1. MEi:CogSci in Vienna

2. Cognitive Science in Austria/Vienna
History of cognitive science in Austria
Long tradition in psychology, behavioural biology, philosophy & neuroscience
K. Lorenz, S. Freud, E. Mach, K. Bühler, K. Popper, etc.

3. Cognitive Science in Austria/Vienna
1995: Foundation of Austrian Society for Cognitive Science (ASoCS)
Austria-wide platform for CogSci
Interdisciplinary & inter-institutional platform
Scientists & universities
Students
“uncover” the cognitive science activities spread & “hidden” all over the country
Making cogsci publicly visible

4. Cognitive Science in Austria/Vienna
ASoCS Activities
Regular lectures (national & international speakers)
3 international New Trends in Cognitive Science Conferences
“lobbying work”
www-platform (
Student activities
Curriculum development

5. Philosophy Dept. for Philosophy Markus F. Peschl
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Markus F. Peschl
Middle-European roots of cognitive science
Implications of different philosophical approaches (analytical, phenomenological, constructivist) on theory and methodology of cognitive science
The theory and practice of interdisciplinarity: cognitive science as a case study
Theories of knowledge: knowledge representation in natural and artificial systems
Knowledge creation, Knowledge management, and innovation
Knowledge didactics

6. Philosophy Dept. for Philosophy Markus F. Peschl
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Markus F. Peschl
Distributed cognition and collective knowledge
Cognitive science and education
Applied cognitive science: from knowledge management to computer-supported cooperative work
Embodied cognitive science: grounding cognition in perception and action
Design Thinking

7. Linguistics Dept. for Linguistics
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Wolfgang Dressler, Martin Prinzhorn, Chris Schaner-Wolles
Neuro-, Psycho-, Patholinguistics
Language Acquisition – theories and mechanisms
Connectionist modelling of language acquisition

8. Linguistics Dept. for English and American Studies
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Margarete Rubik, Nikolaus Ritt
Cognitive Poetics
Language and Cognition (historical and linguistic perspective)
Connectionist models of language understanding
Cultural aspects of language

9. Behavioural Biology
Dept. for Neurobiology and Behavioural Sciences ( )
Ludwig Huber, Axel Schmid, Thomas Bugnyar
Social cognition: theory of mind, empathy, imitation and social learning
Technical cognition
Evolution and development of cognition
Visual categorisation
Visual systems and visually guided behavior
Sensory systems of evertebrates

10. Behavioural Biology
Associated Research Institutions: KLI Altenberg ( ) KLIVV ( ) KLF Grünau ( )

11. Behavioural Biology Dept. for Anthropology / LBI for Urban Ethology
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Karl Grammer, Elisabeth Oberzaucher
Human nonverbal behaviour: expression of emotions, pheromones, embodied communication
Human behaviour in urban environment
Evolution of cognition
Sex, gender and cognition
Evolutionary aesthetics

12. Psychology Faculty for Psychology
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Claus Christian Carbon, Rainer Maderthaner
Design, aesthetics and innovation
Face recognition and processing
Spatial cognition
E-Learning
Quality of life and wellness
Ecology & psychology
Cognitive aesthetics

13. Artificial Intelligence
Institute of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence (IMKAI), MUW
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Robert Trappl, G. Dorffner, P. Petta, W. Horn, E. Buchberger, H.Trost, A.Flexer
Connectionist modelling of language acquisition
Models of Language Processing
Models of Personality and Emotions
Knowledge based systems, Expert systems
Cognitive Neuroinformatics
Machine Learning & Music

14. Neuroscience Center for Brain Research, MUW
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Werner Sieghart, Michael Kiebler, Jürgen Sandkühler
Signal Processing in Nervous Systems
Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Pain research

15. Neuroscience Dept. of Psychiatry, MUW
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Rupert Lanzenberger, Christian Windischberger
PET (Positon Emission Tomography) and fMRI
Research on schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders

16. Cooperation: Interlingua — MEi:CogSci
Interlingua Language Services
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Topics:
What makes machine translation different from natural language?
Encouraging Open Innovation among Customers
Contact:
Trisha Kovacic-Young |