Gary_M._Olson@UMich-MTS.MAILNET (06/02/86)
THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan The Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Laboratory (CSMIL) is an interdisciplinary organization, spanning the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction. It is sponsored by three colleges at the University of Michigan: the Graduate School of Business Administration, the College of Engineering, and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). Its mission is to facilitate faculty research and graduate training, with a special focus on cross-college collaborations. CSMIL faculty are interested in a variety of specific topics in cognition, such as vision, attention, learning, reasoning, and problem-solving, whether they are in humans or machines. Some are also interested in designing and evaluating the interface between humans and computer systems, or in developing computer tools to augment and extend human cognition. CSMIL faculty have a broad range of experience in methods relevant to these problems, including such areas as the design of special computer architectures, software design and evaluation, artificial intelligence programming, and the analysis of human cognition. CSMIL has a range of specific activities. It sponsors various seminars, colloquia, conferences, and workshops on the U of M campus in order to facilitate interdisciplinary intellectual exchange. Many of these are open to the general technical community in the area as well as to U of M faculty and students. Periodically, CSMIL will sponsor a single set of focused intellectual activities designed to stimulate progress in one particular research frontier, devoting an entire semester or academic year to intellectual exploration of an important topic. CSMIL coordinates financial support for faculty projects, and also assists in developing shared research facilities. CSMIL also takes an active role in disseminating results from the research of U of M faculty through several publication series tailored to either specific technical audiences or a more general readership. Finally, CSMIL has a Corporate Affiliates Program through which U of M faculty and their peers in corporations can interact on a regular basis. For further information about any of these activities, contact: Gary M. Olson, Director Cognitive Science and Machine Intelligence Laboratory The University of Michigan 904 Monroe Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 313-747-4948 Net address: Gary_Olson%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@MIT-Multics.Arpa