From frank.ritter at psu.edu Tue Mar 2 16:37:47 2010 From: frank.ritter at psu.edu (Frank Ritter) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:37:47 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogModel notes: ICCM10/Brims10/Book/grant/Positions Message-ID: 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 first one for ICCM 2010) The first two announcements are driving this email, the call for papers and tutorials. If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain it by hand to keep it small. cheers, Frank Ritter frank.e.ritter at gmail.com http://acs.ist.psu.edu http://www.frankritter.com 1. ICCM 2009, Paper call, 5-8 August 2009, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/ papers due 19 April 2010 Proceedings of 2009 available online. 2. ICCM 2009 Conference Tutorial Call, 5 August 2010, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/tutorials.html proposals due 8 March 2010 3. BRIMS 2010, program available, 22-25 March 2010 http://www.brimsconference.org 4. Soar Workshop, 19-21 May 2010, Ann Arbor, MI 5. European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop: Call for Abstracts / Registration 6. Two career resources on my mind 7. Mind, Machine and Morality [book] http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754673583 8. A new remote eyetracker http://www.designinteractive.net/products/eyetracking/index.html 9. Call for proposals on human factors and cognitive modeling from the (US) Air Force 10. Pre-doctoral position(s) in traffic and transportation http://www.adaptation-itn.eu 11. Research Positions Available with AFRL's PALM Team 12. Graduate student, postdoctoral, and research programmer positions at RPI [from Soar-group] 13. Job opportunity at Design Interactive http://www.designinteractive.net 14. *************************************************** 1. ICCM 2009 Conference Program available, 5-8 August 2009, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/ papers due 19 April 2010 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 The proceedings of the 2009 conference are available from http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/iccm2009.pdf *************************************************** 2. ICCM 2009 Conference Tutorial Call, 5 August 2010, Philadelphia, PA http://iccm2010.cs.drexel.edu/tutorials.html proposals due 8 March 2010 The Tutorials program at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) 2010 will be held on 5 Aug 20010. It will provide conference participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad range of areas in the field of cognitive modeling. Tutorial topics will be presented in a taught format and are likely to range from practical guidelines to academic issues and theory. Tutorials at ICCM have been held many times before, and this year's program will be modelled after them and after the series held at the Cognitive Science Conference. Tutorial participants will either be doing cognitive modeling or be interested in learning more. They will be looking for insights into their own areas and summaries of other areas providing tools, techniques, and results to use in their own teaching and research. Tutorials must present tutorial material, that is, provide results that are established and to do so in an interactive format. They will tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods (e.g., cognitive modelling in Soar or ACT-R, statistical "causal" modelling, or methods of analysing qualitative observational data). They are likely to include substantial review of material. The level of presentation can assume that the attendees have at least a first degree in a cognate area. Tutorials are welcome to assume a higher level if necessary. On the other hand, tutorials about "last week's results from your lab" are not acceptable. ****************************************************************** 3. BRIMS 2010, program available, 22-25 March 2010 http://www.brimsconference.org 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 19th year and continues to reach an ever widening military, government, academic, and industry community in the U.S. and internationally. Registration is Open. The BRIMS conference includes plenary speakers, in-depth presentations, poster sessions, and a half day/full day tutorials. Conference Lodging The BRIMS 2010 will be nestled along the white sandy beaches of Charleston, South Carolina. Steeped in southern charm and hospitality, the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina provides ocean waves gently rolling ashore and palmetto leaves softly rustling in the breeze. The natural beauty of this island paradise will indulge your senses, invigorate your mind, and nourish your soul. Discounted room rates are available through February 28. The proceedings from last year's conference is available at: http://brimsconference.org/archives/2009/toc.htm ****************************************************************** 4. Soar Workshop The 30th Soar workshop will be May 19-21, and we will have a reception the evening of May 18 and we will be finished by noon on May 21. If there is interest, we will have tutorials on May 17 & 18. The workshop will be held in the CSE Building on the University of Michigan North Campus. Previous workshop: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/soar/sitemaker/workshop/29/ *************************************************** 5. European ACT-R Spring School and Workshop: Call forAbstracts / Registration From: "Hedderik van Rijn" Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:50:17 +0100 from: act-r-users at act-r.psy.cmu.edu 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): ACT-R-users mailing list ACT-R-users at act-r.psy.cmu.edu http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/act-r-users *************************************************** 6. Two career resources on my mind A couple of resources are in my head, and are not typical announcements. I thought you might all know about these. Using a reference management tool is very helpful when writing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software has a review of them. Some are free. Second, this book reads very well. I agree with 80%, learn 10%, diagree with 5%. What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career Paul Gray , David E. Drew http://stylus.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=171247 *************************************************** 7. Mind, Machine and Morality [book] http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754673583 Toward a Philosophy of Human-Technology Symbiosis Peter A. Hancock, University of Central Florida, USA 'Hancock makes a definitive break with Human Factors as "device advice" or "appliance science". 'Mind, Machine and Morality is a masterwork by one of the great scientists and thinkers of our time. Hancock's theory relies on notions of perception-action coupling and goal-orientation of human-machine systems. Thus, were I to reach into history, I would say that Hancock has taken Edward C. Tolman's Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men and James J. Gibson's Ecological Psychology, arguably two of the great works in psychology, and extended them into the computer age, and well beyond. Hancock does far more than present tales of caution about the impact of machines on people: He presents tales of celebration of the human ability to adapt and to exercise its moral faculty. Hancock's intellect, itself charged with a clear sense of right and wrong, races across history, approval. If you are not completely satisfied, return the material to us in good condition and we will cancel your invoice. Technology is our conduit of power. In our modern world, technology is the gatekeeper deciding who shall have and who shall have not. Either technology works for you or you work for technology. It shapes the human race just as much as we shape it. But where is this symbiosis going? Who provides the directions, the intentions, the goals of this human- machine partnership? Such decisions do not derive from the creators of technology who are enmeshed in their individual innovations. They neither come from our social leaders who possess only sufficient technical understanding to react to innovations, not to anticipate or direct their progress. Neither is there evidence of some omnipotent 'invisible hand'. The simple fact is that no one is directing this enterprise. In Mind, Machine and Morality, Peter Hancock asks questions about this insensate progress and has the temerity to suggest some cognate answers. He argues for the unbreakable symbiosis of purpose and process, and examines the dangerous possibilities that emerge when science and purpose meet. Historically, this work is a modern-day child of Bacon's hope for the 'Great Instauration.' However, unlike its forebear, the focus here is on human-machine systems. The emphasis centres on the conception that the active, extensive face of modern philosophy is technology. Whatever we are to become is bound up not only in our biology but critically in our technology also. And to achieve rational progress we need to articulate manifest purpose. This book is one step along the purposive road. Drawing together his many seminal writings on human-machine interaction and adapting these works specifically for this collection, Peter Hancock provides real food for thought, delighting readers with his unique philosophical perspective and outstanding insights. This is theoretical work of the highest order. Order your copy today and open your mind to a fresh perspective on our humanity and our technology. Mind, Machine and Morality offers thought- provoking insights into: * The Morality of Human-Machine Symbiosis * The Moral Imperatives of Design * The Link between Technology and Torture * The Scientific Neglect of Intention and Purpose * The Future of Humans and Machines '... I believe that the divorce between our purpose (that is, the reasons why we do something), from our processes (that is, the way we accomplish whatever we want to do), is a very damaging situation. It promises to destroy us unless the rift can be first bridged and then healed.' From the author's preface For full reviews and downloads of the Preface and Index go to http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754673583 July 2009 Hardback 202 pages 978-0-7546-7358-3 *************************************************** 8. A new remote eyetracker http://www.designinteractive.net/products/eyetracking/index.html [Christina asked me to foward this, looks interesting, but does only 1 deg accuracy] Here is the link for Design Interactive's product info for our eyetracker hardware and software. Please let me know if you have any questions. http://www.designinteractive.net/products/eyetracking/index.html Christina Kokini Research Associate Design Interactive, Inc. christina.kokini at designinteractive.net Phone: 407-706-0977 x 238 Fax: 407-706-0980 *************************************************** 9. Call for proposals on human factors and cognitive modeling from the (US) Air Force Federal Agency: 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate Broad Agency Announcement Title: Science and Technology For Warfighter Training and Aiding Broad Agency Announcement Type: This is the initial announcement. Broad Agency Announcement Number: BAA 09-05-RH. THIS BAA REPLACES BAA 05-04-HE IN ITS ENTIRETY. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s): If a grant or assistance instrument is awarded, the CFDA number will be 12.800_AF or 12.910 (DARPA) THIS WILL BE A TWO-STEP SOLICITATION: First Step: WHITE PAPER DUE DATE AND TIME: White Papers will be accepted until 5 PM Eastern time 30 Sep 2014. Submission of white papers will be regulated in accordance with FAR 15.208. Second Step: PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: To be provided in response to the Requests for Proposals sent to offerors that submit White Papers considered to meet the needs of the Air Force. NOTE: White Paper/Proposal receipt after the due date and time shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3). It should be noted that this installation observes strict security procedures to enter the facility. These security procedures are NOT considered an interruption of normal Government processes, and proposals received after the above stated date and time as a result of security delays will be considered "late." Furthermore, note that if offerors utilize commercial carriers in the delivery of proposals, they may not honor time-of-day delivery guarantees on military installations. Early white paper submission is encouraged. Solicitation Request: 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright Research Site is soliciting white papers on the research effort described below. White Papers should be addressed to the Contracting Point of Contact (POC) stated in Section VII of the Full Text Announcement. This is an unrestricted solicitation. Small businesses are encouraged to propose on all or any part of this solicitation. The NAICS Code for this acquisition is 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), and the small business size standard is 500 employees. White Papers/Proposals submitted shall be in accordance with this announcement. There will be no other solicitation issued in regard to this requirement. Offerors should be alert for any BAA amendments that may permit extensions to the white paper submission date. On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA): Potential offerors are notified that effective 01 Jan 2005 to be eligible for an award, they must submit annual Electronic Representations and Certifications, otherwise known as On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) via the Business Partner Network (BPN) at http://www.bpn.gov/orca. These FAR and DFARS level representations and certifications are required in addition to the representations and certifications specific to this acquisition. Before submitting the Electronic Representations and Certifications, contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. On-line registration instructions can be accessed from the DISA CCR home page at http://www.ccr.gov/ Estimated Program Cost: $49 Million Anticipated Number of Awards: The Air Force anticipates awarding 3-5 awards for this announcement per year. Brief Program Summary: The objective of this BAA is to research, demonstrate, evaluate, and transition human performance methods and technology to enable warfighters to have the right skills, knowledge, experience and capabilities at the right time to make the right decisions. Address technical questions to: M. Jay Carroll, 711 HPW/RHAO, 6030 South Kent Street, Mesa, AZ 85212, telephone: (480) 988-9773 or e-mail: Matthew.Carroll at mesa.afmc.af.mil Address contracting questions to: Helen Williams, Det 1 AFRL/PKH, 2310 Eight Street, B167, Wright Patterson AFB OH 45433-7801, 937-656-9833, Helen.Williams at wpafb.af.mil or Gerema A. Randall, Det 1 AFRL/PKH, 2310 Eight Street B167, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7801, 937-255-0406, Gerema.Randall at wpafb.af.mil *************************************************** 10. Pre-doctoral position(s) in traffic and transportation http://www.adaptation-itn.eu There is still one PhD-position open within ADPATATION, a Marie-Curie Initial Training network funded by the EC. It is a 3 year position (full time) for early stage researches (less than 4 years research experience after the master degree). Since the position will be hosted by BMW, Munich, only "non-Germans" can apply. Candidates with a background in psychology, engineering or computer science may apply. They should have research interests in Traffic and Transportation. More details: http://www.adaptation-itn.eu [Josef noted this on 20 January, so it may be gone] Josef Krems can provide further details if needed. ****************************************************************** 11. Research Positions Available with AFRL's PALM Team From: "Gluck,Kevin A Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC" With apologies and respect to our valued colleagues of other nationalities, only U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents of the United States are eligible for these positions. We have a variety of research positions available for talented cognitive, computational, and computer scientists interested in working with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Performance and Learning Models (PALM) Team on basic and applied cognitive science research. Full-time, paid positions range from undergraduate and graduate-level internships and research assistantships, to post-doctoral research appointments, to visiting faculty appointments. Salaries are commensurate with experience. The PALM research portfolio continues to expand and evolve. We use a combination of empirical human-subjects studies and formal, rigorous, computational and mathematical modeling and simulation methods to understand, replicate, and predict human performance and learning, and to create new cognitive science-based technology options. Currently there are research efforts underway in all of the following areas (with associated PIs): Basic research: - large scale cognitive modeling (Scott Douglass) - representations and processes of spatial visualization (Glenn Gunzelmann) - modeling the relationships between alertness and cognitive processes (Glenn Gunzelmann) - persistent, generative, situated agents (Christopher Myers) Applied research: - natural language comprehension and generation (Jerry Ball) - robust decision making in integrated human-machine systems (Kevin Gluck) - model exploration and optimization using distributed and high performance computing (Jack Harris) - mathematical models for performance prediction and prescription (Tiffany Jastrzembski) Brief elaborations of each area can be found below. Anyone interested in working with us on one or more of the research efforts listed above is encouraged to contact the PI for that particular research area as soon as possible. Email addresses are first.lastmesa.afmc.af.mil Natural language comprehension and generation (Jerry Ball) The focus of the natural language research is development of computational cognitive models which are both functional and cognitively plausible. There may be short-term costs associated with adoption of cognitive constraints, but we expect, and have to some extent already realized, longer-term benefits. We focus on communication via text messaging, avoiding complex challenges of speech recognition, but make no assumptions about the grammatical quality of messages and put no arbitrary limits on their linguistic range. Our current project, the Synthetic Teammate, is aimed at development of a cognitive agent capable of functioning as the pilot of a simulated UAV. The cognitive agent interacts with two teammates-a navigator, and a photographer-in order to take pictures of ground targets over the course of a simulated 40 minute reconnaissance mission. Lightweight agent versions of the navigator and photographer currently support development, but the cognitive agent will eventually interact with human teammates in an empirical study. Large scale cognitive modeling (Scott Douglass) Explores how paradigms in software engineering called "meta-modeling" and "model-integrated computing" can be used to produce domain-specific modeling languages tailored to the specification and integration needs of cognitive modelers. These new formalisms will help cognitive modelers increase the scale of their efforts by allowing them to specify self-modifying models at high levels of abstraction. These new formalisms will share a foundation in general systems theory and will therefore help their users: (a) compose and compare models; and (b) integrate models into task environments and simulations that subscribe to the same formal foundation. This research reciprocates value back to software engineering by demonstrating how specifications of cognitive processes can be formally captured and exploited during the design of human/machine systems. Representations and processes of spatial visualization (Glenn Gunzelmann) Human spatial competence is applied ubiquitously as individuals encode information about the location of objects in the world, plan routes and navigate through the environment, reason about spatial relationships, or make decisions in environments that are rich with spatial information. Despite the criticality of spatial information processing in human cognitive functioning, detailed mechanistic theories that can be used to explain and predict behavior are lacking. Our research in this area is targeted at producing a mechanistic, quantitative theory of human spatial competence, focused on representing and processing visuospatial knowledge. This research involves rigorous empirical data collection, to understand human performance in this area and to support validation of quantitative theoretical accounts instantiated as mathematical and computational models. Modeling the relationships between alertness and cognitive processes (Glenn Gunzelmann) Understanding the functioning of the human cognitive system is as important as understanding the human physiological system in operational environments. As an example, research on fatigue has uncovered neurophysiological changes in the human brain resulting from sleep loss, circadian desynchrony, or time on task. In addition, corresponding deficits in human performance on a variety of tasks have been documented in the empirical literature. What is unknown, however, are the mechanisms through which physiological changes impact cognitive performance. This line of research is aimed at understanding how cognitive processing changes as a result of fatigue, bridging the gap between mathematical models that capture the dynamics of overall change in neurobehavior performance and in situ performance on particular tasks. Robust decision making in integrated human-machine systems (Kevin Gluck) It is increasingly clear that the traditional boundaries between human and machine are disappearing. The future vision of integrated human-machine decision systems is already upon us. Hence, there is escalating pressure on AFRL researchers to better understand the basic science of mixed human - machine decision making, and make use of this science to develop increasingly robust, automated knowledge-extraction tools and intelligent machine-based decision aids that optimize, speed up, and adaptively adjust inference, prediction, and decision processes. This is a new-start research area in which we are interested in new models and methods for assuring high quality decision processes and outcomes, especially in complex and uncertain dynamic environments. Model exploration and optimization using distributed and high performance computing (Jack Harris) Computational complexity grows quickly with increases in the granularity of models, the fidelity of the models' operating environment, and the time scales across which these models are used in simulations. We must find ways to deal with the computational demands of large-scale basic and applied cognitive modeling. One approach is to acquire more computational horsepower, such as through high performance computing (HPC) clusters, volunteer computing, or cloud computing. Another approach is to reduce the size of the required computational space through predictive analytics and parallelized exploration and optimization algorithms. Our view is that it is only through the combined use of these approaches that we can meet our far-term scientific and technological objectives, both as a research team and as a broader research community. Mathematical models for performance prediction and prescription (Tiffany Jastrzembski) Training people to stable levels of high performance in specialized skills requires a great deal of investment in both time and capital, and this is particularly true in highly complex domains like military operations. Given the length, complexity, resource limitations, and cost of warfighter training, it is critical to ensure that the timing and frequency of training events are tailored to the needs of the learner to maximize learning and performance effectiveness. This research identifies the mathematical regularities of human learning and forgetting as a function of the temporal distribution of training in order to (1) validly, precisely, and quantitatively predict future levels of learner performance, and to (2) prescribe more optimal training schedules to enhance retention, achieve more effective learning, and streamline training to the needs of the individual. Persistent, generative, situated agents (Christopher Myers) The typical approach to computational cognitive modeling is to isolate a process of interest and capture enough detail within the model to account for a set of data obtained from humans performing within a particular task environment. The promise of this approach is that veridical models of cognitive processes will eventually be integrated to produce more complex processes. While this approach has proven beneficial to isolating, studying, and understanding arguably distinct cognitive processes, the resulting models are typically brittle, engineered, short-lived and tailored to specific experimental psychology paradigms. These characteristics are limitations to the development of models which require persisting over long periods of time and generating their own knowledge. This research is focused on identifying, developing, and integrating process models of cognitive capacities to enable persistent and generative models. _______________________________________________ ACT-R-users mailing list ACT-R-users at act-r.psy.cmu.edu http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/act-r-users *************************************************** 12. Graduate student, postdoctoral and research programmer positions at RPI [from Soar-group] List-Id: "The soar-group mailing list." The Human-Level Intelligence Laboratory at Rensselaer has just been awarded a grant to study "Unified Theories of Language and Cognition". As a consequence, we have funding for several graduate student, postdoctoral and research programmer positions. The project aims to develop a unified computational theory of language use that significantly expands the ability of computers to understand language and explains how people use background knowledge and context to achieve deep understanding of language even when it is highly ambiguous, novel, ungrammatical and/or metaphorical. Many aspects of this problem (for example, the reasoning algorithms and ontologies involved) are not specific to language and thus an interest in language is not strictly necessary to participate. Rensselaer is located in the Hudson Valley, equidistant from Boston and New York City. It is conceivable that we could work something out with someone who is constrained to reside near one of those cities. Our primary criterion for bringing new people into the lab is the intelligence, curiosity, energy and motivation needed to solve the problems involved in this project. Background in one or more of the following areas, would help, though is not necessary: * Linguistics. Formal syntax and semantics, construction grammars and pragmatics are especially relevant. * Reasoning algorithms. Our work integrates multiple forms of reasoning algorithms, including those based on first-order logic, SAT, probability theory and analogy. * Ontologies. Our approach is knowledge-intensive and will require the ability to acquire and organize this knowledge. * Semantic Web. We will be interfacing with information available in many machine-readable, distributed knowledge bases. There are many interesting problems involved in using this information for reasoning and language understanding. * Software engineering. All our work is integrated within a single cognitive architecture. This presents several interesting software engineering challenges. If you are interested in a position, please send a note to me at cassin at rpi dot edu. *************************************************** 13. Graduate Student Positions at RPI Research Assistants The CogWorks Laboratory in the Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer has funding for new Graduate Research Assistants in AY2010 (beginning August 2010). The theme to our work is the Cognitive Science of Natural Interaction with a focus on the integration of perception, motor, and cognitive operations. This work has focused on human-technology, human-information, and (most recently) human-human interactions. We see the human-human interactions as part of Cognitive Social Science; namely, an approach to traditional social psychology type questions that is rooted in cognitive science theory, modeling approaches, and methodologies. Recent work in human-technology interaction includes the study of fast-paced action games. In our premier gaming project we have collected EEG, eye data, and behavioral data, and are building computational cognitive models of expert game play as a means to understanding the control problems in real-time interactive behavior. We are also building models of airline pilots who get lost or confused while taxingly on the ground from the runway to the gate. Our work on human-information interaction has focused on the cognitive control of multitasking, interruptions, errors, and other common human behaviors which turn out to be incredibly hard to understand. We are looking for people with good computer science and mathematics skills and an intense interest in cognitive science! To apply contact: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/admissions/graduate/index.html [the deadline may have passed, but it is recurring, and there may be other opportunities for really good matches] For more information contact: **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray; Professor of Cognitive Science & Professor of Computer Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315, Fax: 518-276-3017 *************************************************** 14. Job opportunity at Design Interactive http://www.designinteractive.net Design Interactive, Inc. (located just outside of Orlando, FL) is looking for masters level students who recently graduated and are looking for job opportunities. We are looking to hire an entry level person, with a background in observational task analysis, requirements specification, experimental design and conduct, data analysis, literature review, supporting development of theoretical foundations, usability engineering, critical thinking, problem-solving, and applied engineering. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Please have potential candidates send their resumes to Kay Stanney, Kay.Stanney at DesignInteractive.net. Thanks! Queries to Kay or to Christina Kokini, christina.kokini at designinteractive.net *************************************************** 15. Rutgers seeks Cognitive Science Director http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ruccs/jobs.php [posted by Michael Littman To: comp-neuro at neuroinf.org] The Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCS) at the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers University is searching for a new director. The ideal candidate is an outstanding scholar with proven administrative abilities and a vision for the future of cognitive science at Rutgers. A primary goal of the Center is to understand aspects of intelligent performance such as perception, language processing, decision making, problem solving, reasoning, learning and knowledge formation. RuCCS has 22 jointly appointed faculty members and 30 associates who play an active role in the intellectual life of the Center. The Center promotes the integration of techniques and knowledge drawn from a wide variety of fields, primarily psychology, computer science, linguistics and philosophy. The Center offers a Certificate for graduate students and a minor and major for undergraduates. Candidates should be at the Full Professor level. Salary is negotiable. Consideration of applications will begin on March 29, 2010. Please see the posting at http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ruccs/jobs.php for details on the position as well as contact information. *************************************************** -30- From ja+ at cmu.edu Wed Mar 3 10:24:06 2010 From: ja+ at cmu.edu (John Anderson) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:24:06 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2010 Summer Workshop (and Summer School) Message-ID: ACT-R workshop at ICCM This year we will hold a 1-day ACT-R Workshop at Drexel on Thursday, August 5, the day before the main ICCM program begins. The workshop will consist of updates on ACT-R, presentations on architectural issues, and group discussion. The goal is to provide a forum for communication among the ACT-R community. Those who would like to make presentations should contact John Anderson. Also please send suggestions for possible symposium topics. Also the deadline for application to the ACT-R Summer School (which will be held the week before ICCM at CMU) is April 1. See http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/actrnews/index.php?id=30 -- ========================================================== 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 jeedward at yahoo.com Fri Mar 5 10:57:41 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:57:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers: AIPR-10, USA, July 2010 Message-ID: <656397.39244.qm@web45911.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research area is in artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems, soft-computing, evolutionary computing and related areas. Call for papers: AIPR-10, USA, July 2010 The 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) 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 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 Communications and Networks (CCN-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) MULTICONF-10 will be held at Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites. It is a full-service resort that puts you in the middle of the fun! Located 1/2 block south of the famed International Drive, the hotel is just minutes from great entertainment like Walt Disney World? Resort, Universal Studios and Sea World Orlando. Guests can enjoy free scheduled transportation to these theme parks, as well as spacious accommodations, outdoor pools and on-site dining ? all situated on 10 tropically landscaped acres. Here, guests can experience a full-service resort with discount hotel pricing in Orlando. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zhang at cis.uab.edu Mon Mar 8 16:53:04 2010 From: zhang at cis.uab.edu (IEEE-IRI-Publicity) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:53:04 -0600 (CST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: 2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration Message-ID: [Apologies if you received multiple copies because of cross-posting] ----------------------------------------------------------------- The 11th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2010) Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 4-6, 2010 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/ The increasing volumes and dimensions of information have dramatic impact on effective decision-making. To remedy this situation, Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into legacy systems. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains. This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information reuse considers optimizing representation methodologies; information integration studies strategies for creatively applying models in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on ontological opportunities for deploying models and corresponding processes. The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The conference feature contributed and invited papers. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, and keynote speeches. A forum will be conducted with the intent of bridging IRI and Systems of Systems and why the future of intelligent computing - including computing applications - will lie at the juxtaposition of these two topical areas. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/Semi-structured Data - Middleware & Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling & Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security & Privacy - Survivable Systems & Infrastructures - AI & Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command & Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical & Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems & Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environments - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environments - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted at the conference web site: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/. If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to either of the Program Chairs (mailing address available on the conference website) on or before the deadline date of March 28, 2010. The attachment must be in .pdf (preferred) or word.doc format. The subject of the email must be "IEEE IRI 2010 Submission." Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new work and are previously unpublished. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Important Dates January 24, 2010 Workshop/Special session proposal March 28, 2010 Paper submission deadline (11:59 PM, PST) May 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance June 18, 2010 Camera-ready paper due June 18, 2010 Presenting author registration due July 30, 2010 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 30, 2010 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 4-6, 2010 Conference events _______________________________________________ ieeeauthors mailing list ieeeauthors at cis.uab.edu http://crier.cis.uab.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieeeauthors From ido at phas.ubc.ca Mon Mar 8 19:55:23 2010 From: ido at phas.ubc.ca (Ido Roll) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:55:23 -0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] One week left: CFA: Intelligent Support in Exploratory Environments (ISEE@ICLS'10) References: Message-ID: <96342571-9436-4FC5-A4EA-25D6846F5E98@phas.ubc.ca> (apologies for cross posting) The submission deadline for extended abstracts is only one week away (March 15). The 3rd Workshop on Intelligent Support in Exploratory Environments: Striking a Balance Between Free and Guided Exploration To be held in conjunction with ICLS 2010. Looking forward to a stimulating discussion, Ido Roll Manolis Mavrikis Sergio Guti?rrez Santos On 19 February 2010 18:53, Ido Roll wrote: > > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > CALL FOR ABSTRACTS > > The 3rd Workshop on Intelligent Support in Exploratory Environments > In the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ISEE at ICLS?10) > > Striking a Balance Between Free and Guided Exploration > > https://sites.google.com/a/lkl.ac.uk/isee/isee-10 > > Deadline for extended abstracts: March 15 > > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > OBJECTIVES > Exploratory Learning Environments (ELE) are virtual environments that adhere > to constructivist theories of learning emphasizing learner control. However, > research suggests that lack of sufficient explicit support may undermine > their effectiveness. Advanced technologies provide opportunities to supply > learners with the right information at the right time. This workshop, 3rd in > a series, focuses on striking a balance between free and guided exploration > and provides a forum for conceptualizing and raising requirements for > intelligent support in ELE. > The workshop is expected to lead to a special IJLS issue. > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > TOPICS > While all relevant submissions are welcome, authors are encouraged to > discuss the following aspects regarding intelligent support in exploratory > environments: > 1. Type of task: What tasks are best suitable for ELE? How should these > tasks be structured and scaffolded? > 2. Learning in ELE: How do students learn in ELE? How do students learn > from failed attempts? What makes productive vs. unproductive learning > trajectories? That is, what "floundering" or errors at the domain level are > useful, vs. what errors waste students' time or cause unnecessary confusion? > How can we tell these apart? > 3. Type of support: What support can aid students' learning without > reducing critical features of constructivist learning? > 4. Timing of support: When should feedback be given? What type of > errors requires intervention? How can a system identify these errors? > 5. Collaboration scenarios: What learning tasks can most benefit from > collaboration? How can collaborative work be supported? > 6. Support for teachers: What support do teachers need to attend to the > needs of their students? > 7. Research methods: How can we assess different learning trajectories in > ELE? What techniques can be used to analyze students' learning processes > and outcomes in real time and after the fact? How can we best apply > cognitive task analysis, data mining, and other techniques, to answer the > previous questions? > > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > IMPORTANT DATES: > ? Extended Abstract deadline: March 15, 2010, midnight Hawaii time > ? Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2010 > ? Online Discussions start: June 15, 2009 > ? Workshop: half-day, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:00AM ? 12:30PM > > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > WORKSHOP FORMAT > The workshop will be discussion-oriented, framed around specific questions. > The aim therefore is to have fruitful discussion prior and during the > workshop rather than a mini-conference format. > In particular, the methodology used will be based on an adaptation of the > 'learning discussion forum' (aka Learning Cafe Methodology) > which involves experts' introductions and group discussions ensuring that > all participants can have a direct impact in addressing the > workshop questions. This methodology has been successfully implemented in > previous conferences and editions of this workshop. > > The workshop will conclude with plans for the future, one of which being a > special IJLS issue on the topic based on the body of work presented in this > and previous workshops. > > :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: > > SUBMISSION > Authors should submit extended abstracts that clearly address one or more of > the questions to be explored at the workshop. We especially encourage > submissions of work based on empirical data. All submissions will be > refereed in order to decide on acceptance. > > Submissions should be 1-2 pages long and should include title, authors, and > a summary of the authors? contribution to the workshop in relation to one or > more of the topics above. References and figures can take up to one > additional page. Papers should be A4 or letter size, with at least 1? > margins on each side, font size 12 points, and space of 1.5 lines between > lines. Accepted formats are pdf, doc, rtf, or odt. > > The accepted abstracts will be discussed online prior to the workshop and > form the basis for the discussions on the day of the workshop. > > Submit your papers to isee.icls10 at idoroll.org. > > Thank you, > Workshop co-chairs: > ? Ido Roll (Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative, University of British Columbia, Canada) > ? Manolis Mavrikis (Institute of Education - University of London, UK) > ? Sergio Guti?rrez Santos (Birkbeck College - University of London, UK) > > Advisory board: > ? Vincent Aleven (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) > ? Ryan Baker (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) > ? Vania Dimitrova (University of Leeds, UK) > ? Wouter van Joolingen (University of Twente, The Netherlands) > ? Ken Koedinger (Carnegie Mellon University) > ? Rose Luckin (London Knowledge Lab, UK) > ? Richard Noss (Institute of Education, UK) > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zhang at cis.uab.edu Wed Mar 17 17:00:26 2010 From: zhang at cis.uab.edu (IEEE-IRI-Publicity) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:26 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] DL Approaching:2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration Message-ID: Deadline for regular paper submission: Mar. 28th [Apologies if you received multiple copies because of cross-posting] ----------------------------------------------------------------- The 11th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2010) Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 4-6, 2010 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/ The increasing volumes and dimensions of information have dramatic impact on effective decision-making. To remedy this situation, Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into legacy systems. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains. This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information reuse considers optimizing representation methodologies; information integration studies strategies for creatively applying models in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on ontological opportunities for deploying models and corresponding processes. The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The conference feature contributed and invited papers. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, and keynote speeches. A forum will be conducted with the intent of bridging IRI and Systems of Systems and why the future of intelligent computing - including computing applications - will lie at the juxtaposition of these two topical areas. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/Semi-structured Data - Middleware & Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling & Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security & Privacy - Survivable Systems & Infrastructures - AI & Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command & Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical & Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems & Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environments - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environments - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted at the conference web site: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/. If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to either of the Program Chairs (mailing address available on the conference website) on or before the deadline date of March 28, 2010. The attachment must be in .pdf (preferred) or word.doc format. The subject of the email must be "IEEE IRI 2010 Submission." Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new work and are previously unpublished. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Important Dates January 24, 2010 Workshop/Special session proposal March 28, 2010 Paper submission deadline (11:59 PM, PST) May 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance June 18, 2010 Camera-ready paper due June 18, 2010 Presenting author registration due July 30, 2010 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 30, 2010 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 4-6, 2010 Conference events _______________________________________________ ieeeauthors mailing list ieeeauthors at cis.uab.edu http://crier.cis.uab.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieeeauthors From GCIS2010CFP at whut.edu.cn Thu Mar 18 09:26:30 2010 From: GCIS2010CFP at whut.edu.cn (GCIS 2010 CFP) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:26:30 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] GCIS & WCSE 2010, Wuhan, China: Submission Deadline 30 May (EI Compendex/ISTP/IEEE Xplore) Message-ID: <22FC8C1F339E42918C30389E440FAF84@adadd4e53c89df> 2010 Second Global Congress on Intelligent Systems (GCIS 2010) http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/GCIS/2010 16-17 December 2010, Wuhan, China 2010 Second World Congress on Software Engineering (WCSE 2010) http://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/WCSE/2010 19-20 December 2010, Wuhan, China GCIS & WCSE 2010 intends to be a global forum for researchers and engineers to present and discuss recent innovations and new techniques in intelligent systems and software engineering. GCIS & WCSE 2010 conference proceedings will be published by the CPS which will include the conference proceedings in the IEEE Xplore and submit the conference proceedings to Ei Compendex and ISTP for indexing (GCIS & WCSE 2009 proceedings were already indexed in Ei Compendex). The registration fee of US D 400 or RM B 2700 includes publication of 1 paper, lunches, dinners, and banquet. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: GCIS: artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligent control and automation, computational intelligence, soft computing, nature-inspired computation, bio-inspired algorithms, neuro-fuzzy techniques, genetic and evolutionary algorithms, semantic web, etc.. WCSE: Software metrics; Software tools and development environments; Software policy and ethics; Programming languages; Internet and information systems development; Software requirements; Software architecture and design; Software components and reuse; Software testing and analysis; Human-Computer Interaction; Software processes and workflows; Software dependability, safety, privacy and reliability; Reverse engineering and maintenance; Program comprehension and visualization, etc.. Wuhan is known as the "Homeland of White Clouds and Yellow Crane" and is one of China?s largest cities. There are many scenic spots and historical sites within and around Wuhan, for example, the Yellow Crane Tower, the East Lake, many charming colonial style buildings along Yanjiang Street and around Hongshan Square. Important Dates: Paper Submission Deadline: 30 May 2010 Review Notification: 1 September 2010 Final Papers and Author Registration Deadline: 15 September 2010 In addition to research papers, the conference also encourages companies and institutions to showcase their modern products and equipment in the conference area. Please email your inquiries to GCIS2010 at whut.edu.cn (for GCIS 2010) or WCSE2010 at whut.edu.cn (for WCSE 2010). 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 cacs2010_cfp at irast.net Thu Mar 18 10:07:16 2010 From: cacs2010_cfp at irast.net (CACS 2010) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:07:16 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CACS 2010 Singapore, Submission Deadline 15 April [EI/ISTP/IEEE Xplore] Message-ID: <201003181407.o2IE7qJf014092@mx3.andrew.cmu.edu> [ Please forward to those who may be interested. Thanks. ] ================================================================== 2010 International Congress on Computer Applications and Computational Science CACS 2010 http://irast.org/conferences/CACS/2010 4-6 December 2010, Singapore ================================================================== CACS 2010 aims to bring together researchers and scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories to present new results and identify future research directions in computer applications and computational science. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Agent and Autonomous Systems Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Computer Architecture and VLSI Computer Control and Robotics Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Computers in Education Computer Modeling and Simulations Computer Networks and Communications Computer Security and Privacy Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Data Mining and Data Engineering Distributed and Services Computing Energy and Power Systems Intelligent Systems Internet and Web Systems Nano Technologies Real-Time and Embedded Systems Scientific Computing and Applications Signal, Image and Multimedia Processing Software Engineering Test Technologies CACS 2010 conference proceedings will be published by CPS which will include the conference proceedings in IEEE Xplore and submit the proceedings to Ei Compendex and ISTP for indexing. Singapore's cultural diversity reflects its colonial history and Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arab ethnicities. English is the dominant official language, which is convenient for foreign visitors. Places of interest, such as the Orchard Road district, Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, and Sentosa, attract millions of visitors a year. Singapore is a paradise for shopping, dinning, entertainment, and nightlife, with two new integrated resorts. Conference Contact: CACS at irast.org Paper Submission Deadline: 15 May 2010 Review Decision Notifications: 15 August 2010 Final Papers and Author Registration Deadline: 9 September 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stu at agstechnet.com Thu Mar 18 19:24:17 2010 From: stu at agstechnet.com (Stu @ AGS TechNet) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:17 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R Environment Buffer Trace graphic row height settings In-Reply-To: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> References: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> Message-ID: <4BA2B621.6020105@agstechnet.com> Hello! Is there a model settings that can adjust the row heights in the horizontal buffer trace similar to :graphic-column-widths? And the formatting info too please? Thank you! Stu AGS TechNet P.O.Box 752384 Dayton, OH 45475-2384 937-903-0558 Voice 513-297-0880 Fax stu at agstechnet.com www.agstechnet.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From db30 at andrew.cmu.edu Thu Mar 18 21:20:34 2010 From: db30 at andrew.cmu.edu (Dan Bothell) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:20:34 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R Environment Buffer Trace graphic row height settings In-Reply-To: <28032_1268954691_o2INOoP0016253_4BA2B621.6020105@agstechnet.com> References: <5481094F-9CF3-49AC-8A7D-36276A6C3AA1@umich.edu> <28032_1268954691_o2INOoP0016253_4BA2B621.6020105@agstechnet.com> Message-ID: <42A192C48179A98A7F2CC3BF@[192.168.1.10]> --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:24 PM -0400 "Stu @ AGS TechNet" wrote: > Hello! > Is there a model settings that can adjust the row heights in the horizontal buffer trace similar > to :graphic-column-widths? And the formatting info too please? > Thank you! > Stu > > There is no setting to control that. It's hardcoded in the Tcl/Tk code which draws the horizontal trace. If you wanted to modify that the code is in the environment/GUI/dialogs/72-ctrl-panel-gt-button.tcl file. I'm not sure what you mean by the formatting info, but there are no controls on how the text is printed in the boxes of the graphic traces. The request (or event details) is printed at the top of the box and the chunk name (if there was one) is printed at the bottom of the box. Dan From zhang at cis.uab.edu Mon Mar 22 17:16:54 2010 From: zhang at cis.uab.edu (IEEE-IRI-Publicity) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:16:54 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] DL Approaching:2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration Message-ID: Deadline for regular paper submission: Mar. 28th [Apologies if you received multiple copies because of cross-posting] ----------------------------------------------------------------- The 11th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2010) Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 4-6, 2010 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/ The increasing volumes and dimensions of information have dramatic impact on effective decision-making. To remedy this situation, Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into legacy systems. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains. This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information reuse considers optimizing representation methodologies; information integration studies strategies for creatively applying models in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on ontological opportunities for deploying models and corresponding processes. The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The conference feature contributed and invited papers. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, and keynote speeches. A forum will be conducted with the intent of bridging IRI and Systems of Systems and why the future of intelligent computing - including computing applications - will lie at the juxtaposition of these two topical areas. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/Semi-structured Data - Middleware & Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling & Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security & Privacy - Survivable Systems & Infrastructures - AI & Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command & Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical & Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems & Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environments - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environments - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted at the conference web site: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/. If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to either of the Program Chairs (mailing address available on the conference website) on or before the deadline date of March 28, 2010. The attachment must be in .pdf (preferred) or word.doc format. The subject of the email must be "IEEE IRI 2010 Submission." Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new work and are previously unpublished. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Important Dates January 24, 2010 Workshop/Special session proposal March 28, 2010 Paper submission deadline (11:59 PM, PST) May 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance June 18, 2010 Camera-ready paper due June 18, 2010 Presenting author registration due July 30, 2010 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 30, 2010 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 4-6, 2010 Conference events _______________________________________________ ieeeauthors mailing list ieeeauthors at cis.uab.edu http://crier.cis.uab.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieeeauthors From jeedward at yahoo.com Wed Mar 24 18:25:57 2010 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:25:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers (Deadline Extended): AIPR-10, USA, July 2010 Message-ID: <574544.68945.qm@web45901.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research area is in artificial intelligence, knowledge-based systems, soft-computing, evolutionary computing and related areas. Call for papers (Deadline Extended): AIPR-10, USA, July 2010 The 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-10) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) 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 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 Communications and Networks (CCN-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) MULTICONF-10 will be held at Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites. It is a full-service resort that puts you in the middle of the fun! Located 1/2 block south of the famed International Drive, the hotel is just minutes from great entertainment like Walt Disney World? Resort, Universal Studios and Sea World Orlando. Guests can enjoy free scheduled transportation to these theme parks, as well as spacious accommodations, outdoor pools and on-site dining ? all situated on 10 tropically landscaped acres. Here, guests can experience a full-service resort with discount hotel pricing in Orlando. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website http://www.PromoteResearch.org for more details. Sincerely John Edward -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zhang at cis.uab.edu Thu Mar 25 18:17:33 2010 From: zhang at cis.uab.edu (Chengcui Zhang) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:17:33 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] DL Extended to Apr. 16 :2010 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration Message-ID: ============================ Because of numerous requests we are extending the paper submission deadline to April 16, 2010. ============================ The 11th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2010) Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 4-6, 2010 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/ The increasing volumes and dimensions of information have dramatic impact on effective decision-making. To remedy this situation, Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into legacy systems. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains. This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information reuse considers optimizing representation methodologies; information integration studies strategies for creatively applying models in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on ontological opportunities for deploying models and corresponding processes. The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The conference feature contributed and invited papers. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, and keynote speeches. A forum will be conducted with the intent of bridging IRI and Systems of Systems and why the future of intelligent computing - including computing applications - will lie at the juxtaposition of these two topical areas. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/Semi-structured Data - Middleware & Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling & Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security & Privacy - Survivable Systems & Infrastructures - AI & Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command & Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical & Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems & Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environments - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environments - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted at the conference web site: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2010/. If web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to either of the Program Chairs (mailing address available on the conference website) on or before the deadline date of April 16, 2010. The attachment must be in .pdf (preferred) or word.doc format. The subject of the email must be "IEEE IRI 2010 Submission." Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new work and are previously unpublished. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Important Dates January 24, 2010 Workshop/Special session proposal April 16, 2010 Paper submission deadline (11:59 PM, PST, extended!) May 21, 2010 Notification of acceptance June 18, 2010 Camera-ready paper due June 18, 2010 Presenting author registration due July 30, 2010 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 30, 2010 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 4-6, 2010 Conference events Keynote Speakers Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, Uuniversity of California Berkeley Prof. Xindong Wu, University of Vermont _______________________________________________ ieeeauthors mailing list ieeeauthors at cis.uab.edu http://crier.cis.uab.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieeeauthors From r.m.young at ucl.ac.uk Tue Mar 30 07:06:14 2010 From: r.m.young at ucl.ac.uk (Richard M Young) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:06:14 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Two PhD studentships in the use of interactive medical devices Message-ID: If anyone knows of good students looking to do a PhD in an interesting area ... University College London UCL INTERACTION CENTRE PhD Studentship: Understanding routine procedural action in the use of interactive devices Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the area of understanding routine procedural action and slip errors, under the supervision of Duncan Brumby and Anna Cox. The precise focus will be developed with the student but may explore the effects of interruptions and resumptions, or of multi-tasking, in routine use of interactive devices. The project will involve experimental work with human participants designed to test theories of interactive behaviour. Details about the studentship and its role within the CHI+MED project can be found in the further information at http://www.chi-med.ac.uk/posts/studentship-WP3-2010/index.html. Applicants should have a first or upper-second (2:1) class honours degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science or another related area and have a clear interest in human-computer interaction. Experience of running controlled experiments with human participants is essential, as is an effective working knowledge of statistical data analysis tools (e.g., SPSS, R). Candidates should have excellent written and verbal communication skills. High levels of ability in computing and programming are desirable. This is a funded studentship. Details of level of funding and eligibility can be found in the further information, which also has instructions on how to apply. Informal queries can be directed to Duncan Brumby (Brumby at cs.ucl.ac.uk, tel. 020 7679 0689) or Anna Cox (Anna.Cox at ucl.ac.uk). The studentship runs for 42 months full-time starting September 2010. Closing date for applications is 6 May 2010. Interviews will be held on 20 May 2010. Please note that another, separate studentship on the CHI+MED project is also available, on the situated use of interactive medical devices: see http://www.chi-med.ac.uk/posts/studentship-WP4-2010/index.html. UCL Taking Action for Equality ----------------------------------------------- University College London UCL INTERACTION CENTRE PhD Studentship: Situated use of interactive medical devices Applications are invited for a PhD studentship on the use of interactive medical devices by patients and carers. Based at the UCL Interaction Centre, the student will be part of an internationally leading Human-Computer Interaction group within the CHI+MED project. Under the supervision of Ann Blandford and Astrid Mayer, the student will investigate how medical devices are used by patients and carers, particularly away from the hospital setting. The project will involve a range of qualitative data gathering and analysis approaches including interviews, observations and patient diaries to build up a rich understanding of people's experiences with interactive medical devices such as infusion devices and glucometers. Details about the studentship and its role within the CHI+MED project can be found in the further information at http://www.chi-med.ac.uk/posts/studentship-WP4-2010/index.html. Applicants should have a first or upper-second (2:1) class honours degree in Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or another related area and have a clear interest in human-computer interaction. Experience of qualitative research is desirable. Candidates should have excellent written and verbal communication skills. This is a funded studentship. Details of level of funding and eligibility can be found in the further information, which also has instructions on how to apply. Informal queries can be directed to Ann Blandford (a.blandford at ucl.ac.uk, tel. 020 7679 0686) or Astrid Mayer (astrid.mayer at ucl.ac.uk). The studentship runs for 42 months full-time starting September 2010. Closing date for applications is 3 May 2010. Interviews will be held on 13 May 2010. Please note that another, separate studentship on the CHI+MED project is also available, on understanding routine procedural action in the use of interactive devices: see http://www.chi-med.ac.uk/posts/studentship-WP3-2010/index.html. UCL Taking Action for Equality -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: