[ACT-R-users] BRIMS 2010 Submission Deadline Extension!

[Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC]

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BRIMS Submission Deadline Extended to January 6, 2010!

      (see www.brimsconference.org for details)
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You are invited to participate in the 19th Conference on Behavior
Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS). BRIMS enables
modeling
and simulation research scientists, engineers, and technical communities
across disciplines to meet, share ideas, identify capability gaps,
discuss
cutting-edge research directions, highlight promising technologies, and
showcase the state-of-the-art in applications. The BRIMS Conference will
consist of many exciting elements in 2010, including special topic
areas,
technical paper sessions, special symposia/panel discussions, and
government
laboratory sponsor sessions. 

BRIMS 2010 includes a dynamic and eclectic lineup of keynote speakers:
Wayne Gray, PhD
      Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ 
LCDR Joseph Cohn, Phd
      DARPA, www.darpa.mil/dso/personnel/cohn.htm
Jerrold Post, MD 
      George Washington University,
www.gwu.edu/~elliott/faculty/post.cfm
Robert Axtell, PhD 
      George Mason University, www.santafe.edu/profiles/?pid=79

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 (see www.brimsconference.org for
additional details on submission types). 

Key Dates:
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All submissions due:          January 6, 2010
Tutorial Acceptance:          February 1, 2010
Authors Notification          February 1, 2010
Final version due:            February 19, 2010
Tutorials held:               March 22, 2010
BRIMS 2010 Opens:             March 23, 2010 
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Special Topic Areas of Interest are identified to elicit specific
technical
content:
* Socio-cultural modeling and simulation 
* Neurobiological & biologically-inspired cognitive modeling 
* Models of terrorist decision-making for IED placement 
* Models of civilian-insurgent interaction 
* Situation awareness/decision making models for ISTAR ops 
* Model validation & comparison 
* Necessity & sufficiency of mechanisms and parameters 

General Topic Areas of Interest include, but are not limited to:
Modeling 
* Cognitive or behavioral moderators on performance 
* Intelligent agents and avatars 
* Models of reasoning and decision making 
* Team, group, crowd, and organizational behavior 
* Physical models of human movement 
* Performance assessment and skill monitoring/tracking 
* Performance prediction 
* Performance enhancement/optimization 
* Modeling architectures/knowledge representation systems 
* Knowledge acquisition/engineering 
* Human behavior issues in model federations 
* Human behavior representation for system design and evaluation 

Simulation 
* Synthetic environments for human behavior representation 
* Terrain representation and reasoning 
* Spatial reasoning 
* Time representation 
* Human behavior usability and interoperability 
* Efficiency, usability, affordability issues 
* Operator interfaces 
* Multi-resolution/fidelity simulations 

ACCOMMODATIONS and REGISTRATION
The conference will be held at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina.
Visit www.charlestonharborresort.com for general information about the
site and accommodations. Conference and hotel registration, general
area, and
travel information can be found at www.brimsconference.org.

BRIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Joe Armstrong (CAE), Sheila Banks (Calculated Insight), Brad Best
(Adaptive
Cognitive Systems), Brad Cain (Defence Research and Development Canada),
Andrew Cowell (Pacific Northwest), Nathan Denny (21st Century Systems),
Uwe
Dompke (NATO C3), Avelino Gonzalez (University of Central Florida), Coty
Gonzalez (Carnegie Mellon), Jeff Hansberger (Army Research Lab), Tiffany
Jastrzembski (Air Force Research Laboratory), Troy Kelley (Army Research
Lab), Bill Kennedy (George Mason), Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon),
Bharat Patel (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, UK), Frank
Ritter
(Penn State), Barry Silverman (University of Pennsylvania), Lt Col David
Sonntag (Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development), Webb Stacy
(Aptima), Michael Van Lent (SoarTech), Walter Warwick (Alion).
 
If you have any questions, please contact the BRIMS 2010 Conference
Chair, Dr. Tiffany Jastrzembski (tiffany.jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil).


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Tiffany S. Jastrzembski, Ph.D.
Cognitive Research Psychologist
711th Human Performance Wing
Air Force Research Laboratory
6030 South Kent Street, Mesa, AZ 85212
Phone: (480) 988-6561 x688
tiffany.jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil