From lindajones at world-research-institutes.com Sun Nov 2 01:40:33 2008 From: lindajones at world-research-institutes.com (Linda Jones) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:40:33 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] =?gb2312?b?U3VibWlzc2lvbiBEZWFkbGluZTogTm92ZW1iZXIg?= =?gb2312?b?MTUsIFdDU0UgJiBHQ0lTIDIwMDksIFhpYW1lbiwgQ2hpbmE=?= Message-ID: <200811020542.mA25gEP4011070@mx1.andrew.cmu.edu> 2009 World Congress on Software Engineering (WCSE 2009) 2009 Global Congress on Intelligent Systems (GCIS 2009) May 19-21, 2009 Xiamen, China http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/WCSE/2009/ http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/GCIS/2009/ CALL FOR PAPERS, INVITED SESSIONS & EXPO With a pleasant subtropical climate and "sea in the city", Xiamen is known as one of the most beautiful and liveable cities in China. Famous attractions include Gulangyu Island (credited as a "garden on the sea", "architecture exhibition of ten thousand nations", "hometown of music" and "island of piano"), Hulishan Fortress (Guinness World Records), and South Putuo Temple. WCSE & GCIS 2009 conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and all papers in the proceedings will be included in EI Compendex, ISTP, and IEEE Xplore. WCSE & GCIS 2009 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances and new techniques in software engineering and intelligent systems. In addition to research papers, WCSE & GCIS 2009 also seeks exhibitions of modern products and equipment in software engineering and intelligent systems. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2008 Review Notification: December 15, 2008 Final Papers and Author Registration Deadline: January 15, 2009 (Please forward to those who may be interested.) 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Responsibilities of the postdoctoral researcher include experiment design and supervision, data analysis, development of cognitive models, and manuscript preparation and presentation. Requirements include a Ph.D. in cognitive science, computer science or psychology with cognitive modeling experience, preferably but not exclusively using the ACT-R cognitive architecture, and research interests in high-level cognition and human-computer interaction. To apply or obtain additional information, contact (email preferred): Dr. John Anderson Psychology Department Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: 412-268-6028 Email: ja at cmu.edu -- ========================================================== John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-268-2788 Fax: 412-268-2844 email: ja at cmu.edu URL: http://act.psy.cmu.edu/ From rsun at rpi.edu Sat Nov 22 22:48:26 2008 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:48:26 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Cognitive Systems Research, Vol. 9, No. 3-4, 2008 Message-ID: <0CAF38A0-9197-48E3-9A3D-75A5BB963BFB@rpi.edu> New issues ( 9(3) and 9(4) ) are now available on ScienceDirect: * Cognitive Systems Research Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 161-236 (June 2008) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6595-2008-999909996-689433 NOTE: If the URLs in this email are not active hyperlinks, copy and paste the URL into the address/location box in your browser. = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS Probabilistic judgment on a coarser scale Pages 161-172 Yanlong Sun, Hongbin Wang, Jiajie Zhang and Jack W. Smith http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4NP9885-1&md5=1d36879e03207cc0a3218bd8594be042 Formal models of appraisal: Theory, specification, and computational model Pages 173-197 Joost Broekens, Doug DeGroot and Walter A. Kosters http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4P47GSF-1&md5=ca731a1d26841c352d2eb7b9f0985c9e Automatic evaluation of syntactic learners in typologically- different languages Pages 198-213 Franklin Chang, Elena Lieven and Michael Tomasello http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4R1KVXG-2&md5=dd8ab79fb6b39a6e61b9e323eae4d0a0 Economically organized hierarchies in WordNet and the Oxford English Dictionary Pages 214-228 Mark A. Changizi http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4S08K0P-1&md5=5db553cc5609f7e0327692b198044acf Book review: D. Braddon-Mitchell and F. Jackson, Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, an Introduction, Blackwell, Victoria (Australia) (2007). Pages 229-231 Geert-Jan A. Boudewijnse http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4R1KVXG-1&md5=fa05be93016537f84f035b1403c6afa0 Artificial Intelligence & Religion: A Review of Bill Bainbridge?s ?God from the Machine: Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition? AltaMira Press (A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.), Lanham, MD, USA, 2006, 179 pp., ISBN: 9875917441, 0759107440. Pages 232-235 M. Afzal Upal http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4RSRDRP-1&md5=56a661f46c175e3842ee459ebe560efe = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== * Cognitive Systems Research Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 237-330 (October 2008) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6595-2008-999909995-697487 = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS Using hidden Markov model to uncover processing states from eye movements in information search tasks Pages 237-251 Jaana Simola, Jarkko Saloj?rvi and Ilpo Kojo http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4S8TBBS-2&md5=80a6c6fc0e941338913b79a13032dc49 Neural affective decision theory: Choices, brains, and emotions Pages 252-273 Abninder Litt, Chris Eliasmith and Paul Thagard http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4S8TBBS-1&md5=abbe73712753cc664778eaf9b56f6092 Fragile X syndrome: Neural network models of sequencing and memory Pages 274-292 Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4S9P5WY-1&md5=cbcc2d28d82efe0862dc551fba4940bc Autonomous construction of ecologically and socially relevant semantics Pages 293-311 Martin Tak?? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SYJSCV-1&md5=075e5adbf4c8b43ddb279dd9caffa55e Conscious and unconscious forms of memory in different implicit tests Pages 312-328 Chao-Ming Cheng, Wen-Ying Lin and Chia-Shan Tsai http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4T0WK21-1&md5=dccf6c8c77fe5087ab6f9f50599070e8 = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== See the following Web page for submission, subscription, and other information regarding Cognitive Systems Research: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/journal.html See http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cogsys for further information regarding accessing these articles If you have questions about features of ScienceDirect, please access the ScienceDirect Info Site at http://www.info.sciencedirect.com ======================================================== 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 fmcneill at staffmail.ed.ac.uk Mon Nov 24 08:43:38 2008 From: fmcneill at staffmail.ed.ac.uk (Fiona McNeill) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:43:38 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2nd CFP: Workshop on Matching and Meaning: automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies. Message-ID: <20081124134338.s8d0t461c8888gcg@www.staffmail.ed.ac.uk> Apologies for cross-postings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop on Matching and Meaning: Automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies http://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/wmm-2009/ 9th April 2009, part of AISB'09 Convention, Edinburgh, UK OVERVIEW The problem of semantic misalignment - of two systems failing to understand one another when their semantic representation is not identical - occurs in a huge variety of areas: the Semantic Web, databases, natural language processing; anywhere, indeed, where semantics are necessary but centralised control is undesirable or impractical. In highly dynamic domains, where interactions are between a large, diverse and evolving community, there is a need for the resolving of these misalignments - through developing and evolving existing ontologies or interpreting unknown ontologies in terms of known ones - to be done automatically and on-the-fly. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers interested in the problems of automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies in the many different domains in which it occurs. We are primarily interested in the exchange of ideas and the stimulation of debate, and the workshop is intended to be a forum for researchers to present ongoing work and ideas and to engage in discussion with other researchers from the field. We are particularly interested in novel ideas and innovative research, which may be in its early stages, and encourage reports on work in progress. Topics of interest include: * Ontology evolution * Ontology matching and alignment * Ontology versioning * Representational or structural change * Formal aspects of ontology dynamics * Foundational issues * Social and collaborative matching * Background knowledge in matching * Extensions to ontology languages to better support change * Belief revision for ontologies and the Semantic Web * Inconsistency handling in evolving ontologies * Uncertainty in matching * Change propagation in ontologies and metadata * Ontologies for dynamic environments * Dynamic knowledge construction and exploitation * Case studies, software tools, use cases, applications * Open problems SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We encourage the submission of extended abstracts that discuss ongoing research, problem descriptions and overviews of the domain. These may be of any length; we expect two or three pages will be appropriate in most cases. This workshop will be non-archival so it is not necessary that abstracts should meet fixed standards; they are primarily intended to highlight ideas. Submissions will be subject to light reviewing, mainly intended to check fit to workshop. Abstracts should be submitted electronically in pdf format to f.j.mcneill-at-ed.ac.uk by 19th December 2008. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the submitting author on 13th February 2009. VENUE The workshop will take place at the Edinburgh Convention Centre at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, as part of the AISB 2009 Convention (http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb09/), on April 9th 2009. All workshop participants must be registered for the AISB 2009 Convention. Registration for this workshop is included in the convention registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES Submission: Friday, 19th December 2008 Notification: Friday, 13th February 2009 Workshop: 9th April 2009 AISB09 Convention: 6th - 9th April 2009 PROGRAMME Presentations: Authors of accepted abstracts will give presentations of their work; exact times to be decided. Posters: If it is not possible to fit in presentations for all accepted authors, some may be asked to present posters instead. There will be a session of 5 minute poster talks. Panel: The technical programme will end with a 90 minute panel discussion on a topic of mutual interest to be decided. Three speakers will speak for 10 minutes each with a brief to stimulate debate during the remaining 60 minutes. Discussion amongst all participants, rather than question-and-answering for the panel, will be strongly encouraged. ORGANISERS Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh, UK Michael Chan, University of Edinburgh, UK PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE Manuel Atencia Arcas, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Paolo Besana, University of Edinburgh, UK Alan Bundy, University of Edinburgh, UK Jerome Euzenat, INRIA Grenoble Rhone-Alpes, France Fausto Giunchiglia, University of Trento, Italy Adam Pease, Articulate Software, USA Pavel Shvaiko, TasLab, Informatica Trentina, Italy -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. From dr.ron.sun at gmail.com Sun Nov 30 22:35:23 2008 From: dr.ron.sun at gmail.com (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:35:23 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] New issue: Cognitive Systems Research, Vol. 10, No. 1 References: <1683448919.1228077094993.JavaMail.u1elswas@psc11205> Message-ID: > New issue is now available: > > * Cognitive Systems Research > Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 1-90 > Special issue: Modeling the Cognitive Antecedents and Consequences > of Emotion > Edited by Jonathan Gratch, Stacy Marsella and Paolo Petta > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6595-2009-999899998-739136 > > NOTE: If the URLs in this email are not active hyperlinks, copy and > paste the URL into the address/location box in your browser. > > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > TABLE OF CONTENTS > > 2) Editorial: Modeling the cognitive antecedents and consequences of > emotion > Pages 1-5 > Jonathan Gratch, Stacy Marsella, Paolo Petta > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SV5VB9-1&md5=3c4c3da29271875fe05f11fffc8868df > > 3) Emotions as metarepresentational states of mind: Naturalizing the > belief?desire theory of emotion > Pages 6-20 > Rainer Reisenzein > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SSNDC1-1&md5=6ac311e9b4d4aebba35fdd75dce99321 > > 4) Affective guidance of intelligent agents: How emotion controls > cognition > Pages 21-30 > Gerald L. Clore, Janet Palmer > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SSNDC1-3&md5=8e07f6e41411f8661f3f94b45123d0a9 > > 5) What holds emotions together? Meaning and response coordination > Pages 31-47 > Brian Parkinson > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SSNDC1-2&md5=1f0dec49a764e408abd4b7576d98148f > > 6) A computational unification of cognitive behavior and emotion > Pages 48-69 > Robert P. Marinier III, John E. Laird, Richard L. Lewis > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4ST3YR6-1&md5=d63d1e63430c4ad7439693db7dd286ee > > 7) EMA: A process model of appraisal dynamics > Pages 70-90 > Stacy C. Marsella, Jonathan Gratch > http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=GatewayURL&_method=citationSearch&_urlVersion=4&_origin=SDVIALERTASCII&_version=1&_uoikey=B6W6C-4SX9G35-1&md5=3f9c23f28858872ed357dd386f0e664f > = = = = = = = = ======================================================================== See the following Web page for submission, subscription, and other information regarding Cognitive Systems Research: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/journal.html See http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cogsys for further information regarding accessing these articles If you have questions about features of ScienceDirect, please access the ScienceDirect Info Site at http://www.info.sciencedirect.com ======================================================== 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 =======================================================