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Monday, September 24, 2012

ICS Student, Francis Jeanson, Likes Brain-busters

Have you ever wondered how your brain actually works? Francis Jeanson decided to focus on this question for his PhD dissertation. Jeanson is trying to better understand the ‘circuits’ in our brains that are responsible for fundamental behaviours and cognitive abilities. Click here to see the rest of the article.... More

Friday, September 14, 2012

External Scholarships for 2013-2014 – Deadlines are quickly approaching

Are you thinking about doing a graduate program in Cognitive Science and are interested in applying for OGS at Carleton University? Now is the time to start contacting your referees and working on your research statements. The first application deadline dates are quicly approaching. See our External Scholarship Page for more information on... More

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Late Charges take effect August 31st at midnight

Late charges take effect on August 31st. Ensure that you are registered and payment arrangements made or you will incur a late... More

Friday, June 8, 2012

First M.Cog.Sc. Graduate credits faculty for his success

Our first graduate in the M.Cog.Sc. program, Evan Curtis, credits faculty for his success. Evan Curtis credits his professors for helping him become Carleton’s first cognitive science student to successfully complete a master’s thesis. “It feels kind of cool,” says Curtis. “It’s interesting being in the first cohort of the master’s... More

Friday, June 8, 2012

Jim Davies to Present at Pecha Kucha Ottawa, June 12, 2012

Pecha Kucha is an organization that holds events consisting of talks. The constraint is that every talk needs to be 6.6 minutes long, and has 20 slides. One slide every twenty seconds, automatically changed. I will be presenting at the next one in Ottawa! I will be speaking about ideas in my forthcoming book... More

Thursday, March 29, 2012

New Book by Dr. Mark Tovey: The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions are Reshaping the Offline World

Dr. Mark Tovey, a graduate of the Ph.D. program of the Institute of Cognitive Science, has just published his second edited volume. This book, co-edited with Hassan Masum, and published by MIT Press, is called "The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions are Reshaping the Offline World". Mark was recently interviewed about The Reputation... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Dr. Ash Asudeh featured on FASS website

Please find the FASS featured article on ICS's Dr. Ash Asudeh here: Resuming the Debate on... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Newly Published Monograph by Dr. Ash Asudeh : The Logic of Pronominal Resumption

A new monograph by Dr. Ash Asudeh has just been published by Oxford University Press titled: The Logic of Pronominal Resumption " This book is a cross-linguistic investigation of resumptive pronouns and related resumption phenomena. The author proposes a new theory of resumption based on the use of a resource logic for semantic composition... More

Monday, January 23, 2012

Institute of Cognitive Science Colloquium Series

Please join us on February 9th, 2012 where Dr. Kumiko Murasagi from the School of Linguistics and Language Studies (SLALS) will be speaking on "Split Ergativity in Inuktitut." Inuktitut is considered to be a typical ergative language in which the intransitive subject and object are grouped together with respect to certain properties such as case... More

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jim Davies – Highlighted in “This Week in Fass” for his work with the Imagination

This Week in Fass is highlighting the work of Dr. Jim Davies, in the area of Imagination. To read the article, click... More

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Sterling Somers – Understanding the Mind

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is highlighting the research of one of our Ph.D. Candidates, Sterling Somers. Sterling Somers is building training programs for SWAT teams, and teaching computers to imagine and create like humans. It’s all part of earning your PhD in cognitive science at Carleton University. Cognitive scientists... More

Monday, December 5, 2011

Jim Davies speaks at TEDxOttawa

Cognitive Science associate professor Jim Davies spoke recently at TEDxOttawa about how assignments can be created so that students' work does not go to waste, doing good for the broader educational and research communities. Watch his talk, here.... More

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Easy as 1, 2, 3? LeFevre interviewed by Ottawa Citizen

Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre was interviewed by the Ottawa Citizen about children's math learning. She claims that learning math is more complicated than learning to read. If you're interested the article is available at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Easy/5345830/story.html: Read the... More

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Publication Alert: Dr. Andrew Brook

Dr. Brook has a number of recent and forthcoming publications. 2009a, 2010, and 2011. The Place of Philosophy in Cognitive Science. Special theme in Topics in Cognitive Science, 1:2, 1:3, and 3.2, pp. 135 in total. Chapters forthcoming a. Kant: Idealist about Time. In: Adrian Bardon and Heather Dyke, eds. A Companion to the... More

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Cognitive Science Alumnus Helps Harry Potter

Ben Houston, a graduate of the B.A. (Honours) program in Cognitive Science, has come to the rescue of the makers of the most recent Harry Potter film. His software company, Exocortex, has provided the film makers with programming expertise. His software helped the makers of the upcoming movie create the special effects for the... More

Monday, June 27, 2011

Exciting Convocation News!

Congratulations to our first Masters of Cognitive Science (M.Cog.Sc.,) Graduates! On June 10th, 2011 we awarded the first three Masters of Cognitive Science Degrees (M.Cog.Sc.,) to the following students: Mr. Neal Leblanc, Mr. Dan Mauro and Mr. Yun Zheng. Congratulations also to three Ph.D. Students who were awarded their degrees as well:... More

Monday, June 27, 2011

New 1st year course in Cognitive Science

We are now offering a first year course in Cognitive Science entitled "Mysteries of the Mind". This course is open to students across the Carleton... More

Monday, May 9, 2011

Collective Intelligence

The Carleton University library has acquired a copy of the book "Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace". This book was edited by Dr. Mark Tovey, a recent graduate of the Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science at... More

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Congratulations to Robert Thomson

I am very pleased to report that Robert Thomson successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on April 18, 2011. Congratulations to you and to your supervisor Dr. Guy Lacroix. Thanks to Dr.John Logan and Dr. Chris Herdman for their important input and support. Dr. Aaron Johnson, Concordia University was the External Examiner. Dr. Robert... More

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Publication Alert: Deepthi Kamawar

Dr. Kamawar has recently published a paper titled "Thinking about Representations: The Case of Opaque Contexts" in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2011, 108, 734 - 746. You can obtain a copy of this paper through Carleton's... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Publication Alert: Singh

Singh, Raj. (2011). Maximize Presupposition! and Local Contexts. Natural Language Semantics. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1007/s11050-010-9066-2... More

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Update on applications for admission

Applications are still being accepted for both the M.Cog.Sc., program and the Ph.D. Program for the Fall 2011 start date. Complete applications packages will be reviewed upon receipt. For more information click on the graduate page and/ or email our graduate administrator at... More

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Research Days at the Institute of Cognitive Science

The Institute of Cognitive Science is hosting a presentation by Dr. Rebecca Saxe from M.I.T. on February 10th, 2011, 2:30 -4:00 in DT2203. Reception to follow. Take a tour of the Language and Brain Lab. For more information see the website. Dr. Masako Hirotani (Lab Director) is cross-appointed in Linguistics and Cognitive Science. She... More

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Graduate Student News

I am very pleased to report that two Ph.D. students, Lloyd Balbuena and Mark Tovey successfully defended their theses in recent weeks. Congratulations to both of you and to your respective supervisors, John Logan and Chris Herdman. Thanks to everyone on the committees for their important input and support. These defenses are the 21st... More

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Publication Alert!

Dr. Mako Hirotani has three papers in press. View the titles and abstracts below. For more information on her work, go to her website. Hirotani, M., Makuuchi, M., Rueschemeyer, S., & Friederici, A.D. (In Press). Who was the agent? The neural correlates of reanalysis processes during sentence comprehension. Human Brain Mapping. Abstract:... More

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Liz Christie (Ph.D. student) Featured in Research Works

Liz Christie, a 1st year Ph.D. student in the Institute of Cognitive Science, was featured in the recent issue of Research Works. Liz is supervised by Ash Asudeh and Ida Toivonen, faculty members in the... More

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Asudeh receives Early Researcher Award

Dr. Ash Asudeh, Associate Professor in Cognitive Science and Linguistics, received an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario. The award will help Dr. Asudeh build a strong team of researchers to study syntax and semantics in language systems by providing funding for excellent graduate students. Congratulations to Dr.... More

Monday, June 21, 2010

M.Cog.Sc. Degree Approved by OCGS

The Ontario Council of Graduate Studies granted final approval for the new Master's degree in Cognitive Science (M.Cog.Sc) on Friday. Dr. Deepthi Kamawar, Graduate Supervisor in the Institute is very pleased that the degree has been approved: "The M.Cog.Sc. is an innovative and flexible program that will enhance the goals of the Institute. ... More

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Official Opening of Brain and Language Lab

The official opening of Carleton's new Brain and Language Lab was held yesterday. Dr. Masako Hirotani is the Director of the lab and a faculty member in the Institute of Cognitive Science and the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. Read the story in the Ottawa Citizen. Congratulations to Dr. Hirotani. This facility... More

Monday, June 14, 2010

Congratulations to Fred Mailhot!

On June 9th Fred Mailhot successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis "Modelling the Acquisition and Evolution of Vowel Harmony." Congratulations on a job well done! Fred's supervisors were Dr. Ash Asudeh and Dr. Lev Blumenfeld. The external examiner was Dr. Mary Beckman from Ohio State University. Other committee members included Shane Hawkins... More

Saturday, June 5, 2010

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