From tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil Mon Jan 4 13:07:04 2010 From: tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:07:04 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] BRIMS 2010 Submissions Due Wednesday, January 6! Message-ID: <2B00361EE3107A4F88383EC1B041DC9A0665985C@VFOHMLAO01.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> Apologies for cross-posting: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All BRIMS Submissions Due January 6, 2010! (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 From rickl at umich.edu Mon Jan 4 14:47:32 2010 From: rickl at umich.edu (Richard L. Lewis) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:47:32 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] reading for the New Year Message-ID: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> Hi folks, Reading for "the new decade" seemed a little presumptuous, but these recent papers might be of interest to some in the short term. You can follow the links directly below, but I hope you'll also visit our new website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Howes, A., Lewis, R. L., and Vera, A. H. (2009). Rational adaptation under task and processing constraints: Implications for testing theories of cognition and action. Psychological Review, 116(4): 717-751. [Understanding behavior as the adaptation to joint task and architecture constraints, deriving boundedly optimal task strategies, accounting for individual differences, and a new approach to teasing apart the contributions of architecture and strategy]. DOWNLOAD PDF Vasishth, S., Bruessow, S., Lewis, R. L., and Drenhaus, H. (2008). Processing polarity: How the ungrammatical intrudes on the grammatical. Cognitive Science, 32(4):685-712. [Confirming a novel prediction from the ACT-R theory of sentence processing that Shravan Vasishth and I have been working on: the existence of "grammatical illusions" (patently ungrammatical strings that are sometimes perceived as grammatical)] DOWNLOAD PDF Singh, S., Lewis, R. L., and Barto, A. G. (2009). Where do rewards come from? In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 2601-2606, Amsterdam. [Extends the standard reinforcement learning framework by separating fitness from reward, providing a framework for deriving (optimal) reward functions. There will shortly be several more papers out on this, but this is a start.] DOWNLOAD PDF Jonides, J., Lewis, R. L., Nee, D. E., Lustig, C. A., Berman, M. G., and Moore, K. S. (2008). The mind and brain of short-term memory. Annual Review of Psychology, 59:15.1-15.32. [A review of modern accounts of STM in psychology and neuroscience, showing convergence with approaches in ACT-R, and hypothesizing a set of low-level neural mechanisms at the base that may surprise you.] DOWNLOAD PDF Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., and Lewis, R. L. (2009). In search of decay in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 35(2):317-333. [We tried very hard to find solid evidence for decay, and barely succeeded. We also tried very hard to use the data to falsify ACT-R's decay assumption, and failed. Short term decay seems to skate on thin ice, but it refuses to go down...] DOWNLOAD PDF Marinier, R. P., Laird, J. E., and Lewis, R. L. (2009). A computational unification of cognitive behavior and emotion. Cognitive Systems Research, 10(1):48-69 [A deep integration of emotion (via appraisal theory) and cognitive architecture (via Soar). This is a chunk of Bob Marinier's thesis.] DOWNLOAD PDF Happy New Year! -rick -------------------------- Richard L. Lewis rickl at umich.edu Professor http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Department of Psychology Voice: (734) 763-1466 University of Michigan Fax: (734) 763-7480 530 Church Street Office: East Hall 4428F Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ema at msu.edu Mon Jan 4 14:57:15 2010 From: ema at msu.edu (Erik M. Altmann) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:57:15 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] reading for the New Year In-Reply-To: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> References: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> Message-ID: At 2:47 PM -0500 1/4/10, Richard L. Lewis wrote: >Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., and Lewis, R. L. (2009). In search of >decay in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Experimental >Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 35(2):317-333. [We tried >very hard to find solid evidence for decay, and barely succeeded. > We also tried very hard to use the data to falsify ACT-R's decay >assumption, and failed. Short term decay seems to skate on thin ice, >but it refuses to go down...] > DOWNLOAD >PDF I'll say. Altmann, E. M. (2009). Evidence for temporal decay in short-term episodic memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13, 279-279. (Letter.) https://www.msu.edu/~ema/decay-yes.pdf Altmann, E. M. & Gray, W. D. (2008). An integrated model of cognitive control in task switching. Psychological Review, 115, 602-639. https://www.msu.edu/~ema/cognitive-control-model.pdf Erik. -- Erik M. Altmann Department of Psychology Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-4406 (voice) 517-353-1652 (fax) http://www.msu.edu/~ema -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n.a.taatgen at rug.nl Wed Jan 6 02:55:48 2010 From: n.a.taatgen at rug.nl (Niels Taatgen) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:55:48 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop (reminder) Message-ID: Note: Application deadline for the Spring School (but not the Workshop) is January 10! European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop Organizers: Niels Taatgen and Hedderik van Rijn University of Groningen, Netherlands April 12-17, 2010 ACT-R is a cognitive theory and simulation system for developing cognitive models for tasks that vary from simple reaction time to driving a car and learning algebra and air traffic control. In most years, a summer school and workshop are organized at Carnegie Mellon University for training and discussion of the theory. This year, there will be a European version of these events in the Spring that we would like to develop in a yearly event if there is sufficient interest. There will be a four-day spring school, and a two-day workshop Spring School The spring school will take place from Monday April 12 to Thursday April 15. Participants have the choice between either following a compressed four-day version of the traditional summer school curriculum, or to carry out a project of their own with guidance from experienced ACT-R modelers. The latter option assumes some prior ACT-R experience, either through self study, or having followed an earlier ACT-R summer school. The standard curriculum is structured as a set of six units, of which we will do four in the course of the week. Each unit lasts a day and involving a morning theory lecture, an afternoon discussion session and an assignment which participants are expected to complete during the day. Computing facilities will be provided or attendees can bring their own laptop on which the ACT-R software will be installed. To provide an optimal learning environment, admission is limited. Prospective participants should submit by January 10 an application consisting of a curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose, and, if applicable, a description of the project they would like to do during the spring school. Demonstrated experience with a modeling formalism similar to ACT-R will strengthen the application, as well as general programming experience. Applicants will be notified of admission by January 20. European ACT-R Workshop The European ACT-R workshop will take place from Friday April 16 to Saturday April 17. The workshop will feature research presentations, discussion sessions and instructional tutorials. We still have to determine the exact structure of the workshop, so suggestions for the topics of the tutorials and discussion sessions are welcome. Admission to the workshop is open to all. Registrations fees and housing Spring School + Workshop: Euro 150 Workshop only: Euro 100 Late fee (registration after March 12): Euro 50 Housing will be offered in the university guest house for approximately Euro 60/day (single, double rooms are around Euro 75). Registration To apply to the Spring School, send and email to Niels Taatgen (niels at ai.rug.nl), and attach the requested documents, before January 10, 2010. If you would like to contribute to the workshop, please let us know as well. Further details on registering for the workshop will follow. =============================================== Niels Taatgen - Professor 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 n.a.taatgen at rug.nl Wed Jan 6 02:58:18 2010 From: n.a.taatgen at rug.nl (Niels Taatgen) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:58:18 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Reminder: Tenure-track position in Cognitive Modeling in Groningen Message-ID: Deadline to apply for this position is January 15th. 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 mchan at inf.ed.ac.uk Wed Jan 6 07:33:44 2010 From: mchan at inf.ed.ac.uk (Michael Chan) Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:33:44 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Deadline Extension to January 15, 2010 - Workshop on Matching and Meaning: Automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies. Message-ID: <4B448328.2030807@inf.ed.ac.uk> Apologies for possible multiple postings. Note that the submission deadline has been extended to *January 15, 2010*. Submitted works do not need to be original as our primary interest is in the exchange of ideas and the stimulation of debate. Inclusion in the proceedings is optional. Thanks for forwarding the information on this Call for Submissions to those potentially interested to submit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop on Matching and Meaning: Automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies http://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/wmm-2010 31st March 2010, part of AISB'10 Convention, Leicester, UK OVERVIEW The problem of semantic misalignment - of two (or more) 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 * Formalisation of and reasoning with contexts * Foundational issues * Social and collaborative matching * Background knowledge in matching * Extensions to ontology languages to better support change * Non-monotonic reasoning 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 * Matching for dynamic applictions (e.g., p2p, agents, web-services) * Case studies, software tools, use cases, applications * Open problems SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We encourage the submission of extended abstracts of 2-5 pages that discuss ongoing research, problem descriptions and overviews of the domain. Accepted papers will be included in the AISB 2010 proceedings unless the authors prefer them not to be (for example, if the work is very similar to work presented elsewhere which they nevertheless feel it would be valuable to present in this context, or if the work is at a stage where discussion would be valuable but publication would be premature). Authors wishing their submissions to be included in the convention proceedings must follow the style guide on the convention website. Submissions will be subject to light reviewing, mainly intended to check fit to workshop. Abstracts should be submitted electronically in pdf format to mchan-at-ed.ac.uk by 15th January 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the submitting author on 15th February 2010. VENUE The workshop will take place at De Montfort University in Leicester, as part of the AISB 2010 Convention (http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/), from March 31st to 1st April, 2010. All workshop participants must be registered for the AISB 2010 Convention. Registration for this workshop is included in the convention registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES Submission: *Friday, 15th January 2010* Notification: Monday, 15th February 2010 Workshop: 31st March - 1st April 2010 AISB10 Convention: 29th March - 1st April 2010 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 tkelley at arl.army.mil Wed Jan 6 10:53:22 2010 From: tkelley at arl.army.mil (Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED)) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:53:22 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Equation List for Current ACT-R (UNCLASSIFIED) In-Reply-To: <2B00361EE3107A4F88383EC1B041DC9A0659787B@VFOHMLAO01.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> References: <2B00361EE3107A4F88383EC1B041DC9A0659787B@VFOHMLAO01.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> Message-ID: <2D30123DFDFF1046B3A9CF64B6D9AC906161FF@ARLABML03.DS.ARL.ARMY.MIL> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE All, There is a table (Table 12.2, page 432) in the Atomic Components of Thought book that nicely lists all the major algorithms used in ACT-R. I know this Table is slightly out of date, is there a place on the website that I could find a current list of algorithms? Perhaps in one of the tutorials? I looked through some, but I didn't see any listing of algorithms. Thanks, Troy D. Kelley RDRL-HRS-EA U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate (HRED) Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen MD 21005-5425 voice: 410-278-5869 fax: 410-278-9523 Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The reference manual is included in the docs directory of the distribution and is also available directly from the current software page of the ACT-R web site: http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/actr6/reference-manual.pdf Hope that helps, Dan --On Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:53 AM -0500 "Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED)" wrote: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > All, > > There is a table (Table 12.2, page 432) in the Atomic Components of > Thought book that nicely lists all the major algorithms used in ACT-R. I > know this Table is slightly out of date, is there a place on the website > that I could find a current list of algorithms? Perhaps in one of the > tutorials? I looked through some, but I didn't see any listing of > algorithms. > > Thanks, > Troy D. Kelley > RDRL-HRS-EA > U.S. Army Research Laboratory > Human Research and Engineering Directorate (HRED) > Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen MD 21005-5425 > voice: 410-278-5869 > fax: 410-278-9523 > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > From schulth at sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de Fri Jan 8 06:35:47 2010 From: schulth at sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de (Holger Schultheis) Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:35:47 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: Remembering Who We Are - Human Memory for Artificial Agents at AISB 2010 Message-ID: <1262950547.2209.10.camel@cepiphany.informatik.uni-bremen.de> Dear colleagues, the deadline of 15th January for the "Remembering Who We Are - Human Memory for Artificial Agents" symposium is fast approaching. Please note that submission is now through the EasyChair system. ------------***apologies if you receive multiple copies***--------- CALL FOR PAPERS REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE ? HUMAN MEMORY FOR ARTIFICIAL AGENTS A one day symposium on 29th March 2010 In conjunction with the AISB 2010 Convention (http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/AISB2010.html) De Montfort University, Leicester The symposium is supported by the European FP7 Project LIREC (http://www.lirec.eu/) Memory gives us identity, shapes our personality and drives our reactions to different situations in life. We actively create expectations, track the fulfilment of these expectations and dynamically modify our memory when new experiences demand it. Yet up to date, many important social aspects of human memory (for instance, emotional memory and episodic memory) to artificial intelligent agents have not been given much attention. The challenge might lie in the amount of memories one can have in a life time. Take a narrative agent for example, how can we generate a lifetime?s worth of memories for this agent? Can we easily record human experiences for this purpose? What trust and privacy issues will this entail? On the other hand, without this type of memory, can the agent generate believable life stories given that it is what colors our lives in retrospect? For an agent that continuously interacts with users or other agents, how can we design it with the capability to generate memories worth remembering in its lifetime? How can the agent record experiences of others during interaction? Can the agent maintain its relationship with others without any information about its past experiences with them? Artificial agent researchers have been constantly coming up with computational cognitive models inspired by the human brain to create characters that are more natural, believable and behave in human plausible ways. However, memory components in these models are usually oversimplified. Memory components which have been widely accepted and modelled are the long-term memory including procedural and declarative memories, the short-term memory and the sensory memory. What about the more ?socially-aware? memory which allows us to be effectively involved in social interactions and which fundamentally supports the creation of our life stories including the significance of events and their emotional impact? It is important to review artificial agents without this kind of memory particularly those designed for social interactions, and reflect on the effects of this shortcoming. Additionally, many existing models do not take into consideration the bio-mechanisms of human memory operations such as those involved in retrieval and forgetting processes. The most commonly adopted approach to forgetting is decay but the human brain performs other processes such as generalisation, reconstruction and repression to list a few. This symposium offers an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussions on human-like memory for artificial agents including organisational structures and mechanisms. We hope to bring together memory researchers, psychologists, computer scientists and neurologists to discuss issues on memory modelling, memory data collection and application to achieve a better understanding of which, when and how human-like memory can contribute to artificial agents modelling. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Role of memory in artificial agents * Type of memory and application * Memory and emotion modelling * Human-agent/human-robot interaction history * Effective memory data collection * Privacy issues related to data collection * Bio-inspiration to memory modelling * Memory mechanisms for encoding, storage and retrieval * Memory influence on reasoning and decision-making * Modelling forgetting in episodic memory * Ethological aspects of memory * Spatial memory Submission We are seeking submissions of original papers (up to 8 pages) that fit well with the symposium theme and topics. Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rwwa10). You will have to register with EasyChair if you do not already have an account. Please submit your paper in PDF format (according to the AISB 2010 formatting guidelines - templates available on the AISB 2010 convention website). All submissions will be peer reviewed. Authors of accepted contributions will be asked to prepare the final versions (up to 8 pages) for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper will be required to register and attend the symposium to present their work. Important Dates * 15th January 2010: Submission deadline of full-length paper * 8th February 2010: Notification for paper acceptance * 1st March 2010: Submission of camera-ready final papers * 29th March 2010: Symposium Program Committee Cyril Brom, Charles University Prague Sibylle Enz, University of Bamberg Stan Franklin, The University of Memphis Wan Ching Ho, University of Hertfordshire (co-chair) Mei Yii Lim, Heriot-Watt University (co-chair) Andrew Nuxoll, University of Portland Alexei Samsonovich, George Mason University Holger Schultheis, University of Bremen Dan Tecuci, University of Texas Patricia A. Vargas, Heriot-Watt University Official Website http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~myl/AISBRWWA.html Contact Dr. Mei Yii Lim Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, EH14 4AS, UK Email: M.Lim at hw.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~myl/ Tel: (44) 131 4514162 Fax: (44) 131 4513327 Dr. Wan Ching Ho STRI, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK Email: W.C.Ho at herts.ac.uk Homepage: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqwch/ Tel: (44) 170 7285111 Fax: (44) 170 7284185 From rsun at rpi.edu Mon Jan 11 21:41:32 2010 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:41:32 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Second Call for Papers: Cognitive Social Sciences---Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences? Message-ID: <54A2C4FD-3C56-442C-A9AE-4CC6F9F00D97@rpi.edu> 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 with 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 or a special issue. 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 Jerry.Ball at mesa.afmc.af.mil Tue Jan 12 15:54:37 2010 From: Jerry.Ball at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Ball, Jerry T Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:54:37 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Post-Doc Opportunity Message-ID: We are looking for applicants for an NRC Post-Doc with a background in cognitive linguistics/psycholinguistics and computational cognitive modeling to work on the language generation component of a synthetic teammate. We are using the ACT-R cognitive architecture to develop the synthetic teammate. The major components of the synthetic teammate, including language comprehension, language generation, dialog management, situation model and task behavior are all being implemented within ACT-R. A prototype language generation component grounded in Optimality Theory has already been developed, but is in need of modification to align it with ongoing modifications to the other components, to expand its coverage, and to improve its cognitive plausibility. The overall goal of the project is development of a synthetic teammate which is at once functional and cognitively plausible. Before beginning the post doc on or after summer 2010 in Mesa, AZ, interested candidates will need to have completed their doctoral degree. To start in summer 2010, applications must be submitted in early February, 2010. American citizenship is also required. For more information, contact Jerry Ball at Jerry.Ball 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: 5235 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mchan at inf.ed.ac.uk Tue Jan 12 17:06:44 2010 From: mchan at inf.ed.ac.uk (Michael Chan) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:06:44 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Final Call for Papers: Workshop on Matching and Meaning: Automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies. Message-ID: <4B4CF274.3020106@inf.ed.ac.uk> Apologies for possible multiple postings. Thanks in advance for forwarding the information on this Call for Submissions to those potentially interested to submit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop on Matching and Meaning: Automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies http://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/wmm-2010 31st March 2010, part of AISB'10 Convention, Leicester, UK OVERVIEW The problem of semantic misalignment - of two (or more) 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 * Formalisation of and reasoning with contexts * Foundational issues * Social and collaborative matching * Background knowledge in matching * Extensions to ontology languages to better support change * Non-monotonic reasoning 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 * Matching for dynamic applictions (e.g., p2p, agents, web-services) * Case studies, software tools, use cases, applications * Open problems SUBMISSION GUIDELINES We encourage the submission of extended abstracts of 2-5 pages that discuss ongoing research, problem descriptions and overviews of the domain. Accepted papers will be included in the AISB 2010 proceedings unless the authors prefer them not to be (for example, if the work is very similar to work presented elsewhere which they nevertheless feel it would be valuable to present in this context, or if the work is at a stage where discussion would be valuable but publication would be premature). Authors wishing their submissions to be included in the convention proceedings must follow the style guide on the convention website. Submitted works do not need to be original as our primary interest is in the exchange of ideas and the stimulation of debate. Inclusion in the proceedings is optional. Submissions will be subject to light reviewing, mainly intended to check fit to workshop. Abstracts should be submitted electronically in pdf format to mchan-at-ed.ac.uk by 15th January 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the submitting author on 15th February 2010. VENUE The workshop will take place at De Montfort University in Leicester, as part of the AISB 2010 Convention (http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/), from March 31st to 1st April, 2010. All workshop participants must be registered for the AISB 2010 Convention. Registration for this workshop is included in the convention registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES Submission: *Friday, 15th January 2010* Notification: Monday, 15th February 2010 Workshop: 31st March - 1st April 2010 AISB10 Convention: 29th March - 1st April 2010 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 jeedward at yahoo.com Sun Jan 17 10:00:20 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:00:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] AIPR-10 Call for papers Message-ID: <613189.4520.qm@web45913.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> AIPR-10 Call for papers ? The 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) will be held during 12-14 of July 2010 in Orlando, FL, USA. AIPR is an important event in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as Pattern Recognition (PR) and focuses on all areas of AI, PR and related topics. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several other major international conferences will be taking place. The conference will be held as part of 2010 multi-conference (MULTICONF-10). ? MULTICONF-10 (website: http://www.promoteresearch.org) will be held during July 12-14, 2010 in Orlando, Florida, USA. 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. ? Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ja+ at cmu.edu Mon Jan 18 11:18:35 2010 From: ja+ at cmu.edu (John Anderson) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:18:35 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Post Doc Position/Synthetic Student Models Message-ID: We have a renewed opportunity for a post-doc position available at CMU in the Synthetic Student Model project. The goal of the project is to create synthetic student models in the ACT-R architecture that can predict the outcome of instructional manipulations. The post-doctoral responsibilities will involve some opportunistic combination of modeling and empirical research (behavioral and fMRI imaging). 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 Richard King Mellon Professor of Psychology and Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Office: Baker Hall 345D Phone: 412-417-7008 Fax: 412-268-2844 email: ja at cmu.edu URL: http://act.psy.cmu.edu/ From dousset at irit.fr Tue Jan 19 09:41:38 2010 From: dousset at irit.fr (Bernard DOUSSET) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:41:38 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] First Call for Papers for VSST'2010, 25-29 October, Toulouse (France) Message-ID: <0c0101ca9915$c72c90b0$ca0a738d@irit.fr> The sixth edition of the symposium VSST will be held in October, Toulouse 3 University (France). This symposium brings together, for already 15 years, the public and private actors in the domain of technology watch and competitive intelligence. Universities, public administrations, SME and large groups are invited, every 3 years, to attend this event to exchange viewpoints, methodologies, tools and experiences. In addition to traditional topics, we will particularly focus on the following subjects: . Metadata and Interoperability . Treatment of heterogeneous information . Security of access to data and treatments . Online analysis . Mining temporal data . Cartographies . Social Networks . Online Intelligence Community, Web Intelligence . Multilingualism . Geostrategy . Web new structured data . New sources of patents (China, Korea, Japan, India, ...) . Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 . Contributions of 3G technology in competitive intelligence . Innovations in the decision process . Risk Management and Governance * but this list is not exhaustive We also organize: . Forum between businesses, students and young graduates . Presentations training in competitive intelligence . Tutorials and workshops . Demonstrations of software . Presentations of strategic analysis . Exchanges on the effective establishment of watch cell . Exhibition for professionals. 1/ Electronic submission of papers for VSST'2010: Front page: Title, authors and contact details (organization, address, phone, e-mail) 15 lines french abstract, french keywords, english abstract and keywords. Text for submission of papers (in French or English): Minimum 5 pages on the problem, methods or tools presented and their validation. . Deadline for receipt of paper proposals: May 15, 2010 . Deadline for acceptance of papers: June 15, 2010 . Date of publication of final program: June 30, 2010 . Deadline for receipt of papers for publication on CD / ROM and online: September 15, 2010 2/ Final format of papers: Front page: Title, authors and contact details (organization, address, phone, e-mail) 15 lines French abstract, French keywords, English abstract and keywords. Final text (in French or English): 12 to 20 pages (landscape A4) including figures and references. Email submission: vsst2010 @ irit.fr For more information: http://atlas.irit.fr URL for online registration: http://www.ampere-asso.org/Register.asp?ID=08122006145351&LG=FR Best regards, Professeur Bernard DOUSSET UPS/IRIT/SIG 118, route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 9 t?l: (33) 5 61 55 67 81 gsm: (33) 6 12 57 19 49 fax irit: (33) 5 61 55 62 58 perso: (33) 5 61 55 67 81 ----- -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rickl at umich.edu Wed Jan 20 08:38:21 2010 From: rickl at umich.edu (Richard Lewis) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:38:21 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Cognitive Modeling & Computational Linguistics Workshop at ACL2010 -- CFP Message-ID: Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL) and TopiCS special issue _Models of Language Comprehension_ A workshop to be held July 15th, 2010 following the Association for Computational Linguistics meeting in Uppsala, Sweden http://cmcl.ling.cornell.edu CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop Description This workshop provide a venue for work in computational psycholinguistics. ACL Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Martin Kay described this topic as "build[ing] models of language that reflect in some interesting way, on the ways in which people use language." The 2010 workshop follows in the tradition of three previous meetings (1) the computational psycholinguistics meeting at CogSci in Berkeley in 1997 (2) the thematic session on computational psycholinguistics at ACL in 1999 (3) the Incremental Parsing workshop at ACL 2004 in inviting contributions that apply methods from computational linguistics to problems in the cognitive modeling of any and all natural language abilities. Scope and Topics The workshop invites a broad spectrum of work in the cognitive science of language, at all levels of analysis from sounds to discourse. Topics include, but are not limited to * incremental parsers for diverse grammar formalisms * derivations of comprehension difficulty predictions, or generalization predictions in language learning * stochastic models of factors encouraging one production or interpretation over its competitors * models of semantic interpretation, including psychologically-realistic notions of word & phrase meaning Submissions This call solicits 8-page, full papers reporting original and unpublished research that combines cognitive modeling and computational linguistics. Accepted papers are expected to be presented at the workshop and will be published in the workshop proceedings. They should emphasize obtained results rather than intended work, and should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. A paper accepted for presentation at the workshop must not be presented or have been presented at any other meeting with publicly available proceedings. If essentially identical papers are submitted to other conferences or workshops as well, this fact must be indicated at submission time. To facilitate double-blind reviewing, submitted paper should not include any identifying information about the authors. Submissions must be formatted using ACL 2010 style files available at http://www.acl2010.org/authors.html Contributions should be submitted in PDF via the submission site: https://www.softconf.com/acl2010/CogModCL The submission deadline is 11:59PM Eastern Time on April 5th, 2010. Pathway to Journal Publication All accepted CMCL papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as is customary at ACL. However, CMCL presenters whose work holds broad interest for the wider cognitive science community will be encouraged to prepare extended versions of their papers (16 pages in APA format). If approved by a second round of reviewing, these extended papers will appear in a forthcoming issue of TopiCS, a Journal of the Cognitive Science Society, entitled entitled _Models of Language Comprehension_. These expanded papers will need to be substantially adapted to address the broader TopiCS readership. The Program Committee will be assisted by additional experts, as needed, to apply this and other review criteria. Student Paper Award Submissions should be marked to indicate whether the first author is pre-doctoral or not. Papers in this category are eligible for the CMCL Student Paper Award. This $250 award is sponsored by the Cognitive Science Society. Important Dates Submission deadline: April 5, 2010 Notification of acceptance: May 6, 2010 Camera-ready versions due: May 16, 2010 Workshop: July 15, 2010, following ACL 2010 Workshop Chair John Hale Linguistics Department, Cornell University Program Committee Steven Abney Michigan Matthew Crocker Saarland Tim O'Donnell Harvard Mike Frank MIT Ted Gibson MIT Sharon Goldwater Edinburgh Keith Hall Google Florian Jaeger Rochester Mark Johnson Macquarie Frank Keller Edinburgh Lars Konieczny Freiburg Roger Levy San Diego Rick Lewis Michigan Stephan Oepen Oslo Ulrike Pado VICO research David Reitter CMU Brian Roark OHSU Doug Roland Buffalo Mats Rooth Cornell William Schuler Ohio Richard Sproat OHSU Mark Steedman Edinburgh Patrick Sturt Edinburgh Sashank Varma Minnesota Shravan Vasishth Potsdam Amy Weinberg Maryland -------------------------- Richard L. Lewis rickl at umich.edu Professor http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Department of Psychology Voice: (734) 763-1466 University of Michigan Fax: (734) 763-7480 530 Church Street Office: East Hall 4428F Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil Wed Jan 27 14:33:19 2010 From: tiffany.Jastrzembski at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:33:19 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] FW: CFP: HFES 2010! Message-ID: <2B00361EE3107A4F88383EC1B041DC9A06807E7B@VFOHMLAO01.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> (Apologies for cross-posting) You are invited to submit your research to the 54th Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submission Deadline: February 19, 2010 Navigate to http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESMeetings/2010annualmeeting.html for more details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The meeting, to be held September 27 to October 1 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, Embarcadero Center, will feature 100+ technical sessions and feature HF/E aspects of health care and medical devices, surface and air transportation, cognitive engineering, human performance modeling, virtual environments, computer hardware and software design, product design, aging, training, test and evaluation, environmental design, and system development. The Human Performance Modeling Technical Group (HPM-TG) is concerned with the development and application of predictive, reliable, quantitative models of human performance. Distinct to other approaches of behavioral and cognitive modeling, HPM considers the human in the context of a designed task environment - examining the human-in-the-loop. The scope of the models of interest encompass the scope of systems of interest to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Hence, we equally promote models of isolated aspects of human performance, models of the cognitive control of memory, attention, perception, and action, and models of an integrative nature that receive task-related information from the environment and produce thoughtful human-like action. General topics of interest to our TG include: the basic science foundation for models, engineering research required to apply models to human factors issues, new formalisms for modeling, and techniques to evaluate predictive success of models. Special topics of interest for HFES 2010 include Human Performance Modeling in the domains of aviation (UAV/UAS particularly), and in the health care industry. We envision our TG as a forum for testing modeling approaches emerging from the basic research community against the hard realities of human factors problems. Please consider submitting your work to what will be a high scientific quality event in San Francisco later this year! Tiffany S. Jastrzembski, Ph.D. Human Performance Modeling Technical Group Program Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3921 bytes Desc: not available URL: From hedderik at van-rijn.org Thu Jan 28 17:50:17 2010 From: hedderik at van-rijn.org (Hedderik van Rijn) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:50:17 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop: Call for Abstracts / Registration Message-ID: European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop Organizers: Niels Taatgen and Hedderik van Rijn University of Groningen, Netherlands April 12-17, 2010 ACT-R is a cognitive theory and simulation system for developing cognitive models for tasks that vary from simple reaction time paradigms to driving a car and air traffic control. In most years, a summer school and workshop are organized at Carnegie Mellon University for training and discussion of the theory. This year, CMU will only host a summer school, no multi-day workshop is planned. Instead, there will be a two day ACT-R workshop in Europe in the spring that follows a four-day spring school. Spring School The spring school will take place from Monday April 12 to Thursday April 15. After an earlier call for applications, we have selected a group of 14 students for a "traditional summer school curriculum", and in additional 6 researchers will join us to work on their own projects during the week. European ACT-R Workshop The European ACT-R workshop will take place from Friday April 16 to Saturday April 17. Both days will be devoted to research presentations, each lasting about 20 minutes plus questions. Participants are invited to present their ACT-R research by submitting a title and abstract with their registration. Given that this is the first European ACT-R workshop, we would also like to invite research groups to present themselves. What we have in mind is a presentation focussed on the general themes covered by the group rather than on the details of specific studies. Aim of these presentations is to get to know what other groups are working on, or planning to work on, and to start or facilitate cooperation between research groups. Admission to the workshop is open to all. The early registration fee is Euro 100 and the late registration fee (after March 12) is Euro 150. Requests for presentations should be submitted before February 28 to receive full consideration for inclusion in the workshop program. A preliminary program of presentations will be made available early March. If, because of travel plans, an earlier decision about a submission is required, please contact us. Housing We have reserved a block of rooms in the University Guest House. Details on reserving a room will be sent upon registration. Registration To register for the Workshop, please send the filled out registration form in an email to Hedderik van Rijn (hedderik at van-rijn.org). Registration Form First European ACT-R Workshop April 16-17, 2010 at University of Groningen, The Netherlands Name: Address: Affiliation: Tel/Fax: Email: Registration fee: On or before March 12: 100 Euro ... After March 12: 150 Euro ... Details on how to transfer the registration fee will be sent after registration. Non-European participants can pay the registration fee at the start of the workshop. Presentation topic / title (optional abstract: please attach a PDF): -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: