Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06306; 29 Mar 95 16:37:59 EST Received: from adara.cs.Buffalo.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa03086; 29 Mar 95 16:37:42 EST Received: (rapaport@localhost) by adara.cs.Buffalo.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.4) id QAA14302; Wed, 29 Mar 1995 16:38:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 16:38:17 -0500 From: "William J. Rapaport" Message-Id: <199503292138.QAA14302@adara.cs.Buffalo.EDU> To: ai+ai-predoc@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Ph.D. Track in Cognitive Science at SUNY Buffalo Cc: rapaport@cs.Buffalo.EDU Content-Length: 18154 Sender: ai@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Ph.D. Tracks in Cognitive Science Center for Cognitive Science State University of New York at Buffalo 1 Description Ph.D. study of Cognitive Science at the University at Buffalo consists of a special Cognitive Science Track in the Ph.D. program of each of the participating departments. Participation in the track consists of five steps: 1. Admission as a Graduate Student Member of the Center for Cognitive Science; 2. Taking the prescribed set of Cognitive Science courses; 3. Attendance at colloquia of the Center for Cognitive Science 4. Having an interdisciplinary, Cognitive Science dissertation com- mittee. 5. Writing a Cognitive Science-related dissertation. 2 Admission To become a Graduate Student Member of the Center for Cognitive Science, a student must be admitted into the graduate program of one of the participating departments. This will be the student's "home department." In addition, the student must be admitted into the Center for Cognitive Science. For direct admission into the Center, send a copy of the application materials you are sending to your prospective home department to: Graduate Student Admissions Committee Center for Cognitive Science 652 Baldy Hall State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260-1010 For admission as a Graduate Student Member of the Center for Cog- nitive Science after admission to UB, send the following materials to the above address: 1. A statement of purpose, including a tentative set of Cognitive Science courses to be taken, endorsed by the two faculty mem- bers of the Center for Cognitive Science. 2. A letter of recommendation from the student's major profes- sor, who must be a faculty member of the Center for Cognitive Science. All Graduate Student Members of the Center for Cognitive Science are expected to be working on Cognitive Science Tracks in their home departments. 3 Financial Aid Financial aid, in the form of Teaching Assistantships, Graduate As- sistantships, Research Assistantships, and Fellowships are available from the home department. In addition, each year, the Center for Cognitive Science has a limited number of Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships. These are available only to students who have been admitted or who have been offered admission as a Graduate Student Member of the Center for Cognitive Science. To apply for a Cognitive Science Assistantship or Fellowship if you are already a Graduate Stu- dent Member, send a statement of purpose to the Center office and have at least one faculty member of the Center send a supporting letter of recommendation. 4 Participating Departments The currently participating departments are listed below. For changes to this list, consult the Center office or the office of your home de- partment. o Anthropology o Communicative Disorders and Sciences o Computer Science o Linguistics o Philosophy o Psychology 5 Dissertation Committee The dissertation committee must satisfy the requirements of the home department. In addition the committee chair (major professor) must be a faculty member of the Center for Cognitive Science, and one other committee member must be a faculty member of the Center for Cognitive Science not from the home department. Satisfying this requirement might require a larger dissertation committee than is usual for the home department. 6 The Graduate Student Association for Cognitive Science The Graduate Student Association for Cognitive Science provides an opportunity for graduate students interested in Cognitive Science to interact with each other. All Graduate Student Members of the Cen- ter for Cognitive Science are automatically members of the Graduate Student Association for Cognitive Science. Other interested graduate students may join. 7 Students in Non-Participating Departments A graduate student whose home department is not one of the partici- pating departments listed in Section 4 may still pursue a Ph.D. Track in Cognitive Science. The student must satisfy all of the requirements listed in this document with the following modifications: Admission The student's major professor need not be a faculty member of the Center of Cognitive Science. However, in ad- dition to the materials listed in Section 2, the student must submit a letter from his/her department's Director of Graduate Studies approving the student's intention to pursue a Cognitive Science Ph.D. Track. Dissertation Committee The committee chair (major professor) need not be a faculty member of the Center of Cognitive Science, but two members of the dissertation committee must be, and they must be from different departments. Course Requirements The 5 Cognitive Science courses other than the required course must be from 3 different departments, and no more than 2 can be from the same department. One of these 3 departments may be the student's home department if that department has courses listed in Section 9 or Section 10. 8 Course Requirements In addition to the requirements of the home department, each student in a Cognitive Science Track must take 6 Cognitive Science courses that carry at least 3 credit hours each. One of these must be the required course (see below). At least 3 of the remaining 5 courses must be from outside the home department, and from at least 2 different departments. At least 4 of the 5 non-required courses must be from the list of "central" courses given in Section 9. The final course may be from the list of "elective" courses given in Section 10. At least 4 of the 6 courses must cohere with each other, and with the student's proposed dissertation research, as determined by the student and the student's major professor. A cross-listed course may be considered to be in any of the departments that cross-list it, at the student's discretion. 8.1 Required Course The course required for the Ph.D. Tracks in Cognitive Science is: o Introduction to Cognitive Science, crosslisted as CS 575 and LIN 575. 8.2 Topical Areas At least 4 of the 6 Cognitive Science courses must form a coherent group. As an aid in forming such a group of courses, we list below some Cognitive Science topical areas and some courses that fit within them. These lists are not meant to be definitive nor constraining. It is up to the student and the student's major professor to choose the 4 coherent courses according to the student's research interests. o Cognitive Neuroscience - CDS 528 Neural Basis of Communication - LIN 592 Neurolinguistics - PSY 513 Biological Bases of Behavior - PSY 629 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior - PSY 714 Functional Plasticity and Recovery in the CNS o Comparative Cognitive Systems - APY 654 Graduate Survey of Cultural Anthropology - CS 674 Computer Learning and Human Information Processing - LIN 538 Approaches to Semantics - LIN 582 Language and Cognition - LIN 581 Cognitive Foundations of Language - LIN 637 Cognitive structure of language - LIN 623 Seminar on Semantics of Space, Time, and Causation - LIN 603 Cross-Linguistic studies of language development - LIN 525 Typology and Universals - LIN 653 Universals - PSY 513 Biological bases of behavior - PSY 629 Neural mechanisms of behavior - PSY 635 Artificial intelligence - PSY 714 Functional plasticity and recovery in the CNS - PSY 715 Behavior genetics - PSY 881 Animal Cognition o Concepts and Categories - APY 526 Cognitive and Symbolic Systems - APY 543 Cognitive Anthropology - CS 676 Knowledge Representation - LIN 538 Approaches to Semantics - LIN 582 Language and Cognition - LIN 509 Ethnolinguistic Field Methods - LIN 581 Cognitive Foundations of Language - LIN 637 Cognitive structure of language - LIN 623 Seminar on Semantics of Space, Time, and Causation - PHI 521-522 Survey of Philosophy of Science 1 and 2 - PHI 523 Methodology of Natural Sciences - PHI 524 Methodology of social Sciences - PSY 611 History and systems of psychology - PSY 628 Foundations of psychological theory - PSY 718 Memory and cognitive development - PSY 727 Human information processing - PSY 639 Cognitive processes - PSY 728 Human memory o Formal and Computational Systems - CS 572 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - CS 596 Introduction to the Theory of Computation - CS 642 Techniques of Artificial Intelligence - CS 675 Natural Language Understanding - LIN 535 Syntax 2 - LIN 614 Current Syntactic Theory - PHI 517 Introduction to Logic for Advanced Students - PHI 520 Topics in the Philosophy of Science - PHI 615-616 Logical Theory 1 and 2 - PHI 619 Modal Logic o Language - General Language * CS 675 Natural Language Understanding * LIN 515 Syntax 1 * LIN 517 Psycholinguistics * LIN 525 Typology and Universals * LIN 528 Language & Cognition * LIN 535 Syntax 2 * LIN 538 Semantics * LIN 555 Language Acquisition * LIN 603 Cross-Linguistic studies of language development * LIN 614 Current Syntactic Theory * LIN 653 Universals * PHI 517 Introduction to Logic for Advanced Students * PHI 525 Philosophical Analysis * PHI 615-616 Logical Theory 1 and 2 * PHI 619 Modal Logic * PSY 642 Psycholinguistics * PSY 747 Language devel. - Spoken Language * LIN 510 Morphology * LIN 531 Phonetics * LIN 532 Phonology 1 * LIN 533 Phonology 2 * LIN 556 Acquisition of Phonology * LIN 558 Prosodic analysis of natural discourse * LIN 612 Controversies in Phonology * PSY 719 Speech perception * PSY 627 Perception - Discourse * CS 675 Natural Language Understanding * LIN 504 Discourse Pragmatics * LIN 590 Textual analysis * LIN 558 Prosodic analysis of natural discourse * LIN 604 Discourse & Syntax * LIN 723 Advanced seminar in discourse analysis - Computational Linguistics * CS 503-504 Computer Science for Non Majors I, II * CS 505 Fundamentals of Programming Systems * CS 531 Analysis of Algorithms * CS 543 Introduction to Language Processors * CS 572 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence * CS 596 Introduction to the Theory of Computation * CS 655 Introduction to Pattern Recognition * CS 661 Document Analysis and Recognition * CS/LIN 675 Computational Linguistics * CS 676 Knowledge Representation * PHL 517 Introduction to Logic for Graduate Students * LIN 504 Discourse-Pragmatics * LIN 515 Syntax 1 * LIN 517 Psycholinguistics * LIN 531 Phonetics * LIN 532 Phonology 1 * LIN 535 Syntax 2 * LIN 538 Approaches to Semantics o Vision - BPH/CS 514 Vision - CS 655 Introduction to Pattern Recognition - CS 661 Document Analysis and Recognition - CS 666 Introduction to Image Analysis - CS 673 Computational Vision - PSY 627 Perception - PSY 639 Cognitive Processes - PSY 727 Human Information Processing - PSY 729 Visual pattern recognition 8.3 Free Electives Finally, each student must take one additional course either from the list in Section 9 or the list in Section 10. 9 Central Courses Besides the required course, 4 of the Cognitive Science courses must come from the list in this section. 9.1 Anthropology APY 526 Cognitive and Symbolic Systems APY 543 Cognitive Anthropology APY 654 Graduate Survey of Cultural Anthropology 9.2 Biomedical Sciences BPH 514 Graduate Group Vision Course-4 credits 9.3 Communicative Disorders & Sciences CDS 528 Neural Basis of Communication CDS 528 Neural Basis of Communication Laboratory-1 credit 9.4 Computer Science CS 514 Vision CS 572 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence CS 575 Introduction to Cognitive Science CS 596 Introduction to the Theory of Computation CS 642 Techniques of Artificial Intelligence CS 655 Introduction to Pattern Recognition CS 661 Document Analysis and Recognition CS 666 Introduction to Image Analysis CS 673 Computational Vision CS 674 Computer Learning and Human Information Processing CS 675 Computational Linguistics CS 676 Knowledge Representation 9.5 Linguistics LIN 504 Discourse Pragmatics LIN 509 Ethnolinguistic Field Methods LIN 510 Morphology LIN 515 Syntax 1 LIN 517 Psycholinguistics LIN 525 Typology and Universals LIN 528 Language & Cognition LIN 531 Phonetics LIN 532 Phonology 1 LIN 533 Phonology 2 LIN 535 Syntax 2 LIN 538 Approaches to Semantics LIN 555 Language Acquisition LIN 556 Acquisition of Phonology LIN 558 Prosodic Analysis of Natural Discourse LIN 575 Introduction to Cognitive Science LIN 581 Cognitive Foundations of Language LIN 582 Language and Cognition LIN 590 Textual analysis LIN 592 Neurolinguistics LIN 603 Cross-Linguistic studies of language development LIN 604 Discourse & Syntax LIN 612 Controversies in Phonology LIN 614 Current Syntactic Theory LIN 623 Seminar on Semantics of Space, Time, and Causation LIN 625 Seminar in Role and Reference Grammar LIN 637 Cognitive structure of language LIN 653 Universals LIN 675 Computational Linguistics LIN 723 Advanced seminar in discourse analysis 9.6 Philosophy PHI 517 Introduction to Logic for Advanced Students PHI 520 Topics in the Philosophy of Science PHI 521-522 Survey of Philosophy of Science 1 and 2 PHI 523 Methodology of Natural Sciences PHI 524 Methodology of social Sciences PHI 525 Philosophical Analysis PHI 534 Topics courses in Epistemology PHI 615-616 Logical Theory 1 and 2 PHI 619 Modal Logic 9.7 Psychology PSY 513 Biological Bases of Behavior PSY 611 History and Systems of Psychology PSY 627 Perception PSY 628 Foundations of Psychological Theory PSY 629 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior PSY 635 Artificial Intelligence PSY 639 Cognitive Processes PSY 642 Psycholinguistics PSY 714 Functional Plasticity and Recovery in the CNS PSY 715 Behavior Genetics PSY 718 Memory and Cognitive Development PSY 719 Speech Perception PSY 727 Human Information Processing PSY 728 Human Memory PSY 729 Visual Pattern Recognition PSY 747 Language Development PSY 881 Animal Cognition 10 Elective Courses One of the 6 Cognitive Science courses may come from this list. 10.1 Anthropology APY 511 Psychological Anthropology APY 521 Linguistic Anthropology APY 573 Evolutionary Biology of Primates APY 578 Ethnomedicine APY 720 Advanced Research in Physical Anthropology (Animal Communication) APY 743 Advanced Ethnology (Ethnoastronomy) 10.2 Biological Sciences BIO 553 Evolutionary Biology Colloquium 10.3 Biomedical Sciences ES 516 Motor Learning and Movement Behavior BPH 540 Nerve System Theory PGY 527 Neurophysiology-4 credits PGY 598 Neurophysiology-4 credits 10.4 Computer Science CS 503 Computer Science for Non-Majors I CS 504 Computer Science for Non-Majors II CS 505 Fundamentals of Programming Systems CS 543 Introduction to Language Processors CS 700 Independent Study (1-3 credits) (see note 1) CS 701-798 Computer Science Seminars (see note 1) CS 799 Supervised Research (1-3 credits) (see note 1) Note 1: Only those sections offered by faculty of the Center for Cognitive Science, and which they approve as Cognitive Science-related. 10.5 Industrial Engineering IE 632 Cognitive Engineering 10.6 Linguistics LIN 501 Organization of Language LIN 580 Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics 10.7 Philosophy PHI 518 History of Logic 11 Faculty The current faculty members of the Center for Cognitive Science are listed below according to their home departments. Names of partici- pating departments are preceded by a bullet (o). o ANTHROPOLOGY Charles Frake Donald Pollock Barbara Tedlock BIOPHYSICS K. Nicholas Leibovic o COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS AND SCIENCES Jan Charles-Luce Judith Felson Duchan Jeffrey Higginbotham Elaine Stathopoulos Joan E. Sussman o COMPUTER SCIENCE William J. Rapaport Stuart C. Shapiro Deborah K. W. Walters GEOGRAPHY David L. Mark INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Valerie L. Shalin LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION Carol Hosenfeld o LINGUISTICS Matthew Dryer Jeri J. Jaeger Madeleine Mathiot Karin Michelson Leonard Talmy Robert D. Van Valin Jr. Wolfgang Wolck David Zubin NEUROLOGY David W. Shucard Alan H. Lockwood o PHILOSOPHY William H. Baumer Peter Hare John Kearns Lynn E. Rose Barry Smith PHYSIOLOGY Susan B. Udin o PSYCHOLOGY Gail A. Bruder LouAnn Gerken Peter W. Jusczyk Paul Luce James R. Sawusch Erwin Segal J. 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