COGNITIVE SCIENCE / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Cognitive Science is the study of intelligent systems-both natural and artificial-combining knowledge primarily from computer science, linguistics, and psychology. The field also has strong links to the neurosciences, philosophy, and anthropology, as well as to the physical and engineering sciences dealing with complex dynamical systems.

Although there is no single academic department or formal degree labeled Cognitive Science, graduate students can pursue studies in cognitive science through existing departmental programs and through participation in research projects at the University's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Techn ology. The most common departmental affiliations of students interested in cognitive science are computer science, linguistics, psychology, and educational psychology. Normally, in their first year of graduate study, interested students will take the proseminar in cognitive science in addition to

working on specific departmental requirements. In their second year and beyond, students will begin to specialize in an area within cognitive science: learning and conceptual organization, cognitive neuroscience, computational linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Each of these subareas is represented by a number of faculty and is associated with many available graduate courses.

For further information contact Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence Steering Committee, Room 2127 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 244-1983. To request a brochure, send e-mail to ma y@cogsci.uiuc.edu.

For questions, contact Gary Dell, (217) 244-1294; E-mail: gdell@s.psych.uiuc.edu; URL: www.cogsci.uiuc.edu.