Sofia

15th International Summer School in Cognitive Science NBU, Sofia, June 30 - July 19, 2008 Courses Margaret Boden (University of Sussex, UK) - Creativity and Computers Paul Smolensky (Rumelhart Prize Winner for 2005, John Hopkins University, USA) - Explaining Grammatical Competence and Performance in an Integrated Connectionist/Symbolic Computational Architecture Geraldine Legendre (John Hopkins University, USA) - Optimal Morphosyntax and Its Acquisition Bradley Schlaggar (Washington University at Saint Louis, USA) - Cognitive Neuroscience Investigation of Typical and Atypical Development Terry Regier (University of Chicago, USA) - Language and Thought Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University) - Analogy and Cognition Eve Clark (Stanford University, USA) - Acquisition of Meaning Herbert Clark (Stanford University, USA) - Using Language Jeffrey Elman (Rumelhart Prize Winner for 2007, University of California at San Diego, USA) - Connectionist Models of Language Processing Organised by the New Bulgarian University Endorsed by the Cognitive Science Society Sponsored by European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) http://www.escop.org/ Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science New Bulgarian University 21 Montevideo Str. Sofia 1618 phone: (+3592) 8110-401 e-mail: school@cogs.nbu.bg

Event name: 3-rd International Gift Exhibition: REGALO 6-9 March 2008 Web page: http://www.viaexpo.com/gifts/en/gifts.html Place: Sofia, BULGARIA Venue: National Palace of Culture Contact: info@viaexpo.com International producers, exporters and importers will present an impressive variety of gifts, decorative items, packaging articles, candles, business gifts, stationary, bijoux, fashion accessories, cosmetics, etc.