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25th Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference



Le Saint Gervais Hotel & Spa
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
June 23, – June 28, 2025
Monday - Saturday



Above: View from Sant-Gervais-les-Bains

The 25th Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference (ASIC 2025) will be held at the Le Saint Gervais Hotel & Spa, at 680 Rue Du Mont Lachat, 74170 Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. The conference will have talks every afternoon and evening on the six consecutive days June 23, Monday - June 28, Saturday, 2025 (the last talks will be held in the evening of June 28, so the departure date should be June 29 or later).


Above: Patio at Le Saint Gervais Hotel & Spa

See the hotel website at https://en.lesaintgervais.com/hotel This is a 4* modern hotel with all the facilities ASIC attendees have come to expect. The meetings, catered breaks, and breakfasts and dinners will be held in the hotel. For reservations, descriptions and much more information, visit the links on this website “LODGING” and “MEALS”.

If you have a 5% or higher chance of attending, go to the link on this website 'Potential Attendees' and list yourself, your probability, and your email; if you do so your name and probability, but not your email, will appear on the website. If you do not want your name and probability to be listed, you can send the information by email to shiffrin@iu.edu.

When you do sign up on the Potential Attendees list you will also be given the opportunity to have your email added to my general email list serve (assuming your email is not already there) and to add your email to my ASIC 2025 list serve.

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains

Saint-Gervais-les Bains is in the French Alps just to the west of Mont Blanc (not far from the foot of the Bionnassay Glacier) about 30 minutes drive west of Chamonix France, the site of ASIC 2022, and about an hour’s drive east of Geneva Switzerland. It offers access to the numerous activities in the general Mont Blanc region and additional activities local to the town. It is a ski resort in the winter, and a popular tourist destination in the summer.


A walk in the vicinity of Saint-Gervais

Activities

The area around Saint Gervais is quite scenic, with access to and views of Mont Blanc and the Auguille du Midi. The location is ideal for summer activities, especially adventures in the surrounding French Alps. See: https://tourism.saintgervais.com/my-inspiration/enjoy-nature-all-year-round/the-best-summer-activities/mountain These activities include hiking, biking, climbing, mountaineering, parasailing, and all the usual ASIC outdoor adventures.

The location is also close enough to Chamonix France, 30 minutes drive, to allow access to the uncountable activities there. See the link on this website “ACTIVITIES”, and the 2022 website found at https://asic.cogs.indiana.edu/

Hiking near Bionnassay Glacier near Saint Gervais

Organizer


ASIC Organizer, Rich Shiffrin, atop Torre Grande, near Cortina. Italy

Richard M. Shiffrin of Indiana University - Bloomington is the organizer: Email should be directed to shiffrin@indiana.edu (for all contact info, select 'Contact' from this website menu).

Associate Organizers:

Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol : Stephan.Lewandowsky@bristol.ac.uk

Fritz Breithaupt, Indiana University : fbreitha@indiana.edu

Jennifer Trueblood, Indiana University : jstruebl@iu.edu

Colin Allen, University of California Santa Barbara : prof.colin.allen@gmail.com

Franco Pestilli, University of Texas : pestilli@utexas.edu

Conference Subject Matter

The subject matter of the ASIC conferences is interdisciplinary, but with a primary emphasis upon a wide variety of scientific domains within the broad frame of Cognitive Science. ASIC uses the format of previous ASIC conferences: Days are free for leisure activities and discussions among participants. The talks are in the later afternoon/early evening, followed by dinner. The date has been chosen to make it convenient for attendees to bring family/friends.


Refuge du Gautier above Saint Gervais

Previous Years' Websites

Several parts of this year's website are still under construction. For examples of websites for other ASIC conferences, see https://asic.cogs.indiana.edu. Most of these contain titles, authors and abstracts for the talks that were given.

Invitation

The conference is open to all interested parties, and their family and friends. An invitation is NOT needed to attend. It will be of particular interest to scholars who fit the very general theme of the conference. We encourage you to send the conference information and invitation to friends and colleagues.

The talks are of 30 minutes duration limiting the total to 48 over the six days. In the event that too many attendees desire to speak, the organizer will select who will give talks.

Conference Aims

The conference is truly interdisciplinary and will welcome interesting talks aimed at a general audience on any subject, but most talks have ranged across a variety of subjects in cognitive science, including:

We especially invite talks emphasizing theory, mathematical modeling, and computational modeling (including neural networks and artificial intelligence). Nonetheless, we require talks that are comprehensible and interesting to a wide scientific audience. Speakers will provide overviews of current research areas, as well as of their own recent progress.


Aiguille du Midi, accessible by cable car 30 minutes from Saint Gervais

Conference Format

There is a single speaking session each day (no posters), intentionally organized to maximize the dissimilarity of each day’s presentations. The conference will start with registration and a reception with drinks and food from about 15:30 - 16:00 on Monday, June 23. On subsequent days there will be drinks and light snacks from ~ 15:40 - 16:00, followed by a session of spoken presentations that typically end at 8 PM (20:00). The last evening of talks will be Saturday June 28, so plan to depart no earlier than Sunday, June 29.

It will not escape the careful reader that this conference format frees most of the day for either discussions with colleagues or various other activities with colleagues, family, and friends. We hope and expect all scientific attendees and participants to attend all sessions. The time frame will allow day trips to nearby sites, but arrange to return in time for the sessions. Travel to sites and planned activities from which a return for the session will not be possible by 16:00 should be arranged for days preceding or following the conference.

Information on submitting proposals for presentation is on the page of this website labeled “Talk Submissions". Please submit talk information on the website. Your information, such as authors, title, abstract and so on can be deleted, replaced, or altered at any time up to June 1, 2025.

Registration

You are not officially on the list for presenting research or a talk until you register and send the registration fee. Visit the Registration page at this website. There is a discount for registration prior to Jan. 1, 2025.

Lodging

A block of rooms is presently being held, but are limited (at the price negotiated), and unreserved rooms will be returned to the general public on May 25, 2025, so reserve soon; note that cancellation is free until 15 days prior to arrival. For information visit the Lodging page at this website.