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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Humanizing Artificial Intelligence – A Top 10 Story of 2025

Mary Kelly's research on Humanizing AI is one of Carleton's Top 10 stories of 2025. Read the full article.  Congratulations, Mary!... More

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Jim Davies on Cognitive Corner Podcast

Jim Davies is interviewed on the podcast Cognitive Corner about computational modeling of imagination. Season 2, Episode 4 (20 minutes). Listen on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1oSNbmTJPNSyQuF5dgz3lF... More

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Retirement party for Jo-Anne LeFevre, John Logan and Adelle Forth – in pictures

Congratulations!!! Our event was attended by 60+ faculty and staff; the view wasn't the best thanks to the fog but the conversation and tributes were great! Not to mention our Lemon Buttercream cake and chocolate cupcakes!                            ... More

Monday, November 24, 2025

Summer 2026 Contract Instructor Opportunities

Please review the attached Contract Instructor Opportunities Ad noting the application deadline of January 9,... More

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Nov 19th Colloquium:

For the last Colloquium of the Fall 2025 semester, we invite you all to join us for a Writing Group.  When: November 19th, 15:00 - 17:00 Where: DT2203 only Looking for motivation to write? Come to our writing group! Bring your ideas (and your laptop or notebook). You can work quietly, share feedback in small... More

Monday, October 27, 2025

Oct 29th Colloquia: From Cog Sci to Career

Our Colloquia on October 29th will be a Panel Discussion with three Alumni discussing their journey from Cognitive Science to their career. Join on campus (DT 2203) from 3:00 - 4:00 or Zoom... More

Friday, October 17, 2025

Cognitive Science mentioned in MacLean’s 2026 Uni rankings

  Carleton was ranked 4th in Canada in Maclean's 2026 Comprehensive category! Each ranked University was highlighted with its own info page and Cognitive Science was mentioned in Carleton's... More

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Cog Sci Master’s student Theo Pana awarded a 2025 Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence

Theo Pana has just starting his master’s program in Cognitive Science after completing his Bachelor of Cognitive Science with a Concentration in Computation here at Carleton. He will focus his research on modeling human cognition with AI systems to better understand the mind. Vector Institute awards up to $2.1 million in scholarships to... More

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Rebecca Merkley’s UNESCO working paper published

Rebecca Merkley is part of a broad initiative with UNESCO called the Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education. As background research to assist in drafting UNESCO's 2024 Global Report on Early Childhood Care and Education:The right to a strong foundation, she was commissioned to write a brief on the evidence supporting... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Experiencing Nature – Minding the Brain podcast

In their latest edition of Minding the Brain, Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans interview Dr. John Zelenski and paddleboarder & author Dan Rubinstein about the benefits of being out in... More

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Cog Sci Colloquium – Oct 1st – Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Join us on October 1, 15:00 – 16:00, for our next colloquium on Generative aritifical intelligence (GenAI) with Dr. Jim Davies. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can improve one’s scientific output in terms of quality and speed. In this talk, Dr. Jim Davies will discuss some current GenAI tools and how to use them effectively... More

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Cog Sci Colloquium – Sept 24th — How to Make Neurons Compute and Control

Join us on Sept. 24, 15:00 - 16:00 for our next Colloquium "How to Make Neurons Compute and Control: Report from the Summit on Neuromorphic Adaptive Programming (SNAP)". Everyone is welcome and you can join on campus (DT2203) or Zoom (https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96979364539) Scroll down to Meet our Panelists! For more information, see:... More

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