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Basic Courses:

• BC1: Computational Neuroscience (Florian Roehrbein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
• BC2: Social Challenges for Cognitive Science (Günther Knoblich, University of Nijmegen)
• BC3:The Computational Study of Language (John Bateman, University of Bremen)
• BC4: Neurobiology of Learning (Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne and Manfred Spitzer, University of Ulm)

Method Courses:

• MC1: Multi-Agent Systems: Hands On (Nhung Nguyen/Hana Boukricha, University of Bielefeld)
• MC2: Functional Neuroimaging and Brain Reading (John-Dylan Haynes, Bernstein Center Berlin)
• MC3: Implementing Language Games (Vanessa Micelli/Remi van Trijp/Michael Spranger, SONY CLS, Paris and Pieter Wellens, VUB Brussels)
• MC4: Machine Learning (Herbert Jaeger, Jacobs University, Bremen)

Special Courses:

Artificial Intelligence at Play

• SC1: Language Games for Autonomous Robots (Luc Steels, VUB Brussels, Belgium and Sony CSL, Paris, France)
• SC2: Entertainment Computing (Don Marinelli, University of Pittsburg)
• SC3: A Cognitive Systems Approach to Cooperative Game Playing (Peter Ford Dominey, CNRS, Lyon)
• SC4: Reasoning and Action in Location-based Games (Christoph Schlieder, University of Bamberg)

Playful Communication and Cooperation

• SC5: Experimental Semiotics (Bruno Galantucci, Yeshiva University, NY)
• SC6: Creating Believable Game Characters (Karl Grammer/Lisa Oberzaucher, University of Vienna)
• SC7: Evolution of Cooperation (Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna)
• SC8: The Rules of the Game: Cognitive Constraints on Musical Virtuosity and Musical Humor (Justin London, Carleton College)

Play and Develop

• SC9: Role of Play in Development (Sarah Beck, University of Birmingham)
• SC10: Playing in Animals (Ludwig Huber, University of Vienna)
• SC11: Anthropology of Play (Maurice Bloch, Cambridge University)
• SC12: Pretence Play (Hannes Rakoczy, University of Göttingen) (!Replaces Achim Stephan's course!)

The Gaming Experience

• SC13: Human Computation (Massimo Poesio, University of Essex)
• SC14: Game Design (Jörg Niesenhaus, University of Duisburg)
• SC15: Intelligent Interactive Entertainment Systems (Marc Erich Latoschik, University of Bayreuth)
• SC16: Serious Gaming (Marc Herrlich, University of Bremen)
• SC17: Affective Computing (Christian Becker-Asano, ATR Kyoto)

Practical Courses

• PC 1: Improvisational Theatre (Brenda Harger, CMU Pittsburg)
• PC 2: Tango Argentino (Jytte Koppen and Utz Weißenfels, University of Bremen)

Evening Talks

• ET 1: Playing with Language (Nancy Chang, University of Berkeley)
• ET 2: Chess and Mind (Katharina Turecek, a-head Vienna, Austria)
• ET 3: Brain Dance (Manfred Spitzer, Univerisity of Ulm and the El Norte Tango Trio and the Maldito Tango Dance Company)
• Pre-Dinner Talk: On Virtuosity (Fraincois Pachet, SONY CLS Paris)