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LANGUAGE OF THE YEAR EVENT – Friday, 9 November

Posted by: eric | November 8, 2012

When: 3:30-5:00 pm Where:  Rm. 103 UBC LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT 2613 West Mall Totem Field Studios Details here (http://www.linguistics.ubc.ca/node/824)

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CS Distinguished Lecture – Thursday, 8 November

Posted by: eric | November 6, 2012

Speaker:  Judea Pearl, UCLA Professor and ACM Turing Award Winner Home page: http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/jp_home.html Title:   The Mathematics of Cause and Effect Date/Time:  Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 3:30pm New Location:  Earth Sciences Building (2207 Main Mall), Room 1013 Hosts:   Nando De Freitas and David Poole Abstract: Recent developments in graphical models and the logic of causation [...]

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Get Involved with the Andrew Wade Visual Analytics Challenge Program!

Posted by: eric | July 31, 2012

The AW VA Challenge Program provides an opportunity for students to solve real-world data problems through the exciting new field of Visual Analytics. Gain valuable, relevant experience in Cognitive Systems and related fields through volunteering, directed studies courses, internships with industry partners, or just by attending their regular meetings. Read more on our ‘Get Involved’ page.

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Teaching Assistant Positions Still Available

Posted by: eric | July 18, 2012

Though we have received a number of applications, there are still Teaching Assistant positions available for the upcoming 2012W terms, particularly for COGS 200. The advertisement can be found under ‘Positions’ on the ‘Get Involved’ page. Click here to see the post and download the announcement, including application instructions.

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TA Positions – Link fixed!

Posted by: eric | July 3, 2012

The link for the 2012W TA Positions advertisement has been fixed. See ‘Positions’ under ‘Get Involved’, here.

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TA Positions for 2012W Term – Advertisement Posted

Posted by: eric | June 29, 2012

The advertisement for 2012W Teaching Assistant openings has been posted under ‘Positions’ on the ‘Get Involved’ page. Click here to see the post and download the announcement, including application instructions.

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B.A. Degree Requirements – Updated!

Posted by: eric | June 1, 2012

B.A students, take note of changes to the current academic calendar, specifically regarding the Faculty of Arts’ revised writing and literature requirements. The Degree Requirements pages for all three of COGS’ B.A. streams have been updated accordingly.

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New COGS Program Coordinator

Posted by: eric | May 28, 2012

Becky Laturnus is the new Cognitive Systems Program Coordinator. Please contact Becky for general inquiries about COGS or for advising regarding the B.A Language, B.Sc and B.A Cognition and Brain streams.

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COGS Lecture – 20 March – Neil Thiese, MD

Posted by: eric | March 13, 2012

Time: 1100-1230 Place: LASR 102 (70 seats) Title: Stem cells, complexity and the science of being Abstract: Complexity theory  shows how systems of interacting individuals that fulfill basic criteria self-organize into larger scale structures. Such systems exist in hierarchies, e.g. cells self-organize into bodies, bodies self-organize into larger scale social structures (e.g. ant colonies, human [...]

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Frontline Creative – Transferring knowledge into visual resources for youth

Posted by: eric | March 8, 2012

Time critical from Sean Muir Frontline is pleased to announce their first project for Health Canada. It’s a comic book on bed bugs. Even if your skin is crawling, please try to read on if this topic interests you. As many of you know, the Healthy Aboriginal Network and Frontline edit their draft stories with [...]

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