From David.Kaethner at dlr.de Fri Oct 8 10:22:24 2010 From: David.Kaethner at dlr.de (David.Kaethner at dlr.de) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:22:24 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] visual-location buffer query; tracking Message-ID: Hello everyone, I have two questions I could not answer by reading the manual. 1. I want to harvest the first chunk that is stuffed into the visual-location buffer after a scene change (SET-BUFFER-CHUNK VISUAL-LOCATION VISUAL-LOCATION0-0 REQUESTED NIL). To do that, I want to query the state of the buffer (if there are any chunks in it or not). Is there any way to do that? The visual-location buffer does not have a query like the visual buffer (state empty). 2. I'm trying to do some tests with the tracking feature. In order to do that, I obviously need a moving object first. I want to use the act-r-window with a simple loop that works like "add-text-to-exp-window -- clear-exp-window -- add-text-to-exp-window (at a new position)". The problem is that the model needs to run the entire time (instead of having it restarted like in Unit 3 of the tutorial). - When do I call the model with the "run"-command? If I do it before the start of the loop, the model runs through and obviously can't detect anything since the window has not been executed yet. If I do it within the loop, the model is restarted. - How often do I have to use the "install-device" command? Apparently everytime the model updates the scene (proc-display). But that feels odd, since I take it that install-device only tells the model which device it has to use. Why should I do that several times? If anyone has some example source-code for a tracking task that uses the act-r-window I'd be very interested. Sincerely, David From db30 at andrew.cmu.edu Fri Oct 8 13:16:15 2010 From: db30 at andrew.cmu.edu (db30 at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:16:15 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] visual-location buffer query; tracking In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: --On Friday, October 08, 2010 2:22 PM +0000 David.Kaethner at dlr.de wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have two questions I could not answer by reading the manual. > > 1. I want to harvest the first chunk that is stuffed into the > visual-location buffer after a scene change (SET-BUFFER-CHUNK > VISUAL-LOCATION VISUAL-LOCATION0-0 REQUESTED NIL). To do that, I want to > query the state of the buffer (if there are any chunks in it or not). Is > there any way to do that? The visual-location buffer does not have a > query like the visual buffer (state empty). > Every buffer can be queried for "buffer full" or "buffer empty". If you want to know if a chunk has been stuffed into the buffer you can query for "buffer unrequested" which is also available for every buffer. Thus, this query in a production would only match when there was a chunk stuffed into the visual-location buffer: ?visual-location> buffer full buffer unrequested However, if you want to harvest the chunk, then you don't really need the "buffer full" query since the buffer test itself is only going to match if there's a chunk in the buffer. So, this combination would be sufficient to match that state and then use the chunk: (p harvest-stuffed-visual-location =visual-location> isa visual-location ?visual-location> buffer unrequested ==> ... ) > 2. I'm trying to do some tests with the tracking feature. In order to do > that, I obviously need a moving object first. I want to use the > act-r-window with a simple loop that works like "add-text-to-exp-window > -- clear-exp-window -- add-text-to-exp-window (at a new position)". Before getting to the actual questions, it should be noted that using tracking with the vision module can be a little finicky to work with. The mechanism you describe, clearing the screen and adding a new item, requires the vision module to determine whether or not the items are the "same" for tracking purposes, and that may not do what you want or expect all the time. It is more consistent if you "tell" the module that it's the same thing either by using the same object in the device or by returning the same feature chunk on subsequent screen updates. The examples indicated below show those two mechanisms in use. > The > problem is that the model needs to run the entire time (instead of having > it restarted like in Unit 3 of the tutorial). - When do I call the model > with the "run"-command? If I do it before the start of the loop, the > model runs through and obviously can't detect anything since the window > has not been executed yet. If I do it within the loop, the model is > restarted. There is no one right answer for how to write the code that presents an experiment and runs the model. So, I can't really offer much in the way of specific advice in that regard. However, I can make some general comments about it. First, calling one of the ACT-R run commands does not restart the model. All the run commands do is cause time to advance executing the events which occur as it does. Thus, a second call to run would just cause the model to pick up where it left off. As for writing the experiment code itself there are two very broad strategies for how to approach that. The iterative style works as you describe with a loop executing some code and then running the model for a while and repeating. There is another approach however which uses more of an event-based style. The event-based style relies on the fact that the event system that runs the model is also available for scheduling actions which can execute arbitrary code as well as the ability of the model's actions (key presses, mouse clicks, etc) to also cause arbitrary code execution. With the event-based approach there is typically only one call to run the model needed and any necessary set up happens along the way when appropriate. There are examples of both used in the tutorial models, and the experiment description in unit 4 of the ACT-R tutorial (the unit4_exp file) discusses some of the differences between them. When designing the code to present a task, my approach is to try to separate that from thinking about the model and how it should operate. Often the task itself suggests a style which may be easier to use to set things up, and from there the user interaction (be it person or model) just fits in naturally. For a moving object task, an important question would be when does the item move? If it's on a fixed time scheduled then that could be done iteratively by using fixed length calls to run to space out the execution of the movement code, or event-based by scheduling the actions to move the item when appropriate. If however, the item is to move based on the user's interaction then the event- based approach would seem to be the much easier way to go. > - How often do I have to use the "install-device" command? > Apparently everytime the model updates the scene (proc-display). But that > feels odd, since I take it that install-device only tells the model which > device it has to use. Why should I do that several times? Install-device should only need to be called once because it does do just what you note -- it tells the model which device to use. Without seeing your code I can't say why you'd need multiple calls, but the only two reasons that I can think of would be because of the model being reset or because you're opening a new window for the interface each time. > If anyone has > some example source-code for a tracking task that uses the act-r-window > I'd be very interested. > > There is an example provided with the ACT-R sources in the examples directory called "visual-tracking-example.lisp". It contains two example situations using the mechanisms I described above to ensure that the object is tracked reliably i.e. repeated use of the same object using the included virtual windows and a custom interface device which returns the same visual-location feature chunks modified appropriately on successive updates. Hope that helps, and if you have any other questions let me know, Dan From Tiffany.Jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil Mon Oct 18 12:38:01 2010 From: Tiffany.Jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil (Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:38:01 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: Behavior Representation in Modeling & Simulation (BRIMS) 2011 Message-ID: <9AC197D8D0788140BC98A478FB3852A84D39BD@VFOHMLMC11.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> (Best viewed in HTML; Apologies for Cross-Postings) You are invited to participate in the 20th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS), to be held at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, UT. BRIMS enables modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, and technical communities across disciplines to meet, share ideas, identify capability gaps, discuss cutting-edge research directions, highlight promising technologies, and showcase the state-of-the-art in Department of Defense related applications. The BRIMS Conference will consist of many exciting elements in 2011, including special topic areas, technical paper sessions, special symposia/panel discussions, and government laboratory sponsor sessions. Highlights of BRIMS 2011 include a fantastic and eclectic lineup of keynote speakers spanning cognitive modeling, sociocultural modeling, and network science: John Laird, PhD University of Michigan, http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/laird/ Lael Schooler, Phd Max Planck Institute, http://ntfm.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/mpib/FMPro Kathleen Carley, PhD Carnegie Mellon University, http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/bios/carley/carley.html Chris Barrett, PhD Virginia Tech, http://ndssl.vbi.vt.edu/people/cbarrett.html The BRIMS Executive Committee invites papers, posters, demos, symposia, panel discussions, and tutorials on topics related to the representation of individuals, groups, teams and organizations in models and simulations. All submissions are peer-reviewed (see www.brimsconference.org for additional details on submission types). Key Dates: All submissions due: December 21, 2010 Tutorial Acceptance: January 31, 2011 Authors Notification January 31, 2011 Final version due: February 18, 2011 Tutorials held: March 21, 2011 BRIMS 2010 Opens: March 22, 2011 Special Topic Areas of Interest are identified to elicit specific technical content: . M&S in network science . Statistical/Graphical approaches to M&S . M&S for asymmetric warfare and joint force applications . Cognitive or behavioral performance moderators in M&S . Integration and reuse of models . Large-scale, persistent, and generative modeling issues General Topic Areas of Interest include, but are not limited to: Modeling . Intelligent agents and avatars/adversarial modeling . Cognitive robots and human-robot interaction . Models of reasoning and decision making . Model validation & comparison . Socio-cultural M&S: team/group/crowd/ behavior . Physical models of human movement . Performance assessment and skill monitoring/tracking . Performance prediction/enhancement/optimization . Intelligent tutoring systems . Knowledge acquisition/engineering . Human behavior issues in model federations Simulation . Synthetic environments for human behavior representation . Terrain representation and reasoning . Spatial reasoning . Time representation . Human behavior usability and interoperability . Efficiency, usability, affordability issues . Operator interfaces . Multi-resolution/fidelity simulations . Science of simulation issues ACCOMMODATIONS and REGISTRATION The conference will be held at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, UT. Visit www.sundanceresort.com for general information about the site and accommodations. Conference and hotel registration, general area, and travel information can be found at www.brimsconference.org. BRIMS PROGAM COMMITTEE: Bradley J. Best (Adaptive Cognitive Systems) William G. Kennedy (George Mason University) Frank E. Ritter (Pennsylvania State University) BRIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Joe Armstrong (CAE), Brad Cain (Defence Research and Development Canada), Bruno Emond (National Research Council Canada), Coty Gonzalez (Carnegie Mellon University), Brian Gore (NASA), Jeff Hansberger (Army Research Laboratory), Kenneth Kwok (DSO National Laboratories, Singapore), John Laird (University of Michigan), Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), Christopher Myers (Air Force Research Laboratory), Bharat Patel (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, UK), Sylvain Pronovost (Carleton University & CAE), Venkat Sastry (University of Cranfield), Barry Silverman (University of Pennsylvania), Neil Smith (QinetiQ), LtCol David Sonntag (AOARD), Webb Stacy (Aptima), Mike van Lent (SoarTech), Walter Warwick (Alion Science and Technology), Jason Wong (Naval Undersea Warfare Center), Patrick Xavier (Sandia National Laboratories) A special thanks to the BRIMS 2011 Government Sponsors for their support of this event: Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory, DARPA, Office of Naval Research, Natick Soldier Center, NASA, and the UK Ministry of Defence. 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Dear Colleagues, I am writing to invite you to submit to the Call for Papers for the 10th International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM-2011) to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, May 31st ? June 3rd, 2011. This conference represents an important milestone for NDM since it has been over 20 years since this community first began meeting. The conference will be held at the Caribe Royale Orlando All-Suites Hotel and Convention Center (see http://www.thecaribeorlando.com/caribe-royale/). This hotel is located just minutes from all of the major theme parks and is only about an hour from Florida beaches. For more complete information, and to download the call for papers, please visit the NDM-2011 website http://www.ce.ucf.edu/ndm2011/). In this we describe the conference tracks and the submission procedure. In the meantime, be sure to mark off your calendar for May 31st ? June 3rd, 2011. Please share this email with colleagues. 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URL: From hedderik at van-rijn.org Wed Oct 20 07:29:22 2010 From: hedderik at van-rijn.org (Hedderik van Rijn) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:29:22 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2011 ACT-R Spring School, Master Class and Workshop in Groningen Message-ID: 2011 ACT-R Spring School, Master Class and Workshop --------------------------------------------------- http://www.ai.rug.nl/actr-springschool Organizers: Niels Taatgen and Hedderik van Rijn Location: University of Groningen, Netherlands Dates: April 11-16, 2011 ACT-R ----- ACT-R is a cognitive theory and simulation system for developing cognitive models for tasks that vary from simple reaction time experiments to driving a car, learning algebra and air traffic control. Following the very successful 2010 ACT-R Spring School and Workshop organized last year, the University of Groningen will again host a spring school and workshop in addition to the post-graduate workshop that will be organized in summer 2011 in the US. There will be a "traditional" four-day spring school and a two-day workshop, but we will also offer a one or two week master class. Spring School ------------- The spring school will take place from Monday April 11 to Thursday April 14. Participants will follow a compressed four-day version of the traditional summer school curriculum. The standard curriculum is structured as a set of six units, of which we will cover four in the course of the week. Each unit lasts a day and involves a morning theory lecture, an afternoon discussion session on advanced topics, and an assignment which participants are expected to complete during the day. Computing facilities will be provided or attendees can bring their own laptop on which the ACT-R software will be installed. To provide an optimal learning environment, admission is limited. Prospective participants should submit an application by January 10, consisting of a curriculum vitae and a statement of purpose. Demonstrated experience with a modeling formalism similar to ACT-R will strengthen the application, as well as general programming experience. Applicants will be notified of admission by January 20. Note that there will be no ACT-R summer school at Carnegie Mellon University this year. Master Class: Work on your own project -------------------------------------- Organized parallel to the spring school, the master class offers the opportunity for modelers to work on their own projects with guidance from experienced ACT-R modelers. Last year, the master class lasted for one week. This year, we have the opportunity for interested modelers to stay for one additional week (i.e., from Monday, April 18 to Thursday, April 21), during which they can continue to work on their own models. Note that signing up for the Master Class assumes some prior ACT-R experience, either through self-study, or having followed an earlier ACT-R spring or summer school. European ACT-R Workshop ----------------------- The ACT-R workshop will take place from Friday April 15 to Saturday April 16. The workshop will feature invited lectures, research presentations, discussion sessions and instructional tutorials. Suggestions for topics of the tutorials and symposia or discussion sessions are welcome. Admission to the workshop is open to all. Registrations fees and housing ------------------------------ Spring School + Workshop: Euro 150 Master Class + Workshop: Euro 150 Workshop only: Euro 100 Late fee (registration after March 12): Euro 50 Housing will be offered in the university guesthouse for approximately Euro 65/day (single, double rooms are around Euro 75). Registration ------------ To apply to the 2011 Spring School or Master Class, send an email to Hedderik van Rijn (hedderik at van-rijn.org) and attach the requested documents before January 10, 2011. Please indicate if you would like to stay for the second week of the Master Class. If you would like to contribute to the workshop, please let us know as well. Further details on registration (and an official call for papers) for the workshop will follow in December. All information will also be available on http://www.ai.rug.nl/actr-springschool --- http://www.van-rijn.org From david at wooden-robot.net Mon Oct 25 21:27:13 2010 From: david at wooden-robot.net (-dp-) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:27:13 +0800 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Work in Amazing SINGAPORE Message-ID: Research Scientist Positions in Singapore Cognitive Modelling Research programme in Computational Cognition for Social Systems The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore's national agency for promoting world-class research in science and technology, has launched a research program to study and simulate the social and cognitive processes underlying appropriate, coherent, and understandable behaviour in social interactions. The host institution for the program is the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), a research institute within A*STAR that specializes in solving challenging scientific and engineering problems using computational science and engineering (CSE) technologies such as modelling, simulation, and visualization. We are seeking recent PhDs in AI/cognitive modelling who have a strong interest in integrating constructs from both cognitive and social psychology in the design and building of cognitive model architectures and systems, initially in the domain of affect and interpersonal and inter-agent interaction. Interested applicants should send their CV and contact information for two letters of recommendation to Professor Ortony at ortony at northwestern.edu, putting "Singapore Application" in the subject field. You might also want to meet the research manager, David Pautler, who is attending the AAAI Fall Symposium on Commonsense Knowledge in Arlington, VA Nov 11-13 and SCiP/Psychonomics Nov 18-20 in St. Louis, MO. Positions will be for an initial period of two years. A*STAR is an equal opportunity employer valuing diverse cultures and disciplines in our research environment. For more information about A*STAR, please visit http://www.a-star.edu.sg/ For more information about IHPC, please visit http://www.ihpc.a-star.edu.sg/ For more information about Singapore, please visit http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/home/ From richard.samms at ieee.org Wed Oct 27 09:10:42 2010 From: richard.samms at ieee.org (Richard Samms) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:10:42 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] AF BAA. Message-ID: <7E54F09CC718464294ADCE7396F2EA9D@Weierstrass> 2. This objective shall be met through the following three science and technology areas. a. Cognitive Modeling. Advance cognitive, computational, and computer sciences to create innovative cognitive technologies that enable and optimize our future warfighters. Research lines of interest include, but are not limited to: Develop functional, cognitively valid, language-capable, and situationally-aware synthetic teammates; Use generative mechanisms to semi-automate the development of cognitive models; Explore alternative processing architectures and exploration/optimization algorithms for faster progress in cognitive modeling; and Predict Performance for Individual Warfighters and Small Teams. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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ACT-UP models are very different from ACT-R models in that their task strategies are specified in Lisp instructions rather than production rules. ACT-UP uses functions such as `retrieve-chunk' and `learn-chunk' to access declarative memory, implementing all of DM's functions (including blending and associative learning). ACT-UP also provides reinforcement learning (utility learning) and compilation (akin production compilation) mechanisms. Yet, ACT-UP is not a faithful reimplementation of ACT-R 6. Its goal is to provide rapid prototyping, scalability (multi-agent modeling and large-scale, complex models), and ease of model re-use. Detailed information and downloads are available at http://act-up.psy.cmu.edu/ ACT-UP is well-documented and has been extensively tested with new implementations of the canonical models from the ACT-R tutorial (included). We have an ACT-UP tutorial for you, as well as API documentation. Slides from a talk and an ICCM paper are also available for download. If you'd like to beta-test it, I ask that you implement a model of your own in ACT-UP and report back to us what works and what doesn't. Moreover, I am interested in your professional opinion about it, and where we should take it. Just e-mail me to join the test team. -- Dr. David Reitter Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University http://www.david-reitter.com From lnl at psu.edu Fri Oct 29 09:48:50 2010 From: lnl at psu.edu (Lyle N. Long) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:48:50 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] IEEE SSCI 2011, Paris, extended deadline: November 16 References: Message-ID: <0333144D-6A4C-469E-9A60-AB9EECCBB746@psu.edu> You might consider submitting a paper to this conference in Paris, France. I am helping to organize the workshop called CIMR (for computational intelligence for mobil robots). ----------------------------------------------- Prof. Lyle N. Long The Pennsylvania State University http://www.personal.psu.edu/lnl Begin forwarded message: > From: Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier > Date: October 29, 2010 8:20:15 AM EDT > To: ssci2011.symposia at poleia.lip6.fr > Subject: [ssci2011.symposia] CFP: IEEE SSCI 2011, Paris, extended deadline: November 16 > > IEEE SSCI2011 Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence > > Extended deadline: November 16, 2010 > > Paris (France), April 11-15, 2011 > http://www.ieee-ssci.org/ > > General Chair: Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, LIP6, CNRS-University P. et M. Curie, Paris, France > Honorary chair: Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy > Finance Chair: Piero Bonissone, General Electrics, USA > Local Arrangement Chair: Maria Rifqi, LIP6, Universit? Panth?on-Assas, Paris, France > Web Master: Christophe Marsala, LIP6, Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France > Publication Chair: Sylvie Galichet, Universit? de Savoie, France > Publicity Co-chairs: Pau-Choo (Julia) Chung, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan / Martine De Cock, Ghent University, Belgium / Slawo Wesolkowski, DRDC, Canada > Tutorial, Keynote and Panel Co-chairs: Marios Polycarpou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus / Ali M.S. Zalzala, Hikma Group Limited, Dubai, UAE > Registration chair: Anne Laurent, LIRMM - Universit? Montpellier 2, France > Poster and local organization: Marcin Detyniecki, LIP6, Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France > Secretary: Adrien Revault d'Allonnes, LIP6, Universit? Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France > > Description: > This international event promotes all aspects of the theory and applications of Computational Intelligence. With its hosting of over thirty technical meetings in one location, it is bound to attract lead researchers, professionals and students from around the world. Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, the 2011 edition follows in the footsteps of the SSCI 2007 meetings held in Honolulu and of the SSCI 2009 series held in Nashville. The event will take place in the magic town of Paris. > > Important dates (extended deadlines): > Paper Submission Due: November 16, 2010 > Notification to Authors: January 15, 2011 > Camera-Ready Papers Due: February 10, 2011 > > ================================================================================ > List of Symposia and Workshops > > * ADPRL 2011 Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning > * CCMB 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence, Cognitive Algorithms, Mind, and Brain. > * CIASG 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence Applications in Smart Grid > * CIBCB 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology > * CIBIM 2011 Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Biometrics and Identity Management > * CICA 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Control and Automation > * CICS 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security > * CIDM 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining > * CIDUE 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments > * CIFEr 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering & Economics > * CII 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Industry > * CIMI 2011Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging > * CIMR 2011 Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Mobile Robots: Air-, Land-, and Sea-Based > * CIMSIVP 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Multimedia, Signal and Vision Processing > * CIPLS 2011 Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Production and Logistics Systems > * CISched 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling > * CISDA 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence Applications > * CIVI 2011 Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Visual Intelligence > * CIVTS 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Vehicles and Transportation Systems > * CompSens 2011 Workshop on Merging Fields of Computational Intelligence and Sensor Technology > * EAIS 2011 Workshop on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems > * FOCI 2011 Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence > * GEFS2011 International Workshop on Genetic and Evolutionary Fuzzy Systems > * HIMA 2011 Workshop on Hybrid Intelligent Models and Applications > * IA 2011 Symposium on Intelligent Agents > * IEEE ALIFE 2011 Symposium on Artificial Life > * IEEE MCDM 2011 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Multicriteria Decision-Making > * MC 2011 Symposium on Memetic Computing > * OC 2011 Workshop on Organic Computing RiiSS 2011 Workshop on Robotic Intelligence in Informationally Structured Space > * RiiSS 2011 Workshop on Robotic Intelligence in Informationally Structured Space > * SDE 2011 Symposium on Differential Evolution > * SIS 2011 Symposium on Swarm Intelligence > * T2FUZZ011 Symposium on Advances in Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems > * WACI 2011 Workshop on Affective Computational Intelligence > ================================================================================ > > Submission information and additional details : > http://www.ieee-ssci.org/ > contact: ssci2011 at poleia.lip6.fr > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tiffany.Jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil Fri Oct 29 17:28:27 2010 From: Tiffany.Jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil (Jastrzembski, Tiffany S Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:28:27 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] BRIMS 2011 Submission Site Open! Message-ID: <9AC197D8D0788140BC98A478FB3852A8501E3A@VFOHMLMC11.Enterprise.afmc.ds.af.mil> (Best viewed in HTML; Apologies for Cross-Postings) The BRIMS 2011 Submission website is now open! http://precisionconference.com/~brims For details on submission content and guidelines, please navigate to: http://brimsconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/BRIMS_2011_Call_for_Pa pers.pdf For submission templates, please navigate to: http://brimsconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/Authors-Template-for-B RIMS-Submissions.doc You are invited to participate in the 20th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS), to be held at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, UT. BRIMS enables modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, and technical communities across disciplines to meet, share ideas, identify capability gaps, discuss cutting-edge research directions, highlight promising technologies, and showcase the state-of-the-art in Department of Defense related applications. The BRIMS Conference will consist of many exciting elements in 2011, including special topic areas, technical paper sessions, special symposia/panel discussions, and government laboratory sponsor sessions. Highlights of BRIMS 2011 include a fantastic and eclectic lineup of keynote speakers spanning cognitive modeling, sociocultural modeling, and network science: John Laird, PhD University of Michigan, http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/laird/ Lael Schooler, Phd Max Planck Institute, http://ntfm.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/mpib/FMPro Kathleen Carley, PhD Carnegie Mellon University, http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/bios/carley/carley.html Chris Barrett, PhD Virginia Tech, http://ndssl.vbi.vt.edu/people/cbarrett.html The BRIMS Executive Committee invites papers, posters, demos, symposia, panel discussions, and tutorials on topics related to the representation of individuals, groups, teams and organizations in models and simulations. All submissions are peer-reviewed (see www.brimsconference.org for additional details on submission types). Key Dates: All submissions due: December 21, 2010 Tutorial Acceptance: January 31, 2011 Authors Notification January 31, 2011 Final version due: February 18, 2011 Tutorials held: March 21, 2011 BRIMS 2010 Opens: March 22, 2011 Special Topic Areas of Interest are identified to elicit specific technical content: . M&S in network science . Statistical/Graphical approaches to M&S . M&S for asymmetric warfare and joint force applications . Cognitive or behavioral performance moderators in M&S . Integration and reuse of models . Large-scale, persistent, and generative modeling issues General Topic Areas of Interest include, but are not limited to: Modeling . Intelligent agents and avatars/adversarial modeling . Cognitive robots and human-robot interaction . Models of reasoning and decision making . Model validation & comparison . Socio-cultural M&S: team/group/crowd/ behavior . Physical models of human movement . Performance assessment and skill monitoring/tracking . Performance prediction/enhancement/optimization . Intelligent tutoring systems . Knowledge acquisition/engineering . Human behavior issues in model federations Simulation . Synthetic environments for human behavior representation . Terrain representation and reasoning . Spatial reasoning . Time representation . Human behavior usability and interoperability . Efficiency, usability, affordability issues . Operator interfaces . Multi-resolution/fidelity simulations . Science of simulation issues ACCOMMODATIONS and REGISTRATION The conference will be held at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, UT. Visit www.sundanceresort.com for general information about the site and accommodations. Conference and hotel registration, general area, and travel information can be found at www.brimsconference.org. BRIMS PROGAM COMMITTEE: Bradley J. Best (Adaptive Cognitive Systems) William G. Kennedy (George Mason University) Frank E. Ritter (Pennsylvania State University) BRIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Joe Armstrong (CAE), Brad Cain (Defence Research and Development Canada), Bruno Emond (National Research Council Canada), Coty Gonzalez (Carnegie Mellon University), Brian Gore (NASA), Jeff Hansberger (Army Research Laboratory), Kenneth Kwok (DSO National Laboratories, Singapore), John Laird (University of Michigan), Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), Christopher Myers (Air Force Research Laboratory), Bharat Patel (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, UK), Sylvain Pronovost (Carleton University & CAE), Venkat Sastry (University of Cranfield), Barry Silverman (University of Pennsylvania), Neil Smith (QinetiQ), LtCol David Sonntag (AOARD), Webb Stacy (Aptima), Mike van Lent (SoarTech), Walter Warwick (Alion Science and Technology), Jason Wong (Naval Undersea Warfare Center), Patrick Xavier (Sandia National Laboratories) A special thanks to the BRIMS 2011 Government Sponsors for their support of this event: Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory, DARPA, Office of Naval Research, Natick Soldier Center, NASA, and the UK Ministry of Defence. If you have any questions, please contact the BRIMS 2011 Conference Chair, Dr. Tiffany Jastrzembski (tiffany.jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tiffany S. Jastrzembski, Ph.D. Cognitive Research Scientist Air Force Research Laboratory 2698 G Street, Building 190 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7604 Phone: (937) 255-2085 tiffany.jastrzembski at wpafb.af.mil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 6951 bytes Desc: not available URL: