Cognitive Science
W. K. Estes Professor
Michael N. Jones* (Cognitive Science, Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Oscar R. Ewing Professor of Philosophy
J. Michael Dunn (Emeritus, School of Informatics and Computing)
Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology Thomas M. Duffy* (School of Education)
Provost's Professor
Colin Allen* (History and Philosophy of Science), Randall Beer* (Cognitive Science; School of Informatics and Computing), Jerome R. Busemeyer* (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Eleanor Cox Riggs Professor
Aina Puce* (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Director of Imaging Research Facility)
Rudy Professors
Bennett Bertenthal* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Stanley Wasserman* (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Sociology, Statistics)
Victor H. Yngve Professor
Katy Borner* (Information and Library Science, School of informatics and Computing; Adjunct Professor, Statistics).
Professors
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig* (Second Language Stud- ies), Geoffrey Bingham* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Thomas A. Busey* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Phil Connell* (Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences), Jonathon Crystal* (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Director of Neuroscience), Kenneth de Jong* (Linguistics, Cognitive Science),Steven Franks*
(Linguistics, Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures), Judith Gierut* (Emerita, Speech and Hearing Sciences), Andrew Hanson* (Emeritus, School of Informatics and Computing), John Kruschke*
(Psychological and Brain Sciences), David Leake* (School of Informatics and Computing), Richard Lesh* (Emeritus, School of Education), Lawrence Moss* (Mathematics), Timothy O’Connor* (Philosophy), Robert Port* (Emeritus, Linguistics, School of Informatics and Computing), Luis Rocha* (School of Informatics and Computing), Kathy Schick* (Anthropology), Martin Siegel* (School of Informatics and Computing), Erik Stolterman* (School of Informatics and Computing), William Timberlake*
(Emeritus, Psychological and Brain Sciences), Nicholas Toth* (Anthropology), Michael W. Trosset* (Statistics), Chen Yu* (Psychological and Brain Sciences) Associate Professors
John Beggs* (Physics), Johan Bollen* (School of Informatics and Computing), Joshua W. Brown*
(Psychological and Brain Sciences), Rowan Candy*
(Optometry), Isabelle Darcy (Second Language Studies), Markus Dickinson* (Linguistics), Hamid Ekbia*(School of Informatics and Computing,), Julia Fox*
(Telecommunications), Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Jason Gold* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Amit Hagar* (History and Philosophy of Science), Eric Isaacson* (Music Theory), Karin Harman James* (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Thomas W. James* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Sandra Kuebler* (Linguistics), Jennifer Lentz* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Jonathan W. Mills* (School of Informatics and Computing), Sharlene Newman*
(Psychological and Brain Sciences), John Paolillo*
(Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing), Robert Potter* (Telecommunications), Robert Joseph Rydell* (Psychological & Brain Sciences), Thomas Schoenemann (Anthropology)
Assistant Professors
Nathaniel Brown (School of Education), Rosa Cao (Cognitive Science, Philosophy), Amy Cook* (Theatre History, Theory and Literature), David Crandall* (School of Informatics and Computing),Simon DeDeo (School of Informatics and Computing), Melissa Gresalfi (Learning Sciences, School of Education), Eduardo Izquierdo (Cognitive Science, School of Informatics and Computing), Dan Kennedy * (Psychological and Brain Sciences), David Landy (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Chien-
Jer Charles Lin* (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Franco Pestilli (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Nicholas Port* (Optometry), Selma Sabanovic* (School of Informatics and Computing)
Associate Faculty
Barbara Jacobs Chair in Education Donald J. Cunningham* (Emeritus) Chancellor’s Professors
James C. Craig* (Emeritus, Psychological and Brain Sciences), Steven Sherman* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Daniel Dinnsen* (Emeritus, Linguistics), John F. Mee Chair of Management
Phillip Podsakoff* (Kelley School of Business) Distinguished Professor
Larry Humes* (Speech and Hearing Sciences) Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair in Teacher Education
Frank K. Lester* (Emeritus) Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law
Jeffrey Evans Stake* (Maurer School of Law) Rudy Professor
George von Furstenberg* (Emeritus, Economics) Professors
Curtis Bonk* (School of Education), Arthur Bradley*
(Optometry), Fritz Breithaupt* (Germanic Studies), Edward Castronova* (The Media School), J. Clancy Clements* (Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese), Ivor K.
Davies* (Emeritus, Instructional Systems Technology), Stuart Davis* (Linguistics), Laurent Dekydtspotter*
(Second Language Studies, French and Italian), Greg Demas* (Biology), Tom Evans* (Geography), Joseph Farley* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Daniel Friedman* (School of Informatics and Computing), Preston Garraghty* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Jeffrey Hart* (Emeritus, Political Science), Beverly Hartford*
(Emeritus, Linguistics), Julia Heiman* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), William Hetrick* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Ed Hirt* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Cindy Hmelo-Silver (Learning Sciences), Susan Jones*
( Emerita, Psychological and Brain Sciences), Mark Kaplan* (Philosophy), Marianne Kielian-Gilbert (Music Theory), Eugene Kintgen* (Emeritus, English), Yoshihisa Kitagawa* (Linguistics), Elisabeth Lloyd* (History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine), Kirk Ludwig*
(Philosophy), David MacKay* (Emeritus, Business, Geography), Daniel Maki* (Emeritus, Mathematics), Emilia Martins* (Biology), David McCarty* (Philosophy), Eugene McGregor Jr.* (School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Political Science), Michael McRobbie* (School of Informatics and Computing Informatics, Philosophy), Filippo Menczer* (School of Informatics and Computing), Armin P. Moczek* (Biology, Indiana Molecular Biology Institute, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior), Laura Murray* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Brian O'Donnell* (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Christopher Peebles* (Emeritus, Anthropology), Paul Purdom* (School of Informatics and Computing),
Christopher Raphael* (School of Informatics and Computing), Charles Reigeluth* ( School of Education), Robert Sherwood* (Emeritus, School of Education), Bruce Solomon* (Mathematics), Maynard Thompson* (Emeritus, Mathematics), Larry Thibos* (Emeritus, Optometry), Frances Trix ( Emeritus, Anthropology, Linguistics), Frederick Unverzagt (Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Medical and Molecular Genetics), Dirk Van Gucht (School of Informatics and Computing), Michael J. Wade* (Biology), James Walker* (Economics), Charles Watson* (Emeritus, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Psychological and Brain Sciences), Arlington Williams II* (Emeritus, Economics), Wayne Winston* (Emeritus, Business)
Associate Professors
Julie Anderson* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Raquel Anderson* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Eli Blevis*
(School of Informatics and Computing), Jordi Cat*
(History and Philosophy of Science), Michel Chaouli*
(Germanic Studies), Ying Ding* (Information and Library Science),Theodore Frick* (School of Education ), Dennis Groth* (School of Informatics and Computing), Amy Hackenberg* (Mathematics Education), Daniel Hickey*
(School of Education), Kevin Hunt* (Anthropology), Laura Hurley* (Biology), Adam Maltese* (Science Education), Gregory Rawlins* (School of Informatics and Computing), Dennis Senchuk* ( Emeritus, Philosophy), David Stringer* (Second Language Studies), Andrew Weaver* (Telecommunications).
Assistant Professors
Yong-Yeol Ahn* (School of Informatics and Computing), Shahzeen Z. Attari (School of Public and Environmental Affairs), Tessa Bent* (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Joshua Danish* (School of Education, Learning Sciences), Sean Duncan (School of Education), Justin Garcia (Gender Studies and Kinsey Institute), Thomas Grano* (Linguistics), Rachael Holt (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Erick Jacobson (Mathematics Education ), Karen Iler Kirk (Otolaryngology), Anne Krendl* (Psychological and Brain sciences), Chien-Jer Charles Lin* (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Steven Lulich (Speech and Hearing Sciences, Stasa Milojevic (School of Informatics and Computing), Mary Murphy* (Psychological and Brian Sciences), Rita Patel (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Chung-chieh Shan (School of Informatics and Computing), Yi Shen (Audiology), Daphne Tan* (Music Theory), Yucel Yilmaz (Second Language Studies).
Associate Scientists
Gary Kidd* (Speech and Hearing Sciences) Senior Lecturer
Leah Savion (Philosophy) Lecturer
Ann Bunger (Linguistics)
Senior Research Analyst/Programmer Hui Zhang (Advanced Visualization Lab) Director of Graduate Studies
Larry Moss* (Mathematics)
Courses
COGS-G 901 Advanced Research (6 cr.)
COGS-Q 510 Seminar on Professional Development for Cognitive Scientists (2 cr.) P: Pursuing stand- alone or joint major or minor degree in cognitive science.
Discussions in this course cover a wide range of issues facing academic cognitive scientists, including: the ethical conduct of research, grant proposal writing and review, critical reading of the scientific literature, scientific writing, presentation skills, applying for jobs, teaching, challenges facing underrepresented groups in science, and issues in cross-disciplinary collaboration.
COGS-Q 511 Introduction to Embodied Cognitive Science (3 cr.) This course provides a broad introduction to the growing importance of the concepts of situatedness, embodiment and dynamics in cognitive science. It
covers both the key conceptual content and the historical development of these ideas. In addition, it surveys classic work in this area. Examples will be drawn from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, robotics, and the social sciences. Class meetings will consist of a combination of lectures by the instructor, guest lectures, and student presentation and discussion of readings.
COGS-Q 520 Mathematics and Logic for Cognitive Science (3 cr.) Covers the mathematical backgrounds of contemporary work in cognitive science. Includes basic material on both the symbolic and connectionist approaches: machines, logics, networks, games, and probability.
COGS-Q 530 Programming Methods in Cognitive Science (3 cr.) P: Some programming experience.
An introduction to computer programming methods for artificial intelligence and computer simulation of cognitive models. Emphasis on the necessary data structures and their applications to cognitive science. Programming projects may be related to state-space search for problem solving and game playing, production systems, and cognitive modeling tasks including memory models and neural simulations.
COGS-Q 540 Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive and Information Sciences (3 cr.) Causal issues: cognitive architecture, physical embodiment, neuroscience, networks, dynamic systems. Semantic issues: meaning, interpretation, representation, information flow. The role of both in language, logic, reasoning, action, perception, learning, categorization, and consciousness. Emphasis on writing, analysis, and exposition.
COGS-Q 550 Models in Cognitive Science (3 cr.) P: Q530 and Q560. An introduction to modeling in various areas of cognitive science, including computer simulation models of complex cognition, models within artificial intelligence, models based on neural mechanisms and networks, and formal and mathematical models in areas such as psychology, linguistics, and philosophy.
COGS-Q 551 The Brain and Cognition (3 cr.) An introduction to neural mechanisms underlying complex cognition, and a survey of topics in neuroscience related
to cognition. It provides a solid background in human biopsychology.
COGS-Q 560 Experimental Methods in Cognitive Science (3 cr.) Specific goals of this course include: a) an understanding of experimental design and the resources for future studies; b) an understanding of converging measures and programmatic research; c) discussion of current controversies in experimental design; and d) hands-on experience in designing, conducting, and critiquing experiments.
COGS-Q 570 Behavior-Based Robotics (3 cr.) This course will present an overview of behavior-based robotics and its implications for embodied cognitive science, incorporating results from artificial intelligence, robotics, ethology, and psychology. It will give students an appreciation of the difficulties associated with implementing models on robots and allow them to tack research questions in groups.
COGS-Q 580 Introduction to Dynamic Systems in Cognitive Science (3 cr.) Introduction to linear and nonlinear dynamic systems including catastrophe and chaos theory. Main aspects include: a) understanding the basic quantitative theory and techniques of dynamic systems, b) illustration of major concepts and systems behavior with the aid of computer graphics and numerical software, and c) examples from cognitive science.
COGS-Q 610 Networks of the Brain (3 cr.) This course explores the complexity of the brain and its network architecture on several different levels, including neuroanatomy, spontaneous dynamics, neurocognitive networks, development and disease states, and embodiment. Building on a basic foundation of network theory, information theory, and nonlinear dynamics, the course covers both empirical and computational studies.
COGS-Q 689 Computer Simulation Project (3 cr.) The student will develop and test a computer simulation of some aspect of cognition. The student will produce a working, documented computer program, and a paper describing both the workings of the program and tests of the program (either theoretical tests, tests of the program against data, or both).
COGS-Q 700 Seminar in Cognitive Science (1-3 cr.) Intensive study of specific topics in cognitive science.
Topics and instructors will change regularly. May be repeated.
COGS-Q 733 Colloquium Series (0-1 cr.) Three semesters at zero credits and one semester at one credit when the required colloquium is given by the student. The class will meet every week. At some meetings, invited speakers will present colloquia; at others, students will present their own work. Each student will be required to make a presentation at least once during the year the course is taken for credit.
COGS-Q 750 Neural Networks as Models of Cognition (3 cr.) Topical seminar featuring analysis of models based on neural networks. Will usually feature extensive exploration of one or more examples of models of this type.
COGS-Q 799 Readings and Research in Cognitive Science (1-6 cr.) Tutorial research and study in specialized topics in Cognitive Science.
COGS-Q 899 Dissertation Research (1-12 cr.) Dissertation research in specialized topics in cognitive science.