a><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="font-weight: normal">)</span></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">: </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“</font></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">Concepts and Conceptualization: From the
                  Lexicon to Situated Conversation” </font></font> </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Christiane
                    D. Fellbaum </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                    style="font-weight: normal">(<a class="western"
                      href="https://www.cs.princeton.edu/%7Efellbaum/">https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~fellbaum/</a>)</span></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">: </font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“</font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">A Linguistic Perspective on Concepts” </font></font>
            </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Peter
                    Gärdenfors </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                    style="font-weight: normal">(<a class="western"
                      href="http://www.fil.lu.se/en/person/PeterGardenfors">http://www.fil.lu.se/en/person/PeterGardenfors</a>)</span></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2"><b>: </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“</font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">Where Do Conceptual Domains Come From?” </font></font>
            </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Robert
                    L. Goldstone </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                    style="font-weight: normal">(<a class="western"
                      href="http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/rgoldsto.php">http://psych.indiana.edu/faculty/rgoldsto.php</a>)</span></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">: </font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“</font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">The Learning and Use of Concepts by Humans” </font></font>
            </p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Michael
                    Spranger </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                    style="font-weight: normal">(<a class="western"
                      href="https://sites.google.com/view/michaelspranger/">https://sites.google.com/view/michaelspranger/</a>)</span></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">: </font></font><font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">“</font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">Co-acquisition of Concepts and Language:
                  Computational Models and Robot Experiments”</font></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
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          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">Schedule: </font></font></font> </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none">The
                      schedule includes both lectures and interactive
                      discussion sessions. </span></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="text-decoration: none">D</span></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="text-decoration: none">etails can be found
                    </span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none">on our
                      website</span></font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="text-decoration: none">: </span></font></font></font><a
                class="western"
href="https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/preliminary_program.html"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/preliminary_program.html</font></font></a><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                      style="text-decoration: none">)</span></font></font></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">Costs: </font></font></font> </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">The school is fully funded and does not
                    charge a registration fee. Meals are included in the
                    funding and will be provided to the participants
                    free of charge. The number of participants is
                    limited to 25. If your institution is not able to
                    cover your travel expenses, we can reimburse
                    accommodation costs as well as travel costs up to
                    150 € for participants from Germany, 350 € for
                    participants from non-German European countries, and
                    800 € for participants from elsewhere. </font></font></font>
            </p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
              face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                size="2">Application:</font></font></font></p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">We invite applications from PhD students
                    and postdocs working on or </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">being </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">interested in
                    concepts from </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">a variety of</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> fields, </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">including</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> (but not
                    restricted to) linguistics, philosophy, psychology,
                    artificial intelligence, logic, computer science,
                    and cognitive science. </font></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">Highly interested advanced master students
                  may be allowed in exceptional cases. </font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">We strongly
                    encourage applications from individuals who are
                    under-represented in their respective fields. For
                    more information </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">about the summer
                    school</font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">, please visit our website (</font></font></font><a
                class="western"
href="https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/overview.html"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">https://www.conceptuccino.uni-osnabrueck.de/carla_summer_school/overview.html</font></font></a><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">).</font></font></font></p>
          </li>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">If you are interested </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">in participating</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">, please </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">submit your
                    application </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>until April 30,
                      2018</b></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2"> under </font></font></font><a
                class="western"
                href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlass18"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlass18</font></font></a><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">. Your application
                    should consist of a single pdf file including a</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> single-page CV </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">and</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> a short motivation
                    letter of up to </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">3</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">00 words stating
                    your research interests and why you want to attend
                    the summer school. </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">If you</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> need</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">a </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">visa to enter
                    Germany, </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">please</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> indicate this in </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">your</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> application so
                    that we can prepare invitation letters for you in
                    time. </font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">If you need financial support for travel
                    and accommodation </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">expenses</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">, please also
                    indicate this in your application.</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"> We will notify you
                    about the selection results by </font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Ma</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">y 7</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">, 2018. Should you
                    have any questions, please contact us anytime at</font></font></font><font
                color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"> </font></font></span></font><a
                class="western" href="mailto:concepts@uni-osnabrueck.de"><span
                  style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">concepts</font></font></span></a><a
                class="western" href="mailto:concepts@uni-osnabrueck.de"><span
                  style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">@uni-osnabrueck.de</font></font></span></a><font
                color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2">.</font></font></span></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <br>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows:
      0" align="justify">
      <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
          size="2"><u><b>II.
              CARLA Workshop:</b></u></font></font></p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Time and Venue: </font></font>
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">August
                  11 and August 12, 2018, in Osnabrück (Germany).</font></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Invited Speakers:</font></font></p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;
              line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows: 0; text-decoration:
              none" align="justify"> <font color="#000000"><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">Nicholas Asher, Christiane D. Fellbaum</font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">, </font></font><font face="Arial,
                  sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Peter
                    Gärdenfors</font></font><font face="Arial,
                  sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">, </font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">Robert L. Goldstone</font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">, </font></font><font face="Arial,
                  sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Julie
                    Hunter</font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                    style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">, </font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                    size="2">Michael Spranger</font></font></font></p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Call for Papers: </font></font>
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">"Concepts
                  in Action: Representation, Learning, and Application"
                  (CARLA) is an international workshop aimed at
                  fostering interdisciplinary exchange about research on
                  concepts. It invites contributions from all fields
                  related to cognitive science, including (but not
                  limited to) linguistics, artificial intelligence,
                  psychology, philosophy, logic, and computer science.
                  Although the workshop is open for research on any
                  aspect of concepts, there exists a set of core topics
                  that are of special interest:</font></font></p>
            <ul>
              <ul>
                <li>
                  <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;
                    orphans: 0; widows: 0" align="justify"> <font
                      face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                        11pt" size="2"><i>Representation</i>: How can we
                        formally describe and model concepts?</font></font></p>
                </li>
                <li>
                  <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;
                    orphans: 0; widows: 0" align="justify"> <font
                      face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                        11pt" size="2"><i>Learning</i>: Where do
                        concepts come from and how are they acquired</font></font></p>
                </li>
                <li>
                  <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;
                    orphans: 0; widows: 0" align="justify"> <font
                      face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                        11pt" size="2"><i>Application</i>: How are
                        concepts used in cognitive tasks?</font></font></p>
                </li>
              </ul>
            </ul>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">We
                  invite the submission of extended abstracts (up to 500
                  words excluding references) to </font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2"><a class="western"
                    href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlaws18">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=carlaws18</a>
                </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                  style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>until May 20, 2018</b></font></font><font
                face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt"
                  size="2">. We will send out acceptance notifications
                  by May 31, 2018. </font></font> </p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
          widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
              style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Publication: </font></font>
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0;
              widows: 0" align="justify"> <font face="Arial,
                sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">We
                  plan to invite a selection of presentations for
                  publication after the workshop. </font></font> </p>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows:
      0" align="justify">
      <br>
    </p>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows:
      0" align="justify">
      <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Best
            regards,</font></font></font></p>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%; orphans: 0; widows:
      0" align="justify">
      <font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
            style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">The
            organizing committee (Kai-Uwe Kühnberger, Ulf Krumnack,
            Mingya Liu,
            Lucas Bechberger)</font></font></font></p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Lucas Bechberger
Artificial Intelligence Research Group
Institute of Cognitive Science
Osnabrück University

Wachsbleiche 27, Room 50/310
D-49090 Osnabrück
Phone: +49-541-969-3400
E-Mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lucas.bechberger@uni-osnabrueck.de">lucas.bechberger@uni-osnabrueck.de</a>
Homepage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.lucas-bechberger.de">https://www.lucas-bechberger.de</a></pre>
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