On May 8-9, 2012, a symposium will be held at Indiana University to honor the many and varied contributions of Richard M. Shiffrin to Cognitive Science. For over 40 years, Luther Dana Waterman Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Richard M. Shiffrin has been a key figure in the field of Cognitive Science, making fundamental contributions in diverse areas of attention, perception, and memory. At this Festschrift symposium in his honor, colleagues and collaborators will pay tribute to his celebrated career and will highlight the substantial contributions that he made to psychological science.
		Sponsors: Air Force Office of Scientific Research Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University Bloomington Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington Glushko-Samuelson Foundation Provost’s Office, Indiana University Bloomington Location: Frangipani Room Indiana Memorial Union 900 East 7th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Organizers: Amy Criss, Syracuse University Rob Goldstone, Indiana University Rob Nosofsky, Indiana University Jeroen Raaijmakers, University of Amsterdam Mark Steyvers, University of California at Irvine
		Please note that this year CEMS (Context and Episodic Memory Symposium 2012) is scheduled to follow the Festschrift. Festschrift attendees are invited to attend CEMS, which will be held on May 10th, in Bloomington. The symposium is designed to be a forum for the exchange of ideas among colleagues working on theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of context and episodic memory, broadly construed. More information can be found on the CEMS website.