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The Symbolic Systems Program (SSP) at Stanford University focuses on computers and minds: artificial and natural systems that use symbols to communicate, and to represent information. SSP brings together students and faculty interested in different aspects of the human-computer relationship, including...
  • cognitive science: studying human intelligence, natural languages, and the brain as computational processes;
  • artificial intelligence: endowing computers with human-like behavior and understanding; and
  • human-computer interaction: designing computer software and interfaces that work well with human users.

Symbolic Systems' affiliated faculty come from several departments at Stanford, including Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Communication, Statistics, and Education. Our students are exposed to the tools of these disciplines -- formal methods, philosophical analysis, computer programming, and empirical research -- with the aim of being able to apply the appropriate tool(s) to a chosen area of specialization. SSP alumni are found in various occupations, including software design and applications, teaching and research, law, medicine, and public service.


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The Early Deadline for applying to the Symbolic Systems Honors Program is Tuesday, May 28 before midnight. A second round, Late Deadline will occur on September 29, 2013.

To apply to the SSP Honors Program, please send a plain-text (ASCII only, no attachments) message to s-y-m-s-y-s---d-i-r-e-c-t-o-r-s-@-l-i-s-t-s-.-s-t-a-n-f-o-r-d-.-e-d-u by ...


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Posted by Admin 20 hours, 54 minutes ago


The Annual Symbolic Systems Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Alison Gopnik

Psychology Department, UC Berkeley
"Why children are better (or at least more open-minded) scientists than adults are: Causation, computation and learning"

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
5:15 pm
Jordan Hall (Building 420), Room 040 (Lower Level)
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Ellen M. Markman (The Lewis M. Terman Professor - Psychology), has received the William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research from the Association for Psychological Science. Ellen will be speaking at the Symbolic Systems Forum on Monday, May 20th.


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Congratulations to Barbara Tversky (Professor Emeritus of Psychology) on being recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciiences (AAAS).


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Office hours for the Symbolic Systems Advising Fellows and Program Administrators for Spring Quarter are listed below.  If you are viewing this in the newsroll, click "Full Article" to see the complete list of office hours. Watch here for updates.

  • Ximena Ampuero ('13, Cognitive Science), AF, Tuesdays 2:00 - 3 ...

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