From byrne at rice.edu  Wed Nov  1 05:29:18 2006
From: byrne at rice.edu (Mike Byrne)
Date: Wed,  1 Nov 2006 04:29:18 -0600
Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R system diagram
In-Reply-To: <D9A8D98DDC682044806D5B46AF5C11E2828832@ARLABML01.DS.ARL.ARMY.MIL>
Message-ID: <r02010500-1047-D4E44E5C699311DB925B00145103DB1A@[192.168.0.8]>

Who or where is the keeper of the most up-to-date ACT-R system
diagram, the one with boxes for the various modules and their
mapping to various brain regions?  (The kind of thing that one
might present in a talk slide or a grant proposal.)  I'd like to
add this in various places but I can't seem to locate one of these
on the Web site.

Thanks,
-Mike

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Associate Professor, Psychology and Computer Science
Rice University, MS-25        <http://chil.rice.edu/byrne/>
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From ritter at acs.ist.psu.edu  Wed Nov  1 01:54:09 2006
From: ritter at acs.ist.psu.edu (ritter)
Date: Wed,  1 Nov 2006 01:54:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogModeling notes: ICCM07/CogSci07/AISBj/Positions
Message-ID: <20061101065409.AA610D018D@acs.ist.psu.edu>


[Please forward as/what is appropriate, such as to students' mailing
lists, and for calanders of events.]

This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference
mailing list, which I maintain.  I forward messages about twice a
year.

The first announcement is the one that is driving this email, the announcement
of the tutorials program at ICCM 2007. 

cheers,

Frank Ritter (frank.ritter at psu.edu, http://acs.ist.psu.edu)

1. Tutorials program call, 2007 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
    26 July 2007, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, submission deadline 5 March 2007
    http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2007/tutorials-call.html

2. ICCM 2007 Conference Announcement
    27-29 July 2007, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Submission deadline in April 2007.
   http://sitemaker.umich.edu/iccm2007.org/home

3.  Post-doc in agent modeling of infection
 
4.  Modeling Jobs at Aptima

5.  Call for papers, AI & Simulation of Behaviour Journal

6.  Cognitive Science Conference 2007 Announcement

7.  Cog Sci Conference 2007 Call for Tutorial and Workshop Proposals

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1. Tutorials program call, 2007 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
    Thursday 26 July 2007, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
    http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2007/tutorials-call.html


The Tutorials program at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) 2007 will be held on 26 July 2007. It will provide conference participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad range of areas in the field of cognitive modeling. Tutorial topics will be presented in a taught format and are likely to range from practical guidelines to academic issues and theory. Tutorials at ICCM have been held before, and this year's program will be modelled after them and after the series held at the Cognitive Science Conference.

If you are interested in providing such a tutorial, please reply to the tutorials call, and please keep in mind that this is typically developmental process, so please feel free to contact me or a committee member for suggestions, advice, and comments, including encouragement.

More details at  http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2007/tutorials-call.html

Committee
========
    Karen Alexa (Michigan)
    Erik Altmann (Michigan State)
    Fabio Del Missier (Trento)
    Bob Mariner (Michigan) (asked)
    Glenn Gunzelmann (Air Force Research Laboratory)
    Randolph M. Jones (Soar Technology)
    Katharina Scheiter (Tuebingen)

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2. ICCM 2007 Conference Announcement:
    8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
    Ann Arbor, MI July 27-29, 2007
    http://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.

ICCM 2007 will include the following activities:
  .  A doctoral consortium where Ph.D. students present dissertation
    proposal ideas and receive feedback from experts from a variety of 
    modeling approaches.
  .  A tutorial program on July 26, 2007 in Ann Arbor.
  .  Invited speakers
  o  Neil Burgess, University College London
  o  Marcel Just, Carnegie Mellon University
  o  Walter Schneider, University of Pittsburgh
  .  Technical papers.
  .  Poster session.

Details on all of these activities including submission information (early
April 2007) will be posted on the ICCM web site (iccm2007.org) by late fall
2006.

Conference Organizing Committee:
General Chair: John Laird
Program Chairs: Richard Lewis, Thad Polk
Local Arrangements: David Kieras
Tutorials: Frank Ritter


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3.  Post-doc in agent modeling of infection

[NB this is somewhat old, but does point out an interesting modeling project so I have kept it]
 
Post-doctoral position available for agent based modeling of infection transmission:
 
The Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of diverse scientist from institutions across the US.  Environmental Microbiologists, epidemiologists, information scientists, sociologists, modelers, and other scientists work jointly to understand how infection gets from one person to another and how different mechanisms of transmission determine the shapes of networks through which infection flows.  Joe Eisenberg and Jim Koopman in the Epidemiology Dept. at the University of Michigan contribute to CAMRA by developing and analyzing population level transmission models that encompass models of social settings where transmission can take place through air, skin to skin contact between individuals, inanimate objects (fomites) or combinations of these.  We also model how different social settings where infection transmission can occur get linked into infection transmission systems.  We are looking for a post-doc with a primary inter
 est in agent based modeling of social processes and with skills in programming such models, especially using RePast.  This post-doc position would conform to governmental guidelines for support of post-docs but details are negotiable.  This position would link this post-doc to a variety of institutions and disciplines providing broad potential for career advancement.  It would include collaborations at Michigan's Center for the Study of Complex Systems.
 
Jim Koopman MD MPH   (734) 763-5629 office
Dept. of Epidemiology    (734) 417-9610 Cell    (734) 995-2954 home
611 Church St.            (906) 484-5119 cottage    (734) 998-6837 fax
Ann Arbor, MI 48104                     e-mail "Koopman, James" <jkoopman at umich.edu>
           Developing Theory that Serves the Public Health
         http://www.sph.umich.edu/faculty/jkoopman.html


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4.  Jobs at Aptima

Aptima currently has openings for Cognitive Scientists at both its Woburn,
MA and Washington, DC offices.

We are looking to fill Cognitive Scientist positions in both our Applied
Cognitive Modeling and Performance Assessment areas. In the Applied
Cognitive Modeling area, we are looking for individuals interested in the
design, development, and testing of software that leverages computational
modeling and knowledge representation to provide semi-automated solutions
for training and facilitating human decision-making. In the Performance
Assessment area, we are looking for individuals interested in working on a
variety of projects related to training needs analysis, training system
development, performance measure development, and human performance
assessment.

Minimum Requirements:
-Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology,
Human Factors, or a related field
-Ability and willingness to travel
-Excellent written communication skills
-Excellent verbal communication skills
-U.S. Citizenship
-Must be able to obtain Secret security clearance

For the Applied Cognitive Modeling position, the ideal candidate will have
at least three of the following:
-Proficiency in cognitive modeling
-Proficiency in expert systems
-Proficiency in software requirements and design
-Proficiency in education or training system design
-Proficiency in intelligent tutoring systems
-Proficiency in natural language processing
-Proficiency in experimental design and statistical data analysis

For the Performance Assessment position, the ideal candidate will have at
least three of the following:
-Proficiency in task and training needs analysis
-Proficiency in defining measures for assessment (e.g., training,
performance)
-Experience in education or training system design
-Experience with simulation-based training systems
-Proficiency in experimental design and statistical data analysis
-Proficiency with data analysis programs (SPSS/SAS)

Aptima will compensate applicants for any travel or relocation expenses to
fill this position. All applicants must be willing to work in one of
Aptima's office locations Aptima's Woburn, MA office or Washington, DC
office Monday through Friday (no telecommuting or compressed schedules).
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter, resume/vita, and writing
sample to aptima_personnel at aptima.com.

ALL APPLICANTS SELECTED WILL BE SUBJECT TO A GOVERNMENT SECURITY
INVESTIGATION AND MUST MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS TO
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F, VETS/DISABLED.

Craig Haimson, Ph.D.
Team Lead, Cognitive Training Technologies
Aptima, Inc.
1726 M Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
202-842-1548 x314 (voice)
202-842-2630 (fax)

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5.  Call for papers, AI & Simulation of Behavior Journal

Up to twice a year the AISB Journal publishes high-quality papers presenting original and substantial research work in the areas of interest of Artificial Intelligence, the Simulation of Behaviour, Cognitive Science and any related fields. Interdisciplinary submissions are particularly welcome. 

http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbj/index.shtml#call


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6.  Cognitive Science Conference 2007 Announcement

29TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY

Co-Chairs: Danielle S. McNamara and Greg Trafton

The Cognitive Science Society is pleased to announce its 29th Annual Conference. The Society brings together researchers from many fields who hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education. The 29th Annual Conference will feature four plenary speakers. Walter Kintsch of the University of Colorado and John Laird of the University of Michigan will give invited plenary presentations. Two other distinguished plenary speakers will be John R. Anderson of Carnegie Mellon University, who is the 2006 Heineken Prize winner, and Jeffrey L. Elman of the University of California, San Diego, who is the 2007 Rumelhart Prize winner. Naturally, CogSci 2007 will also include oral paper presentations, symposia, poster sessions, tutorials, and works
 hops.

The 29th Annual Conference will be held August 1-4, 2007 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Opryland (www.gaylordhotels.com). Nashville is aptly named "Music City, USA," hosting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Grand Ole Opry House, and numerous live music venues that feature singer- songwriter circles and midnight jams in folk, rock, blues, and, of course, country music. Nashville boasts beautiful day and nighttime attractions, with river front walkways and paddle wheel riverboat cruises. The host hotel is a beautiful resort and convention center. In addition to excellent meeting facilities, the hotel offers an assortment of activity options, including golf, tennis, spa, salon, and fitness center. There are 9 acres of indoor atrium space with exotic plant life, walking trails, and places to sit and talk. Gaylord Oprylandy 1, 2007 for papers and for tutorial proposals. For more information, visit the conference website at:

http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/
		

email: css at resourcenter.com
phone: (303) 327-7547
web: http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/
	
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7. Cog Sci Conference 2007 Call for Tutorial and Workshop Proposals

  The 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

  August 1 - 4

  Nashville, Tenn

  CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

  http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07


TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

The tutorials at Cognitive Science 2007 will provide conference
participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and
skills from a broad range of areas in the field of cognitive science.
Tutorial topics may range from practical guidelines to academic issues
and theory.

Tutorial participants will be from a wide range of the cognitive
sciences, but they will be looking for insights into their own areas
and summaries of other areas providing tools, techniques, and results
to use in their own teaching and research.

Tutorials must present well established results, yesterday's results
from your lab are not encouraged. Tutorials in an interactive format
are encouraged. They can  involve an introduction to technical skills
or methods (e.g., cognitive modeling in ACT-R, Bayesian modeling,
eyetracking, fMRI, methods of analyzing qualitative observational data).
They are likely to include substantial review of material.

Most tutorials should be at the introductory graduate school
level or higher. That is, the tutorials should be accessible to
postgraduate students, but should also assume a first degree in one of
the cognitive sciences.

Arrangements: Each tutorial is designed to be a half-day or full-day in
duration.  Half-day tutorials are about 3 hours long (not including
breaks). Full day tutorials are about 6 hours long (not including
breaks). Please indicate the duration of your proposed tutorial in
your application.


REVIEW PROCESS: Tutorial proposals will be evaluated by the tutorial
committee on the basis of their estimated benefit for prospective
participants and on their fit within the tutorials program as a whole.

Factors to be considered include relevance, importance, and audience
appeal; suitability for presentation in a half-day or full-day tutorial
format; use of presentation methods that offer participants direct
experience with the material being taught; how much they might help
unify cognitive science; teaching a skill or covering a topic that would
not have another outlet; and past experience and qualifications of the
instructors with their tutorial.

Selection is also based on the overall distribution of topics,
approaches (overview, theory, methodology, how-to), audience experience
levels, and specialties of the intended audiences.

PROPOSAL: If you want to submit a proposal, please follow the
instructions at:

http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/tutorials.htm

COMPENSATION: A budget of $125 will be awarded for each half-day
tutorial that is taught, $250 for each full-day. If a tutorial has two
or more instructors, the budget will be shared among them. Tutors will
not be charged for attending their own tutorial. Tutors may bring a
helper to the tutorial at no cost.

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

The purpose of pre-conference workshops is to provide organizers and
participants with an opportunity for an in-depth discussion on a
specific topic important to cognitive science in general. Workshops
can choose to concentrate on emerging research or cross-disciplinary
topics, but can also discuss application issues.

Workshop notes should be assembled by the workshop organizers based on
the input from workshop presenters. The workshop notes should be made
available to workshop participants in printed form by the organizers
themselves. They will use the same format as the proceedings of the
main session of the Cognitive Science Conference, but will be
distributed separately.

DURATION: Each workshop is designed to be a half-day or full-day in
duration.  Half-day workshops are about 3 hours long (not including
breaks). Full day workshops are about 6 hours long (not including
breaks). Please indicate the duration of your proposed workshop in
your application.

REVIEW PROCESS: Each workshop proposal should contain all the
information that the workshop chairs and the program committee need to
judge the importance and quality of the workshop and the interest in
the proposed topic. Each workshop may have one or more designated
organizers and, possibly, a workshop program committee. Workshop
organizers need to set up their own web site with the workshop
materials, to be linked to from the Cognitive Science Conference web
site.

PROPOSAL: If you want to submit a proposal, please follow the
instructions at:

http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/workshop.htm

IMPORTANT DATES

February 1, 2007: Submissions due at 5:00pm GMT

February 26, 2007 Reviews due for Workshop proposals

March 12, 2007 Reviews due for Tutorial proposals

March 1, 2007:   Notification of acceptance or rejection for workshops

March 26, 2007:   Notification of acceptance or rejection for tutorials

April 30, 2007:   Camera-ready abstract copy due for inclusion in
                   proceedings

TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Michael Schoelles (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Katja Weimer-Hastings (Northern Illinois University)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Erik M. Altmann (Michigan State University)
Matthew Crocker (Saarland University)
Tom Griffiths (Brown University)
Glenn Gunzelmann (US Air Force)
John Hale (Michigan State University)
Gary Jones (University of Derby)
Padraic Monaghan (University of York)
Yvette Tenney (BBN Labs)
Richard Young (University of Hertfordshire)
Frank Ritter (Pennsylvania State University)

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Michael Schoelles                         Katja Wiemer-Hastings
Cognitive Science Department              Department of Psychology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute          Northern Illinois University
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180                            DeKalb IL 60115
USA                                       USA
Phone +1-518-276-3318                     Phone +1-815-753-5227
Fax +1-518-276-3017                       Fax +1-815-753-8088


From fomi at loa-cnr.it  Fri Nov  3 11:48:51 2006
From: fomi at loa-cnr.it (Fomi)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:48:51 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] [FOMI]: Call for Participation
Message-ID: <ec0d126078f60243c2f47ffeef369cdc@loa-cnr.it>

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  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

   Apologies for multiple copies of this message

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       Second International Workshop on
       Formal Ontologies Meet Industry

       http://www.loa-cnr.it/fomi

       December 14-15, 2006

       University of Trento	

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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


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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
   	
       
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       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



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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

14.30 - 15.00 Pammer, Scheir, Lindstaedt -?Ontology coverage check: 
support for evaluation in ontology engineering
=========================
15.00 - 15.30

coffee brake
============================
15.30 - 17.30 Panel session

Formal Ontologies Meet Industry: Experiences and Perspectives from the 
Trenches
===============================================

  



From esslli06 at loa-cnr.it  Fri Nov  3 12:14:19 2006
From: esslli06 at loa-cnr.it (FOCA@ESSLLI)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 18:14:19 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] [Applied Ontology] 2nd Call for Contributions
Message-ID: <12ca2ef001039e789b503c984e9a1c16@loa-cnr.it>

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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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/)


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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)

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.



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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.

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Submissions		December 20, 2006
Notification		February 21, 2007
Camera-ready		April 25, 2007
Special Issue		Winter 2007

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From schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de  Fri Nov 10 05:00:21 2006
From: schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de (Schooler, Lael)
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:00:21 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Fellowships in Cognition and Decision Making
Message-ID: <E6EC2BA681123746B2338AFA18D0420A8A6840@MPIBMAIL01.mpib-berlin.mpg.de>

Hello, The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition will have
fellowships available in the Fall of 2007 (see add below).  It would be
great to get applications from people with ACT-R experience. If you
think you may be interested, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
I'll be in Houston next week.

 

Best,

 

Lael

 

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Visiting Graduate Fellowships IN COGNITION
AND DECISION MAKING -- The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at
the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, under the
direction of Gerd Gigerenzer, is seeking applicants for up to 3 two-year
Postdoctoral Fellowships and up to 2 one-year Visiting Graduate
Fellowships beginning on or after September 1, 2007. The Visiting
Graduate Fellowships are intended for students currently enrolled in
graduate programs. 

 

Candidates should be interested in studying the cognitive mechanisms
underlying bounded, social, and ecological rationality in real-world
domains. Current and past researchers in our group have had training in
psychology, cognitive science, economics, mathematics, biology, and
computer science to name but a few. The Center provides excellent
resources, including support staff and equipment for conducting
experiments and computer simulations, generous travel support for
conferences, and, most importantly, the time to think.

 

For more information about our group please visit our homepage at 
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/abc/index.htm or write to Dr.
Lael Schooler (fellowships at mpib-berlin.mpg.de).  The working language of
the center is English, and knowledge of German is not necessary for
living in Berlin and enjoying the active life and cultural riches of
this city. We strongly encourage applications from women, and members of
minority groups. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more
handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

 

Send applications (consisting of a cover letter describing research
interests, curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and up to five
reprints) by January 10th, 2007 to Ms. Wiebke Moeller, Center for
Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human
Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

 

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From tkelley at arl.army.mil  Wed Nov 15 17:11:41 2006
From: tkelley at arl.army.mil (Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED))
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:11:41 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] BRIMS conference CFP
Message-ID: <D9A8D98DDC682044806D5B46AF5C11E28288D1@ARLABML01.DS.ARL.ARMY.MIL>

                       CALL FOR PAPERS ? BRIMS 2007
  16th CONFERENCE ON BEHAVIOR REPRESENTATION IN MODELING AND SIMULATION
                                 (BRIMS) 

http://www.sisostds.org
Select BRIMS from the Conference List

Co-located with Simulation Interoperability Workshop
And in affiliation with the
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization and the Institute for Simulation and Training

Marriott Waterside Hotel
Norfolk, VA
26-29 March 2007

Deadline for Submissions is Friday, January 5th, 2007

You are invited to participate in the 16th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS).  This year it is being co-located with the Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW), which will provide an outstanding opportunity for scientific and technical exchange on research and application in human behavior representation with the larger modeling and simulation community.  

BRIMS enables modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, application users, and technical communities to meet, share ideas and experiences, identify gaps in current capabilities, discuss new research directions, highlight promising technologies, and showcase applications.  

The BRIMS Executive Committee invites papers, posters, demos, symposia, panel discussions, and tutorials on topics related to the representation of individuals, groups, teams and organizations in models and simulations.  All submissions are peer-reviewed and considered for selection by the Committee.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Traditional Sessions: Paper Presentations
Traditional Sessions are composed of 3 or 4 presentations on related topics.  The presentations are done lecture-style, with 20-25 minutes for the presentation and approximately 5 minutes for questions.  Presentations are displayed through electronic slides (e.g., PowerPoint).  Paper submissions are full papers but are limited to 8 pages and should describe original research that has not been published elsewhere.  Accepted papers are published in the Proceedings.  Papers not accepted as full papers will be considered for poster presentations.  

Interactive Session: Posters and Demos
The Interactive Session involves a longer (approximately 2 hour) period of multiple simultaneous presentations and provides an opportunity for continuous interaction with conference attendees.  The Interactive Session features supporting material in static wallboard/posterboard displays and/or live demonstrations of state-of-the-art applications in modeling, simulation, and training.  Poster and demo submissions are limited to a 2-page extended abstract describing the research to be presented or the technology or application to be demonstrated.  Accepted abstracts are published in the Proceedings.  The Interactive Session will be held the opening evening, March 27, 2007.  

Symposia/Panel Discussions
These are 60-90 minutes long, with several speakers presenting research and/or engaging in discussion on different aspects of a common topic that is of interest to the BRIMS community.  These are not merely collections of presentations.  There should be a set of common questions/issues addressed by all participants.  Abstracts for symposia or panel discussions may be submitted through the on-line submission system.  The 2-page abstract should provide a title for the session, identify the chair, list the participants? names and affiliations, provide a justification for why the session topic is timely and of interest, include a brief statement (approximately 250 words) from each participant summarizing the main points they will make during the session, and identify the common questions/issues each participant will address.  Abstracts for selected symposia/panel discussions will be published in the Proceedings.  

Tutorials
Tutorials provide conference participants the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills in an area related to the interests of the BRIMS community.  Tutorials are presented in a lecture-and-discussion or learning-by-doing format.  Tutorials may be a half-day (3 hours, plus breaks) or a full-day (6 hours, plus breaks) in duration, and will take place on Monday, March 26, 2007.  Tutorial proposals may be submitted through the on-line submission system.  Tutorial descriptions should include a detailed outline of the material that will be covered with time allocations and scheduled breaks.  Descriptions for accepted tutorials will be included in conference announcements and in the Proceedings.  

Submission Process and Format
Submissions are handled on-line at the BRIMS website, http://www.sisostds.org/ and select BRIMS from the Conference List.  Please see the guidelines on the BRIMS website for format requirements and content suggestions.  If you have any questions about the submission process or are unable to submit to the web site, please contact Pat Burgess by email (pburgess at ist.ucf.edu) or phone (407) 882-1372.

KEY DATES
	All Submissions Due:				January  5, 2007
		Note:  Paper submissions are full papers
	Tutorial Acceptance:				January 15, 2007
	Authors Notification:				February 5, 2007
	Final Electronic Draft Due:			February 22, 2007
	Presentations Due:				March 20, 2007
	Tutorials Held					March 26, 2007
	BRIMS 2007 Opens:				March 27, 2007

AREAS OF INTEREST
Areas of interest for the 16th conference include, but are not limited to, the following (in no particular order):
 
?	Intelligent agents and avatars
?	Modeling reasoning and decision making
?	Behavior moderators
?	Modeling architectures and knowledge representation systems
?	Performance assessment and skill monitoring
?	Performance enhancement
?	Perceptual/cognitive state detection and adaptive displays
?	Increasing affordability, efficiency, and/or usability
?	Knowledge acquisition/engineering
?	Application of COTS software for HBR development
?	Verification and validation
?	Terrain representation and reasoning
?	Spatial representation
?	Interoperability
?	Time representation
?	Physical models of human movement
?	Operator interfaces
?	Multi-resolution simulation
?	Synthetic environments for human behavior representation (HBR) research
?	Team, group, crowd, and organizational behavior representation
?	HBR for system design and evaluation
?	HBR issues in model federations
 

ACCOMMODATIONS and REGISTRATION
The Conference will be held at the Marriott Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA.  Visit http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/orfws for information about the hotel.  

Conference and hotel registration information coming soon!  
Note there will be special cross-SIW-BRIMS events!

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Laurel Allender & Troy Kelley	Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate



From bhanupvsr at gmail.com  Thu Nov 16 19:40:15 2006
From: bhanupvsr at gmail.com (Bhanu Prasad)
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:40:15 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for book chapters
Message-ID: <621812f80611161640m4c3733bx5ae73afe39deb3fb@mail.gmail.com>

*Final Call for book Chapters*

*(deadline extended)*



The following two books are planned to be published by Springer-Verlag
during 2007/2008:
(1). Soft Computing Applications in Business
(2). Soft Computing Applications in Industry

We invite book chapter contributions. Please see the website:
http://www.bhanuprasad.org/chapters.html for more information.

Please feel free to contact me if you need additional information.

Sincerely

Bhanu Prasad

Contact address
Bhanu Prasad
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
Email: bhanu.prasad at famu.edu and CC to: bhanupvsr at gmail.com
Phone: 1-850-412-7350   Fax: 1-850-599-3221
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From rsun at rpi.edu  Sat Nov 18 09:52:23 2006
From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun)
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:52:23 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] new book available ---- Cognition and Multi-Agent
	Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation
Message-ID: <B7D4C8C1-4440-4008-A775-1DE9A7B8F4FE@rpi.edu>

new book available ----

Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction:   From Cognitive Modeling to  
Social Simulation

                                               Edited by Ron Sun

                            Published by Cambridge University Press
                http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp? 
isbn=0521839645
This book explores the intersection between cognitive sciences and  
social sciences. In particular, it explores the intersection between  
individual cognitive modeling and modeling of multi-agent interaction  
(social stimulation). The two contributing fields --individual  
cognitive modeling (especially cognitive architectures) and modeling  
of multi-agent interaction (including social simulation and, to some  
extent, multi-agent systems) -- have seen significant growth in  
recent years. However, the interaction of these two fields has not  
been sufficiently developed. We believe that the interaction of the  
two may be more significant than either alone, leading to better  
understanding of both individual cognition and sociocultural  
processes. It is possible that an integrative field of study in  
cognitive and social sciences is emerging and we are laying the  
foundation for it.

? explore a heretofore largely unexplored area

? written by leading researchers in various disciplines

? provide provocative new insights into relevant issues and solid  
research

? intended for researchers and students in cognitive, behavioral, and  
social sciences but may also be read by interested laypersons

-----------------------------

Contents

Part I. Introduction:

1. Prolegomena to integrating cognitive modeling and social  
simulation.  Ron Sun;



Part II. Overviews of Cognitive Architectures:

2. Modeling paradigms in ACT-R.  Niel Taatgen, Christian Lebiere and  
John Anderson;

3. Considering Soar as an agent architecture.  Robert Wray and  
Randolph M. Jones;

4. The CLARION cognitive architecture: extending cognitive modeling  
to social simulation.  Ron Sun;



Part III. Modeling and Simulating Cognitive and Social Processes:

5. Cognitive architectures, game playing, and human evolution.   
Robert West, Christian Lebiere, and Dan Bothell;

6. Simulating a simple case of organizational decision making.  Isaac  
Naveh and Ron Sun;

7. Cognitive modeling of social behaviors.  William J. Clancey,  
Maarten Sierhuis, Bruce Damer, and Boris Brodsky;

8. Cognitive agents interacting in real and virtual worlds.  Brad  
Best and Christian Lebiere;

9. Modeling social emotions and social attributions.  Jonathan  
Gratch, Wenji Mao, and Stacy Marcella;

10. Communicating and collaborating with robotic agents.  J. Gregory  
Trafton, Alan C. Schultz, Nicholas L. Cassimatis, et al;

11. Behavior-based methods for modeling and structuring control of  
social robots.  Dylan Shell and Maja Mataric;

12. Evolution of a teamwork model.  Nathan Schurr, Steven Okamoto,  
Rajiv T. Matheswaran, and Milind Tambe;

13. Sociality in embodied neural agents.  Domenico Parisi and Stefano  
Nolfi;

14. Cognitive architecture and contents for social structures and  
interactions.  Cristiano Castelfranchi;



Part IV. A Symposium:

15. Cognitive science and good social science.  Scott Moss;

16. Collective cognition and emergence in multi-agent systems.   
Pietro Panzarasa and Nick Jennings;

17. Social judgement in multi-agent systems.  Tom Burns and Ewa  
Roszkowska;

18. Including human variability in a cognitive architecture to  
improve team simulation.  Frank Ritter and Emma Norling;

19. When does social simulation need cognitive models?   Nigel Gilbert.

--------------------------------
To order, please go to:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521839645
or
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521839645

========================================================
Professor Ron Sun
Cognitive Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A
Troy, NY 12180, USA

phone: 518-276-3409
fax:   518-276-3017
email: rsun at rpi.edu
web:   http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun
=======================================================







From daniel.holt at urz.uni-heidelberg.de  Mon Nov 20 10:54:30 2006
From: daniel.holt at urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Daniel Holt)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:54:30 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] PhD position
Message-ID: <200611201554.kAKFsMOt006427@extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>

A PhD position at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) is available within
the project "Complex problem solving as a mediator between basic
neurocognition and real-world functioning"
(http://www.psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de/projekte/bmbf-problemsolving). The
position is supervised by Prof. Joachim Funke
(http://www.psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de/ae/allg/mitarb/jf) and funded by
the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The position involves
developing a statistical model of the relations between basic neurocognitive
functions, planning and problem solving ability, and everyday functioning.
At the same time these relations will be explored on the process-level
through cognitive modeling in ACT-R. The deadline for applications is 4 Dec
2006.

Regards,
Daniel Holt


Background
----------
The core theme of the present research project is the relationship between
basic cognitive processes, performance on complex cognitive tasks and
real-world functioning. Basic cognitive processes examined in the laboratory
are often not easy to relate to real-life situations, both in investigations
of healthy individuals and in the clinical context. We will use the
construct 'complex problem solving' as a mediator between basic cognition
and real-world functioning, in combination with a multi-disciplinary
approach to characterize the interrelation between these three levels of
analysis. To this end, tightly coordinated studies using neuropsychological
testing, statistical and computational modelling, functional neuroimaging,
as well as  behavioral interventions will be conducted in the context of
narrowly defined, shared behavioral paradigms. The planned duration of the
project is three years, from January 2007 to December 2010.

Position
--------
Within this project a position leading to a PhD is available in the
subproject "Statistical and computational modeling", starting between
January and March 2007, lasting for 3 years. Payment is according to 1/2 BAT
IIa (i.e. 50% part time position), medical and social insurance and class
credits are included. The candidate will complete their PhD as part of the
project within three years, no graduate school fees apply. The focus of this
subproject is a multi-level analysis of planning and problem solving
competencies on the cognitive, neuronal and functional level. This involves
developing a structural equation model based on empirical data from other
subprojects as well as cognitive modeling of some of the tasks underlying
these data, particularly the Plan-a-Day planning task (see project website).
As an extension, the computer tasks for measuring planning ability may be
developed further based on the data from early stages of the project.

Requirements
-------------
* Master's degree (or equivalent) in psychology, medicine, informatics or a
related field with a strong academic record
* experience with or readiness to learn cognitive modeling in ACT-R and
programming in LISP; programming experience in general would be an advantage
* good knowledge of methodology and statistical analysis in behavioral
sciences
* interest to work within a multi-disciplinary environment

Application
-----------
Please send your application (cover letter and CV) by email to: Prof.
Joachim Funke (joachim.funke at psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de). For further
information contact: Daniel Holt
(daniel.holt at psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de).

*Deadline for applications: 4 Dec 2006*

The University of Heidelberg is an equal opportunities employer.


--
Daniel Holt, Psychologisches Institut, Universitaet Heidelberg, Hauptstr.
47-51, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Email
daniel.holt at psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone +49 (6221) 547571    Fax +49 (6221) 547273




From jkxewhhebf at hinet.net  Thu Nov 23 13:11:31 2006
From: jkxewhhebf at hinet.net (devices)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:11:31 -0800
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Traders Daily Report
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From marronpo at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de  Mon Nov 27 11:07:04 2006
From: marronpo at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (marronpo at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:07:04 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: 4th European conference on Wireless Sensor
	Networks (EWSN 2007)
Message-ID: <200611271607.kARG74uA014915@pcvs68.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call]

========================================================================

Due to several requests the POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE is *EXTENDED* to 

     DECEMBER 11, 2006 (23:59 Delft local time; 17:59 EST)

========================================================================

CALL FOR POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

4th European conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN 2007)
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
January 29-31, 2007

http://www.ewsn.org

========================================================================

POSTERS and DEMONSTRATIONS

The poster session will provide a forum for researchers to showcase
their work and obtain feedback on ongoing research from knowledgeable
conference attendees. A poster presentation can also be accompanied by
a demonstration to illustrate an application, technology, or platform.

========================================================================

Poster and demo proposals must be submitted as a PDF file with no more
than 2 pages containing an abstract describing the research content
presented in the poster or demonstration, along with title, authors,
institutional affiliations, and contact information. The title of
poster proposals should be prefixed by "Poster Abstract:", while the
title of demonstration proposals should be prefixed by "Demo Abstract:".

Submissions must conform to the IEEE Transactions style with a 10pt
font formatted for A4 paper (use the a4paper option) and without page
numbers.  Please submit your poster proposal as a PDF E-mail
attachment to

posters at ewsn.ewi.tudelft.nl

with the subject line reading "EWSN Poster Submission" before the
deadline (Dec 11, 2006).

We will adopt a simplified review process for poster and demo
proposals. The abstracts of accepted proposals will be published in
the EWSN 2007 adjunct proceedings.


IMPORTANT DATES

Posters/Demonstrations:
Submission deadline:		Dec  11, 2006 (23:59 Delft local time; 17:59 EST)
Notification of acceptance: 	Dec 15, 2006
Camera-ready version:		Jan  8, 2007

Conference dates:		Jan 29-31, 2007


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Koen Langendoen, Delft Univ. of Technology	(CO-CHAIR)
Thiemo Voigt, SICS				(CO-CHAIR)

Tarek Abdelzaher, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Michael Beigl, TU Braunschweig
Jan Beutel, ETH Zurich
Athanassios Boulis, National ICT Australia (NICTA)
Torsten Braun, Univ. of Bern
Rebecca Braynard, Duke Univ.
Nirupama Bulusu, Portland State Univ.
Srdjan Capkun, ETH Zurich
Mun Choon Chan, National Univ. of Singapore
Maarten Ditzel, TNO
Jean-Pierre Ebert, IHP microelectronics
Carlo Fischione, KTH Stockholm
Vipin Gopal, United Technologies Research Center
Takahiro Hara, Osaka Univ.
Paul Havinga, Univ. of Twente
Mike Hazas, Lancaster Univ.
Wendi Heinzelman, Univ. of Rochester
Holger Karl, Univ. of Paderborn
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Univ. of Southern California
Chenyang Lu, Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Pedro J. Marron, Univ. of Stuttgart
Amy L. Murphy, Univ. of Lugano
Chiara Petrioli, Univ. La Sapienza Rome
Marcelo Pias, Univ. of Cambridge
Hartmut Ritter, FU Berlin
Utz Roedig, Univ. College Cork
Christian Rohner, Uppsala Univ.
Kay Roemer, ETH Zurich
Andreas Savvides, Yale
Klaus Wehrle, RWTH Aachen
Dirk Westhoff, NEC
Andreas Willig, TU Berlin
Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin
Wei Ye, USC/ISI