What is MTS?
MTS is the department’s Mind, Technology, and Society speaker series. It is hosted by a different faculty member each semester. Founded by a generous gift from Professors Robert Glushko and Pamela Samuelson, MTS brings researchers and industry professionals from across the globe to present a variety of interdisciplinary work in cognitive science. See our UCMerced CogSci youtube channel for videos of past MTS talks!
Who is invited to attend?
CIS graduate students, faculty, and staff, and all who are interested! Members of other departments at UC Merced as well as the general public are encouraged to attend. (Note: current CIS Ph.D. students are required to attend MTS each semester in residence, to fulfill their COGS 250 course requirement).
For more information or to sign up for email announcements, please contact the talk series organizer: cis-mts-lead@lists.ucmerced.edu.
MTS Spring 2025 Schedule
Location: All talks will be held Mondays in COB 265 from 3-4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
January 27: Paul Smaldino, UC Merced
February 3: Stephen Vaisey, Duke University
February 10: Marina Dubova, Santa Fe Institute
February 24: Aaron Clauset, University of Colorado Boulder
March 3: Robert Hawkins, Stanford University
March 10: Helena Miton, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
March 17: Fernanda Ferreira, UC Davis
March 31: Frederick Barrett, John Hopkins University
April 7: Gary Lupyan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 14: Nicholas Restrepo, UC Davis
April 21: Daniel Conroy-Beam, UC Santa Barbara
April 28: James Holland Jones, Stanford University
May 5: Lindsey Drayton, Trends in Cognitive Sciences Editor in Chief
Updated December 2024
