Feb 3 Luckey Family Studies Lecture Series, Cynthia Garcia Coll3:30pm

Luckey Family Studies Lecture Series, Cynthia Garcia Coll

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

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Virtual

Speaker: Cynthia Garcia Coll, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus and Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor Emerita, Brown University.

Her talk:
“Racism and inequality: Mechanisms behind the impact of Covid-19 on BIPOC families and children

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 3:30 – 5:00 PM.

Link to VIRTUAL PRESENTATION via WebEx:

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=e252b2f4e585bd048bf6e95d91f2458a5

Contact Information: carla.gomez@uconn.edu
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Feb 19 Logic Colloquium
Contextual Analysis, Epistemic Probabilities, And Paradoxes
Ehtibar Dzhafarov (Purdue)10:00am

Logic Colloquium
Contextual Analysis, Epistemic Probabilities, And Paradoxes
Ehtibar Dzhafarov (Purdue)

Friday, February 19th, 2021

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Storrs Campus
Zoom

Contextual analysis deals with systems of random variables. Each random variable within a system is labeled in two ways: by its content (that which the variable measures or responds to) and by its context (conditions under which it is recorded). Dependence of random variables on contexts is classified into (1) direct (causal) cross-influences and (2) purely contextual (non-causal) influences. The two can be conceptually separated from each other and measured in a principled way. The theory has numerous applications in quantum mechanics, and also in such areas as decision making and computer databases. A system of deterministic variables (as a special case of random variables) is always void of purely contextual influences. There are, however, situations when we know that a system is one of a set of deterministic systems, but we cannot know which one. In such situations we can assign epistemic (Bayesian) probabilities to possible deterministic systems, create thereby a system of epistemic random variables, and subject it to contextual analysis. In this way one can treat, in particular, such logical antinomies as the Liar paradox. The simplest systems of epistemic random variables describing the latter have no direct cross-influences and the maximal possible degree of purely contextual influences.

Contact Information: Damir Dzhafarov, damir@math.uconn.edu
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Feb 24 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Jill Silverman3:30pm

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Jill Silverman

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Jill Silverman from Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of University of California, Davis will be presenting her work.

Contact Information: Merrisa Lin, merrisa.lin@uconn.edu
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Mar 24 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ferreira3:30pm

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Victor Ferreira

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Victor Ferreira from Department of Psychology of UCSD will be presenting his work.

Contact Information: Shu Jiang, shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu
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Apr 14 Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Sapna Cheryan3:30pm

Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Sapna Cheryan

Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom Meeting

Dr. Sapna Cheryan from Psychology Department of University of Washington will be presenting her work.

Contact Information: Shu Jiang, shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu
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