1. Undergraduate Program in Cognitive Science Spring 2013

2. Size and Make-up of Majors 59 COGS majors By year: –13 seniors –18 juniors –16 sophomores –12 freshmen By major: –COGS: 16 –COGS/CSCI: 28 –COGS/GSAS: 8 –Other COGS duals: 7 (MATH, PHIL, PSYC, BIOL, BMED, ISCI)

3. Senior Thesis Find a Faculty Member to do your Thesis with: Your Thesis Faculty Advisor Fill out thesis form with Thesis Faculty Advisor (bring to Registrar before add deadline) Thesis Faculty Advisor will lay out requirements of thesis –Meetings –Literature Research –Experimental Research –Write-Up You do not have to do thesis in last semester

4. Issue: Course Availability Not enough courses/sections offered on a consistent basis Some courses in catalog not offered at all –Philosophy of AI –Cognitive Engineering Course Conflicts Response: –Keep closer eye at course scheduling –Allow some flexibility in curriculum

5. Stanford Online Courses Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Model Thinking … I can offer 2 credits for completion of course –Need proof of completion –Sign up as Independent Study: COGS 4940 […]

6. Undergraduate Research Cog Sci students are strongly encouraged to do hands-on research Undergraduate Research Program (URP) –http://www.rpi.edu/dept/urphttp://www.rpi.edu/dept/urp –Fill out URP form:URP form You have to write a 500 word proposal! for course credit (deadline = course add deadline = 3 rd Monday of semester) –Also fill out an Independent Study/URP Registration formIndependent Study/URP Registration form for $ (deadline: 3 rd Friday of semester) Research can be used for Senior Thesis

7. Summer URP (SURP) Competitive program –Applications reviewed by multiple faculty $3500 stipend for 10-week summer research Need to find faculty member willing to support research efforts during 10-week period Deadline: February 15! SURP

8. Visual Reasoning with Bram Bram’s Research Page

9. Wednesday Issues in Cognitive Science Seminar It is possible for undergraduates to receive 1 credit through the Issues in Cognitive Science Lecture Series: –Write 1 page response paper about talk for 6 talks of your choice –Register for “Issues in Cognitive Science” at 400 level –Restricted to COGS majors or dual majors with PHIL or PSYC

10. Speakers This Semester February 6, Rich Radke, ECSE, RPI February 27, Fiery Cushman, Moral Psychology Lab, Brown University March 20, Bertram Malle, Social Cognitive Psychology, Brown University April 17, Esa Rantanen, Human Factors Engineering, RIT April 24, Joshua Alexander, Experimental Philosophy, Siena May 1, James McClelland, Computational Neuroscience, Stanford All other talks this semester are by COGS graduate students For a complete schedule of speakers go to Speaker Series off of Cognitive Science department home pageSpeaker Series If you think of a potential speaker, let me know!

11. Paperwork Declare or add Cognitive Science Major –Fill out Change of Major formChange of Major form –Advisor: Bram van Heuveln –Curriculum Coordinator: Betty Osganian (Carnegie 108) 1 credit for lectures –Fill out Independent Study formIndependent Study form 200/400 PHIL/PSYC “Issues in Cognitive Science” Senior Thesis –Find thesis advisor –Fill out Thesis Registration formThesis Registration form URP –Fill out URP formURP form –For credit: Fill out Independent Study form as wellIndependent Study form Credits to be determined by project advisor Deadline: course add deadline: Monday, 2/4 –For $: Find faculty member with $! Deadline: Friday, 2/8