
<html><br /><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Computational Cognition Workshop 2021</strong></span></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box" /><br style="box-sizing:border-box" /><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">We are pleased to announce the 2nd “Computational Cognition'' workshop, hosted by the DFG-funded Research Training Group by the same name at the Institute of Cognitive, Osnabrück University (Germany). The workshop will be held remotely on September 23 – 24, 2021.</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">In this workshop, we pursue to (re-)integrate research from areas concerned with low- and high-level cognition. Much is understood regarding the neural signals underlying basic sensorimotor processes, as well as the cognitive processes involved in reasoning, problem solving, and language. However, understanding how high-level cognition can arise from low-level mechanisms is a long-standing open problem in cognitive science. Artificial intelligence has recently made great progress on many cognitive tasks using (deep) neural networks. At the same time, cognitive scientists have explored similar ideas, such as predictive coding for unified neural theories of learning. Thus, by bringing together ideas from cognitive science and Al we hope to generate new insights into human and machine intelligence alike.</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">Confirmed invited speakers:</b></font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"> </font></font><br /><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Jacob Andreas (MIT), Richard Baraniuk (Rice University), Tom Griffiths (Princeton University), Andrea E. Martin (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics), Claire Sergent (Université de Paris), Agnieszka Wykowska (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box">Call for papers</b></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">We invite abstracts for papers from all areas of cognitive science. Submissions should have a strong computational focus, and may concern research questions in low- or high-level cognition. Topics include but are not limited to…</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="box-sizing:border-box; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:medium; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; text-align:start; white-space:normal; background-color:#ffffff; text-decoration-thickness:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Computational neuroscience</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Artificial intelligence</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Mathematical and computational models of higher-order cognition (e.g., language, decision making, inference)</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Mathematical and computational models of low-level cognition (e.g., signal processing, semantic classification)</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Natural language processing and computational models of language</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Machine learning and Deep Learning</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Empirical studies conducted in relation to either of the above</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Abstracts should be submitted anonymously. </font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#1d1c1d"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">The main text should not exceed one A4 page (12pt font, 2.54 cm/1 inch margins), with an optional second page for additional materials such as tables, figures, and reference</font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#1d1c1d"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">s.</font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"> </font></font><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Abstracts can be considered for a 30-minute talk or poster. Please indicate when submitting whether you would like the abstract to be considered for a talk, poster, or both. To do so, add the labels "talk", "poster", or "talk/poster" to the title in the submission form (e.g., title: "My first submission (talk/poster)").</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">The extended deadline for submission is <strong>July 16</strong>, 2021 (11:59 pm CEST). We expect to notify authors of the decision by early August 2021.</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">You may submit your abstracts here: </font></font></font></font></font></font><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comco2021"><font color="#1155cc"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=comco2021</u></font></font></font></font></font></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Further information is available on the conference website: </font></font></font></font></font></font><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box" href="https://comco2021.uni-osnabrueck.de/"><font color="#1155cc"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">https://comco2021.uni-osnabrueck.de/</u></font></font></font></font></font></font></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">For any inquiries please contact: </font></font></font></font></font></font><a rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box" href="mailto:comco@uni-osnabrueck.de"><font color="#1155cc"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">comco@uni-osnabrueck.de</u></font></font></font></font></font></font></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box" /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Kind regards</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">The COMCO 2021 organizing committee </font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="line-height:1.3"><span style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)"><span style="font-family:"Fira sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="box-sizing:border-box"><font size="2"><font style="box-sizing:border-box">Michael Marino, Xenia Ohmer, Gabriela Pipa, and Juliane Schwab</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> </html>