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 Society by The Londoner—read the full ... more
Dr. Ash Asudeh featured on FASS website
Please find the FASS featured article on ICS’s Dr. Ash Asudeh here: Resuming the Debate on Resumption
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 and ... more
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 and ... more
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 here.
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 study thinking in ... more
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.
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 article.
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 Philosophy ... more
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 Pensieve, ... more