Summer School

Summer School 2008 Topics

Topic Presenter Day Who's Coming?
Cognitive Neuroscience - The Study of the Mind and Brain Marlene Behrmann Mon 1st Attendees
Designing Mobile Technology for Humans Gary Marsden Mon 1st Attendees
Language and Learning to Read Anne Castles Mon 1st Attendees
Statistical Natural Language Processing James Curran Mon 1st Attendees
Hearing by Eye Ruth Campbell Tue 2nd Attendees
Emotional Machines Catherine Pelachaud Tue 2nd Attendees
The Rhythm and Melody of Language and Music Ani Patel Tue 2nd Attendees
Word Structure Laurie Bauer Tue 2nd Attendees
Meet-the-Presenters Session All Presenters Tue night  

The 2008 HCSNet Summer School will be held on Monday 1st December and Tuesday 2nd December, 2008. Participation in the Summer School is open to anyone with an interest in Human Communication Science.

The aim of the Summer School is to provide an opportunity for students and staff to hear about hot topics and the latest research in Human Communication Science. Summer School courses are led by leading researchers from psychology, linguistics, computer science, language technology, speech science, music, and engineering. This year's Summer School will consist of eight day-long courses, each consisting of an introductory session and an advanced session. The Summer School is followed on the Tuesday evening by a 'Meet the Presenter' session designed to give course attendeees an opportunity to ask questions and talk informally with the course presenters.

The courses to be offered in 2008, together with the names of the presenters, are listed above; click on the titles to find out more about the courses.