From grayw at rpi.edu Thu Sep 8 08:32:52 2016 From: grayw at rpi.edu (Gray, Wayne) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:32:52 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Tenure Track position at Rensselaer Message-ID: <175D321A-9A39-466E-A1C3-57AAF85C8D3F@rpi.edu> Colleagues, The Psychological Science search committee at Rensselaer is pleased to announce its official beginning of our search for an Assistant Professor. The link to the job ad follows. https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1265118/assistant-professor-in-psychological-science/ As we spent much time laboring over the wording, I will let you read our exact words but please feel free to forward this to any well-qualified potential applicant. We are sort of expecting it to go to someone who has been out for a few years as a post-doc but any and all outstanding applicants will be considered. Wayne **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray Professor of Cognitive Science & Professor of Computer Science & Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering 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 for general information see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/ for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ Work is infinite. Time is finite. Plan accordingly. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From byrne at rice.edu Tue Sep 13 00:13:01 2016 From: byrne at rice.edu (Mike Byrne) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:13:01 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Hiring faculty in Data Science Message-ID: <23F379D6-BEC9-4AA5-A2C3-79ACA3CB1E04@rice.edu> For any of you ACT-R folks out there who are doing "big data" work, we are hiring! As part of Rice University?s recently announced $150 million investment in research excellence, Rice intends to hire multiple faculty members whose research focus is in data science. We seek two distinct kinds of specialists: (1) data scientists who can make fundamental contributions to the theory, algorithms, and systems aspects of data science, and (2) scholars who work on emerging applications of data science to problems in health and medicine, urban analytics, and high-volume or high-velocity data-intensive science. A successful candidate might have demonstrated capacity in either of these specialties, or in both of them. For more information on the positions, see here: https://datascience.rice.edu/faculty-position-announcement -Mike From Julian.Marewski at unil.ch Thu Sep 22 06:45:17 2016 From: Julian.Marewski at unil.ch (Julian Marewski) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:45:17 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Doctoral student position in heuristic decision making at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland Message-ID: <008f01d214be$68ac74c0$3a055e40$@unil.ch> Please pass this on to potentially interested people. Apologies for cross-postings. Doctoral student position in heuristic decision making at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland The focus of our interdisciplinary research program is on heuristic decision making processes, and their interplay with the structure of environments and basic cognitive capacities, such as memory. Specifically, we study how people make decisions based on a repertoire of simple rules of thumb, so called fast-and-frugal heuristics. In doing so, we explore the cognitive processes underlying bounded and ecological rationality. Applicants should be interested in the computational or mathematical modeling of heuristic decision making processes, and their interplay with basic cognitive capacities and the environment. Prior exposure to research on heuristics, and/or on bounded rationality, and/or on ecological rationality, and/or on ecological approaches to cognition is helpful but not required. Knowledge of experimental methods, prior exposure to quantitative research methods, and ideally, programming skills (e.g., MATLAB, R, LISP) are helpful but not required. A university degree in psychology, mathematics, computer science, physics, biology, business, economics, or another discipline is required. Excellent English skills are required. Applicants should be interested in pursuing a career in academia. The doctoral student position (minimum 60%) can begin as early as February 1st 2017, or later on a date mutually agreed upon. The maximum funding period is 5 years, with the first contract being 1 year and then renewable 2X2 years. Successful candidates will obtain a Ph.D. The doctoral student will be mentored by Julian Marewski. The work location is Lausanne Dorigny. Please submit applications by November 1st, but the job offer will remain open until the position is filled. Applications include a cover letter describing past research experience, research interests and, in detail, a potential thesis project. A curriculum vitae, university transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and -- if existing -- publications should be included, too. The preferred method of submission is PDF files e-mailed to julian.marewski at unil.ch. The Department of Organizational Behavior of the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating, interdisciplinary research environment. At the department, professorial faculty are Ulrich Hoffrage, Joerg Dietz, John Antonakis, Franciska Krings, Marianne Schmid Mast, Christian Zehnder, and Julian Marewski. We value the diversity of the expertise of the members of our department (department members come from diverse fields, ranging from the cognitive and decision sciences to behavioral economics, mathematics, and physics; we have Ph.D.s in psychology, business, management, and economics). We publish in top-tier journals in different disciplines, including Science, Psychological Review, and the American Economic Review. The working language of our department is English. Located near Lake Geneva and surrounded by the Jura Mountains and the French Alps, Lausanne is a beautiful and cosmopolitan spot to live. More information about the position can be inquired directly from julian.marewski at unil.ch. *** This is not an official job announcement or job description from the University of Lausanne *** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Julian.Marewski at unil.ch Fri Sep 30 10:51:23 2016 From: Julian.Marewski at unil.ch (Julian Marewski) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:51:23 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Doctoral student position in heuristic decision making at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland Message-ID: <00cf01d21b2a$1d4b82b0$57e28810$@unil.ch> Doctoral student position in heuristic decision making at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland The focus of our interdisciplinary research program is on heuristic decision making processes, and their interplay with the structure of environments and basic cognitive capacities, such as memory. Specifically, we study how people make decisions based on a repertoire of simple rules of thumb, so called fast-and-frugal heuristics. In doing so, we explore the cognitive processes underlying bounded and ecological rationality. Applicants should be interested in the computational or mathematical modeling of heuristic decision making processes, and their interplay with basic cognitive capacities and the environment. Prior exposure to research on heuristics, and/or on bounded rationality, and/or on ecological rationality, and/or on ecological approaches to cognition is helpful but not required. Knowledge of experimental methods, prior exposure to quantitative research methods, and ideally, programming skills (e.g., MATLAB, R, LISP) are helpful but not required. A university degree in psychology, mathematics, computer science, physics, biology, business, economics, or another discipline is required. Excellent English skills are required. Applicants should be interested in pursuing a career in academia. The doctoral student position (minimum 60%) can begin as early as February 1st 2017, or later on a date mutually agreed upon. The maximum funding period is 5 years, with the first contract being 1 year and then renewable 2X2 years. Successful candidates will obtain a Ph.D. The doctoral student will be mentored by Julian Marewski. The work location is Lausanne Dorigny. Please submit applications by November 1st, but the job offer will remain open until the position is filled. Applications include a cover letter describing past research experience, research interests and, in detail, a potential thesis project. A curriculum vitae, university transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and -- if existing -- publications should be included, too. The preferred method of submission is PDF files e-mailed to julian.marewski at unil.ch. The Department of Organizational Behavior of the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating, interdisciplinary research environment. At the department, professorial faculty are Ulrich Hoffrage, Joerg Dietz, John Antonakis, Franciska Krings, Marianne Schmid Mast, Christian Zehnder, and Julian Marewski. We value the diversity of the expertise of the members of our department (department members come from diverse fields, ranging from the cognitive and decision sciences to behavioral economics, mathematics, and physics; we have Ph.D.s in psychology, business, management, and economics). We publish in top-tier journals in different disciplines, including Science, Psychological Review, and the American Economic Review. The working language of our department is English. Located near Lake Geneva and surrounded by the Jura Mountains and the French Alps, Lausanne is a beautiful and cosmopolitan spot to live. More information about the position can be inquired directly from julian.marewski at unil.ch. *** This is not an official job announcement or job description from the University of Lausanne *** From rickl at umich.edu Fri Sep 30 12:32:50 2016 From: rickl at umich.edu (Richard Lewis) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:32:50 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] postdoctoral Position in Cognitive Science at University of Michigan Message-ID: This is a unique opportunity given the broad nature of the position statement. Feel free to distribute this broadly. Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science at The University of Michigan invites applications from creative, highly qualified and motivated researchers for a two-year postdoctoral position. The beginning dates of the appointment would either be January or September 2017, depending on the applicant appointed. Area of specific specialization(s) is open. QUALIFICATIONS: The successful application will hold a Ph.D. in any area of The Cognitive Sciences. We value rigor, commitment, Interdisciplinarity, a collaborative perspective, diversity and a desire to teach. Applications should include a cover letter, a research proposal, one page teaching statement and contact information for 3 references. Research statements must specify how the applicant?s research will integrate with and benefit from ongoing Cognitive Science Research conducted at The University of Michigan. The research proposal could mention any UM faculty from the Departments of Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy, Computer Science and Engineering and/or The Neuroscience PhD Program, or related disciplines. The position will also involve annually co-teaching a graduate seminar (regarding their research) with a UM faculty member conducting Cognitive Science research. For information regarding The Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science, please go to https://lsa.umich.edu/weinberginstitute Further Information: The Weinberg Institute was established just two years ago. We seek applicants willing to collaboratively and innovatively contribute to the developing Institute, the mission of which is to create a world class center for Cognitive science research and for both undergraduate and graduate teaching of Cognitive Science. Send application materials by October 14 to: cogsciprog at umich.edu (please enter ?POSTDOC INQUIRY? in Subject line) ---------- *Richard L. Lewis* *John R. Anderson Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Linguistics and Cognitive Science* http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ *Office*: East Hall 3018 Department of Psychology *Voice*: (734) 763-1466 University of Michigan 530 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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