From ferrix at cs.unitn.it Fri Sep 6 09:03:04 2002 From: ferrix at cs.unitn.it (Roberta Ferrario) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:03:04 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Second CFP: CONTEXT'03, the Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context Message-ID: <003001c255a5$bd6a2490$d9c7cdc1@Eolo> ============================================================== We apologize for multiple copies of this call for papers ============================================================== Second Call for Papers +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | CONTEXT'03 | | | | Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on | | Modeling and Using Context | | | | Stanford, California (USA) | | June 18-20, 2003 | | | | (www.context.umcs.maine.edu/CONTEXT-03) | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ The Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context, will provide a high-quality forum for discussions about context among researchers active in artificial intelligence and other areas of computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, the organizational sciences, philosophy, and psychology. Context affects a wide range of activities in humans and animals as well as in artificial agents and other computer programs. The importance of context is widely acknowledged, and "context" has become an area of study in its own right, as evidenced by the numerous workshops, symposia, seminars, and conferences held recently. CONTEXT, the oldest conference series focusing on context, is unique due to its strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research. Previous CONTEXT conferences have been held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CONTEXT'97), Trento, Italy (CONTEXT'99), and Dundee, Scotland (CONTEXT'01). Each of these brought together researchers in many disparate fields to discuss and report on research on context-related topics. The proceedings of CONTEXT'03 will be published in a Lecture Notes series (http://www.springer.de/comp/lnai) of Springer-Verlag, as were those of previous CONTEXT conferences. TOPICS OF INTEREST To guide potential submissions, a representative sampling of topics of interest for CONTEXT'03 are as follows (in alphabetical order). This is not an exhaustive list, and other contributions are welcome, although all submissions must have a focus on context. Analogy and Case-based Reasoning Autonomous Agents and Agent-based Systems Cognitive Modeling Commonsense Reasoning Context Issues in Databases Context-aware Applications Contextual Effects on Language Contextual Effects on Problem-solving, Understanding and Production Decision-making, and Categorization Decision Support and Expert Systems Distributed Information Systems Formal Theories of Context Heterogeneous Information Integration Human-Computer Interaction Information Management Intelligent Tutoring Systems Intelligent/Semantic Web Systems Interagent Communication Knowledge Engineering and Management Knowledge Representation Machine Learning Multiagent Systems Natural Language Processing Neuroscience and Context Organizational Theory and Design Philosophical Foundations SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Since CONTEXT'03 will be an interdisciplinary forum, all submissions, in addition to being evaluated for their technical merit, will be evaluated for their accessibility to an interdisciplinary audience. Works that transcend disciplinary boundaries are especially encouraged. Papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for presentation at a poster session. Each submission will be evaluated by three referees. Complete formatting requirements and detailed instructions for authors can be found on the conference Web page. Note that papers cannot be longer than 14 pages. Papers must be submitted electronically--no hardcopy submissions will be accepted without prior approval from the Program Co-Chairs well in advance of the submission deadline. LaTeX and Word templates are available at the conference Web page. Papers must be in PDF format. See the conference Web page for instructions on converting to this format from Word, LaTeX, etc. Submitted papers should be received by the Program Co-Chairs no later than January 6, 2003. The conference Web page contains instructions for submitting papers electronically. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline.....................................January 6, 2003 Notification of acceptance/rejection for all submissions........March 6, 2003 Deadline for final versions of accepted papers..................April 6, 2003 Conference...................................................June 18-20, 2003 INVITED SPEAKERS (To Be Announced) CONFERENCE CHAIR Fausto Giunchiglia (fausto at cs.unitn.it) Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Patrick Blackburn (Patrick.Blackburn at loria.fr) LORIA, France Roy Turner (rmt at umcs.maine.edu) University of Maine, USA STEERING COMMITTEE Varol Akman (akman at cs.bilkent.edu.tr) Bilkent University, Turkey Massimo Benerecetti (bene at cs.unitn.it) University of Naples, Italy Paolo Bouquet (bouquet at cs.unitn.it) Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy Patrick Brezillon (Patrick.Brezillon at lip6.fr) University of Paris VI, France Chiara Ghidini (C.Ghidini at csc.liv.ac.uk) University of Liverpool, UK Boicho Kokinov (bkokinov at nbu.bg) New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria John Perry (john at csli.stanford.edu) Stanford University, USA Francois Recanati (Francois.Recanati at ehess.fr) L'Ecole Polytechnique, France Luciano Serafini (serafini at irst.itc.it) Istituto Trentino di Cultura (ITC), Italy Rich Thomason (rich at thomason.org) University of Michigan, USA Roger A. Young (R.A.YOUNG at dundee.ac.uk) University of Dundee, UK PROGRAM COMMITTEE Horacio Arlo-Costa Carnegie Mellon University, USA John Barnden The University of Birmingham, UK Carla Bazzanella Universita' degli Studi di Torino, Italy John Bell University of London, UK Jose Luis Bermudez University of Stirling, UK Matteo Bonifacio University of Trento, Italy Christo Dichev Winston Salem State University, USA Bruce Edmonds Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Paul Feltovich University of West Florida, USA Tim Fernando Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Anita Fetzer Universitaet Stuttgart Christopher Gauker University of Cincinnati, USA Alain Giboin INRIA, France Avelino Gonzalez University of Central Florida, USA Jerry Hobbs USC/ISI, USA Lucja Iwanska LxLinks, Inc., Michigan, USA Ruth Kempson King's College London, UK David Leake Indiana University, USA Mark Maybury MITRE Corporation, Massachusetts, USA Bernard Moulin Universite' Laval, Canada Rolf Nossum Agder University College, Norway Jean-Charles Pomerol DRITT/Universite P and M Curie, France Marina Sbisa' University of Trieste, Italy Munindar Singh North Carolina State University, USA Steffen Staab University of Karlsruhe, Germany Elise Turner University of Maine, USA Peter Turney National Research Council, Ontario, Canada Johan van Benthem University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Robert J. van den Bosch Univ. Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands Teun A. van Dijk Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Terry Winograd Stanford University, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Roberta Ferrario (ferrix at cs.unitn.it) Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy ********************************************************* * For more information, see www.context.umcs.maine.edu. * ********************************************************* From ssgrr2003w at rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu Fri Sep 13 08:28:34 2002 From: ssgrr2003w at rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu (ssgrr2003w at rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:28:34 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Invitation to SSGRR conferences in ITALY! Message-ID: <200209131228.g8DCSY201480@vreme.yubc.net> CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION AT SSGRR CONFERENCES IN YEAR 2003 The SSGRR (Scuola Superiore G Reiss Romoli) Congress Center, Telecom Italia Learning Services, L'Aquila (near Rome), ITALY (www.ssgrr.it). Respected Dr. We are honored to invite you to submit and present your paper(s) at the two SSGRR conferences specified below: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON ADVANCES IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES ON THE INTERNET WINTER Conference 2003: >From Monday January 6 at 5pm till Sunday January 12 at 10am To submit paper or ask questions: ssgrr2003w at rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu Keynotes: Lyman (Berkeley), Neuhold (Fraunhofer), Neal (Tufts Medical School), ... SUMMER Conference 2003: >From Monday July 28 at 5pm till Sunday August 3 at 10am To submit paper or ask questions: ssgrr2003s at rti7020.etf.bg.ac.yu Keynotes: Kroto (Nobel Laureate), Patt (IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Laureate), Carlton (US Air Force Surgeon General), ... For details, see IEEE COMPUTER, Aug 2002 (page 33) and the WWW site www.ssgrr.it (written carefully+precisely, with answers to all FAQ). Check with past participants (their names/emails are on the WWW). Most of them believe this is the most interesting, rewarding, and definitely the most hospitable conference they ever attended! Fast professional and peer review in 15 days. Capacity of the SSGRR congress center is 200 participants. The list of participants will be closed after 200 papers accepted. Consequently, SUBMIT YOUR PAPER(S) AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE! ______________________________________________________________________ Location (see WWW for details): SSGRR is the DE-LUX congress and education center of the Telecom Italia Learning Services, located about 60 miles from Rome, near Gran Sasso (the highest Appenini peak), with fast access to the major Appenini ski resorts (in winters, 15 minutes by car), and Adriatic sea beaches (in summers, 45 minutes by car). Keynotes (see WWW for details): A Nobel Laureate was the keynote speaker each year in the past (Jerome Friedman of MIT, Robert Richardson of Cornell, etc...), and the major 2003 keynote is also reserved for a Nobel Laureate (Harry Kroto from United Kingdom). Other 2003 keynote speakers are Yale Patt from UofTexas at Austin (an IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Laureate), Paul Carlton (US Air Force Surgeon General), etc. Schedule (see WWW for details): Monday = Arrival day, registration, and cocktail Tuesday = Gran Sasso Nat'l Lab tour, tutorials, and opening ceremony Wednesday/Thursday/Friday = Presentation of research papers Saturday = Tutorials and peripathetic discussions Sunday = Departure day Deadlines (see WWW for details): For title and abstract (about 100 words): October 15, 2002 (for Winter 2003) April 30, 2003 (for Summer 2003) For papers (IEEE Transactions format, min 4 pages, max 1MB): November 15, 2002 (for Winter 2003) May 30, 2003 (for Summer 2003) For payment (stay, and fee if applicable): December 10, 2002 (for Winter 2003) June 30, 2003 (for Summer 2003) Payment (see WWW for details): No conference fee for those with papers to present (others: euro600). No fee for tutorials. All participants must stay inside SSGRR (no outside stays allowed). Full 6-day stay (from Monday evening till Sunday breakfast): euro1200. A 5-day stay (without one tutorial day): euro1000. Minimal 4-day stay (for research papers only): euro 800. Favourable conditions for accompanying persons (see the WWW). For late payment rules see the WWW. Important (see WWW for details): When submitting your paper, insert the 3-letter field code (exact codes on WWW), so the placement of papers per sessions is more efficient. Insert your WWW site URL (if you have one). If you submit a paper, you will get 2 other papers for a fast review (in up to 10 days). Your presentation time is 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for discussions. Chairman of the session is the presenter of the last paper in that session. Moving of presentation slots is not permitted (in cases of non-show-up). If you like to be reinvited for a future SSGRR conference, let us know. If you like to be removed from the list, please let us know, too. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SSGRR! Professor Veljko Milutinovic, General Chairman From vasishth at ling.ohio-state.edu Mon Sep 16 11:55:08 2002 From: vasishth at ling.ohio-state.edu (Shravan Vasishth) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:55:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Retrieval of more than one chunk Message-ID: Hi all, I'm a beginner, so please excuse me if this is a question with an obvious answer. Is there any way in ACT-R 5.0 to do the following: Suppose that a certain production looks like this: (P example =goal> isa do-something state state1 slot1 =value1 ... ==> ... +retrieval> isa something slot2 =value1 =goal> isa do-something state state2 ) where the variable =value in the precondition above happens to be instantiated as the string "somevalue". The issue is: suppose there are two items in dm that satisfy the constraint on the retrieval request (+retrieval above), i.e., suppose there's something like the following in dm: (item1 isa something slot2 somevalue) (item2 isa something slot2 somevalue slot3 some-other-value) I want both items (item1 and item2) to be retrieved, not one or the other (i.e., I am not modeling retrievel errors at the moment). There are other things I want to be able to do (e.g., multiple retrievals such as these should be more effortful than when only the retrieval of a single chunk is possible), but for the moment the above problem has brought my modeling attempts to a grinding halt. Many thanks in advance, PS Not relevant to anything above, but in case you're wondering: I'm sending this message from an old email address because our server in Germany is misbehaving. -- Dr. Shravan Vasishth Phone: +49 (681) 302 4504 Computational Linguistics, Universit?t des Saarlandes, Postfach 15 11 50 D-66041 Saarbr?cken, Germany http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~vasishth From dbdavis at gmu.edu Wed Sep 18 16:48:40 2002 From: dbdavis at gmu.edu (Deborah Boehm-Davis) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:48:40 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Job Announcement - GMU Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20020918164618.02e3d340@mail.gmu.edu> The Department of Psychology at George Mason University anticipates an opening to begin in Fall 2003, at the assistant or associate level. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology or related area and experience developing cognitive theory. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Program. We will consider applicants from a variety of research specializations, such as complex problem solving, higher level cognition, visual attention, training (especially computer-based), memory, human performance, decision making, computational cognitive modeling, human computer interaction, and human factors. Candidates at the associate level should have a history of external funding. Candidates at both levels should have a commitment to high quality teaching. George Mason University is located approximately 15 miles SW of Washington, DC and is the newest university in the Virginia Commonwealth system. The psychology department has Ph.D. programs in applied cognitive psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, developmental, and clinical psychology. The successful candidate will be a member of the ARCH Lab, which houses HFAC faculty, their research facilities, and both undergraduate and graduate students in a collaborative and highly productive environment. Applications will be evaluated starting on November 1, 2002 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. A vita, three letters of recommendation, and a brief statement of research and teaching interests should be sent to: Cognitive Search Committee, George Mason University, MSN 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. We encourage applications from women and minority candidates. George Mason University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Deborah Boehm-Davis (dbdavis at gmu.edu), Christopher Kello (ckello at gmu.edu), or Matthew Peterson (mpeters2 at gmu.edu). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deborah A. Boehm-Davis, Professor HUMAN FACTORS & APPLIED COGNITIVE PROGRAM Phone: +1 703-993-8735 Fax: +1 703-993-1330 George Mason University ARCH Lab/HFAC Program MSN 3F5 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gray at rpi.edu Wed Sep 18 18:09:35 2002 From: gray at rpi.edu (Wayne Gray) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 18:09:35 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Job Position in CogSci Message-ID: The Cognitive Science Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute anticipates one or more openings beginning in Fall 2003, rank open. We are seeking candidates who have a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science or one of its contributing disciplines (i.e., AI/Computer Science, Psychology, Education/Educational Technology, Philosophy/Logic, or Linguistics). The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute specializes in four areas: Machine & Human Reasoning, Computational Cognitive Modeling, Cognitive Engineering, and Perception & Action. The ideal candidate will bridge two of these areas or one of these and a supporting area (e.g., AI/Natural Language Processing, Educational Psychology/Technology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Joint appointments with the Department of Computer Science, and/or the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, are possible. A record of (or strong potential for) external funding is expected, and evidence of teaching skills and multi-disciplinary interests is highly desirable. Rank, again, is open. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the oldest technological university in the U.S., is located in historic Troy NY, in the Hudson River Valley, approximately 5 miles N of Albany, NY. It is 3-hrs south of Montreal, 2.5-hrs west of Boston, and 2-hrs north of New York City, to which Amtrak runs on high-speed track that should soon shorten the trip even further. The Albany area is notable for many things, including its affordable housing, cultural events (e.g., the famed Saratoga Performing Arts Center), and proximity to outdoor recreation (e.g., hiking/skiing in the Adirondack, White, Green, and Berkshire Mountains). The Cognitive Science Department is a new department that anticipates taking its first class of doctoral students in the Fall of 2003. Department faculty have excellent ties with faculty in the human-computer interaction program, decision sciences, and computer science. Labs that bridge department boundaries encourage these ties. Applications will be evaluated starting on December 1, 2002, and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. A vita, three letters of recommendation, a brief statement of research and teaching interests, and copies of relevant preprints/reprints should be sent to: Cognitive Search Committee, c/o Selmer Bringsjord - Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 If you have questions, please contact Selmer Bringsjord (selmer at rpi.edu), Chair, or Wayne D. Gray (gray at rpi.edu), Director of the PhD Program. -- MOVED --> MOVED --> TO RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building 110 W. 8th St. Troy, NY 12180 NEW EMAIL: gray at rpi.edu New cell phone: 518-364-9114 New Lab phone: 518-276-6067 SEE http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for more information **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute specializes in four areas: Machine & Human Reasoning, Computational Cognitive Modeling, Cognitive Engineering, and Perception & Action. The ideal candidate will bridge two of these areas or one of these and a supporting area (e.g., AI/Natural Language Processing, Educational Psychology/Technology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Joint appointments with the Department of Computer Science, and/or the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, are possible. A record of (or strong potential for) external funding is expected, and evidence of teaching skills and multi-disciplinary interests is highly desirable. Rank, again, is open. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the oldest technological university in the U.S., is located in historic Troy NY, in the Hudson River Valley, approximately 5 miles N of Albany, NY. It is 3-hrs south of Montreal, 2.5-hrs west of Boston, and 2-hrs north of New York City, to which Amtrak runs on high-speed track that should soon shorten the trip even further. The Albany area is notable for many things, including its affordable housing, cultural events (e.g., the famed Saratoga Performing Arts Center), and proximity to outdoor recreation (e.g., hiking/skiing in the Adirondack, White, Green, and Berkshire Mountains). The Cognitive Science Department is a new department that anticipates taking its first class of doctoral students in the Fall of 2003. Department faculty have excellent ties with faculty in the human-computer interaction program, decision sciences, and computer science. Labs that bridge department boundaries encourage these ties. Applications will be evaluated starting on December 1, 2002, and will continue until a suitable candidate is found. A vita, three letters of recommendation, a brief statement of research and teaching interests, and copies of relevant preprints/reprints should be sent to: Cognitive Search Committee, c/o Selmer Bringsjord - Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 If you have questions, please contact Selmer Bringsjord (selmer at rpi.edu), Chair, or Wayne D. Gray (gray at rpi.edu), Director of the PhD Program. -- MOVED --> MOVED --> TO RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building 110 W. 8th St. Troy, NY 12180 NEW EMAIL: gray at rpi.edu New cell phone: 518-364-9114 New Lab phone: 518-276-6067 SEE http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for more information **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**