sebes@inmet.UUCP (11/12/86)
Stanford has a program along the lines of that described
at UCSD. The participating departments are CS, linguistics,
philosophy, and psychology. There is a list of courses
offered in those departments that count toward a course
requirement for a phd in 'X and Cognitive Science' (I am
not sure that that is the wording, but it is the gist).
In addition to whatever course work you need to do in
your department, you must take some number of those
approved courses, with a certain distribution between
your dept and the other three. Depending on your dept
and how much course work you need to do there, it could
be quite an undertaking. Also, it is a relatively recent
thing, and I not sure how many people are actually
involved in it.
I found out about it simply by calling one of the depts
and asking if that had any cogsci organization.
Stanford also has a well-funded research center, the
Center for the Study of Language and Intelligence
(or something similar that spells CSLI ("Cicely")).
--John Sebesconklin@milano.UUCP (11/22/86)
When I was there three years ago U. Mass. (Amherst) had an
aggressively interdisciplinary approach to Cognitive Science, involving
the Computer Science (COINS), Linguistics, Psychology, and
Philosophy departments. While there was no single department
and no degree, there was active encouragement for students to
take courses in the other departements, and many advanced seminars
were co-lead by faculty of several departments. I don't know
the status of things now, especially since Michael Arbib, a chief
architect of that approach, has gone on to USC in LA.
--
Jeff Conklin
MCC Software Technology Program
(512) 338-3562
conklin@MCC.arpa ut-sally!im4u!milano!conklin