Encouragement Prize of 2006

Encouragement of Science.

Prize

Introduction to the 2006 Rumelhart Prize Special Issue Honoring Roger Shepard

I am extremely humbled by the honor of introducing Roger Shepard, recipient of the 2006 David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition. Like so many of my generation of cognitive scientists, along with those of the generations that preceded and followed, I have been greatly inspired and profoundly moved by the power, depth, and sheer beauty of Profe...

TSL Dissertation Abstracts - 2006 Transportation Science and Logistics Society Dissertation Prize Competition

T Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Section Dissertation Prize Competition is the oldest and most prestigious competition for doctoral dissertations in the transportation science and logistics area. The 2004 TSL dissertation prize committee consisted of Professor Ravi Ahuja (University of Florida), Professor Amy Cohn (Michigan University), Professor Randy Hall (University of Southern C...

Pluribus Unum : Diversity and Community in the Twenty - first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture

Ethnic diversity is increasing in most advanced countries, driven mostly by sharp increases in immigration. In the long run immigration and diversity are likely to have important cultural, economic, fiscal, and developmental benefits. In the short run, however, immigration and ethnic diversity tend to reduce social solidarity and social capital. New evidence from the US suggests that in ethnica...