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SUMMARY:Symposium on Formal and Cognitive Reasoning
DESCRIPTION:Symposium S1: Formal and Cognitive Reasoning Christoph Beierle,
  Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Marco Ragni, Frieder Stolzenburg\n\nReasoning abou
 t (spatial) information is usually pervaded by uncertainty and subject to c
 hange. This is not unique to human reasonig, but it also applies to cogniti
 ve systems. Thus there is an increasing demand both from psychology and com
 puter science for non-classical reasoning approaches. So far, many advanced
  and sophisticated approaches of knowledge representation and reasoning hav
 e not yet been made accessible for cognitive approaches, and insights gaine
 d from cognition are only rarely reflected in formal approaches. Generally,
  people employ both inductive and deductive reasoning to arrive at beliefs;
  but the same argument that is inductively strong or powerful may be deduct
 ively invalid. Therefore, a wide range of reasoning mechanisms has to be co
 nsidered. The field of knowledge representation and reasoning oers a rich p
 alette of methods for uncertain reasoning both to describe human reasoning 
 and to model AI approaches. Beyond computational aspects, these methods aim
  to reflect the rich variety of human reasoning in uncertain and dynamic en
 vironments. The aim of this symposium is to address recent challenges and t
 o present novel approaches to uncertain reasoning in its broad sense, inclu
 ding new insights from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, cognitive comput
 ing, and human computation, combining psychological models, uncertain (spat
 ial) reasoning, and computer science. Reflecting this focus, the symposium 
 “Formal and Cognitive Reasoning” at KogWis 2016 is organized jointly by the
  GI special interest groups Wissensrepräsentation und Schließen and Kogniti
 on.\n\nSpeakers: Markus Knauff, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen: New frame
 works of rationality   Christian Freksa, Universität Bremen: Affordance and
  constraints as complementary notions in problem solving  Francois Bry, LMU
  Munich: Human computation: combining the computational power of machine wi
 th cognitive skills of humans\n\n\n\nSymposium S2: Spatial Representation a
 nd Processing - What Information Do We Need? Tobias Meilinger, Ramona Grzes
 chik\n\nSpace is a multi-faceted dimension and the awareness and the compre
 hension of spatial information is critical for the interaction with our env
 ironment. Different approaches have been performed to gain insight into the
  underlying mechanisms of spatial information process. This symposium will 
 bring together a selection of experimental and theoretical approaches origi
 nating from Cognitive and Computer Science, Psychology, Linguistics, Geogra
 phy, and Architecture to investigate the representation and processing of s
 patial information. In this symposium, we will tackle the question how sali
 ency and uniqueness of landmarks influence route learning, particularly in 
 elderly wayfinders, and will discuss the relation between perceptual inform
 ation, spatial representations and how they are integrated into spatial lan
 guage. A computational model will be presented that explains perspective ta
 king in terms of a joint influence of interference on the cognitive and the
  motor level. Further, we will look into the prediction of navigation abili
 ty which apparently cannot be reduced to a core processing capability. We w
 ill address the questions about the minimal room representations formed in 
 different learning situations and how this representational selection does 
 balance costs from integration and retrieval. Finally, a prototypical wayfi
 nding aid will be presented which was developed with the focus on exploring
  and developing new means of providing navigational instructions.  Bringing
  together researchers and approaches from different areas will afford diffe
 rent perspectives on the question of which information is essential when co
 mprehending and acting in a spatial context, and to what extend information
  requirements overlap and differ for different spatial tasks.\n\n\n\nSpeake
 rs: Ramona Grzeschik, Bournemouth University, UK: Effects of ageing on land
 mark recognition  Michele Burigo, Bielefeld University: The influence of ex
 tra-linguistic information on spatial language  Holger Schultheis, U Bremen
 : Adjusting our view on perspective taking: scalable representation structu
 res and reference frames  Christoph Hölscher, Chair of Cognitive Science, E
 TH Zürich, Switzerland: The components of navigation ability  Tobias Meilin
 ger, MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany: The integration of 
 room views  Jakub Krukar, University of Münster: Wayfinding through orienta
 tion: towards a new paradigm of wayfinding  \n\nSymposium S3: Cognition and
  Manual Action Dirk Koester and Christian Seegelke, Bielefeld University\n\
 nThe human hand is a marvellous complex and flexible tool and people have a
 lways been intrigued by its multifunctional utilization. Many of our daily 
 activities require (intentional) physical interactions with one or both han
 ds and possibly with multiple objects. Consequently, the domain of grasping
  and object manipulation provides a fascinating field of research for cogni
 tive neuroscience, because both sensorimotor and cognitive functions are in
 volved. In this symposium, we will bring together scientists from different
  disciplines who will present their latest research from the frontiers of t
 he interaction of sensorimotor and cognitive processes in the context of gr
 asping, using a variety of diverse approaches and methodologies. Specifical
 ly, data will be presented on how the central nervous system masters the re
 dundancy in the degrees of freedom for the upper limb by means of kinematic
  and force synergies during unconstrained grasping. In addition, examinatio
 n of coordinative patterns between gaze and hand movements using eye tracki
 ng provides insights into the role of eye-movements in the planning of sequ
 ential actions. Furthermore, the role of working memory and object represen
 tations in the planning and control of reach-to-grasp actions will be discu
 ssed using behavioural (RT and kinematics), neurophysiological (EEG), and n
 euroimaging (fMRI) methods. This symposium is an attempt to extend our unde
 rstanding of grasping and the interactions with other cognitive domains and
  to contribute to the further development of latest neurocognitive theories
  of movements and cognition.\n\nSpeakers: Abdeldjallil Naceri, Alessandro M
 oscatelli, Robert Haschke, Marco Santello, Marc Ernst: Digit position and f
 orce synergies during unconstrained grasping  Anna Belardinelli, Martin But
 z: Anticipating object interaction with the eyes and with the hands: percep
 tual and planning aspects  Rumeysa Gunduz, Thomas Schack, Dirk Koester: The
  neurophysiological interaction between working memory and grasping movemen
 ts  Christian Seegelke, Iris Güldenpenning, Julian Dettling, Thomas Schack:
  Distinct effects of visuomotor priming on action preparation and motor pro
 gramming  Marc Himmelbach, Mareike Gann: Interactions of cortical networks 
 for object recognition and object grasping  \n\nSymposium S4: Dynamics of S
 ketching and Sketch Understanding (DySket) Ahmed M. H. Abdel-Fatah, Haythem
  O. Ismail, Kai-Uwe Kühnberger\n\nDue to the success of touch interfaces as
  mainstream tools, cognitively inspired AI research faces the challenge to 
 develop human-computer interfaces that employ the capacity of sketch unders
 tanding as a basis for enhanced communication with machines. Sketches outpe
 rform languages in more easily drawing on one’s well developed intuitions, 
 especially when spatial relations are of a central concern. They are used i
 n various ways to communicate ideas, to support design processes by externa
 lising ideas, to understand complex relations or processes, and even to sup
 port memorisation. However, the recognition or retrieval of sketches by com
 putational tools is generally difficult, and requires long computations or 
 simulation of complex mechanisms, such as spatial reasoning, analogy making
 , abstraction, learning, etc., which are not as intuitive as the humans’ pr
 ocessing for sketch production or recognition. Moreover, while clearly some
  pictures are sketches and some are not, it is not equally clear whether so
 me sketches are pictures and some are not. A sequence of gestures, for exam
 ple, may be accepted as a sketch, while clearly not a picture. And, if a pi
 cture is worth a thousand words, does this hold also for sketches?  The DyS
 ket symposium aims at more deeply discussing these topics on a scientific, 
 interdisciplinary basis. How do humans conceptualise ideas via sketching? W
 hat are the main underlying cognitive mechanisms responsible for recognitio
 n? Which parts of a sketch play more significant roles than others? How to 
 build AI models guided by the way humans operate on sketches to perform sim
 ilar tasks?\n\nSpeakers: Malumbo Chipofya, U Münster: Sketchmapia - A frame
 work for recognition, interpretation and visualization of sketch maps, and 
 integration of sketch maps and metric maps  Stefan Schneider, University of
  Osnabrück (UOS), Germany: Mental object manipulation to generate sketches 
  Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy: Image schemas, conce
 pt invention, and generalization  Kirsten Bergmann, University of Bielefeld
 , Germany: Social sketching – Depicting gestures in multimodal communicatio
 n Zoe Falomir Llansola, University of Bremen, Germany: Image understanding 
 using sketching and qualitative descriptors Kai-Uwe Kühnberger, University 
 of Osnabrück (UOS), Germany: The role of concepts in sketch understanding  
 \n\nSymposium S5: Social Perception Tobias Schlicht, Ruhr-Universität Bochu
 m\n\nIn the debate about social understanding, the possibility of directly 
 perceiving the mental states of others has been proposed as an alternative 
 to cognitively more sophisticated strategies as formulated by theory-theory
  and simulation-theory. What is at stake in this debate is whether the psyc
 hological processes underlying social understanding have to be conceived of
  as perceptual or cognitive or inferential. In this symposium, various ques
 tions concerning the possibility of direct social perception of states like
  emotions and intentions will be addressed. Shaun Gallagher (University of 
 Memphis), one of the chief proponents of social perception will clarify how
  perception and other minds should be conceived for social perception to be
  possible and defend this proposal in the light of recent objections. J. Su
 ilin Lavelle (University of Edinburgh) investigates whether proponents of a
  theory-based approach are committed to the claim that mental states are un
 observable. She defends a theory-based approach by exploring what kinds of 
 psychological state can be considered observable if one is to take this app
 roach, focusing particularly on whether non-folk psychological states can b
 e perceived. Finally, Tobias Schlicht (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) then discus
 ses social perception against the background of the debate between an enact
 ive perspective on perception and cognition and a more traditional represen
 tationalist perspective on these capacities. Based on a notion of perceptio
 n in terms of predictive coding, the focus is on the structure and content 
 of the mental representations underlying social perception and possible fun
 ctions for social perception.\n\nSpeakers: Shaun Gallagher, Memphis: Percei
 ving the embodied mind J. Suilin Lavelle, Edinburgh: Which psychological st
 ates can we see? Tobias Schlicht, Bochum: On the nature and function(s) of 
 social perception  \n\nSymposium S6: Mental Files in Cognitive Science: Cor
 e cognition, Concepts and Mindreading Albert Newen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
 \n\nAlthough the idea of mental files as a tool in mental representations o
 f the human mind is not a new one in Cognitive Science, there are remarkabl
 e fruitful new usages of mental files to explain several phenomena which we
 re waiting quite long for an adequate treatment. The symposium aims to pres
 ent some of the key phenomena and argue that the framework of mental files 
 could help to make progress in understanding them. The areas of application
  to prove the fruitfulness of the perspective of using mental files include
 : 1. the development of concepts in ontogeny, 2. modes of presentation and 
 co-reference, 3. the development of the ability to pass the explicit false 
 belief task and 4. the development of the core agency system (according to 
 Susan Carey and E. Spelke).\n\nSpeakers: Albert Newen, Ruhr-Universität Boc
 hum: Mental files and concepts  Francois Recanati, Institut Jean Nicod, Par
 is: Mental files in a dynamic perspective  Josef Perner, University of Salz
 burg: Mental files theory of mind  Joulia Smortchkova, Ruhr-Universität Boc
 hum: Core agency cognition: from object-files to agent-files  \n\nSymposium
  S7: PROSOCRATES: Problem Solving, Creativity and Spatial Reasoning in Cogn
 itive Systems Ana-Maria Olteteanu and Zoe Falomir, University of Bremen\n\n
 Problem-solving, computational creativity, human creative cognition and spa
 tial cognition are topics often treated separately, despite their major pot
 ential for synergies. Problem-solving has been approached in different ways
  by artificial intelligence and the study of human cognition. For example, 
 humans face ill-structured problem-solving very often, however processes to
  tackle such problems, like the use of re-representation, are rarely implem
 ented in cognitive agents. Computational creativity focuses on building cre
 ative artificial systems capable of creative feats similar to those achieve
 d by humans and modes of evaluation that can be used to assess such systems
 . However, the processes and representations in the field are rarely compar
 ed to those used by humans. Human creative cognition investigates the way h
 umans solve a multiplicity of creative tasks, from the simple (coming up wi
 th an alternative use for an object) to the complex (solving insight proble
 ms), asking questions about process. However, no tools and frameworks exist
  for implementing computational approaches to test hypotheses in a unified 
 manner. Finally, spatial cognition is known to contribute to the developmen
 t of abstract thought, and have a role in insightful problem solving. Howev
 er, the role of spatial cognition is rarely studied in conjunction with cre
 ativity, and with a cognitive systems perspective, aimed at implementing wo
 rking models. The topical focus of this symposium is to bring these discipl
 ines together, by bringing in dialogue specialists from each of the fields,
  as to produce new theoretical tools, approaches and methodologies for the 
 study of problem-solving, creativity and spatial reasoning in cognitive sys
 tems.\n\nSpeakers: Bipin Indurkhya, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
 : Reflections on using a creativity-stimulating technique for conducting cr
 eativity workshops Kai-Uwe Kühnberger, Institute of Cognitive Science, Univ
 ersität Osnabrück: Challenges and directions for making cognitive systems c
 reative Christian Freksa, BSCC, Universität Bremen: The special role of rea
 l space for cognition revisited Anna Fedor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences: 
 Insight and evolution Ana-Maria Olteteanu, BSCC, Universität Bremen: Re-rep
 resentation in cognitive systems Zoe Falomir, BSCC, Universität Bremen: Qua
 litative reasoning models to help solving spatial ability tests
LOCATION:Universität Bremen
DTSTAMP:20181212T091509Z
DTSTART:20160926T070000Z
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