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The Society for Mathematical Psychology promotes the advancement and communication of research in mathematical psychology and related disciplines. Mathematical psychology is broadly defined to include work of a theoretical character that uses mathematical methods, formal logic, or computer simulation. The Society journal is the Journal of Mathematical Psychology.
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SMP 2010 Registration and Call for Papers

The annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology is being held in Embassy Suites in downtown Portland, Oregon. The conference begins Saturday evening, August 7, and ends Tuesday evening, August 10.  The Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, also being held in Portland, starts immediately afterward on August 11.

This year's conference features plenary talks by Mike Jordan (Berkeley), Larry Maloney (NYU), and William K Estes Early Career Investigator Award winner Tom Griffiths (Berkeley). There are also symposia on episodic memory, computational approaches to word learning, and cognitive modeling in the wisdom of crowds.

As always, we are seeking submissions for talks and posters presenting research in which mathematical, statistical, or computational methods play a significant role in the development of psychological theories, models and analysis of data.  To submit your abstracts and register for the conference, please go to the conference website at http://www.mathpsych.org/conferences/2010. We encourage members of the Society to register at the Embassy Suites Portland Downtown Hotel because the Society has made a committment to the hotel that a minimum number of rooms will be reserved.

In related news, the 2010 Newsletter is available, membership renewals are due, and, if you are a student or if you have students, please apply for a student travel award.

Also, it is time to submit nominations for the 2010 William K. Estes Early Career Award. Please email your nomination materials to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by April 15.

 

Please go here to learn about other conferences of interest.
 
Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Cognition

The European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP) announces a European Summer School on Computational and Mathematical Modelling of Cognition, 9-19 July 2010, Mallnitz (Kärnten), Austria (Hotel Alpengarten, http://www.alpengarten.at/en).

Most areas of cognitive psychology have recognized the power of computational and mathematical models and have embraced their benefits to rigorous theorizing. One illustration of this trend is the growing popularity of Bayesian approaches to cognitive modelling. This powerful trend comes, however, at a cost: The complexity of models and modelling techniques render it increasingly difficult for non-experts to acquire the necessary skills and then keep pace with developments. This summer school is dedicated to introducing researchers to the basic techniques of computational and mathematical modelling from the ground up and in a hands-on manner.

Applicants from outside the EU are welcome. The exact prerequisites and application procedures will be specified on www.cogsciwa.com by March 1st. Until then, contact the principal organizer, Stephan Lewandowsky ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it <) , for further information.
 
Cognitive Modeling
Jerry Busemeyer and Adele Diederich's long-awaited modeling text is now available from Sage Publications.  Here is the link.
 


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