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11/2/2009 11:00 AM

Computer Science
Taming the complexity monster
Holger H. Hoos
The University of British Columbia
209 Computer Studies Building
We live in interesting times - as individuals, as members of various communities and organizations, and as inhabitants of planet Earth, we face many challenges, ranging from climate change to resource...

11/2/2009 12:00 PM

Center for Visual Science
TBA
EJ Chichilnisky
The Salk Institute
269 Meliora
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11/2/2009 3:00 PM

Neurobiology & Anatomy
The Brain’s Default Network: Implications for Consciousness
Randy L. Buckner, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Brain Science at Harvard University Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute Director at Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program Departmen
G-9425 Med Center
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11/4/2009 12:00 PM

Brain & Cognitive Sciences
To name or not to name? That's not the question: how speakers use referring expressions to distinguish between shared and privileged knowledge
Kristen Skovbroten
BCS Graduate Student: Advisor- Michael Tanenhaus
269 Meliora
The distinction between shared and privileged information is important during interactive conversation. How speakers formulate referring expressions is ideally guided by what they think their interloc...

11/5/2009 4:45 PM

Linguistics
(A)telicity, (Im)perfectivity and aspectual verb classes
Prof. Athini Sioupi
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
513 Lattimore
The talk deals with three issues which underlie much research on aspect: (a) the question of (a)telicity. Krifka 1989, 1992, 1998, Dowty 1991, Tenny 1987, 1994, Verkuyl 1972, 1993, Kratzer 2004 argu...

11/6/2009 9:00 AM

Neurology
Role of Blood-Brain Barrier in Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease
Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD
Dean's Professor, Director, Center for Neurodegenerative & Vascular Brain Disorders; Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Dementia Research, University of Rochester Medical Center
K307 (3-6408) Med Center
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11/9/2009 11:00 AM

Computer Science
Digital Image Forensics
Dr. Hany Farid
Dartmouth College
209 Computer Studies Building
Photography lost its innocence many years ago. Shortly after the first commercially available camera was introduced, photographs were being manipulated and altered. With the advent of high-resolution ...

11/9/2009 4:30 PM

Center for Visual Science
On the Limitations of Visually-Based Image Forensics
Hany Farid
Dartmouth College
269 Meliora
In an attempt to quell rumors regarding the health of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean government released a series of photographs showing a healthy and active Kim Jong-Il. Shortly a...

11/11/2009 12:00 PM

Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Towards a clinically-relevant (?) cognitive neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Alex Martin
National Institutes of Health
269 Meliora
During the past two decades functional brain imaging studies have greatly increased our understanding of the neural circuitry underpinning many aspects of cognition and mood. Recently, these techni...

11/11/2009 11:00 PM

Other
The Epigenetic Defect in Friedreich Ataxia
Dr. Sanjay Bidichandani, MBBS, PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Assistant Dean for Preclinical Curriculum, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
1-9624 Med Center
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11/14/2009 2:00 PM

Other
THE ESM/UR/CORNELL MUSIC COGNITION SYMPOSIUM 2009-2010
Music and Memory
Ciminelli Lounge Eastman School of Music
Special Guests, Andrea R. Halpern (Bucknell University) and Roger Chaffin (University of Connecticut) - "You Must Remember This: Factors Affecting Musical Memory (or Not)" (Andrea R. Halpern)  ...

11/16/2009 12:00 PM

Center for Visual Science
TBA
Josh Gold
University of Pennsylvania
269 Meliora
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11/18/2009 12:00 PM

Brain & Cognitive Sciences
BCS Lunch Talk
Ruben Moreno Bote
BCS Postdoc
269 Meliora
When an observer views a stimulus that allows two distinct interpretations, only one interpretation is perceived at any given time, and perception switches between the two in a stochastic manner. Well...


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