From laird at umich.edu Tue Dec 5 11:53:40 2006 From: laird at umich.edu (John Laird) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:53:40 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Papers for ICCM 2007 Message-ID: <001a01c7188d$ed37a210$4137d48d@Condor> Please forward... Call for Papers 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING (ICCM) July 27-29, 2007 Ann Arbor, Michigan www.iccm2007.org ICCM is the premier international conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human behavior. ICCM is a forum for presenting, discussing, and evaluating the complete spectrum of cognitive models, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. ICCM includes basic and applied research, across a wide variety of domains, ranging from low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and learning. * DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS: April 20, 2007 We are soliciting both full 6-page papers and 2-page poster abstracts. All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the proceedings. Full Papers: If accepted, the papers will be published in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference as talks during the plenary session. The best student paper will be selected from these submissions. Papers should follow the 6-page 10-point double-column single-spaced US-letter format used by the Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Poster Abstracts: 2-page abstracts may be submitted for presentation as a poster for presentation during the poster session on Saturday night, July 28. Abstract should also follow the 10-point double-column single-spaced US-letter format used by the Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting. See http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/submissions.htm#subformatlink for detailed formatting instructions and examples. All submissions must be PDF files. Preliminary Program: * 2007 Keynote Speakers (confirmed): Neil Burgess (University College London) Walt Schneider (University of Pittsburgh) Marcel Just (Carnegie Mellon University) * Tutorials (on July 26) * Doctoral Consortium (details to follow) * Technical talks * Poster session For more information, visit www.iccm2007.org Organizing Committee: General Chair: John Laird Program Chairs: Richard Lewis, Thad Polk Local Arrangements: David Kieras Tutorials: Frank Ritter From brad_love at mail.utexas.edu Wed Dec 6 01:10:42 2006 From: brad_love at mail.utexas.edu (Brad Love) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 00:10:42 -0600 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Prizes for Best Conference Papers Message-ID: Five prizes of $1000 (USD) each are available to top papers submitted to the 2007 Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, which will be held in Nashville from August 1st to 4th. The submission deadline is February 1st. The conference website is http:// csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/ Four prizes worth $1,000 (USD) each will be awarded for the best paper submissions that involve computational cognitive modeling. The four separate prizes will represent the best modeling work in the respective areas of: perception/action, language, higher-level cognition, and applied cognition. Any form of computational cognitive modeling relevant to cognitive science will be eligible, including (but not limited to) connectionism, symbolic, Bayesian, dynamic systems, or various hybrids. Additionally, the Marr Prize, named in honor of the late David Marr, will be given to the best student paper at the conference. More details about these prizes can be found at http:// csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/prizes.htm#comprizesec ********************************************************************* Bradley C. Love The University of Texas at Austin brad_love at mail.utexas.edu 1 University Station A8000 http://love.psy.utexas.edu/ Austin, TX 78712-0187 phone: (512) 232-5732 fax: (512) 471-5935 ********************************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu Fri Dec 8 17:46:57 2006 From: jjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu (James Joshi) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:46:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Papers :: IEEE IRI 2007 Message-ID: <20531348.281165618016765.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost> [Apologies for multiple postings] Call for Papers --------------- The 2007 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2007) Sponsored by: The IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society August 13-15, 2007, Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, USA http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri07/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- With the rapidly increasing volumes of information in digital form, we are constantly faced with newer challenges with regards to efficiently using it and extracting useful knowledge from it. Information reuse and integration (IRI) seeks to maximally exploit such available information to create new knowledge and to reuse it for addressing newer challenges. It plays a pivotal role in the capture, maintenance, integration, validation, extrapolation, and application of knowledge to augment decision capabilities in various application domains. The IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The IEEE IRI will feature contributed as well as invited papers. Theoretical and applied papers are both included in this call. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops and keynote speeches. Several funding agency program directors - including NSF, ONR, et al. - will present an open panel discussion entitled Funding Opportunities in Information Reuse and Systems Engineering. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/ Semi-structured Data - Middleware & Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling & Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security & Privacy - Survivable Systems & Infrastructures - AI & Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command & Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical & Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems & Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environment - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environment - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environment - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Instructions for Authors: ------------------------- Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and the conference web site: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri07. If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to either of the Program Chairs(mailing address available on the conference website) on or before the deadline date of March 25, 2007. The attachment must be in .pdf(preferred) or word.doc format. The subject of the email must be 'IEEE IRI 2007 Submission'. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new work and are previously unpublished. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of selected papers that are also presented at the conference will be invited to submit expanded versions of their papers for review for publication in an approved special issue of the IEEE SMC Transactions, part C, on IRI to be published in 2008. Important Dates: ---------------- Feb. 11, 2007: Workshop/ Special session proposal Mar. 25, 2007: Paper submission deadline Apr. 29, 2007: Notification of acceptance May 20, 2007: Camera-ready paper due May 20, 2007: Presenting author registration due Jul. 10, 2007: Advance(discount) registration for general public and other co-author Jul. 31, 2007: Hotel reservation(special discount rate) closing date Aug. 13-15, 2007: Conference events Organizing Committee: ------------------- Honorary General Chair - Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, USA (zadeh at cs.berkeley.edu) General Chairs - Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR Systems Center, USA (stuart.rubin at navy.mil) - Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA (chens at cs.fiu.edua) Program Chairs - Weide Chang, California State University, USA, (changw at ecs.csus.edu) - James B. D. Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA (jjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu) Workshop Chairs - Du Zhang, California State University, USA (zhangd at ecs.csus.edu) - Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA (taghi at cse.fau.edu) - Eric Gr?goire, Universit? d'Artois, France (gregoire at cril.univ-artois.fr) Publicity Chair - Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA (zhang at cis.uab.edu) Asian Liaison - Althea Liang Qianhui, Singapore Management University, Singapore, (althealiang at smu.edu.sg) Finance & Registration Chair - Ju-Yeon Jo, California State University, Las Vegas, USA (jo at egr.unlv.edu) Publications Chair - (TBD) Local Arrangements Chair - Louellen McCoy, SPAWAR Systems Center, USA, (louellen.mccoy at navy.mil) Webmaster - Saubhagya Ram Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA (srjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu) From jeedward at gmail.com Sat Dec 9 06:39:52 2006 From: jeedward at gmail.com (John E. Edward) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 06:39:52 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers Message-ID: *Apologies for cross posting. Please forward to interested people* www.PromoteResearch.org The 2007 International Multi-Conference in Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Science will be held during 9-12 of July 2007 in Orlando, FL, USA. The multi-conference consists of four major events namely *International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-07) International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-07)** **International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-07)** **International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-07)*** All these events will be held simultaneously at the same place. Click on www.PromoteResearch.org for more information. 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URL: From fomi at loa-cnr.it Mon Dec 11 08:29:20 2006 From: fomi at loa-cnr.it (Fomi) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:29:20 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] [FOMI 2006] call for participation Message-ID: *********************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Apologies for multiple copies of this message *********************************************** Second International Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry http://www.loa-cnr.it/fomi December 14-15, 2006 University of Trento ******************************************************** This event is jointly organized by: - Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento - University of Trento - University of Verona - Creactive Consulting S.r.l., Affi ******************************************************** Following the great success of the previous edition, we are glad to invite you to attend the second Formal Ontologies Meet Industry Workshop (FOMI 2006). Information about registration, accommodation and traveling is now available on our website: http://www.loa-cnr.it/fomi ********************************************************************** Please notice: DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: November 30 ********************************************************************** For further information, send your requests to: fomi at loa-cnr.it We look forward to seeing you in Trento! The Organizing Committee of FOMI 2006 ********************************************************** PROGRAM THURSDAY 14.12.06 =========== 14.00 - 14.30 open session =========== 14.30 ? 15.30 invited session: Bill ANDERSEN (OntologyWorks, Baltimore, USA) ========================== 15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break ========================== Technical session ---------------------------------------------- 16.00 - 16.30 Temal, Lando, Gibaud, Dojat, Kassel, Lapujade --?OntoNeuroBase: a multi-layered? application ontology in neuroimaging 16.30 - 17.00 Aiello, Mango Furnari, Proto -?A formal ontology for the Italian Central Istitute for Cataloguing and Documentation 17.00 - 17.30 Barbu -?An Ontology-based System for the Marketing Information? Management 17.30 - 18.00 Devitt, Danev, Matusikova -?Ontology-driven automatic construction of Bayesian Networks for telecommunication network managemen =========================== *Social Dinner* ============================== FRIDAY 15.12.06 Technical session ------------------------- 9.30 - 10.00 Bandini, Mosca -?Mereological Knowledge Representation for the Chemical Formulation 10.00 - 10.30 West, Partridge, Lycett -?Enterprise Data Modelling: Developing? an Ontology-Based Framework for the? Shell Downstream Business ================= 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break =================== Technical session -------------------------------- 11.00- 11.30 Borgo, Vieu - From Artifacts to Products 11.30 - 12.00 Sleeman, Ajit, Fowler, Knott -?The Role of Ontologies in creating & maintaining corporate knowledge: a case? study from the Aero Industry 12.00 - 12.30 McMullen, Reichherzer---?Identity and Functionality in the Common Instrument Middleware Architecture? ======================= 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch ======================= Technical session ---------------------------------------- 14.00 - 14.30 Paslaru, Bontas, Tempich?-?Ontology Engineering: A Reality Check (TALK CANCELLED) 14.30 - 15.00 Pammer, Scheir, Lindstaedt -?Ontology coverage check: support for evaluation in ontology engineering ========================= 15.00 - 15.30 coffee break ============================ 15.30 - 17.30 Panel session Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Experiences and Perspectives from the Trenches =============================================== From denis at limsi.fr Mon Dec 11 11:58:58 2006 From: denis at limsi.fr (Michel Denis) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:58:58 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Virtual Reality and Cognition Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research scientist: Invitation for applications from researchers in the field of "Virtual Reality and Cognition" LIMSI, a multidisciplinary research unit within the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) located on the Orsay campus of the University of Paris-Sud (France), is currently developing research on "Virtual Reality and Cognition". The development of an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) system, with funding from the CNRS and the Ile-de-France Region, is part of a broader project in which the cognitive sciences will play a major role. LIMSI has embarked on a virtual and augmented reality project that will involve both designing multimodal immersive interaction methods and using these technologies in various fields of application. LIMSI also intends to develop the potential applications of VR in setting up scientific interactions between engineering and the cognitive sciences. This project has two main purposes: (a) to ensure that the development of the VR interfaces at LIMSI benefits from expertise in cognitive ergonomics; (b) to ensure that in the specific areas studied at LIMSI, VR can be used to investigate cognitive functions in people interacting with these systems. LIMSI already includes specialists in cognitive psychology, and this will facilitate this further line of development. The objective of LIMSI is to invest new types of competence in this project so that it can successfully carry out the mission with which it has been entrusted by the CNRS. The suitable candidate for this development project will be a specialist in psychology and/or cognitive ergonomics, or possibly the cognitive neurosciences, and who intends to submit an application during the next round of CNRS recruitments (December 2006/January 2007). Applications will be welcome from scientists embarking on a career in research, as well as experienced researchers. LIMSI will welcome preliminary informal enquiries from potential candidates. If you are interested please contact LIMSI as soon as possible. Enquiries and preliminary applications should be addressed to one of the following: - Patrick Le Qu?r?, Director of LIMSI (plq at limsi.fr). Tel.: +33 1 69 85 80 85. - Philippe Tarroux, Deputy Director (tarroux at limsi.fr). Tel.: +33 1 69 85 80 86. 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URL: From esslli06 at loa-cnr.it Wed Dec 20 04:22:35 2006 From: esslli06 at loa-cnr.it (FOCA@ESSLLI) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:22:35 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] [Applied Ontology]: Deadline extension for contributions Message-ID: PLEASE NOTICE: DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!! ************************************************************************ ****************** IMPORTANT DATES: Submissions January 19, 2007 Notification March 19, 2007 Camera-ready May 18, 2007 Special Issue Winter 2007 ************************************************************************ ****************** ****************************** CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ************************************************************************ ****************** Following FOCA, workshop held at ESSLLI from July 31 to August 4, 2006 (http://www.loa-cnr.it/esslli06/): Formal Ontologies for Communicating Agents, special issue for the journal Applied Ontology (http://www.applied-ontology.org/) ************************************************************************ ****************** GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE: Roberta Ferrario, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento (Italy) (ferrario at loa-cnr.it) Laurent Prevot, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (prevotlaurent at gate.sinica.edu.tw) ************************************************************************ ****************** PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE : Following the workshop "Formal Ontologies for Communicating Agents" that took place within the last ESSLLI summer school in Malaga, we would like to invite contributions for a special issue of the international journal ''Applied Ontology''. We especially invite the authors of the paper presented at FOCA 2006 to submit an extended version of their contribution. However, anyone is invited to submit a relevant contribution for the topic of the special issue described below. ************************************************************************ ***************** DESCRIPTION: In recent years lots of efforts have been devoted to formal studies of human and artificial agent communication. Research advancements have been achieved along three main lines: (i) agent's internal states and dynamics, (ii) social interaction and conventional communicative patterns, (iii) semantics-pragmatics interface - especially in the dialogue context (i.e. the interplay between the semantic content of messages and the communicative acts themselves). There is a recent trend of studies trying to integrate these approaches in many ways. On the other hand, formal ontology has been consecrated as a good solution for comparing and integrating information and thus its application to this specific domain is very promising . More precisely, an ontological analysis of the fundamental ingredients of interaction and communication will make explicit the hidden ontological assumptions underlying all these proposals. Ontology has also proven to be a very powerful means to address issues related to the exchange of meaningful communication across autonomous entities, which can organize and use information heterogeneously. The purpose of this special issue is therefore to gather contributions that (i) take seriously into account the ontological aspects of communication and interaction and (ii) use formal ontologies for achieving a better semantic coordination between interacting and communicating agents. ************************************************************************ **************** MAIN TOPICS: We encourage contributions concerning the two main areas listed below with a particular attention to explore the interplay between ontological analysis and its applications in practical cases. * Ontological aspects of interaction and communication - Ontological analysis of interaction and communication - Studies on the structure and coherence of interaction - Logical models for communicative acts - Primitives of interaction and communication - Formal semantics of dialogue (dealing with ontological issues) *Semantic coordination through formal ontologies - Dialogue semantics and formal ontology - Dynamic ontology sharing - Ontological primitives for meaning negotiation, ontological alignment and semantic interoperability - Ontology evolution through communication - Concrete problems and experiences in terminological disambiguation and integration ************************************************************************ ***************** ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Although a formal contribution is not an absolute requirement for contributing to Applied Ontology, the contributors should keep in mind the aim and scope of Applied Ontology, an interdisciplinary journal of Ontological Analysis and Conceptual Modeling. Applied Ontology is a new journal whose focus is on information content in its broadest sense. As the subtitle makes clear, two broad kinds of content-based research activities are envisioned: ontological analysis and conceptual modeling. The former includes any attempt to investigate the nature and structure of a domain of interest using rigorous philosophical or logical tools; the latter concerns the cognitive and linguistic structures we use to model the world, as well as the various analysis tools and methodologies we adopt for producing useful computational models, such as information systems schemes or knowledge structures. Applied Ontology is the first journal with explicit and exclusive focus on ontological analysis and conceptual modeling under an interdisciplinary view. It aims to establish a unique niche in the realm of scientific journals by carefully avoiding unnecessary duplication with discipline-oriented journals. For this reason, authors will be encouraged to use language that will be intelligible also to those outside their specific sector of expertise, and the review process will be tailored to this end. For example, authors of theoretical contributions will be encouraged to show the relevance of their theory for applications, while authors of more technological papers will be encouraged to show the relevance of a well-founded theoretical perspective. Moreover, the journal will publish papers focusing on representation languages or algorithms only where these address relevant content issues, whether at the level of practical application or of theoretical understanding. Similarly, it will publish descriptions of tools or implemented systems only where a contribution to the practice of ontological analysis and conceptual modeling is clearly established. ************************************************************************ ****************** SUBMISSION DETAILS: Submissions, that will undergo a peer-reviewing process, must be sent electronically through the journal's website (http://www.applied-ontology.org/) by the deadline listed below. Detailed instructions for authors are available from the same website.