The Central European Cognitive Science Association (CECOG) is a civil association established to foster cooperation of research and teaching in the field of cognitive science in Central Europe. 'Central Europe' is taken in both its geographic sense and its broadest interpretation in the intellectual domain, but the activities of the association are not restricted in either sense. The main activity of the association is the organization of the yearly DUCOG conference series, sharing graduate training information, and promoting summer schools.
Our annual conference is an open, international event. Students, researchers and professors are encouraged to attend from all over the world. The conference is attracting about 100 participants each year. The advantage of a relatively small conference is that it fosters open discussion and a scientific networking experience for both senior and younger participants. The conference features invited talks around a hot topic of cognitive science. Beyond that, anyone can submit poster presentations, which are not restricted to the topic of the conference. The authors of small number of poster submissions are invited to present their research orally. The conference takes place at the end of each May in Dubrovnik.
CECOG was founded in 2006 by:
Csaba Pléh (then Budapest University of Technology and Economics, now at Central European University, Budapest-Vienna), who acted as the first president of the association,
Ilona Kovács (then Budapest University of Technology and Economics, now at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest), and
Melita Kovačević (University of Zagreb).
Cognitive science, as the interdisciplinary study of cognition, has become one of the central integrating disciplines both in Europe and in the U.S. during the last decades. Generally, it promises to provide an overall view of cognition and offer foundations for its application. By combining the notions and methods of psychology, neuroscience and biology, philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and social sciences including linguistics, anthropology, and economics, it keeps alive the vision that the infamous two cultures divide can be overcome.
Since 2024, the president of the association is Ildikó Király (ELTE). The secretaries of the association are Anna Kispál (CEU), Flóra Hann (ELTE) and Alex Ilyés (ELTE).
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