31 Oct - 1 Nov 2017
Riga, Latvia
First Call for Papers 12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication *Impact of Visuospatial Skills on Learning* Symposium and Workshop At the Laboratory for Perceptual and Cognitive Systems, Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia October 31, November 1, 2017 Co-Organizers: Faculty of Computing & Faculty of Business, Management and Economics University of Latvia According to recent evidence from psychology and learning science visuospatial skills are critical components in learning and might be a significant predictor of success in learning. Furthermore, external visuospatial representations scaffold variety of internal processes of reasoning ranging from everyday tasks to highly complex processes. This symposium will focus on the following topics (but are not limited to): a. Impact of visuospatial skills on the processes of learning in STEM fields b. The nature and dynamics of visuospatial skills and their place in the larger context of cognitive processes c. The role of visualizations in cognitive processes as scaffolding tools and expressive media. d. Visuospatial reasoning, its semantics, qualitative and quantitative representation. e. Verbal and nonverbal processes in visuospatial reasoning f. Visuospatial processes in logic and formal sciences We welcome contributions from fields including cognitive science, psychology, learning science, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy. Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome. 2-page anonymous abstracts (12 point) for a talk of 30 minutes (+10 minutes discussion) should be submitted by *September 15* by sending them to lpcs@lu.lv with 'Paper Riga 2014' on the subject line. Submissions have to be prepared as pdf files. A limited number of papers will be selected for presentation at the symposium and considered for inclusion in the proceedings in the Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication ( http://newprairiepress.org/biyclc/; instructions: http://newprairiepress.org/biyclc/policies.html) or Baltic Journal of Modern Computing (http://www.bjmc.lu.lv/instructions-to-authors/) *Keynote speakers *(alphabetically): Bob Coecke, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, UK Mike Stieff, Department of Chemistry, Learning Sciences Research Institute University of Illinois-Chicago, IL, USA David H. Uttal, School of Education and Social Policy & Department of Psychology Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA *Program Committee:* Andris Ambainis, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Ivars Austers, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Signe B?li?a, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Juris Borzovs, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Michael Glanzberg, Northwestern University, USA Nora Newcombe, Temple University, USA Susan Rothstein, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Jur?is ??ilters, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia David Uttal, Northwestern University, USA Yoad Winter, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Joost Zwarts, Utrecht University, The Netherlands *Support*: University of Latvia Foundation, ACCENTURE. * Additional information: * lpcs@lu.lv or jurgis.skilters@lu.lv http://www.lpcs.lu.lv/ -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam