From ilya at disi.unitn.it Thu Jul 1 08:55:39 2010 From: ilya at disi.unitn.it (Ilya Zaihrayeu) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:55:39 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: Advanced Language Technologies for Digital Libraries (ALT4DL) Message-ID: <021e01cb191c$dea4ebc0$9beec340$@unitn.it> (Apologies for cross-posting) ADVANCED LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ALT4DL) http://disi.unitn.it/~alt4dl/ CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- We invite authors to submit papers for a volume on Advanced Language Technologies for Digital Libraries to be published in the Springer's Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) Hot Topic subline [1]. The volume aims at presenting how state-of-the art Language Technologies are applied to the challenges faced by Digital Libraries together with providing a introductory grounding to the underlying fields. Hence, it will promote this emerging research area and disseminate its results whilst motivating the non-expert reader. It originates from two workshops, NLP4DL and AT4DL held in Viareggio and Trento, respectively, in 2009, but it is open also to contributions that were not presented at that time. We aim at gathering contributions both from the Library and the Computer Science community. DEADLINES --------- - Abstract submission Deadline: 22nd July, 2010 - Full paper submission Deadline: 15th September, 2010 - Notification Deadline: 10th November, 2010 - Camera Ready Deadlines: 10th December, 2010 BACKGROUND ---------- The fast growth of digital material is challenging for research in many disciplines, and in particular, for natural language technologies. Multilingual aspects pose particular difficulties regarding a wide spectrum of problems: from extracting text from images, to developing usable search engines for accessing this digital library content. The EU has funded many projects to bring forward research in this field and to facilitate end-user access to cultural and scientific heritage. Therefore, it is time to bring together recent research results and to give both researchers and practitioners a comprehensive view on this evolving area. We are interested in highlighting the role of Language Technologies in enhancing document image processing and in accessing and searching digital libraries in general. Today much of our Cultural Heritage have been digitised by scanning books and other kinds of documents, but their printed text needs to be extracted via document image processing techniques in order for the content to be accessible, searchable, and analysable. Language Technologies can also play a crucial role in accessing and searching digital libraries that do not contain the scanned table of contents, abstracts or books, but simply provide metadata records describing their physical collections. Despite mass-digitisation efforts, this 'legacy metadata' is still predominant in library catalogues. To this end, nowadays cutting edge Language Technologies need to be fine-tuned to work on such well structured but limited data. Libraries across the globe are keen to provide subject-based access to their digital library collections via the linked data cloud. With each library indexing their digital libraries in their local language, the true value of this data is yet to be achieved. Web 2.0 brings particular challenges for digital libraries as increasingly multilingual user generated content, such as annotations and tags, are created. Not forgetting that all this needs to be done on mobile devices, which need to be optimised for the multilingual society in which we live in. All the Cross Language tasks, such Named Entity Disambiguation, Cross-Language Image Retrieval, Word Sense Disambiguation, etc. need to be harnessed to help users navigate the multilingual digital library world. In a nutshell, it is the aim of this volume to present the current issues related to the multilingual aspects encountered when searching and navigating through digital libraries, and more generally, through e-repositories. TOPICS ------- Against this background, we are particularly interested in the application of Language Technologies to the following topics: - Access and Search (in Digital Libraries) - Social Web (and Digital Libraries) - Innovative Applications (of Digital Libraries) - Cross Language Processing (in Digital Libraries) - Document Image Processing (in Digital Libraries) - Metadata processing (in Digital Libraries) - Mobile technologies and Digital Libraries INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS --------------------------- Both Abstracts and Full Papers should be submitted electronically via the EasyChair System [2]. The only accepted format both for submitted abstracts and full papers is Adobe PDF. The PDF file must be uploaded to the system by the submission deadlines. Each abstracts may consist of up to one (1) page. Each full paper may consist of up to twenty (20) pages. Full paper submissions should be made following the Author's Instructions for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) [3]. EDITORS ------- - Raffaella Bernardi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy - Sally Chambers, European Library, the Netherlands - Bjoern Gottfried, University of Bremen, Germany - Frederique Segond, Xerox, France - Ilya Zaihrayeu, University of Trento, Italy PUBLICATION ----------- Papers will be published in a volume of the LNCS Hot Topic subline which is expected to be available in February 2011. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE ------------------- - Galja Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria - Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Technology, India - Nicola Ferro, University of Padova, Italy - Fausto Giunchiglia, University of Trento, Italy - Stefan Gradmann, Europeana, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany - Udo Kruschwitz, Essex University, UK - Andreas Lattner, University of Frankfurt, Germany - Mikolaj Leszczuk, AGH Krakow, Poland - Stefan Pletschacher, University of Salford, UK - Viiam Simko, CIANT, Prague, Czech Republic - Junichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan LINKS ----- [1] Springer's Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) Hot Topic subline, http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-12-72945-0 [2] EasyChair System, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alt4dl [3] Author's Instructions for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 First Natural Language Processing for Digital Libraries (NLP4DL) Workshop, Viareggio, Italy (June 15, 2009), http://www.cacaoproject.eu/natural-language-processing/ Workshop on Advanced Technologies for Digital Libraries 2009 (AT4DL 2009), Trento, Italy (September 8, 2009), http://www.cacaoproject.eu/at4dl/ CONTACT ------- To receive further information please email to alt4dl at disi.unitn.it From ja+ at cmu.edu Mon Jul 5 21:05:41 2010 From: ja+ at cmu.edu (John Anderson) Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 21:05:41 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Fwd: ICCM Workshop and dinner Message-ID: Just a reminder of the workshop and dinner where we hope to see you. We need final RSVPs for the dinner by the end of the week. Again, for that please send a reply to both me and Jennifer Ferris (jlferris at andrew.cmu.edu) but NOT to the act-r user mailing list. >Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:01:57 -0400 >To: act-r-users at andrew.cmu.edu >From: John Anderson >Subject: ICCM Workshop and dinner >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Colleagues: > >Below is a tentative schedule for the ACT-R workshop on the day >before ICCM (Thurs, August 5). It looks like an interesting set of >presentations that will help us keep up to date on what is new in >the wide world of ACT-R. We also want to have plenty of opportunity >for interaction among members of the ACT-R community. In addition >to the break times, to facilitate this communication goal we would >like to host an ACT-R dinner which will begin at 7 PM at a local >restaurant. This invitation is not just to people who intend to >attend the tutorial but all members of the ACT-R community. > >Please come and please let us know as soon as possible whether you >will. The restaurant will allow for a somewhat larger number than >attended the comparable ICCM dinner in Ann Arbor in 2007 and so we >hope capacity will not be an issue -- but letting us know sooner >will help assure your place at the table. Please send a reply to >both me and Jennifer Ferris (jlferris at andrew.cmu.edu) but NOT to >the act-r user mailing list. > >Hope to see you in Philadelphia, >John > >8:45-9:00 John Anderson: Welcome >9:-9:45 Dan Bothell: What's New in ACT-R 6.0 >9:45:10:15 Bonnie John: CogTool: A tool for interface design and >ACT-R research. > >10:15:10:45 Break > >10:45-11:15 Frank Ritter: Building learning models quickly that do a >non-iterative task >11:15-11:45 David Reiter: Hands-on with ACT-UP, a Cognitive Toolbox >for Scalable > Models >11:45-12:15 Jelmer Borst: Using cognitive models to analyze fMRI data > >12:15-1:00 Lunch > >1:00-1:30 Wayne Gray: Space Fortress: An Overview >1:30-2:00 Marc Destefano: Modeling Space Fortress >2:00-2:30 Dan Bothell: Modeling Space Fortress > >2:30-3:00 Break > >3:00-3:45 Christian Lebiere: Softening representations for model >reuse and generality >3:45-4:30 Dario Salvucci: Cognitive Supermodels > >4:30-4:45 Pause > >4:45-???? John Anderson: The future of ACT-R in the post-John era > >-- > > >========================================================== >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/ -- ========================================================== 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/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pavel at dit.unitn.it Wed Jul 7 16:16:45 2010 From: pavel at dit.unitn.it (Pavel Shvaiko) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 22:16:45 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2nd CFP: ISWC'10 workshop on Ontology Matching (OM-2010) Message-ID: <3D8297D16CB84EA9A3EAEC6C306F9EBA@ITN96946> Apologies for cross-postings -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fifth International Workshop on ONTOLOGY MATCHING (OM-2010) http://om2010.ontologymatching.org/ November 7, 2010, ISWC'10 Workshop Program, Shanghai, China BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Ontology matching is a key interoperability enabler for the Semantic Web, as well as a useful tactic in some classical data integration tasks. It takes the ontologies as input and determines as output an alignment, that is, a set of correspondences between the semantically related entities of those ontologies. These correspondences can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging and data translation. Thus, matching ontologies enables the knowledge and data expressed in the matched ontologies to interoperate. The workshop has two goals: 1. To bring together leaders from academia, industry and user institutions to assess how academic advances are addressing real-world requirements. The workshop will strive to improve academic awareness of industrial and final user needs, and therefore direct research towards those needs. Simultaneously, the workshop will serve to inform industry and user representatives about existing research efforts that may meet their requirements. The workshop will also investigate how the ontology matching technology is going to evolve. 2. To conduct an extensive and rigorous evaluation of ontology matching approaches through the OAEI (Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative) 2010 campaign: http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2010/. The particular focus of this year's OAEI campaign is on real-world specific matching tasks involving, e.g., biomedical ontologies and linked data. Therefore, the ontology matching evaluation initiative itself will provide a solid ground for discussion of how well the current approaches are meeting business needs. TOPICS of interest include but are not limited to: Business and use cases for matching (e.g., open linked data); Requirements to matching from specific domains; Application of matching techniques in real-world scenarios; Formal foundations and frameworks for ontology matching; Ontology matching patterns; Instance matching; Large-scale ontology matching evaluation; Performance of matching techniques; Matcher selection and self-configuration; Uncertainty in ontology matching; User involvement (including both technical and organizational aspects); Explanations in matching; Social and collaborative matching; Alignment management; Reasoning with alignments; Matching for traditional applications (e.g., information integration); Matching for dynamic applications (e.g., search, web-services). SUBMISSIONS Contributions to the workshop can be made in terms of technical papers and posters/statements of interest addressing different issues of ontology matching as well as participating in the OAEI 2010 campaign. Technical papers should be not longer than 12 pages using the LNCS Style: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Posters/statements of interest should not exceed 2 pages and should be handled according to the guidelines for technical papers. All contributions should be prepared in PDF format and should be submitted through the workshop submission site at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=om20100 Contributors to the OAEI 2010 campaign have to follow the campaign conditions and schedule at http://oaei.ontologymatching.org/2010/. *TENTATIVE* IMPORTANT DATES FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS AND POSTERS: September 1, 2010: Deadline for the submission of papers. September 27, 2010: Deadline for the notification of acceptance/rejection. October 12, 2010: Workshop camera ready copy submission. November 7, 2010: OM-2010, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 1. Pavel Shvaiko (Main contact) TasLab, Informatica Trentina SpA, Italy 2. J?r?me Euzenat INRIA & LIG, France 3. Fausto Giunchiglia University of Trento, Italy 4. Heiner Stuckenschmidt University of Mannheim, Germany 5. Ming Mao SAP Labs, USA 6. Isabel Cruz The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE Paolo Besana, Universite de Rennes 1, France Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, USA Marco Combetto, Informatica Trentina, Italy J?r?me David, INRIA & LIG, France AnHai Doan, Kosmix, USA Alfio Ferrara, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy Tom Heath, Talis, UK Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Antoine Isaac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Krzysztof Janowicz, Pennsylvania State University, USA Bin He, IBM, USA Yannis Kalfoglou, Ricoh Europe plc, UK Monika Lanzenberger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Patrick Lambrix, Link?pings Universitet, Sweden Maurizio Lenzerini, University of Rome - Sapienza, Italy Juanzi Li, Tsinghua University, China Vincenzo Maltese, University of Trento, Italy Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh, UK Christian Meilicke, University of Mannheim, Germany Luca Mion, Informatica Trentina, Italy Peter Mork, The MITRE Corporation, USA Filippo Nardelli, Cogito, Italy Natasha Noy, Stanford University, USA Leo Obrst, The MITRE Corporation, USA Yefei Peng, Yahoo Labs, USA Erhard Rahm, University of Leipzig, Germany Fran?ois Scharffe, INRIA, France Luciano Serafini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IRST), Italy Kavitha Srinivas, IBM, USA Umberto Straccia, ISTI-C.N.R., Italy Andrei Tamilin, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IRST), Italy Lorenzino Vaccari, EC DG Environment, Italy Ludger van Elst, DFKI, Germany Yannis Velegrakis, University of Trento, Italy Shenghui Wang, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Italy Baoshi Yan, Bosch Research, USA Rui Zhang, Jilin University, China Songmao Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China ------------------------------------------------------- More about ontology matching: http://www.ontologymatching.org/ http://book.ontologymatching.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Best Regards, Pavel ------------------------------------------------------- Pavel Shvaiko, PhD Innovation and Research Project Manager TasLab, Informatica Trentina SpA, Italy http://www.ontologymatching.org/ http://www.infotn.it/ http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fer2 at psu.edu Tue Jul 13 19:12:36 2010 From: fer2 at psu.edu (Frank Ritter) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:12:36 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogModel notes: ICCM10/BRIMS11/CogSci10/BICA10/Book/Positions Message-ID: <7131912.KYCRNUWM@psu.edu> This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference mailing list, which I maintain. I forward messages about twice a year, a few more close to ICCMs. (this is the last one for ICCM 2010) The first two announcements are driving this email, the announcement of the papers and tutorials. If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain it by hand to keep it small. I am trying new software this time to make it easier to maintain. cheers, Frank Ritter frank.e.ritter at gmail.com http://acs.ist.psu.edu http://www.frankritter.com 1. ICCM 2010, Program, 5-8 August 2010, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/AdvanceProgram.pdf Proceedings of 2009 available online. 2. ICCM 2009 Conference Tutorials, 5 August 2010, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/tutorials.html 3. BRIMS 2010, proceedings available online http://brimsconference.org/archives/2010/toc.htm 4. BRIMS 2011, 22-25 March 2011 at Sundance, Utah http://brimsconference.org/ 5. Cogsci tutorials and workshops http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/tutorials.html http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/workshops.html 6. Bio. Inspired Cog Arch. 2010 workshop, Wash., DC, 13-14 Nov 2010 http://roboticslab.dinfo.unipa.it/bica2010/ 7. Multitasking mind book, with 20% discount http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/CognitivePsychology/?view=usa&ci=9780199733569 8. Post doctoral position(s) at CMU 9. Post doctoral position at NRL 10. Opportunities in health care systems engineering at Virginia *************************************************** 1. ICCM 2009 Conference Program available, 5-8 August 2009, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/AdvanceProgram.pdf ICCM is the premier international conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human behavior. ICCM is a forum for presenting, discussing, and evaluating the complete spectrum of cognitive models, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. ICCM includes basic and applied research, across a wide variety of domains, ranging from low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and learning. The proceedings of the 2007 conference are available from http://sitemaker.umich.edu/iccm2007.org/iccm_2007_proceedings_and_papers A copy of proceedings of the 2009 conference are available from http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/iccm2009.pdf *************************************************** 2. ICCM 2009 Conference Tutorials, 5 August 2010, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/tutorials.html The CLARION Cognitive Architecture: A Tutorial Half-day tutorial (0900-1215) Nicholas Wilson, Cognitive Science Dept. Michael Lynch, Dept. of Language, Literature and Communication, RPI This tutorial introduces participants to the CLARION cognitive architecture and presents a detailed description, as well as simulation examples, advanced topics, and demonstrations. It will combine conceptual (psychological), theoretical, and implementation aspects of the architecture. Both basic and advanced topics related to cognitive modeling using CLARION will be covered. Participants in the tutorial are encouraged to ask questions throughout the presentation to clarify any ideas described. ==================== Multi-Agent Activity Modeling with the Brahms Environment Half-day tutorial (1345-1700) Maarten Sierhuis, Ph.D. PARC More and more people are interested in in developing "day in the life" models and simulations of people's behavior at the second and longer timeframe, the interaction between groups of people and systems, as well as the movement and interaction with the environment. Cognitive modeling tools (e.g., Soar, ACT-R) focus on detailed modeling of individual cognitive tasks at the sub-second level. In contrast, activity modeling focuses on higher-abstraction behaviors that enable modeling of people's daily activities and enable a focus on how informal, circumstantial, and located behaviors of a group of individuals occur and where communication and synchronization happen, such that the task contributions of people and machines flow together to accomplish goals. This is referred to as "work practice modeling." The tutorial will provide an overview of the Brahms multi-agent activity modeling language by considering a simple 'day in the life' scenario. There will be hands-on experience with Brahms. Brahms includes an activity-oriented Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) language, a compiler and virtual machine for executing Brahms models, as well as an Eclipse plug-in and a post-execution viewer of agent execution, communication and interaction. Brahms enables the creation of multi-agent models that include aspects of reasoning found in cognitive models, task execution, plus the impact of interaction and geography, such as agent movement and physical changes in the environment. Brahms is currently used to automate the work of a flight controller in NASA's International Space Station's Mission Control Center (ISS MCC). This system, called OCAMS, has been in production in the ISS MCC, 24x7, since July of 2008, and is based on a Brahms model of the work practices of the flight controllers. OCAMS is a distributed Multi-Agent System. Maarten Sierhuis recently joined PARC as area lead for the new Knowledge, Language and Interaction area. Before this, he was at NASA Ames for over twelve years, working on and applying Brahms at NASA. He is a Co-Principal Investigator for the Brahms multi-agent environment. He is also a visiting professor at the Man-Machine Interaction group at Delft University of Technology, where he teaches a graduate course using Brahms, called Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Organizations and Work Practice. He has a Ph.D. in Social Science Informatics from the University of Amsterdam and an engineering degree in Informatics from the Polytechnic University in The Hague, The Netherlands. He has presented invited lectures and tutorials on both Brahms and Compendium, and has published widely in these areas. ****************************************************************** 3. BRIMS 2010, proceedings available http://www.brimsconference.org The proceedings from last year's conference is available at: http://brimsconference.org/archives/2010/toc.htm BRIMS (Behavior Representation in Modeling Simulation) enables human behavior representation (HBR) modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, application users and technical communities to meet, share ideas and experiences, identify gaps in current capabilities, discuss new research directions, highlight promising technologies, and showcase applications. It is in its 20th year and continues to reach an ever widening military, government, academic, and industry community in the U.S. and internationally. ****************************************************************** 4. BRIMS 2011, 22-25 at Sundance Utah http://brimsconference.org/ The 20th Behavior Representation in Modeling & Simulation (BRIMS) Conference 2011 will be held March 21-24, 2011 at the Sundance Resort in Utah. *************************************************** 5. Cogsci tutorials and workshops http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/tutorials.html The tutorial program of the conference allows participants to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad range of topics in the field of cognitive science. Tutorials cover a well-established and recognized topic in cognitive science, and are delivered by an authoritative figure in the area. Tutorials are held on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, which is the day before the main program begins. http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2010/workshops.html The conference workshop program gives an opportunity for in-depth discussion of a specific topic important to cognitive science. Workshops concentrate on emerging research or cross-disciplinary topics. Some workshops also focus on application issues and research methods. Workshops are held on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, which is the day before the main program begins. *************************************************** 6. Bio. Inspired Cog Arch. 2010 workshop, Wash., DC, 13-14 Nov 2010 http://roboticslab.dinfo.unipa.it/bica2010/ This workshop is still accepting abstracts and some papers. Contact Alexei Samsonovich if you would like to contribute. The challenge of creating a real-life computational equivalent of the human mind requires that we better understand at a computational level how natural intelligent systems develop their cognitive and learning functions. In recent years, biologically inspired cognitive architectures (BICA) have emerged as a powerful new approach toward gaining this kind of understanding (here "biologically inspired" is understood broadly as "brain-mind inspired"). Still, despite impressive successes and growing interest in BICA, wide gaps separate different approaches from each other and from solutions found in biology, preventing us from solving the challenge. The narrow focus on the challenge brings together four schools of thought: (1) computational neuroscience, that tries to understand how the brain works in terms of connectionist models; (2) cognitive modeling, pursuing higher-level computational description of human cognition; (3) human-level artificial intelligence, aiming at generally intelligent artifacts that can replace humans at work; (4) human-like learners: artificial minds that can be understood by humans intuitively, that can learn like humans, from humans and for human needs. The comparative table created by panelists of the BICA 2009 forum clearly demonstrates that a joined discussion of the four schools is possible and can be highly productive and synergistic (http://members.cox.net/bica2009/cogarch/). The intended spotlight in 2010 is on (4). *************************************************** 7. Multitasking mind [book] with 20% discount http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/CognitivePsychology/?view=usa&ci=9780199733569 For 20% off, visit http://www.oup.com/us and enter promo code 29051. Multitasking is all around us: the office worker interrupted by a phone call, the teenager texting while driving, the salesperson chatting while entering an order. When multitasking, the mind juggles all the many tasks we're doing this second, this hour, this week, and tries to perform them together-sometimes with great ease, sometimes with great difficulty. We don't often stop to think about how exactly we accomplish these feats of multitasking great and small. How do we switch from one task to another? What types of multitasking are disruptive, and when are they most disruptive? And ultimately, how can we take advantage of the benefits of multitasking while alleviating its negative effects in our daily lives? This book presents the theory of threaded cognition, a theory that aims to explain the multitasking mind. The theory states that multitasking behavior can be expressed as cognitive threads-independent streams of thought that weave through the mind's processing resources to produce multitasking behavior, and sometimes experience conflicts to produce multitasking interference. Grounded in the ACT-R cognitive architecture, threaded cognition incorporates computational representations and mechanisms used to simulate and predict multitasking behavior and performance. The book describes the implications of threaded cognition theory across three traditionally disparate domains: concurrent multitasking (doing multiple tasks at once), sequential multitasking (interrupting and resuming tasks), and multitask skill acquisition (learning and practicing multiple tasks). The work stresses the importance of unifying basic and applied research by alternating between in-depth descriptions of basic research phenomena and broader treatments of phenomena in applied domains, such as driver distraction and human-computer interaction. The book also includes practical guidelines for designers of interactive systems intended for multitasking contexts. *************************************************** 8. Post-doctoral position(s) at CMU [sent to act-r mailing list 6 june 2010, may be out of date] Applications are welcome for research positions in the Psychology Department at Carnegie Mellon University under the direction of Dr. Christian Lebiere. Positions include two postdoctoral researchers and a research programmer. The goals of the projects are to investigate the application of hybrid cognitive architectures consisting of symbolic, statistical and neural processes and representations to robotic control systems. The projects are funded by multi-year grants from the Army Research Laboratories (ARL) and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to: 1) Integrating symbolic and neural cognitive architectures. 2) Integrating symbolic reasoning and statistical learning processes. 3) Applying hybrid cognitive architectures to robotic control problems including autonomy and mixed human-robot teams. 4) Applying cognitive architectures to human-robot interaction problems including operator situation awareness and human-guided learning in robots. 5) Integrating computational and cognitive techniques for understanding complex visual scenes. Postdoctoral candidates should have a doctorate in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, or robotics, with a background in computational modeling and a strong interest in both basic research in cognitive science and its practical applications. Research programmer candidates should have a BS in computer science (MS preferred) or equivalent experience, with a background in modeling and simulation preferred. All candidates should submit their CV to the address below, and postdoctoral candidates should also include a letter describing their research interests and goals, and at least 2 letters of recommendation. These positions are open immediately and offer competitive salary and benefits. Carnegie Mellon University offers a stimulating research environment in livable Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To apply or obtain additional information, contact: Dr. Christian Lebiere Psychology Department Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: 412-268-6028 Email: cl at cmu.edu ****************************************************************** 9. Post-doctoral position at NRL Greg Trafton (trafton at itd.nrl.navy.mil) at the Navy Research Lab may have openings for a post-doctoral researcher. Please contact him directly. *************************************************** 10. Opportunities in health care systems engineering at Virginia for postdoctoral research fellows, Ph.D. graduate study, and short-term mentored research at the University of Virginia [from Ellen J. Bass ] The Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia is seeking applications to fill two positions in each of the following categories: Ph.D. graduate study, postdoctoral research fellow and short-term mentored research experience, all in the area of healthcare systems engineering. See below for details on each of these opportunities. 1. Predoctoral: The Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia is seeking applications for Ph.D. graduate study in the area of healthcare systems engineering. Two candidates are sought to conduct research toward the development modeling and simulation tools to support human-automation interaction in the healthcare domain. This research is part of a multi-year training program that draws together researchers with expertise in systems engineering (formal methods, control theory, algorithm development, human factors engineering, haptics, modeling, simulation and training), with mentors in the healthcare field (including pediatrics, internal medicine, urology, emergency medicine, diabetes, cancer, global health, and nursing). Candidates are expected to complete all Ph.D. degree requirements, including graduate coursework and the successful completion of a set of mentored Ph.D. research activities. The bulk of the candidate's funding is supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine with supplemental funding from a number of additional sources. Minimum requirements: The applicant must have received their B.S. in systems engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, computer engineering, cognitive science, or a closely related discipline and be a US citizen or permanent resident. The ideal candidates will also have a M.S. in one of the previous fields, strong software development skills, excellent writing skills, and a demonstrated ability to participate in interdisciplinary collaborations. The initial appointment will be for one year with the option to renew for four additional years. Annual Stipend: $21,180 plus $2000/year travel support, full tuition, and health insurance coverage. Review of applications will begin in July 2010 and will continue until the positions are filled, likely starting date in Fall 2010 or Spring 2011. Interested candidates should fill out the Department of Systems and Information Engineering pre-application form. However, official candidates must apply through the regular graduate engineering admission process for the Department of Systems and Information Engineering (found here) and should clearly indicate their desire to participate in this medical informatics training program in their essay. Applicants must complete a Candidate Profile on-line and attach a statement of interest and description of past research experience (if applicable), GRE scores, transcript(s) from the candidate's institution granting their degree(s), and three references who are familiar with the candidate's aptitude for or experiences in research. 2. Postdoctoral: The Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia is seeking applications for postdoctoral research scientists in the area of healthcare systems engineering. Two candidates are sought to conduct research toward the development modeling and simulation tools to support human-automation interaction in the healthcare domain. This research is part of a multi-year training program that draws together researchers with expertise in systems engineering (formal methods, control theory, algorithm development, human factors engineering, haptics, modeling, simulation and training), with mentors in the healthcare field (including pediatrics, internal medicine, urology, emergency medicine, diabetes, cancer, global health, and nursing). Candidates are expected to conduct mentored research and have the option to take graduate coursework as applicable or to teach courses or modules in their area of expertise. The bulk of the candidate's funding is supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine (Stephanie Guerlain, PI), with supplemental funding from a number of additional sources. Minimum requirements: The applicant must have received their Ph.D. in systems engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, computer engineering, cognitive science, or a closely related discipline (or have an M.D. or Ph.D. in a healthcare-related field with a strong aptitude for engineering) and be a US citizen or permanent resident. The ideal candidates will also have a demonstrated track record in research, strong software development skills, excellent writing skills, and the ability to participate in interdisciplinary collaborations. The initial appointment will be for one year with the option to renew for two additional years. Salary: Competitive, based on qualifications and experience. Includes a travel stipend, full tuition (as applicable), and health insurance coverage. Review of applications will begin in July 2010 and will continue until the positions are filled, likely starting date in Fall 2010 or Spring 2011. Interested candidates should send a CV along with a statement of interest and description of past research experience, transcript(s), and three references who are familiar with the candidate's aptitude and experience in conducting research. 3. Short-term: The Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia is seeking applications for short-term (three months, full-time) research internships in the area of healthcare systems engineering. Two candidates from under-served populations are sought to conduct mentored research to support human-automation interaction in the healthcare domain. This opportunity is part of a multi-year training program that draws together researchers with expertise in systems engineering (formal methods, control theory, algorithm development, human factors engineering, haptics, modeling, simulation and training), with mentors in the healthcare field (including pediatrics, internal medicine, urology, emergency medicine, diabetes, cancer, global health, and nursing). Candidates are expected to conduct mentored research and have the option to take a course as part of their training. These positions are supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine, with supplemental funding from a number of additional sources. Minimum requirements: The applicant must be enrolled in or have received their bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in systems engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, computer engineering, cognitive science, medicine, nursing, or a closely related discipline and be a US citizen or permanent resident from an underserved population (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander). The ideal candidates will also have software development skills, excellent communication skills, and the ability to participate in interdisciplinary collaborations. The length of appointment is for three months. Salary: $5,295. Includes tuition to take one course (as applicable). Review of applications will begin in July 2010 and will continue until the positions are filled. Interested candidates should fill out the Department of Systems and Information Engineering pre-application form and should clearly indicate their desire to participate in this short-term medical informatics training program in their essay. Applicants must attach a statement of interest and description of past research experience (if applicable), transcript(s), and the names, email addresses, and title of three references who are familiar with the candidate's aptitude for or experiences in research. For further information regarding these positions, please contact: Ellen J. Bass Department of Systems and Information Engineering P.O. Box 400747 151 Engineer's Way Charlottesville, VA 22904 434-243-5531 http://www.sys.virginia.edu/ejb/ *************************************************** -30- From jwong at mpib-berlin.mpg.de Mon Jul 19 06:31:18 2010 From: jwong at mpib-berlin.mpg.de (Wong, John) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:31:18 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] For the ACT-R community: An Online Database of ACT-R Parameters Message-ID: Dear ACT-R modelers, We created an online database about ACT-R models that we want to share with all ACT-R modelers. [Wong, T. J., Cokely, E. T., & Schooler, L. J. (2010). An online database of ACT-R parameters: Towards a transparent community-based approach to model development. In D. D. Salvucci & G. Gunzelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 282-286). Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University.] The database can be accessed through the URL: http://www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/actrdb/ Internet-interface of this database was tested and should work with the latest versions of most of the popular browsers, such as Firefox 3+, Safari 4, Internet Explorer 8+, and Opera. It provides information of ACT-R parameters and serves four basic functions: 1. Monitoring how frequently parameters are modified. 2. Obtaining parameter means, medians and distributions. 3. Searching the keyword descriptions of ACT-R studies in the database. 4. Collecting fields of study and other information related to ACT-R parameter estimations. Through this database, we hope to provide the ACT-R community an interface to interact with each other. Please feel free to try out the database to query studies and estimated values for ACT-R parameters. Also, please also feel free to try out the function to submit your modeling parameters: by pressing the 'Submit' button you will be guided through a step-by-step procedure to submit your modeling parameters. We would be grateful if you can also provide feedback or bug reports about any functions that the database may provide. Please feel free to try it out and send us questions and comments about the database. Also, please do try out submitting some of your ACT-R modeling studies and the estimated parameters. If you encounter any problem during the process of submitting your entry, I am very happy to help you out. Thank you very much. Best, John Wong, Edward Cokely, and Lael Schooler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CSIE2011CFP at cust.edu.cn Fri Jul 30 02:11:59 2010 From: CSIE2011CFP at cust.edu.cn (Mingfen Li) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:59 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Congress on Computer Science, Changchun, China (EI Compendex/ISTP/IEEE Xplore) Message-ID: <480469309.10238@cust.edu.cn> 2011 2nd World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2011) 17-19 June 2011? Changchun, China http://world-research-institute.org/conferences/CSIE/2011 Call for Papers CSIE 2011 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent advances and new techniques in computer science and information engineering. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, data mining & data engineering, intelligent systems, software engineering, computer applications, communications & networking, computer hardware, VLSI, & embedded systems, multimedia & signal processing, computer control, robotics, and automation. All papers in the CSIE 2011 conference proceedings will be indexed in Ei Compendex and ISTP, as well as included in the IEEE Xplore (The previous conference CSIE 2009 has already been indexed in Ei Compendex and included in the IEEE Xplore). IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1160F-PRT. ISBN: 978-1-4244-8361-7. Changchun is the capital city of Jilin province, situated in the central section of China's northeast region. There are many natural attractions to entertain residents and visitors around Changchun. The grand Changbai Mountain renowned for its spectacular landscape, charming scenery, glamorous legends, as well as rich resources and products, has been praised as the first mountain in the northeast, outstanding as one of the China?s top-ten famous mountains. Other attractions in or around Changchun include Songhua lake (Songhuahu), Jingyue Lake (Jingyuetan), Changchun Movie Wonderland, Changchun Puppet Palace (Weihuanggong), Changchun World Sculpture Park, and Changchun World Landscape Park, etc. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 20 September 2010 Review Notification: 15 November 2010 Final Paper and Author Registration Deadline: 6 January 2011 Contact Information If you have any inquiries, please email us at CSIE2011 at cust.edu.cn Please feel free to forward to others. To unsubscribe, please reply with ?unsubscribe act-r-users at andrew.cmu.edu ? as your email subject. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deit2011cfp at sgu.ac.id Fri Jul 30 12:41:30 2010 From: deit2011cfp at sgu.ac.id (Jane Lew) Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:41:30 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Conference on Data Engineering and Internet Technology, Bali [EI Compendex, ISTP, IEEE Xplore] Message-ID: Dear Author, Please forward to those who may be interested. Thanks. 2011 International Conference on Data Engineering and Internet Technology (DEIT 2011) http://www.irast.org/conferences/DEIT/2011 15-17 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia DEIT 2011 aims to bring together researchers and scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories to present new results and identify future research directions in data engineering and internet technology. All papers published in the DEIT 2011 proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore and indexed in both Ei Compendex and ISTP. DEIT 2011 has appeared in the IEEE Conferences (Conference Record # 17831, IEEE Catalog Number: CFP1113L-CDR, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8581-9). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Data engineering * Computational algorithms/tools: data mining and knowledge recovery, data integration, platforms, middleware * Database management and database technologies * Intelligent information systems: artificial intelligence and expert systems, embedded systems * Data engineering applications: healthcare engineering, human-computer interaction, financial systems, and MIS Internet technology * Internet Infornomics: e-Learning, e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government, e-society, globalization of information society * Internet security: biometrics, boundary issues, broadband access technologies * Internet data management: case studies, monitoring and analysis, digital libraries * Web data engineering including search, crawling, data grids, data aspects of cloud computing, web-based application * Other topics like mobile/wireless computing, modeling with UML, parallel and distributed computing, hardware and software, internet architecture... Bali is a favorite vacation destination for many nationalities. Bali's natural attractions include miles of sandy beaches (many are well-known amongst surfers), picturesque rice terraces, towering active volcanoes over 3,000 meters (10,000 ft.) high, fast flowing rivers, deep ravines, pristine crater lakes, sacred caves, and lush tropical forests full of exotic wildlife. The island's rich cultural heritage is visible everywhere - in over 20,000 temples and palaces, in many colorful festivals and ceremonies, in drama, music, and dance. You can experience Bali on many different excursions and guided tours by coach, private car or "Big Bike", by boat or by air plane. Come to Bali enjoying the beautiful environment and life here. Conference Contact: deit2011 at sgu.ac.id Conference Schedule: Paper Submission Deadline: 15 September 2010 Review Notification: 15 November 2010 Author Registration / Final Papers Deadline: 15 December 2010 To unsubscribe, reply with ?unsubscribe act-r-users at andrew.cmu.edu?in your email subject or the first line of the email body. With kind regards, Jane Lew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: