turing@ctcs.leeds.ac.UK (Turing Conference) (02/22/90)
____________________________________________________________________________ TURING 1990 COLLOQUIUM At the University of Sussex, Brighton, England 3rd - 6th April 1990 PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS AND REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS ____________________________________________________________________________ INVITED SPEAKERS Paul CHURCHLAND (Philosophy, University of California at San Diego) Title to be announced Joseph FORD (Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology) CHAOS : ITS PAST, ITS PRESENT, BUT MOSTLY ITS FUTURE Robin GANDY (Mathematical Institute, Oxford) HUMAN VERSUS MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE Clark GLYMOUR (Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon) COMPUTABILITY, CONCEPTUAL REVOLUTIONS AND THE LOGIC OF DISCOVERY Andrew HODGES (Oxford, author of "Alan Turing: the enigma of intelligence") BACK TO THE FUTURE : ALAN TURING IN 1950 Douglas HOFSTADTER (Computer Science, Indiana) Title to be announced J.R. LUCAS (Merton College, Oxford) MINDS, MACHINES AND GODEL : A RETROSPECT Donald MICHIE (Turing Institute, Glasgow) MACHINE INTELLIGENCE - TURING AND AFTER Christopher PEACOCKE (Magdalen College, Oxford) PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF CONCEPTS Herbert SIMON (Computer Science and Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon) MACHINE AS MIND ____________________________________________________________________________ OTHER SPEAKERS Most of the papers to be given at the Colloquium are interdisciplinary, and should hold considerable interest for those working in any area of Cognitive Science or related disciplines. However the papers below will be presented in paired parallel sessions, which have been arranged as far as possible to minimise clashes of subject area, so that those who have predominantly formal interests, for example, will be able to attend all of the papers which are most relevant to their work, and a similar point applies for those with mainly philosophical, psychological, or purely computational interests. Jonathan Cohen (The Queen's College, Oxford) "Does Belief Exist?" Mario Compiani (ENIDATA, Bologna, Italy) "Remarks on the Paradigms of Connectionism" Martin Davies (Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London) "Facing up to Eliminativism" Chris Fields (Computing Research Laboratory, New Mexico) "Measurement and Computational Description" Robert French (Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition, Indiana) "Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test" Beatrice de Gelder (Psychology and Philosophy, Tilburg, Netherlands) "Cognitive Science is Philosophy of Science Writ Small" Peter Mott (Computer Studies and Philosophy, Leeds) "A Grammar Based Approach to Commonsense Reasoning" Aaron Sloman (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex) "Beyond Turing Equivalence" Antony Galton (Computer Science, Exeter) "The Church-Turing Thesis: its Nature and Status" Ajit Narayanan (Computer Science, Exeter) "The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game" Jon Oberlander and Peter Dayan (Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh) "Altered States and Virtual Beliefs" Philip Pettit and Frank Jackson (Social Sciences Research, ANU, Canberra) "Causation in the Philosophy of Mind" Ian Pratt (Computer Science, Manchester) "Encoding Psychological Knowledge" Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky (Philosophy, Utrecht, Netherlands) "Remarks on the Impact of Connectionism on our Thinking about Concepts" Murray Shanahan (Computing, Imperial College London) "Folk Psychology and Naive Physics" Iain Stewart (Computing Laboratory, Newcastle) "The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory" Chris Thornton (Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh) "Why Concept Learning is a Good Idea" Blay Whitby (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex) "The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind Alley?" ____________________________________________________________________________ TURING 1990 COLLOQUIUM At the University of Sussex, Brighton, England 3rd - 6th April 1990 This Conference commemorates the 40th anniversary of the publication in Mind of Alan Turing's influential paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". It is hosted by the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex and held under the auspices of the Mind Association. Additional support has been received from the Analysis Committee, the Aristotelian Society, The British Logic Colloquium, The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, POPLOG, Philosophical Quarterly, and the SERC Logic for IT Initiative. The aim of the Conference is to draw together people working in Philosophy, Logic, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and related fields, in order to celebrate the intellectual and technological developments which owe so much to Turing's seminal thought. Papers will be presented on the following themes: Alan Turing and the emergence of Artificial Intelligence, Logic and the Theory of Computation, The Church- Turing Thesis, The Turing Test, Connectionism, Mind and Content, Philosophy and Methodology of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. Invited talks will be given by Paul Churchland, Joseph Ford, Robin Gandy, Clark Glymour, Andrew Hodges, Douglas Hofstadter, J.R. Lucas, Donald Michie, Christopher Peacocke and Herbert Simon, and there are many other prominent contributors, whose names and papers are listed above. Anyone wishing to attend this Conference should complete the form below and send it to Andy Clark, TURING 1990 Registrations, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, England, U.K., enclosing a STERLING cheque or money order for the total amount payable, made out to "Turing 1990". We regret that we cannot accept payment in other currencies. The form should be returned not later than Thursday 1st March 1990, after which an extra fee of #5.00 for late registration is payable and accommodation cannot be guaranteed. The conference will start after lunch on Tuesday 3rd April 1990, and it will end on Friday 6th April after tea. Final details will be sent to registered participants towards the end of February. Conference Organizing Committee Andy Clark (Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Sussex University) David Holdcroft (Philosophy, Leeds University) Peter Millican (Computer Studies and Philosophy, Leeds University) Steve Torrance (Information Systems, Middlesex Polytechnic) ___________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION DOCUMENT : TURING 1990 NAME AND TITLE : __________________________________________________________ INSTITUTION : _____________________________________________________________ STATUS : ________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS : ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ POSTCODE : _________________ COUNTRY : ____________________________ Any special requirements (eg. diet, disability) : _________________________ I wish to register for the Turing 1990 Colloquium and enclose a Sterling cheque or money order, payable to "Turing 1990", for the total amount listed below : Please ENTER AMOUNTS as appropriate. 1. Registration Fee: Mind Association Members #30.00 .............. (Compulsory) Full-time students #30.00 .............. (enclose proof of status - e.g. letter from tutor) Academics (including retired academics) #50.00 .............. Non-Academics #80.00 .............. Late Registration Fee #5.00 .............. (payable after 1st March) 2. Full Board including all meals from Dinner #84.00 .............. on Tuesday 3rd April to Lunch on Friday 6th April, except for Thursday evening OR All meals from Dinner on Tuesday 3rd April #33.00 .............. to Lunch on Friday 6th April, except for Thursday evening 3. Conference banquet in the Royal Pavilion, #25.00 .............. Brighton on Thursday 5th April OR Dinner in the University on Thursday 5th April #6.00 .............. 4. Lunch on Tuesday 3rd April #6.00 .............. 5. Dinner on Friday 6th April #6.00 .............. ______________ TOTAL # ______________ Signed ________________________________ Date ______________________ Please return this form, with your cheque or money order (payable to "Turing 1990"), to: Dr Andy Clark, Turing 1990 Registrations, Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, England. Email responses to: turing@uk.ac.sussex.syma ( from BITNET: turing@syma.sussex.ac.uk -NM ) ____________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR STUDENTS AND SUPERVISORS: The Analysis Committee has kindly made a donation to subsidise students who would benefit from attending the Colloquium but who might otherwise be unable to do so. The amount of any such subsidy will depend on the overall demand and the quality of the candidates, but it would certainly cover the registration fee and probably a proportion of the accommodation expenses. Interested parties should write immediately to Andy Clark at the address above, enclosing a brief supporting comment from a tutor or supervisor. ____________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE SEND ON THIS NOTICE to any researchers, lecturers or students in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy or Psychology, in Britain or abroad, and to ANY APPROPRIATE BULLETIN BOARDS which have not previously displayed it.