Academic Centre12th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication “Impact of Visuospatial Skills on Learning”
October 31st - November 1st, 2017
Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia
Programme
October 31st
16:15 – 17:30 Registration
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee
17.00 – 18.30 Panel discussion on Visuo-spatial cognition and Artificial Intelligence (with Prof. Uttal, Prof. Coecke, Prof. Stieff, and prof. Šķilters)
18.30 – 20.30 Welcome reception
November 1st
University of Latvia, Raiņa bulvāris. 19, Lielā aula
8.30 – 9.45 Registration
9.45 – 10.00 Symposium opening
10.00 – 11.00 Plenary lecture / Accenture MadScience Talk (free public access)
“When, how, and why does spatial thinking matter in learning science and mathematics?”
David H. Uttal, President of Cognitive Development Society and Professor at the School of Education and Social Policy & Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
11.15 – 12.00 Parallel sessions
Lielā aula
“Color variability in interface perception”
Signe Bāliņa, Dace Baumgarte, Līga Zariņa, Jurģis Šķilters
University of Latvia
Mazā aula
“Spatiotemporal vs language skills in causation”
Dr. Selma Coecke
University College London, UK
Auditorium 16
“Towards Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy: Method Development”
Gundars Bērziņš, Inese Muzikante, Ivars Austers
University of Latvia
12.00-13:00 Lielā aula
Plenary session supported by Accenture
“From quantum processes to cognition via pictures”
Bob Coecke,
Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, UK
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch (University Restaurant ‘Daily’)
14.00 – 15.00 Plenary session
“The validity of visuo-spatial ability for predicting STEM achievement”
Mike Stieff,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Learning Sciences Research Institute University of Illinois-Chicago, IL, USA
15.00 – 16.30 Invited parallel workshops
Lielā aula
"The paradox of transfer: Lessons from spatial thinking"
Workshop with prof. David Uttal
(Northwestern University, USA)
Mazā aula
"Reasoning pictorially: how, why and when"
Workshop with Prof. Bob Coecke
(Oxford University, UK)
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break (University Restaurant ‘Daily’)
17:00 Concert by Michael Holt (piano & guitar), Boston, MA, USA.
Entrance fee – donations. (University of Latvia, Raiņa bulvāris 19, Lielā aula)
19:00 Farewell Dinner. Invitations only. (“Café Film Noir” at the Cinema Splendid Palace, Elizabetes iela 61)