From universal.logic at ufc.br Mon Nov 2 05:07:26 2009 From: universal.logic at ufc.br (Universal Logic) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:07:26 -0200 (BRST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] contest: how to combine logics? Message-ID: <0f55a3febaa0efc03206d43dd5b89e86.squirrel@correio1.ufc.br> How to combine logics? This will be the contest for the universal logic 2010 price offered by Birkh?user at the World Congress on Universal Logic III Lisbon, Portugal, April 22-25, 2010 http://www.uni-log.org When we have two logics, we may want to put them together. For example on the one hand we have a temporal logic and on the other hand we have a deontic logic, how then to put them together to produce a temporal deontic logic in which we can deal with sentences such as "Sometimes it is allowed to eat chocolate"? This is a very interesting question in the engineering of logic. People have been working in the subject since about 15 years. But there are still some fundamental problems not completely solved. These problems are connected to the very nature of what a logical system is. One may wonder if the intuitive definition of combination of logic as the smallest conservative extension of two given logics really works, and also if it is always possible to combine two logics. If you want to take part to this contest send a short paper (10 to 15 pages) to unilog2010 at gmail.com before November 15th, 2009. The best ones will be selected for presentation at a special session during the congress and a jury will then decide who the winner is. From tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil Wed Nov 4 12:34:45 2009 From: tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:34:45 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: Behavioral Representation in Modeling & Simulation (BRIMS) 2010 - Submission Site Open! References: Message-ID: <2B00361EE3107A4F88383EC1B041DC9A062BDC71@VFOHMLAO01.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> The BRIMS submission website is now open (see www.brimsconference.org for details)! 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: All submissions due: December 21, 2009 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 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). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 4960 bytes Desc: not available URL: From r.m.young at acm.org Fri Nov 6 10:57:39 2009 From: r.m.young at acm.org (Richard M Young) Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:57:39 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] PhD Studentship: understanding errors in the use of interactive medical devices Message-ID: <200911061624.nA6GOh6c001401@act-r.psy.cmu.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The primary goal of MULTICONF is to promote research and developmental activities in computer science, information technology, control engineering, and related fields. Another goal is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers, developers, practitioners in different fields. The following conferences are planned to be organized as part of MULTICONF-10. ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) ?International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-10) International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-10) International Conference on Computer Networks (CN-10) International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-10) International Conference on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS-10) International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-10) International Conference on Image and Video Processing and Computer Vision (IVPCV-10) International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-10) International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-10) ? We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.promoteresearch.org for more details. ? 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Note that there are many more psychology-related positions open, see http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancies/?page=1 - Hedderik. --- http://www.van-rijn.org From icnc_fskd_cfp at ytu.edu.cn Mon Nov 9 23:04:04 2009 From: icnc_fskd_cfp at ytu.edu.cn (ICNC'10-FSKD'10) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:04:04 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ICNC'10-FSKD'10 Papers Due 15 January: EI Compendex, ISTP, IEEE Xplore Message-ID: <457829500.21584@eyou.net> Dear Colleague, The 6th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'10) and the 7th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'10) will be jointly held from 10-12 August 2010, in Yantai, China. Yantai was listed as one of the world's most inhabitable places by the United Nations and was recognized as the "most charming city of China" by China Central Television. Undulating hills rise above the area's many rivers and are framed by beaches and neighboring islands. During summer, the breeze wafts from the sea, and the hills become ornamented with a sea of wildflowers. Famous tourist attractions include the Tashan Mountain, Kongdong Island, and Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area. Seafood and fruits are plentiful in Yantai. Selected best papers will appear in SCI-indexed journal(s). All papers in conference proceedings will be indexed by both EI Compendex and ISTP, as well as the IEEE Xplore. ICNC-FSKD is a premier international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of data mining and intelligent methods inspired from nature, particularly biological, linguistic, and physical systems, with applications to signal processing, design, and more. This is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of theory and methodologies are being investigated and developed to tackle complex and challenging problems. Previously, the joint conferences in 2005 through 2009 each attracted over 3000 submissions from around the world. ICNC'10-FSKD'10 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. The registration fee of US*D 390 includes proceedings, lunches, dinners, banquet, and all technical sessions. To promote international participation of researchers from outside the country/region where the conference is held (i.e., China), foreign experts are encouraged to propose invited sessions. The first author of each paper in an invited session must not be affiliated with an organization in China. All papers in the invited sessions can be marked as "Invited Paper". One organizer for each invited session with at least 6 registered papers will enjoy an honorarium of US*D 400. Invited session organizers will solicit submissions, conduct reviews and recommend accept/reject decisions on the submitted papers. Each invited session proposal should include the following information: (1) the name, bio, and contact information of each invited session organizer; (2) the title and a short synopsis of the invited session. Please send your proposal to icnc2010 at ytu.edu.cn For more information, visit the conference web page: http://icnc-fskd2010.ytu.edu.cn/ If you have any questions after visiting the conference web page, please email the secretariat at icnc2010 at ytu.edu.cn Join us at this major event in beautiful Yantai !!! Organizing Committee P.S.: Kindly forward to your colleagues or students who may be interested. If you wish to unsubscribe, in which case we apologize, please reply with "unsubscribe act-r-users at andrew.cmu.edu " in your email subject. Thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stu at agstechnet.com Fri Nov 13 14:24:16 2009 From: stu at agstechnet.com (Stu @ AGS TechNet) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:24:16 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Error with variable binding on LHS In-Reply-To: <44667B0DCC1853E54A16E02C@act-r6.cmu.edu> References: <4A96CF78.8030909@agstechnet.com> <4ADF22B3.8030009@agstechnet.com> <44667B0DCC1853E54A16E02C@act-r6.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <4AFDB260.6070505@agstechnet.com> Hi Dan, In our model, we have a situation in which a variable that is introduced on the LHS of a production as shown below. We have a bug where the variable (=wf2) is getting bound during the LHS test to the value of the wrong slot. Specifically, I have cases where the variable =wf2 is getting bound to the value of the slot letter-1 instead of the value of the slot word-form-2. I am starting to step through the procedural module code to see where we may be getting trouble. Can you tell me the name of the function(s) in the procedural module where variable bindings occur during LHS tests? Thanks Stu (p a-production =goal> isa goal-type =retrieval> isa word-pos word-form-2 =wf2 ==> ;;; etc and other RHS actions .... ) From db30 at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Nov 16 16:36:56 2009 From: db30 at andrew.cmu.edu (db30 at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:56 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Error with variable binding on LHS In-Reply-To: <4AFDB260.6070505@agstechnet.com> References: <4A96CF78.8030909@agstechnet.com> <4ADF22B3.8030009@agstechnet.com> <44667B0DCC1853E54A16E02C@act-r6.cmu.edu> <4AFDB260.6070505@agstechnet.com> Message-ID: I just realized that this was also sent to the mailing list so I figured I should send a follow up. There was a bug. I suspect it's a fairly rare set of circumstances so I don't think it will have affected anyone else, but a fix has been committed to the subversion archive if you want to get it. The issue occurred if a chunk-type hierarchy was created and a subtype explicitly specified slots which already existed in the parent type. Thus, something like this: (chunk-type parent slot1 slot2 slot3) (chunk-type (child (:include parent)) slot2 slot4) If a model had such declarations then productions which specified the parent type in a LHS buffer test and used that duplicate slot may not have matched properly to a chunk of the subtype in the buffer. Dan --On Friday, November 13, 2009 2:24 PM -0500 "Stu @ AGS TechNet" wrote: > Hi Dan, > In our model, we have a situation in which a variable that is > introduced on the LHS of a production as shown below. > We have a bug where the variable (=wf2) is getting bound during the > LHS test to the value of the wrong slot. Specifically, I have cases > where the variable =wf2 is getting bound to the value of the slot > letter-1 instead of the value of the slot word-form-2. > I am starting to step through the procedural module code to see where > we may be getting trouble. > Can you tell me the name of the function(s) in the procedural module > where variable bindings occur during LHS tests? > Thanks > Stu > > (p a-production > =goal> > isa goal-type > =retrieval> > isa word-pos > word-form-2 =wf2 > ==> > ;;; etc and other RHS actions .... > ) > > From salvucci at cs.drexel.edu Tue Nov 17 16:51:47 2009 From: salvucci at cs.drexel.edu (Dario Salvucci) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:47 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ICCM 2010 -- Call for Submissions Message-ID: <7FFF59E8-DFCA-4BB1-9467-71144C190F63@cs.drexel.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE MODELING (ICCM) 2010 August 5-8, 2010 Philadelphia, PA Conference Web Site: http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** About the Conference ** The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) is the premier 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 modeling approaches, 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 2010 will be held in Philadelphia, PA, on the campus of Drexel University. The main conference program will run August 6-8, 2010, and tutorials and the doctoral consortium will be held August 5, 2010. ** Deadlines ** Tutorial submissions: February 20, 2010 Doctoral Consortium submissions: April 13, 2010 Papers/Posters/Symposia submissions: April 13, 2010 ** Submission Categories ** Papers/Posters/Symposia: main conference program with diverse opportunities for presenting and discussing state-of-the-art research - see http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/submissions.html Doctoral Consortium: full-day workshop giving doctoral students an opportunity to discuss their thesis research while receiving constructive feedback from distinguished researchers - see http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/doctoral.html Tutorials: full-day and half-day tutorials to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad range of areas in the field of cognitive modeling - see http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/tutorials.html ** Prizes ** Siegel-Wolf Award for Best Applied Research Paper: $1000 [sponsored by Aptima, Inc.] Best Student Paper: $500 Best Student Poster: $250 ** Organizing Committee ** General Chairs: Dario Salvucci & Glenn Gunzelmann Tutorial Chairs: Frank Ritter & Fermin Moscoso del Prado Martin Doctoral Consortium: Rob St. Amant For more information, please see http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/ or email iccm2010 cs.drexel.edu From n.a.taatgen at rug.nl Wed Nov 18 10:41:40 2009 From: n.a.taatgen at rug.nl (Niels Taatgen) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:41:40 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Tenure-track position in Cognitive Modeling in Groningen Message-ID: <67D36DAD-7ADE-4FFF-BDA1-14B68B969E85@rug.nl> In the cognitive modeling group at the AI department at the University of Groningen we have a tenure-track position that should be of interest to ACT-R modelers looking for a faculty position. I have copied the short description below, but more information can be found at: http://www.academictransfer.com/1952 Even more information is in: http://www.rug.nl/fwn/vacatures/structuurrapporten/Structuurrapport-TT-Cognitive%20Modeling.doc Note that the requirement of "experience abroad" mainly applies to Dutch candidates. Niels Job description The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a vacancy for a tenure track assistant professor in Cognitive Modeling in the Institute Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Engineering (ALICE). The candidate is expected to initiate new research in the area of Cognitive Modeling. He/she has to attract new PhD projects and build up a leading international position in this field. He/she is an excellent teacher who can motivate students of different disciplines and he/she has to develop new courses on specific topics about this subject in the BSc and the MSc programmes. Teaching duties include the supervision of bachelor, master and PhD students. Requirements You will need to have the following qualifications: - a PhD degree and two years postdoctoral experience abroad (industrial experience can partly compensate this requirement) - a thorough knowledge of and research experience in symbolic cognitive modeling, preferably in combination with either experience with applied cognitive modeling, combining cognitive modeling with neuroimaging research, or interfacing cognitive models with real-life perceptual sensors and/or motor actuators (e.g., robots) - a track record of outstanding research - publications in leading journals cited by prominent researchers - excellent organisational and teaching skills - fluent in English and a good knowledge of Dutch, or willing to learn this language within a time frame of two years - experience in the acquisition of research funds is necessary. Conditions of employment The University of Groningen can offer you a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience up to a maximum of ? 4970 (scale 11/12) gross per month for a full-time job. =============================================== Niels Taatgen University of Groningen, Artificial Intelligence web: http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels email: niels at ai.rug.nl Telephone: +31 50 3636435 =============================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsun at rpi.edu Thu Nov 19 12:32:16 2009 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:32:16 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers: Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences? Message-ID: The workshop on Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences? http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 (to be held at CogSci 2010 in Portland, Oregon, on August 11, 2010) This workshop is aimed at exploring the cognitive (psychological) basis of the social sciences and the possibilities of grounding the social sciences in cognition (psychology). Cognitive sciences have made tremendous strides in recent decades. In particular, computational cognitive modeling (i.e., computational psychology; Sun, 2008; Thagard, 1996) has changed the ways in which cognition/psychology is explored and understood in many profound respects. There have been many models of cognition/psychology proposed in the cognitive sciences (broadly defined), leading to detailed understanding of many cognitive/psychological domains and functionalities. Empirical psychological research has also progressed to provide us with much better understanding of many psychological phenomena. Given the advances in the cognitive sciences, can we leverage the successes for the sake of better understanding social processes and phenomena? More fundamentally, can the cognitive sciences (including experimental cognitive psychology, computational psychology, social- personality psychology, developmental psychology, cultural psychology, psycholinguistics, philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience, and so on) provide a better foundation for important disciplines of the social sciences (sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, ethics, as well as some "humanity" fields: religious studies, history, legal studies, literary studies, communication, and so on)? Thus far, although very much a neglected topic, there nevertheless have been various efforts at exploring this topic. Some of the efforts were computationally motivated (see, e.g., Sun, 2006: "Cognition and multi-agent interaction", published by Cambridge University Press). Some other efforts are more empirical or theoretical in nature (see, e.g., Turner, 2001: "Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science", published by Oxford University Press). There are both theoretical and practical rationales for developing "cognitive social sciences" (see Turner, 2001; Sun, 2006; DiMaggio, 1997; Tetlock and Goldgeier, 2000; Camerer, 2003). We contend that the social sciences may find their future in the cognitive sciences (at least in part), which may well lead to a powerful and productive combined intellectual enterprise. This combination or grounding may provide the social sciences with imaginative scientific research programs, hybridization/integration, new syntheses, novel paradigms/ frameworks, and so on, besides providing the cognitive sciences new data sources and problems to address. The presentation and discussion at this workshop may lead to a collection of major work in the form of a well edited book to be published by a major academic publisher. Confirmed keynote speakers: Pascal Boyer Paul Thagard Mark Turner Submission: For regular oral presentation, please submit a paper of 3-8 pages, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu For short oral or poster presentation, please submit an extended abstract of 1 page, in the usual CogSci conference format (as specified at: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/wsp2010 ). Please email the submission to: rsun at rpi dot edu Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010 Workshop Chair: Ron Sun Workshop Program Committee: Ron Sun Philip Tetlock Paul Thagard Paul Bello Jun Zhang References: Camerer, C. (2003). Behavioral Game Theory: Experiments on Strategic Interaction. Princeton: Princeton University Press. DiMaggio, P. (1997). Culture and cognition. Annual Review of Sociology 23, 263-288. Sun, R. (2006). Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Mdoeling to Social Simulation. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2006. Sun, R. (ed.), (2008). The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. Cambridge University Press, New York. 2008. Tetlock, P. and Goldgeier, J. (2000). Human nature and world politics: Cognition, identity, and influence. International Journal of Psychology. 35 (2), 87-96. Thagard, P. (1996). Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1996. Thagard, P. (2006). Hot thought: Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Turner, M. (2001). Cognitive Dimensions of Social Science. Oxford University Press. From frank.ritter at psu.edu Fri Nov 20 07:30:00 2009 From: frank.ritter at psu.edu (Frank Ritter) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Position at Penn State's College of IST, screening starts in November Message-ID: [this should have gone out months ago, and you may have seen it on the chi mailing list then. ] Position Title: Assistant Professor of IST Location: Main Campus - University Park, PA Tenure Status: Tenure Track Full Description: The College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University is a new college focused on interdisciplinary research and teaching for the 21st century. To learn more about our structure, vision, mission goals, faculty and students, go to http://www.ist.psu.edu. This fall we will be searching for new people to join our ranks as tenure track faculty members who will assist our college in attaining its goals in education, community and research. We seek applicants who show clear evidence that they will become premier teachers and leading scholars in their fields. Applications from those who seek to be a part of a vibrant, civil and diverse academic community and who do research, and teaching in any of the information and security sciences are welcome. We have particular interests in medical informatics, information and cyber security, data mining and data fusion, social network science, socio-techno and web sciences, but we will not limit our search to these specific areas. Qualified candidates are invited to send their curriculum vita, summary of research and teaching plans, as well as names of four persons who will write letters of recommendation to ATTN.: Dr. Henry C. Foley, Dean, Rm. 323 IST Bldg., College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6823. Review of applications will begin in November 2009. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. The online link (preferred) is: http://ist.psu.edu/ist/facultyrecruiting/ From grayw at rpi.edu Mon Nov 23 09:48:48 2009 From: grayw at rpi.edu (Wayne Gray) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:48:48 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Grad School Opportunity in Cognitive Science Message-ID: Research Assistants The CogWorks Laboratory in the Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer has funding for new Graduate Research Assistants in AY2010 (beginning August 2010). The theme to our work is the Cognitive Science of Natural Interaction with a focus on the integration of perception, motor, and cognitive operations. This work has focused on human-technology, human- information, and (most recently) human-human interactions. We see the human-human interactions as part of Cognitive Social Science; namely, an approach to traditional social psychology type questions that is rooted in cognitive science theory, modeling approaches, and methodologies. Recent work in human-technology interaction includes the study of fast-paced action games. In our premier gaming project we have collected EEG, eye data, and behavioral data, and are building computational cognitive models of expert game play as a means to understanding the control problems in real-time interactive behavior. We are also building models of airline pilots who get lost or confused while taxingly on the ground from the runway to the gate. Our work on human-information interaction has focused on the cognitive control of multitasking, interruptions, errors, and other common human behaviors which turn out to be incredibly hard to understand. We are looking for people with good computer science and mathematics skills and an intense interest in cognitive science! To apply contact: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/admissions/graduate/index.html For more information contact: **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray; Professor of Cognitive Science & Professor of Computer Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315, Fax: 518-276-3017 for general information see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/downloadable_pubs.htm for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grayw at rpi.edu Thu Nov 26 10:09:12 2009 From: grayw at rpi.edu (Wayne Gray) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:09:12 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Grad School Opportunity in Cognitive Science Message-ID: Pardon for resending but someone asked me if this was a job or graduate school (there is a difference?). I hope this makes the message more explicit - Wayne Graduate Research Assistants The CogWorks Laboratory in the Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer has funding for new Graduate Students to work as Graduate Research Assistants beginning in AY2010 (beginning August 2010). Graduate funding (tuition and stipend) is guaranteed for a minimum of 4-yrs. In the past, all graduate students in good standing have been funded to the completion of their PhD degree. The theme to our work is the Cognitive Science of Natural Interaction with a focus on the integration of perception, motor, and cognitive operations. This work has focused on human-technology, human- information, and (most recently) human-human interactions. We see the human-human interactions as part of Cognitive Social Science; namely, an approach to traditional social psychology type questions that is rooted in cognitive science theory, modeling approaches, and methodologies. Recent work in human-technology interaction includes the study of fast-paced action games. In our premier gaming project we have collected EEG, eye data, and behavioral data, and are building computational cognitive models of expert game play as a means to understanding the control problems in real-time interactive behavior. We are also building models of airline pilots who get lost or confused while taxingly on the ground from the runway to the gate. Our work on human-information interaction has focused on the cognitive control of multitasking, interruptions, errors, and other common human behaviors which turn out to be incredibly hard to understand. We are looking for people with good computer science and mathematics skills and an intense interest in cognitive science! To apply contact: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/admissions/graduate/index.html For more information contact: **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray; Professor of Cognitive Science & Professor of Computer Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315, Fax: 518-276-3017 for general information see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/downloadable_pubs.htm for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From david at wooden-robot.net Mon Nov 30 00:36:27 2009 From: david at wooden-robot.net (-dp-) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:36:27 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Job opening for constraint-propagation (ECLiPSe) expert in Singapore Message-ID: <59d07b6e0911292136l37eadf23m1b288f8701101134@mail.gmail.com> Here's a description of the opening: Experiments in social psychology have shown that people spontaneously attribute intentions, beliefs, emotions, and other mental states to simply-animated, moving figures. Although there is research on what factors affect people's tendency to make such attributions, there has been little work on developing a process model. Although our initial aim is to develop a process-oriented account, we believe that a computational model of such attributions could have a variety of practical applications such as monitoring systems for assisted living and for security. Our approach involves creating a knowledge base that links movement patterns to mental states that typically motivate them. An important aspect of the movement pattern knowledge is a variety of geometric spatial constraints, which need to be formulated in a logic-based constraint framework such as ECLiPSe (http://eclipse-clp.org/). We are looking for a recent PhD (or highly motivated science graduate) who has experience with constraint propagation techniques and an interest in cognitive or perceptual modelling. Hands-on experience with ECLiPSe is strongly preferred. To apply, follow this link: http://sg.dimension.jobsdb.com/career/Default.asp?PID=3&AC=ASTAR&EC=001&GC=G1&JobID=3297&LID=1&SP=1&SGB242231386899948 Kind regards, David Pautler Principal Investigator Programme in Computational Cognition for Social Systems Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR Singapore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: