[CS] CS WEDNESDAY NOON TALK, March 26, *LIGHTNING TALKS* by COGNITIVE SCIENCE DIV III STUDENTS in the ASH Lobby at Noon

[Paula Harmon]

*Lightning Talks* by Three CS Div III Students, Wednesday, March 26, at 
Noon in ASH Lobby

OMRI BERNSTEIN
"Learnable quantum computer programming"
Division III Committee Chair: Lee Spector. Committee Members: Herb 
Bernstein, Zeke Nierenberg
Abstract: What happens when you combine quantum physics and computer 
programming? Weird stuff is what---notions of "information" and 
"information processing" fundamentally change. This talk will discuss 
quantum computing programming: what it is, why it's important, and how 
it could be made learnable. I will do so by demonstrating my Division 
III project, an interactive quantum computer simulator website which 
aims to be an educational tool for the quantum-confused (which is to 
say, all of us).

EMMA C. LEWIN OPITZ
"The Relationship between Speech and Music: Tonality and Emotion"
Division III Committee Co-Chairs: Mark Feinstein, Neil Stillings. 
Committee Member: Laura Sizer
Abstract: Following up work conducted at the University of Vienna 
researching the tonal properties of speech that convey emotion to the 
listener, my Division III directly applies our previous findings to 
music. We took the tonal properties involved in conveying emotion in 
speech and converted those into digital a-musical stimuli and asked 
participants to rate them on their arousal and valence level. Work at 
the University of Vienna, Department of Cognitive Biology was completed 
under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Liu Bowling in 2013.

LOUISA SMITH
"Exploring the effects of stereotype threat on women's math performance 
through salivary cortisol levels"
Division III Committee Chair: Jane Couperus. Committee Member: Laura Sizer
Abstract: When performing a math task, women risk being judged according 
to the negative stereotype that women inherently possess weak 
mathematical abilities. This situation is referred to as stereotype 
threat and has been shown to produce a performance gap between equally 
qualified men and women. Female underperformance has generally been 
attributed to a decrease in cognitive resources resulting from an 
increase in apprehension and emotional processing; however, as of yet 
there is a lack of physiological evidence to support these assertions. 
My Division III work aims to address this gap by looking at female 
participants' salivary cortisol response to taking a math test.

In The ASH Lobby
A light lunch will be available at noon

-- 
Paula Harmon, Administrative Assistant
School of Cognitive Science
Hampshire College
893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413.559.5502
fax: 413.559.5438
http://cs.hampshire.edu
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