A Laboratory for Advanced Cognitive Modeling

正在建立一个用于高级认知建模的实验室。近年来，大规模计算机模型使认知科学的理论构建技术发生了革命性的变化。那些只接触过传统的定性概念模型和可处理的数学模型或形式模型的本科生，再也不能说他们知道当代认知科学的研究是如何进行的。功能强大的计算机工作站和相关软件的引入大大加快了计算机建模的速度。新实验室拥有一个由四个工作站组成的网络，具有足够的计算能力和存储容量，可以处理大规模的符号模型，如基于规则的问题解决模型和自然语言处理模型，以及用于认知过程的大规模连接主义或神经网络模型，如单词识别和低级视觉。实验室拥有多个运行模型和模型开发工具，用于两门认知建模高级课程、实验认知心理学中级课程和本科毕业论文项目。这些模型也用于整个认知科学课程的演示。学院将提供等额的奖金。

A laboratory is being established for advanced cognitive modeling. In recent years, large-scale computer models have revolutionized the techniques of theory construction in cognitive science. The undergraduate who has been exposed only to traditional qualitative conceptual models and tractable mathematical or formal models can no longer be said to know how contemporary research in cognitive science is done. Computer modeling has been greatly accelerated by the introduction of powerful computer workstations and associated software. The new laboratory has a network of four workstations that have enough computing power and memory capacity to handle both large scale symbolic models, such as rule-based problem solving models and natural language processing models, and large-scale connectionist or neural network models for cognitive processes, such as word recognition and low-level vision. The laboratory is stocked with a number of running models and tools for model development, which are employed in two advanced courses on cognitive modeling, and intermediate course in experimental cognitive psychology, and in undergraduate thesis projects. The models are also used for demonstrations throughout the cognitive science curriculum. The college will contribute an amount equal to the award.