From jimmyd at cc.gatech.edu  Wed Feb  2 14:28:14 2000
From: jimmyd at cc.gatech.edu (Jim Davies)
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:28:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Is there an port of act-r for lispworks on solaris?
Message-ID: <mailman.410.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>


Is there an port of act-r for lispworks on solaris?


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From byrne at rice.edu  Wed Feb  2 15:23:32 2000
From: byrne at rice.edu (Mike Byrne)
Date: Wed,  2 Feb 2000 14:23:32 -0600
Subject: Is there an port of act-r for lispworks on solaris?
Message-ID: <mailman.411.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

On 00.02.02, Jim Davies <jimmyd at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

> Is there an port of act-r for lispworks on solaris?

In principle, ACT-R should "just work" under Lispworks on Solaris.  It's
all standard Common Lisp.  What seems to break?

(Of course, if you mean ACT-R/PM, that's a more complex question.)

-Mike

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Rice University, MS-25          http://chil.rice.edu/byrne/
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From byrne at rice.edu  Mon Feb  7 10:36:18 2000
From: byrne at rice.edu (Mike Byrne)
Date: Mon,  7 Feb 2000 09:36:18 -0600
Subject: AAAI Symposium CFP
Message-ID: <mailman.413.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

At Cognitive Science 99, I organized a symposium on integrated models of
cognition, perception, and action that was fairly well-received.  That
symposium has grown into a formal AAAI symposium, and I think it'd be
terrific if we had some good ACT-R and ACT-R/PM representation.  Here's
the CFP:

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                 ------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------

======================================= 
               SIMULATING HUMAN AGENTS 
=======================================

      American Association for Artificial Intelligence 
                         Fall Symposium Series

                          November 3-5, 2000 
 

Simulated human agents are a key software component in many kinds of
applications including, e.g., simulation-based training,
simulation-based tools for analyzing human-machine system designs ,
games and other forms of interactive entertainment.  Creating
sufficiently powerful and realistic human agents presents several
challenges.  To get the agent to behave capably in dynamic,
time-pressured and otherwise demanding application environments
requires adapting state-of-the-art AI techniques.  Making the human
model accurate or believable requires identifying and incorporating
relevant human performance data.  Finally, reusable, well-documented
software architectures are needed to reduce the time and expertise
needed to construct new human agent simulations.

The symposium will address practical questions about the
incorporation of AI and human performance modeling technologies into
applications such as those listed above.  Questions to be addressed
during the symposium include:

- What AI technologies are most relevant for simulating human behavior?
How should these be improved or adapted? 

- What aspects of existing human modeling architectures are
most/least helpful for building new applications?  How can they be
improved to become more useful to applications developers? 

- Which aspects of human behavior are most worth capturing in a human
modeling architecture, generally or for a given application area? 

- What relevant scientific findings are lreadyn to be incorporated
into general-purpose human simulation tools?  How should one best go
about filling in the gaps where appropriate scientific findings do
not yet exist?

The symposium will consist of invited talks, individual
presentations, and group discussion.  Those interested in attending
should submit a research paper of no more than 10 pages, a 3-page
position paper, or 1-page statement of interest to
mfreed at mail.arc.nasa.gov.  Only electronic submissions will be
accepted.  We also invite demonstrations of existing systems; email
a brief description of the proposed demo to the above address.

---- Organizing Committee

Michael Byrne, Rice University
Ron Chong, Soar Technology
Michael Freed (chair), NASA Ames Research Center
Randy Hill, USC/ISI
Lewis Johnson, USC/ISI
John Laird, University of Michigan
Frank Ritter, Pennsylvania State University  

 ---- Important Dates

March 29        Submissions for Symposia Due
May 5           Accept/Reject Notices Sent
August 25       Camera-ready papers due
November 3-5    Symposium


---- Additional information on the symposium 

http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/fall-symposia.html 
http://www.cedcc.psu.edu/ritter/aaai-simHA-symp.html

Email Contact: mfreed at mail.arc.nasa.gov

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Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Rice University, MS-25          http://chil.rice.edu/byrne/
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Houston, TX  77005-1892                 +1 713-348-5221 fax


From Stefani_Nellen at psi-sv2.psi.uni-heidelberg.de  Mon Feb 14 11:57:31 2000
From: Stefani_Nellen at psi-sv2.psi.uni-heidelberg.de (Stefani Nellen)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:57:31 +0100
Subject: Modelling planning in ACT
Message-ID: <mailman.414.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

Hello ACT-users !
I am currently working on an ACT-R model which simulates subjects
planning behavior. Recently I had the idea to draw upon the Hayes-Roth
framwork of opportunistic planning as a theoretical source to be both
incorporated in and improved (!) by the ACT-model.

I have the following questions:
Are there any texts or papers on the relationship betwenn ACT and the
Hayes-Roth model?

And, more general, what is ACT-R's history of modeling planning
processes, or complex problems in general? (Isn't this more of a
trditioanl domain for Soar?)
I'd be very grateful if you could provide me with some Literary
recommendations !

cheers, Stefani




From r.m.young at herts.ac.uk  Fri Feb 18 11:08:37 2000
From: r.m.young at herts.ac.uk (Richard M Young)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:08:37 +0000
Subject: Readership post available
Message-ID: <mailman.415.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

Soarers and ACTors:

The post below might be of interest to people in the cognitive modelling
community.  A "Reader" is one level below a full Professor (i.e. with a
Chair).  In salary level it's equivalent to a Principal Lecturer, but with
more of an explicit emphasis on research.

I'd be happy to answer any informal queries.

READERSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY

Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire

Salary 28,978 - 36,436 GB pounds.

Applications are invited to join this large and thriving Department which
has a strong research base, extensive international links, highly rated
teaching, and successful post-graduate degrees.  Applicants should have an
excellent publication record and a motivation to further develop their area
of research expertise.  The Readership is not tied to any one area of
Psychology.

There is considerable support for research, possibilities for collaborative
work and excellent opportunities for post-graduate supervision.  The
Psychology Department is on the Hatfield Campus which is easily accessible
from London, A1 and the M25.

Informal enquiries to: Professor David Messer, Department of Psychology,
Telephone +44-(0)1707 284622.  E-mail: D.J.Messer at herts.ac.uk.  Web page at
www.psy.herts.ac.uk

For further details and application forms please contact the Personnel
Department, University of Hertfordshire Hatfield  AL10 9AB.
Tel: 01707 284802 (24 hour Voicemail), quoting Reference   P1309

Closing date 7 April.





From pirolli at parc.xerox.com  Wed Feb 23 11:38:39 2000
From: pirolli at parc.xerox.com (Peter Pirolli)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:38:39 PST
Subject: ACT-R linking to OLE/COM/ActiveX
Message-ID: <mailman.416.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

We are trying to link ACT-R to the Internet Explorer in order to develop
cognitive models addressing data from users.  To do this, we need to link
Franz Allegro Common Lisp 5.x to the OLE/COM object for Internet Explorer.
There is some incomplete documentation on the OLE package in ACL 5.x, but
we really need some help from someone with experience.  Any help would be
very much appreciated and acknowledged.

--Pete



From ritter at ist.psu.edu  Wed Feb 23 12:34:25 2000
From: ritter at ist.psu.edu (Frank E. Ritter)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:34:25 -0500
Subject: ACT-R linking to OLE/COM/ActiveX
Message-ID: <mailman.417.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

When I think about this I don't know enough about ms products to work with
them, but it seems like hard work.  So I think about getting a browser that
I can get the source code for and can then develop in it's language a model
eye and hand to move around it's screen/data structures.  Tcl/Tk, and Emacs
Lisp both have, I believe, a web browser written in that language.

We have a paper about developing model eyes and hands for cognitive models
(actr and soar) that is now in press that I could send you that supports
this view.

cheers,

Frank

At 8:38 AM -0800 23/2/00, Peter Pirolli wrote:
>We are trying to link ACT-R to the Internet Explorer in order to develop
>cognitive models addressing data from users.  To do this, we need to link
>Franz Allegro Common Lisp 5.x to the OLE/COM object for Internet Explorer.
>There is some incomplete documentation on the OLE package in ACL 5.x, but
>we really need some help from someone with experience.  Any help would be
>very much appreciated and acknowledged.
>
>--Pete



Frank  Ritter at ist.psu.edu
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA  16801-3857
ph.  (814) 865-4453   fax (814) 865-5604
http://www.psyc.nott.ac.uk/staff/ritter (archived)
http://www.cedcc.psu.edu/ritter/  (temp local one)




From pirolli at parc.xerox.com  Wed Feb 23 14:00:15 2000
From: pirolli at parc.xerox.com (Peter Pirolli)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:00:15 PST
Subject: ACT-R linking to OLE/COM/ActiveX
Message-ID: <mailman.418.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

Frank:
Thanks, but we're trying to build on some other work also.  We've figured
out how to do the linkage from Visual Basic (access Internet Exlporer
events and screen/data structures through OLE/COM), where we have developed
an instrumentation package for studying users, and ACL 5.x supposedly has
complete access to OLE, so the functionality is all there, just poorly
documented.

--Pete

At 09:31 AM 2/23/00 -0800, Frank E. Ritter wrote:
>When I think about this I don't know enough about ms products to work with
>them, but it seems like hard work.  So I think about getting a browser that
>I can get the source code for and can then develop in it's language a model
>eye and hand to move around it's screen/data structures.  Tcl/Tk, and Emacs
>Lisp both have, I believe, a web browser written in that language.
>
>We have a paper about developing model eyes and hands for cognitive models
>(actr and soar) that is now in press that I could send you that supports
>this view.
>
>cheers,
>
>Frank
>
>At 8:38 AM -0800 23/2/00, Peter Pirolli wrote:
>>We are trying to link ACT-R to the Internet Explorer in order to develop
>>cognitive models addressing data from users.  To do this, we need to link
>>Franz Allegro Common Lisp 5.x to the OLE/COM object for Internet Explorer.
>>There is some incomplete documentation on the OLE package in ACL 5.x, but
>>we really need some help from someone with experience.  Any help would be
>>very much appreciated and acknowledged.
>>
>>--Pete
>
>
>
>Frank  Ritter at ist.psu.edu
>School of Information Sciences and Technology
>The Pennsylvania State University
>University Park, PA  16801-3857
>ph.  (814) 865-4453   fax (814) 865-5604
>http://www.psyc.nott.ac.uk/staff/ritter (archived)
>http://www.cedcc.psu.edu/ritter/  (temp local one)
> 



From gray at gmu.edu  Mon Feb 28 17:50:42 2000
From: gray at gmu.edu (Wayne Gray)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:50:42 -0500
Subject: Research Position at GMU
Message-ID: <mailman.419.1617128274.6729.act-r-users@act-r.psy.cmu.edu>

******************
The Applied Cognitive Program of George Mason University is searching 
for a post-doctoral researcher skilled in cognitive modeling and 
cognitive science. Current projects include building Integrated 
process models of perception, cognition, and action.

The ideal candidate will have created one or more computational 
cognitive  models within a unified architecture of cognition (e.g., 
ACT-R, CAPS, C-I, EPIC, or Soar) and will have compared the 
performance of his or her model(s) to empirical data. (As we work 
primarily within an ACT-R framework, we are especially looking for 
people skilled in ACT-R. However, knowledge of other
computational cognitive modeling systems plus a willingness to learn ACT-R
will be considered.)

Additional factors include proficiency in the design and analysis of 
behavioral research experiments. Experience with eye tracking studies 
and their data analysis are a plus. We expect that the successful 
candidate will have a Ph.D. in Psychology or Computer Science but 
Ph.D.'s in other areas can be considered.

Candidates who do not meet the "ideal" qualifications should feel 
free to contact us as well.

SALARY RANGE: $24,000 to $30,000 per 12 mon

George Mason University is located in Fairfax, VA a short (about 15 
miles) drive from Washington, DC. (Close to Dulles Airport.)

All queries should be sent to Wayne D. Gray at gray at gmu.edu. CV's, 
publications, and statements of interests can be sent electronically 
or at the address listed  below. Letters of reference are not 
necessary at this time, but will be solicited later from candidates 
whose qualifications and interests seem most appropriate. 
Applications will be reviewed beginning May 3rd; applications will be 
considered until the position is filled.
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