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<p>Dear MathPsych members,</p>
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<p>Please note that the deadline for all submissions to
MathPsych/ICCM 2020 is extended to <b>May 1, 2020</b>. This
includes all ICCM papers and extended abstracts and MathPsych
abstracts. Visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2020/">http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2020/</a>
for details on submission formats.<br>
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Should you have missed previous communications: the in-person
MathPsych/ICCM 2020 is cancelled due to the ongoing global
pandemic; a full statement from the SMP President is on the
conference website and below. We are sorry to miss seeing
everyone in person this year.<br>
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The organizing committee is still working on alternative formats
for a virtual meeting. We will communicate details in the near
future.</p>
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<p>On behalf of the organizers,</p>
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<p>Joachim Vandekerckhove<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/1/20 1:38 PM, Pernille Hemmer
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clear that it will not be possible for us to hold our
annual conference in Toronto this year. We have not taken
this unprecedented decision lightly. However, for the
health and safety of our membership, and given the newly
instituted closure of public events in Toronto through
June 2020, and the cancellation of the Cognitive Science
Conference we strongly believe this to be the right
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we are disappointed about not being able to host a
physical meeting this year, we are excited about the
possibilities of hosting the conference through
alternative venues, such as a virtual meeting. <b>We will
announce further details in the coming weeks</b>. At
this time our submission portal remains open at
</span><span style="font-family:
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fully committed to making sure the award winners for 2020
will still receive their much-deserved recognition. This
includes <i>William K Estes EARLY CAREER AWARD </i>winners
Dora Matzke and Joseph Austerweil, <i>Society for
Mathematical Psychology</i>
<i>SENIOR FELLOW AWARD</i> winner Jean-Claude Falmagne, <i>R.
Duncan Luce OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD</i> (the Journal of
Mathematical Psychology) TBD, and <i>Computational Brain
& behavior OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD</i> TBD. <b>We
will announce further details in the coming weeks.</b></span><span
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mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">We thank
our conference chair, Joachim Vandekerckhove, and
Secretary/Treasurer Leslie Blaha for their
tremendous efforts in these difficult times.</span><span
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have any questions or concerns these can be directed to
the Society Conference Chair, Joachim Vandekerckhove or
the Society President, Pernille Hemmer </span><span
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New Roman";
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Hemmer, President SMP</span><span
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Joachim Vandekerckhove
Associate Professor
Department of Cognitive Sciences
Department of Statistics
University of California, Irvine</pre>
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