From Dieter.Wallach at unibas.ch Tue Nov 2 12:31:58 1999 From: Dieter.Wallach at unibas.ch (Dieter Wallach) Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 18:31:58 +0100 Subject: Job offers in Cognitive Science Message-ID: Applications are invited for two positions at the Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, Institute for Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland. RESEARCH ASSISTANT (50%-80%) SENIOR SCIENTIST (80%-100%) Candidates should have competences and interests in the areas of (applied) cognitive science and/or learning technologies. A well-founded background in cognitive psychology /cognitive modeling is expected. It is required to actively participate in teaching (lectures can be held in english) as well as in ongoing research projects. For the research assistant position candidates must hold a relevant degree. Applicants for the position of a senior scientist are required to hold a PhD. Depending on qualifications and experience the salary will be around 50.000 SFR p.a. ($33.000) for the position of the research assistant and around 90.000 SFR p.a. ($59.000) for the position of the senior scientist. The initial appointment is for two years, starting from January 2000 or later. Please send resumes until 12/15/99 to Prof. Dr. Klaus Opwis, Psychology Department, University of Basel, Bernoullistr. 16, CH-4056 Basel. For further questions regarding the positions please contact Dr. Dieter Wallach (phone: ++41-61-2673525; email: dieter.wallach at unibas.ch). ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Dr. Dieter Wallach Institut f|r Psychologie Universitaet Basel Bernoullistr. 16 CH-4056 Basel ______________________________________ Email: wallachd at ubaclu.unibas.ch Tel: ++41 - 61 267 3525 Fax: ++41 - 61 267 3526 ______________________________________ ______________________________________ From taatgen+ at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Nov 17 10:49:29 1999 From: taatgen+ at andrew.cmu.edu (Niels Taatgen) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:49:29 -0500 Subject: ICCM-2000 Message-ID: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: ICCM-2000 Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling Groningen, Netherlands, 23-25 March 2000, with optional tutorials on 22 March SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 december 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributions are invited for the Third International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, to be held at the University of Groningen from 23 to 25 March 2000. This series of meetings was founded to encourage international, inter-disciplinary co-operation in the field of cognitive modelling. The first meeting, held in Berlin in November 1996, attracted about 60 researchers from Europe and USA working in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, computer linguistics and philosophy of mind. The second meeting, held in Notthingham in April 1998, was equally successful with an attendance of around 70 researchers. Submissions are welcome on any aspect of the computer modelling of human cognition, but preference will be given to work which describes both a running computer model and its comparison to empirical data. Further information about this Call, about the format for submissions, and about the Conference itself can be found at the conference Web site: http://tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl/iccm INVITED SPEAKERS John R. Anderson (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA) Axel Cleeremans (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) PAPERS Papers can be submitted electronically to J.Aasman at research.kpn.com in one of the following formats: - Plain text - pdf - html - Word 7 Put ICCM in the subject line of you email. Submissions will be confirmed within 3 workdays. Your submission should arrive before 5pm (European time) on 15 December 1999. Since the final paper should consist of no more than 8 pages, restrict your submission to around 4000 words or less if you include figures. For the final submission hardcopy is required: email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Details about the final submission format will follow as soon as possible. Papers should include a cover page giving the name and contact information of the first author, and stating any requirements for audio-visual equipment. POSTERS Work can be submitted as a poster which for any reason is better presented as a poster than as a written paper and talk. To submit a poster, please send an abstract of up to two pages (1000 words) using the same guidelines as under papers. Authors of accepted posters will be invited to address the audience for three minutes as part of a "poster mania" session, in order to whet the audience's appetite and encourage them to visit the poster. SYMPOSIA By a symposium, we mean a session of related work on a particular topic. The session can take any of several different forms: some short presentations followed by a discussion, a panel discussion, a debate, and so on. The length of a symposium session is flexible, but by default would be 90 minutes. If you would like to organise a symposium, send us a proposal outlining your ideas and the names of the contributors, by no later than December 1st. If the proposal is accepted, we will work with you to try to ensure the success of the symposium, but you will be responsible for arranging and running it. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Cognitive modellers tend to work in many areas of cognitive science. In order to promote coorperation in these areas, we're planning a number of Special Interest Groups on a number of themes. The idea is to have modellers in specific areas discuss the main problems they have encountered and possible solutions to these problems. Possible areas are: - Complex skill acquisition - Language - Cognitive Development - Implicit learning - Human Computer Interaction - Eye and hand coordination and external tasks - and so on If you have any ideas for themes, please contact the organizers. We'll include the final list in the call for participation, and will schedule those SIG's for which there is sufficient interest. TUTORIALS On the day before the start of the conference, 22 March, the following tutorials will be offered: - ACT-R (Christian Lebiere, Dieter Wallach, John Anderson) - COGENT (Richard Cooper) If you would like to organize a tutorial, please contact one of the organizers as soon as possible. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University) Erik Altmann (George Mason University) Frank Ritter (Penn State University) Richard Young (University of Hertfordshire) Jans Aasman (Technical University of Delft) Gerhard Strube (University of Freiburg) Niels Taatgen (University of Groningen) Maarten van Someren (University of Amsterdam) Dieter Wallach (University of Basel) PROCEEDINGS Papers will be published in proceedings that will be handed out at start of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES Paper or poster: to ARRIVE by 5 pm on 15 December 1999 Decision: by 27 January 2000 Revised version: by 17 February 2000 Send submissions to: Jans Aasman: J.Aasman at research.kpn.com For enquiries, contact: Niels Taatgen: niels at tcw2.ppsw.rug.nl Jans Aasman: J.Aasman at research.kpn.com