{"623821":{"#nid":"623821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Faculty, Students, and Alumni Take Part in 41st Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Georgia Tech research community were present last week at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cognitivesciencesociety.org\/cogsci-2019\/\u0022\u003E2019 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society\u003C\/a\u003E in Montreal, Canada. This year, the conference highlighted research on the theme \u003Cem\u003ECreativity+Cognition+Computation\u003C\/em\u003E, as well as the full breadth of research topics offered by the society\u0026rsquo;s membership.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany Georgia Tech faculty, students, and alumni participated among the leadership for the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EAshok Goel\u003C\/strong\u003E served as the conference\u0026rsquo;s co-chair;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EKeith McGreggor\u003C\/strong\u003E was the sponsorship chair;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWendy Newstetter\u003C\/strong\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c21u.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for 21st Century Universities\u003C\/a\u003E served on the awards committee;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech alum \u003Cstrong\u003EJim Davies\u003C\/strong\u003E was co-chair for publication-based talks;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech alum \u003Cstrong\u003EMaithilee Kunda\u003C\/strong\u003E was co-chair for member abstracts;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech alum \u003Cstrong\u003ESwaroop Vattam\u003C\/strong\u003E served on the workshops and tutorials committee.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ic.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E adjunct professors \u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Magerko\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EGil Weinberg\u003C\/strong\u003E, primarily of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Music\u003C\/a\u003E, respectively, were also part of a panel on 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