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CogSci 2013 Awards Marr Prize The Marr Prize, named in honor of the late David Marr, is awarded to the best student paper at the conference. All student first authors were eligible for the Marr Prize for the best student paper. The Marr Prize includes an honorarium of $1,000 and is sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society. The winner of the 2013 Marr Prize for Best Student Paper is: Nimrod Dorfman, Daniel Harari, and Shimon Ullman: Learning to perceive coherent objects (Thursday, 16:50, Session 31) Computational Modeling Prizes Four prizes worth $1,000 each are awarded for the best full paper submissions to CogSci 2013 that involve computational cognitive modeling. The four prizes represent the best modeling work in the areas of perception/action, language, higher-level cognition, and applied cognition. These prizes are all sponsored by The Cognitive Science Society. The winners of the 2013 Computational Modeling Prizes are: Perception/Action Georg Layher, Martin Giese, and Heiko Neumann: Learning representations of animated motion sequences - A neural model (Saturday, 16:30, Session 95) Language Russell Richie, Charles Yang, and Marie Coppola: Modeling the emergence of lexicons in homesign systems (Thursday, 16:50, Session 29) Higher-Level Cognition John V McDonnell, Pedro Tsividis, and Bob Rehder: Reasoning with inconsistent causal beliefs (Thursday, 16:50, Session 32) Applied Cognition Mohammad Khajah, Robert Lindsey, and Michael Mozer: Maximizing students' retention via spaced review: Practical guidance from computational models of memory (Saturday, 15:30, Session 76) NSF Funded Conference Grants In association with the Cognitive Science Society, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded four conference grants to US citizens who are enrolled as students at a US institution to attend the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2013). The awardees were: Deanne Adams, David Braithwaite, Heather Burte, and Richard Veale 15 Student Travel Awards Travel awards have been provided to students whose submissions were accepted as full papers with the highest reviewer rankings, and who indicated a need for travel funding. A total of 38 students were selected to receive a student travel award. Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foundation The Robert J. Glushko and Pamela Samuelson Foundation generously sponsored $10,000 for student travel awards. The 2013 Travel Awards went to: Ahmad Azad Ab Rashid (Cardiff University, UK) Daniela Ahlberg (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany) Shira Calamaro (Yale University, USA) Benjamin Cipollini (University of California, San Diego, USA) Roeland Hancock (University of Arizona, USA) Ryan Hope (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Chigusa Kurumada (Stanford University, USA) Marcus Lindskog (Uppsala University, Sweden) Ross Macdonald (University of Dundee, UK) MaryLauren Malone (University of Cincinnati, USA) Tyler Marghetis (University of California, San Diego, USA) Philip Pärnamets (Lund University, Sweden) Alexandra Paxton (University of California, Merced, USA) Eliane Stampfer (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Eoin Travers (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Andrew Whalen (University of California, Berkeley, USA) GK - German Society for Cognitive Science The German Society for Cognitive Science (GK) generously sponsored 3,000 € for student travel awards plus a one-year complementary subscription to GK. The 2013 Travel Awards went to: Eric Arnau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) Martin Garcia (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhems-Universität Bonn, Germany) Mona Guath (Uppsala University, Sweden) Christina Meier (University of Exeter, UK) Falk Lieder (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Andrea Ravignani (University of Vienna, Austria) 16 EUCog - European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics The European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics (EUCog) generously sponsored 4,000 € for student travel awards. The 2013 Travel Awards went to: Ulku Arslan Aydin (Capital Markets Board of Turkey) Rasmus Bååth (Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden) Meadhbh Foster (University College Dublin, Ireland) Eric Hunsberger (University of Waterloo, Canada) Matthew J. Kmiecik (Loyola University Chicago, USA) Yevgen Matusevych (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) Daniel Rasmussen (University of Waterloo, Canada) R. Calen Walshe (University of Edinburgh, UK) AIJ - Artificial Intelligence Journal The Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ) generously sponsored 4,000 € for student travel awards. The 2013 Travel Awards went to: Trevor Bekolay (University of Waterloo, Canada) Chen, Dawn (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Choo, Feng-Xuan (University of Waterloo, Canada) Tim Chuk (University of Hong Kong) Arindam Das (York University, Toronto, Canada) Molly Lewis (Stanford University, USA) Russell Richie (University of Connecticut, USA) Andrew Saxe (Stanford University, USA) Awards Committee Richard P. Cooper (co-chair), David Peebles (co-chair), Thora Tenbrink (co-chair), Erik Altmann, Berit Brogaard, Jerome R. Busemeyer, Nancy Cooke, Sharon Goldwater, Stefan Kopp, Stephan Lewandowsky, Max M. Louwerse, Brad Love, Padraic Monaghan, Richard Shiffrin, David Uttal, Rineke Verbrugge. 17