From cld028 at bucknell.edu Fri Mar 10 15:50:14 2017 From: cld028 at bucknell.edu (Chris Dancy) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:50:14 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] The CS Dept @ Bucknell University seeking applications for multiple VAP positions. Message-ID: FYI, I can answer questions or point you to the correct person if interested. Bucknell University: Engineering: Computer Science Visiting Assistant Professor in Computer Science (multiple positions) Location: Lewisburg, PA ------------------------------ Bucknell University seeks applications for multiple Visiting Assistant Professor positions in computer science. The positions are for one year (with the possibility of extension to a second year) beginning mid-August 2017. Outstanding candidates in all areas of computer science will be considered. Successful candidates must be able to participate in the teaching of required core courses. Candidates are expected to have a Master's degree and be ABD, or hold a PhD by the beginning of the 2017 fall semester. We seek teacher-scholars with a demonstrated ability to work successfully with a diverse student body. A strong commitment to excellence in teaching is required. Bucknell University is a private, highly selective, national university where strong liberal arts and professional programs in engineering, business, education, and music complement each other. The B.S. programs in computer science are ABET accredited. The computing environment is Linux/Unix-based. More information about the department can be found at: http://www.bucknell.edu/ComputerScience/ Applications will be considered as received and recruiting will continue until the position is filled. Candidates are asked to submit a cover letter, CV, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Please include in your application contact information, including an email address, for each of the three references. Applications are only accepted through Interfolio ByCommittee. Please go to http://apply.interfolio.com/40189 to apply. Please direct any questions to Professor Lea Wittie of the Computer Science Department at lea.wittie at bucknell.edu. Bucknell University, an Equal Opportunity Employer, believes that students learn best in a diverse, inclusive community and is therefore committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Thus, we seek candidates who are committed to Bucknell's efforts to create a climate that fosters the growth and development of a diverse student body. We welcome applications from members of groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. -- Christopher L. 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ICCM, July 2017, due 15 Mar 2017 [extended to 1 April, no kidding] http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2017/ 2. MathPsych Conference, due 15 mar 17 [also extended to 1 apr] http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2017/ 3. BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017, 1-6 Aug 2017, due 14 Apr http://bicasociety.org/meetings/ 4. ICCM 2016 Special Issue on Memory Models published http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.2017.9.issue-1/issuetoc 5. SBP-BRiMS 2017 conference, 5-8 Jul http://sbp-brims.org 6. Soar article updated in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soar_%28cognitive_architecture%29 7. Interdisciplinary College (spring school), Germany, 10-17 Mar 2017 http://www.interdisciplinary-college.de/ 8. OUP's Cognitive Engineering book is online 9. Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs, & Accumulator Models http://www.ai.rug.nl/springschool 10. Symposium on Computational Modelling of Emotion: Theory and Applications http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~ddp/aisb17cme/ 11. Advances in Cognitive Systems conference http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2017 12. Nengo Summer School, 4-16 June 2017, U of Waterloo, Ontario, CA http://www.nengo.ca/summerschool 13. HILDA 2017 Call for Papers (Deadline Extension to 10 mar) http://hilda.io/ 14. 13th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference 20-23 Jun 2017, Bath, England SOFTWARE AND OTHER RESOURCES 15. Little AI, free game on iTunes http://little-ai.com/ 16. Game to learn how to use the terminal http://www.mprat.org/Terminus/ 17. Article: Net neutrality is good for people and business. https://www.wired.com/2017/01/dont-gut-net-neutrality-good-people-business SPECIAL ISSUES AND JOURNAL CALLS 18. Frontiers in Psychology Section on Cognitive Science 19. SI: What Does It Take for an Artificial Agent to Be Constructivist? http://constructivist.info/special/agents 20. Human Factors: The Journal of the HF and Ergonomics Society http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/humanfactors BOOKS 21. ICCM 2016 has an ISBN now, and revised proceedings available 22. Understanding Higher Cognition (book) http://understandinghighercognition.com/ JOBS, SENIOR TO JUNIOR 23. Research Dean, IST at PSU http://ist.psu.edu 24. Full Professor of Communication Science and Artificial Intelligence Radboud U Nijmegen (application deadline 15 Mar 2017) http://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=593259 25. Tenure-Track Faculty Openings, Industrial Engineering & Management, National Chiao Tung U, Hsinchu, Taiwan 26. Ass. / Assoc / Full Professor in Robotics, Tufts, Medford, MA 27. Software Engineer for cognitive models, AFRL http://jobs.leidos.com/ShowJob/Id/989233/Software-Engineer/ 28. Open Postdoctoral fellowship Dept. de Matemtiques i Informtica at Universitat de Barcelona 29. 2 postdocs in HCI at PSU 30. 2 postdocs in Cogsci at PSU 31. Cognitive Scientist https://www.cra.com/careers/job-listings?gh_jid=539284 32. Computational Cog Scientist https://jobs.wright.edu/postings/11106 33. Summer 2017 Research for Undergraduates in HCI at CMU http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/reu-summer-2017 34. Postdoc at GIT in NASA mission planning **************************************************************** 1. ICCM, July 2017, due 1 Apr 2017 [extended deadline] http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2017/ 22-25 July 2017, U. of Warwick, due 15 Mar 2017 http://www.warwickconferences.com/venues (Scarman conference center) ICCM will take place from 22-25 July in Warwick, UK. The co-chairs for this meeting are Adrian Banks, Marieke van Vugt, and Adam Sanborn. This year, ICCM will be joined with the Society for Mathematical Psychology conference. This means that keynotes, symposia, and registration will be combined, but submissions will be handled separately. Submissions will be due on 15 Mar 2017. There will be four types of submissions: - regular ICCM 6-page papers for the ICCM track - abstracts for talks in the Society for Mathematical Psychology track - posters for joint poster sessions with the Society for Mathematical Psychology - tutorials Notifications of acceptance will be sent around 1 May 2017. http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/iccm-2017-information/ We would like to invite you to the 15th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition. This year, ICCM has joined forces with the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the European Mathematical Psychology Group 2017 meeting to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged. MathPsych/ICCM 2017 is a forum for presenting and discussing the complete spectrum of cognitive modeling approaches, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. Research topics can range from low-level perception to high-level reasoning. We also welcome contributions that use computational models to better understand neuroscientific data. We are pleased to announce three world-class invited speakers: Peter Dayan (U College London), Randy Gallistel (Rutgers), Joe Houpt (Wright State, Estes Early Career Award winner). We will also have four invited symposia: - Using Cognitive Models to Inform Neuroimaging Data (And Vice Versa!). Organizer: Jelmer Borst - Models of Decision from Experience. Organizer: Ido Erev - Bridging Levels of Analysis with Rational Process Models: Tom Griffiths and Adam Sanborn - Advances in Distributional Models of Language and Meaning: John Willits and Melody Dye We have separate submissions for the MathPsych parallel tracks and the ICCM single-track. For MathPsych, submissions are brief abstracts to be considered for both talks and posters. For ICCM submissions are 6-page full papers to be considered for talks, and 2-page poster abstracts. We are working with topiCS to create a special issue based on the best full ICCM papers. Submissions may be made by researchers, faculty, post-docs, graduate students and undergraduate students. Any one person may present only one paper, but may also be a co-author of other papers (this rule applies across the two conferences, i.e., when you are presenting author of a MathPsych paper, you cannot also be a presenting author of an ICCM paper). We also welcome pre-conference workshop/tutorial submissions that are not specific to MathPsych or ICCM. All types of submissions are due on 15 Mar 11.59 pm CEST [5.59EST]. More information can be found on our website: http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2017/ Note that early-bird registration will be ??200 (faculty) and ??100 (students) and includes lunch. Limited hotel accommodation will be available on-site for a fee of ??100/night (including breakfast and dinner). Conference hotel accommodation can only be booked through the conference website during registration. Registration will open on March 1st. We hope to see you in Warwick! Marieke van Vugt, Adrian Banks, Bill Kennedy (ICCM co-chairs) Adam Sanborn, Gordon Brown, James Adelman (MathPsych co-chairs) **************************************************************** 2. MathPsych Conference, due 15 mar 17 [also extended to 1 Apr] http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2017/ The 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, the European Mathematical Psychology Group, and the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelling will meet jointly at the U of Warwick, UK from July 22-25. The local hosts are Adam Sanborn, Gordon Brown, and James Adelman of the U of Warwick, and the ICCM chairs are Marieke van Vugt of the U of Groningen, Adrian Banks of the U of Surrey, and William Kennedy of George Mason. The goal of the conference is to bring researchers together who are interested in using computational and mathematical modeling to better understand human cognition. It is a forum for presenting, discussing, and evaluating the complete spectrum of cognitive modeling approaches, including mathematical models, connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. We welcome basic and applied research across a wide variety of domains, ranging from low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and learning. We also welcome contributions that use computational models to better understand neuroimaging data. Before the main conference, the Professional Development Symposium hosted by the Women of MathPsych will be held on 22 Jul. Also before the main conference, the computational tools for developing and testing quantum models of cognition workshop will be held on 21 July. Details can be found here: http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbusemey/quantum/2017QuantumCognitionWorkshop.pdf **************************************************************** 3. BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017, 1-6 Aug 2017, due 14 Apr http://bicasociety.org/meetings/ I am happy to announce that BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017 will be held in Moscow 1-6 Aug 2017. -Alexei Samsonovich Greetings! We are delighted to invite you to submit your research articles to the Eighth International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures ,Ai BICA 2017, organized by BICA Society co-located with the school "Fierces on BICA 2017". Please forward this document to your colleagues / researchers / students in order to promote the conference and your school. As every year, BICA 2017 is going to provide exceptional opportunities for scientific encounters and exchange of ideas in the cognitive and neuro-sciences and in artificial intelligence, as well as being a delightful event. == OFFICIAL WEBLINK: http://bica2017.bicasociety.org/. Please take the time to explore the website for more details, check on the current important dates, and keep yourself up to date on recent changes. == CONFERENCE VENUE: Baltschug Kempinski hotel in Moscow, Russia (https://www.kempinski.com/en/moscow/hotel-baltschug/). == IMPORTANT DATES: * Abstract registration via EasyChair deadline: March 1 * All kinds of submissions (all venues via EasyChair ) due: March 13, now 14 Apr * Acceptance and Reviewer feedback: on or before March 29 * Early-bird registration deadline: April 1 * Camera-ready Submission and Author Registration Deadline: April 21 * Conference Dates: August 1,Ai6 (FIERCES: 1-3, Conference: 3-5, Excursions: 6) Topics of the conference broadly cover the fields of cognitive science, neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Example questions to be addressed are: Can deep learning models explain the emergence of higher conceptual representations in the brain? What kind of autonomy do we need for robots? How can we capture the human emotionality with an elegant mathematical equation? Many more topics are welcome; the spotlight will be determined by your submissions (you can also participate or give a talk without a paper). Among the speakers we shall see David Aha, Frank Ritter, Mike Sellers, Paul Verschure, David Vernon, Konstantin Anokhin, and many others. == PUBLICATION VENUES: * A special volume of Elsevier, Procedia Computer Science indexed by Web of Science and Scopus * A Springer book "Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) for young scientists: Proceedings of the Second International Early Research Career Enhancement School (FIERCES 2017)" indexed by Scopus * The BICA Journal, an Elsevier journal indexed in Web of Science and Scopus We are looking forward to seeing you at this memorable event in Moscow, -- Alexei Samsonovich and Valentin V. Klimov, Organizing Committee Chairs P.S. Apologies for duplicates. Please reply if you do not want to participate in the BICA mailing list. **************************************************************** 4. ICCM 2016 Special Issue on Memory Models published http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.2017.9.issue-1/issuetoc Introduction to the Issue on Computational Models of Memory: Selected papers from the international Conference on Cognitive Modeling Reitter & Ritter http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12249/epdf Encoding and accessing linguistic representations in a dynamically structured holographic memory system Parker & Lantz http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12246/epdf An account of interference in associative memory: Learning the fan effect Thomson, Harrison, Trafton & Hiatt http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12244/epdf Visual working memory resources are best characterized as dynamic, quantifiable mnemonic traces Veksler, Boyd, Myers, Gunzelmann, Neth & Gray http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12248/epdf Towards modeling false memory with computational knowledge bases Li & Kohanyi http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12245/epdf The effects of guanfacine and phenylephrine on a spiking neuron model of Working Memory Duggins, Stewart, Choo, & Eliasmith http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tops.12247/epdf **************************************************************** 5. SBP-BRiMS 2017 conference, 5-8 Jul http://sbp-brims.org 2017 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (SBP-BRiMS) 5 Jul (Wed) to 8 (Sat) Jul 2017, Lehman Auditorium, George Washington U, Washington DC All papers are qualified for the Best Paper Award. Papers with student first authors will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. Those receiving these awards will be invited to publish an extended version in a special issue of the journal Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. IMPORTANT DATES: Regular Paper Abstract Submission: 22 Feb (Wed) 2017 Regular Paper Submission: 1 Mar (Wed) 2017 Author Notification: 24 Mar (Fri) 2017 Final Version Submission: 7 Apr (Fri) 2017 Note, all regular papers will be evaluated for: presentation in plenary, presentation in regular session, presentation as poster, or no presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the physical proceedings ,Ai the Springer LNCS volume. This volume is considered archival. Challenge Problem Submission: 12 May (Fri) 2017 Those submitting a response to the challenge are to submit a poster and a short paper by this date. All accepted papers will be published in the online proceedings only and will not be included in the Springer LNCS volume. The online proceedings is not considered archival. Posters & Demos Short Paper Submission: 12 May (Fri) 2017 This short paper submission is intended for late breaking results, technology demos, and those papers from industry, government or the military where constraints prevent the authors from writing a full paper. All short papers (including those describing demos) will be evaluated for: presentation as a poster, or no presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the online proceedings only and will not be included in the Springer LNCS volume. The online proceedings is not considered archival. Tutorial Proposal Submission: 10 Mar (Fri) 2017 Conference 5 to 8 July (Wed-Sat) 2017, including the following: Pre-conference Tutorial Sessions: 10 Jul 2017 (first day conference) Poster Session : At Conference Poster Night Technology Demos : Lunch times & Poster Night Challenge Problem Evaluation : At Conference Poster Night ABOUT SBP-BRiMS: SBP-BRiMS is a multidisciplinary conference with a selective single paper track and poster session. The conference also invites a small number of high quality tutorials and nationally recognized keynote speakers. The conference has grown out of two related meetings: SBP and BRiMS, which were co-located in previous years. Social computing harnesses the power of computational methods to study social behavior, such as during team collaboration. Cultural behavioral modeling refers to representing behavior and culture in the abstract, and is a convenient and powerful way to conduct virtual experiments and scenario analysis. Both social computing and cultural behavioral modeling are techniques designed to achieve a better understanding of complex behaviors, patterns, and associated outcomes of interest. Moreover, these approaches are inherently interdisciplinary; subsystems and system components exist at multiple levels of analysis (i.e., cells to societies) and across multiple disciplines, from engineering and the computational sciences to the social and health sciences. The SBP-BRiMS conference invites modeling and simulation papers from academics, research scientists, technical communities and defense researchers across traditional disciplines to share ideas, discuss research results, identify capability gaps, highlight promising technologies, and showcase the state-of-the-art in applications in the areas of cultural behavioral modeling, prediction, and social computing. Please see the SBP-BRiMS17 website for more details. Keynotes and tutorials delivered in the previous SBP and BRiMS meetings are available http://sbp-brims.org and http://cc.ist.psu.edu/BRIMS2015/ . CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions are solicited on research issues, theories, and applications. Topics of interests include the following: [see list at conf web site] * Advances in Sociocultural & Behavioral Processes * Behavior Modeling * Methodological Challenges * Information, Systems, & Network Science * Military & Intelligence Applications * Applications for Health and Well-being * Other Applications FORMAT AND SUBMISSION The conference solicits three categories of papers: Regular papers (max. 10 pages) All topics and authors (academic, government, industry) welcome Published in a Springer volume and online. Plenary or poster presentation. Short papers and Late-breaking results (max. 6 pages) All topics and authors welcome. Published online. Typically a poster presentation. Demos (2-page abstract, or max. 6 pages) Published online. Typically a poster or demo presentation. Paper Formatting Guideline The papers must be in English and MUST be formatted according to the Springer-Verlag LNCS/LNAI guidelines on the web site. All regular paper submissions should be submitted as a paper with a maximum of 10 pages using the format. All submissions for posters, demo-presentations, challenge problem entries and late breaking results should be submitted as a paper with a maximum of 6 pages using the same format as the regular papers. All accepted entries will be posted on the SBP-BRiMS 2017 website. A selection of authors will be invited to contribute journal versions of their papers to one of two planned special issues of the Springer journal Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, and another high- profile journal. The submission website will be available at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sbpbrims2017. To register a paper abstract, use the standard Easychair submission website and submit your title and abstract. Until the final paper deadline, you will be able to update your submission. PUBLICATION For any questions and inquiries concerning submissions, please email the program chairs at sbpbrims2017 at gmail.com. PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL SESSIONS Several half-day sessions will be offered on the day before the full conference. Sessions will be designed to meet the needs of one of two distinct groups. One group will consist of attendees who have backgrounds in computational science; computer science, engineering, and other mathematically oriented disciplines. Other tutorial sessions will be designed for behavioral and social scientists and others (e.g., those with medical backgrounds or training in public health) who may have limited formal education in the computational sciences. Attendees will gain an understanding of terminology, theories, and general approaches employed by computationally based fields, especially with respect to modeling approaches. Tutorial proposal submission: Tutorial proposals should be submitted online to sbpbrims at andrew.cmu.edu. At minimum, each proposal must contain the following information: * Title of the tutorial. * Description of the tutorial topic and structure. * Expected audience (including the expected backgrounds of the attendees). * Short bio and contact information of the organizers. More details regarding the pre-conference tutorial sessions, including instructors, course content, and registration information will be posted to the conference website (SBP-BRiMS.org) as soon as this information becomes available. For further information, please contact sbpbrims at andrew.cmu.edu. CHALLENGE The conference expects to announce a computational challenge as in previous years. Additional details will be posted on the conference website. FUNDING PANEL & CROSS-FERTILIZATION ROUNDTABLES Previous SBP-BRiMS conferences have included a Cross-fertilization Roundtable session or a Funding Panel. The purpose of the cross- fertilization roundtables is to help participants become better acquainted with people outside of their discipline and with whom they might consider partnering on future SBP-BRiMS-related research collaborations. The Funding Panel provides an opportunity for conference participants to interact with program managers from various federal funding agencies. Participants for the previous funding panels have included representatives from federal agencies, such as the NSF, NIH, DoD, ONR, AFOSR, USDA, etc. BEST PAPER AWARDS SBP-BRiMS17 will feature a Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award. All papers are qualified for the Best Paper Award. Papers with student first authors will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. HOTEL AND LOGISTICS Information on hotel and logistics will be provided at the conference website as it becomes available. TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS It is anticipated that a limited number travel scholarships will be available on a competitive basis. Additional information will be provided on the SBP- BRiMS Conference website as it becomes available. **************************************************************** 6. Soar article updated in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soar_%28cognitive_architecture%29 (From John Laird) We just updated (and significantly expanded) the entry for Soar on Wikipedia. Check it out and feel free to add material. **************************************************************** 7. Interdisciplinary College (spring school), Germany, 10-17 Mar 2017 http://www.interdisciplinary-college.de/ This is a type of spring (summer) school that appears to be related to the Bulgarian Cognitive Science Summer School and the Germany Spring School in Cognitive Science. **************************************************************** 8. OUP's Cognitive Engineering book is online The OUP Cognitive Engineering handbook is online (in Oxford Online, which many universities have), if you have any interest you of course have the option of structuring a course around it. I found it to be hugely convenient for course design, prep, and delivery, and it makes it convenient (and free [when oxford online is available) for the students as well. Example use: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs598ack/ [I note that this is part of a trend, Sage, OUP, and Springer all now have extensive material including teaching material online through their paid portals available through your university library.] **************************************************************** 9. Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs, & Accumulator Models http://www.ai.rug.nl/springschool 3-7 Apr 2017 Location: Groningen, the Netherlands Fee: E250 (late fee E50 after 15 Feb) We would like to invite you to the 2017 Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling. As last year, the Spring School will cover four different modeling paradigms: ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs, and Accumulator models. It thereby offers a unique opportunity to learn the relative strengths and weaknesses of these approaches. Each day will consist of four theory lectures, one on each paradigm. Each modeling paradigm also includes hands-on assignments. Although students are free to chose the number of lectures they attend, we recommend you to sign up for lectures on two of the modeling paradigms, and complete the tutorial units for one of the paradigms. At the end of each day there will be a plenary research talk, to show how these different approaches to modeling are applied. The Spring School will be concluded with a keynote lecture and a conference dinner. We are excited to announce that Sander Bohte has accepted our invitation and will be the keynote speaker. Admission is limited, so register soon! Please feel free to forward this email to others who might be interested! ACT-R Jelmer Borst, Hedderik van Rijn, & Katja Mehlhorn (U of Groningen) http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu ACT-R is a high-level 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. ACT-R can be used to develop process models of a task at a symbolic level. Participants will follow a compressed five-day version of the traditional summer school curriculum. We will also cover the connection between ACT-R and fMRI. Nengo Terry Stewart (U of Waterloo) http://www.nengo.ca Nengo is a toolkit for converting high-level cognitive theories into low-level spiking neuron implementations. In this way, aspects of model performance such as response accuracy and reaction times emerge as a consequence of neural parameters such as the neurotransmitter time constants. It has been used to model adaptive motor control, visual attention, serial list memory, reinforcement learning, Tower of Hanoi, and fluid intelligence. Participants will learn to construct these kinds of models, starting with generic tasks like representing values and positions, and ending with full production-like systems. There will also be special emphasis on extracting various forms of data out of a model, such that it can be compared to experimental data. PRIMs Niels Taatgen (U of Groningen) http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels/actransfer.html How do people handle and prioritize multiple tasks? How can we learn something in the context of one task, and partially benefit from it in another task? The goal of PRIMs is to cross the artificial boundary that most cognitive architectures have imposed on themselves by studying single tasks. It has mechanisms to model transfer of cognitive skills, and the competition between multiple goals. In the tutorial we will look at how PRIMs can model phenomena of cognitive transfer and cognitive training, and how multiple goals compete for priority in models of distraction. Accumulator Models Marieke van Vugt, Don van Ravenzwaaij (U of Groningen), & Martijn Mulder (U of Amsterdam) Decisions can be described in terms of a process of evidence accumulation, modeled with a drift diffusion mechanism. The advantage of redescribing the behavioral data with an accumulator model is that those can be decomposed into more easily-interpretable cognitive mechanisms such as speed-accuracy trade-off or quality of attention. In this course, you will learn about the basic mechanisms of drift diffusion models and apply it to your own dataset (if you bring one). You will also see some applications of accumulator models in the context of neuroscience and individual differences. ------------------------------------------ Katja Mehlhorn, Docent **************************************************************** 10. Symposium on Computational Modelling of Emotion: Theory and Applications http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~ddp/aisb17cme/ To: Dean Petters CC: Dear Cognition and Affect members, here is a CFP: 1. CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium on Computational Modelling of Emotion: Theory and Applications, (during 18-21st April 2017, Bath, UNITED KINGDOM) The symposium is part of the AISB Annual Convention 2017 http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/index.html Deadline for submissions was: 15 Jan 2017 Overview: Contemporary emotion modelling includes many projects attempting to understand natural emotions or to implement simulated emotions in chatbots, avatars or robots, for practical uses of many sorts from entertainment to caring. The numerous models of affective phenomena in the literature differ in important respects. They differ in how they describe and explain a range of phenomena, including the nature and order of perceptual, cognitive and emotional mental processes and behavioural responses in emotional episodes. They also differ in their target level of granularity: from fine-grained neural to coarse-grained psychological. Different models simulate emotions (and other mental states) with different ontological status and with a different focus on whether they model external behaviour or internal states. This diversity provides a challenge, but also an opportunity. This symposium aims to facilitate movement towards a mature integrated field with a deeper and richer understanding of biological minds by more clearly setting out interrelationships between emotion models. Contributions that identify and attempt to remedy gaps and lack of breadth in current research on affective phenomena are particularly welcome. A narrow modelling focus may be appropriate for narrowly focused applications of AI, such as toys or entertainment. Richer theories that are intended to advance the science of mind should include affective states such as: motives, attachments, preferences, values, standards, attitudes, moods, ambitions, obsessions, humour, grief, various kinds of pride, and various moral and aesthetic phenomena. So the symposium will consider how varieties of affect can be integrated and validated in computational models. The aims of this symposium also include: presenting the state of the art in emotion modelling; bringing together an interdisciplinary community interested in exploiting this technology; and looking forward by defining new challenges, including empirical, philosophical, and technological, as well as contributing to our understanding of natural varieties of affect and how they fit in with other aspects of cognition. Topics include, but are not limited to: - How models explain the nature of interaction between reasoning and emotion, and the emotional underpinnings of reasoning; - Computational architectures which model emotion - Models of affect which are incorporated within applications in human computer interaction and health technology. For example, in the health domain, emotion models which can enhance assessment, diagnosis and treatment. - Explaining how technological applications can be used to make contributions to psychological theory - Is emotion algorithmic/computational? to what extent? - Embodied, situated and enactivist approaches to emotion - Emotion model validation - Towards computational models for online dynamic diagnosis and therapeutic interventions - Modelling of emotion regulation for self-help, cognitive and mindfulness psychotherapy, and positive psychology. - Emotion modelling in computational psychiatry, including investigating the mechanisms of pathological thinking and emotion - Attachment modelling - How computational models can provide accounts of how emotions and cognitions shape each other over different timescales, from momentary episodes to the development of personality - Using computational emotion models in research on: self-control, meta-management, and coherence in thought and behaviour (and loss of these states) As the AISB convention has the overall theme of "Society with AI," submissions are welcome that focus on social and ethical questions, including: - Can artificial systems be given the full range of human emotions? Or can these emotions simply emerge from the functioning of the model components? If 'yes', are there ethical limitations in what systems should be created or allowed to develop? - How will people respond to emotional agents as they become more realistic?; What implications will sophisticated emotional agents have for human to human relations, and how humans understand what it means to be human? - the near-future relevance of emotions in AI, - the potential benefits or threats to society. ---------------- Organising committee Dr Dean Petters (Psychology) d.d.petters at cs.bham.ac.uk Department of Psychology, Birmingham City U David Moffat (Computer Science) david.c.moffat at gmail.com School of Engineering and Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian U Dr Joel Parthemore (Philosophy) joel.parthemore at his.se visiting researcher Dept of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy, U of Skvde, Sweden **************************************************************** 11. Advances in Cognitive Systems conference http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2017 We are happy to announce that the call for papers for the Fifth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems is now available online. Important dates, venue information, and a spectacular lineup of invited speakers can be found here: http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2017 3 Mar (midnight PDT): Deadline for paper submission via EasyChair 5 May: Deadline for early registration 12-14 May: Conference Paper submissions will be handled via the EasyChair website (http://www.easychair.org), and login instructions will be posted as an update to the link given above within the next two weeks. Any questions you may have should be forwarded to paul.bello at nrl.navy.mil We look forward to seeing you in May! With our warmest regards, Paul Bello, Chair Ken Forbus, Ashok Goel, John Laird, Pat Langley & Sergei Nirenberg, ACS Organizing Committee **************************************************************** 12. Nengo Summer School, 4-16 June 2017, U of Waterloo, Ontario, CA http://www.nengo.ca/summerschool The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the U of Waterloo is inviting applications for our 4th annual summer school on large-scale brain modeling. This two-week school will teach participants how to use the Nengo software package to build state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models to run in simulation and on neuromorphic hardware. Nengo has been used to build what is currently the world's largest functional brain model, Spaun [1], and provides users with a versatile and powerful environment for designing cognitive and neural systems to run in simulated and real environments. For a look at last year's summer school, check out this short video: https://goo.gl/EkhWCJ We welcome applications from all interested graduate students, research associates, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals. No specific training in the use of modeling software is required, but we encourage applications from active researchers with a relevant background in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, robotics, neuromorphic engineering, computer science, or a related field. [1] Eliasmith, C., Stewart T. C., Choo X., Bekolay T., DeWolf T., Tang Y., Rasmussen, D. (2012). A large-scale model of the functioning brain. Science. Vol. 338 no. 6111 pp. 1202-1205. DOI: 10.1126/science.1225266. [http://nengo.ca/publications/spaunsciencepaper] ***Application Deadline: 15 Feb 2017*** Format: A combination of tutorials and project-based work. Participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects, which may focus on testing hypotheses, modeling neural or cognitive data, implementing specific behavioural functions with neurons, expanding past models, or providing a proof-of-concept of various neural mechanisms. Hands-on tutorials, work on individual or group projects, and talks from invited faculty members will make up the bulk of day-to-day activities. A project demonstration event will be held on the last day of the school, with prizes for strong projects! Topics Covered: Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to: build perceptual, motor, and sophisticated cognitive models using spiking neurons model anatomical, electrophysiological, cognitive, and behavioural data use a variety of single cell models within a large-scale model integrate machine learning methods into biologically oriented models interface Nengo with various kinds of neuromorphic hardware (e.g. SpiNNaker) interface Nengo with cameras and robotic systems implement modern nonlinear control methods in neural models and much more. 4-16 June 2017 at the U of Waterloo, Ontario, CA. Applications: Please visit http://www.nengo.ca/summerschool, where you can find more information regarding costs, travel, lodging, along with an application form listing required materials. If you have any questions about the school or the application process, please contact Peter Blouw (pblouw at uwaterloo.ca). We look forward to hearing from you! **************************************************************** 13. HILDA 2017 Call for Papers (Deadline Extension to 10 mar) http://hilda.io/ HILDA'17 2nd Workshop on Human-In-the-Loop Data Analytics. Co-located with SIGMOD 2017, Chicago Workshop Date: 14 May 2017 Submissions due: 10 Mar 2017 11:59PM US EDT (instead of March 3) HILDA is a workshop that will allow researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and results relating to how data management can be done with awareness of the people who form part of the analytics process. Thus, the key focus of HILDA is to evaluate, understand, and formally reason about the participation of humans in data management, with the eventual goal towards building optimized data management systems and techniques that treat humans as a first-class citizen, alongside data. We welcome work that proposes innovations in design to improve the way people can work with data management systems, just as work that studies empirically how humans work with existing systems. We welcome research from a variety of perspectives: database systems, data mining and machine learning,human-centric computing, interfaces, and visualization, as well as industrial best practices and experience. A sample of topics that are in the spirit of this workshop include, but are not limited to: novel query interfaces, interactive query refinement, data exploration and analysis, data visualization, human-assisted data integration and cleaning, perception-aware data processing, database systems designed for highly interactive use cases, empirical studies of database use, and crowd-powered data infrastructure. HILDA intends to be a forum where people from varied communities engage with one another's ideas. We welcome submissions that present initial ideas and visions, just as much as reports on early results, or reflections on completed projects. The workshop will focus on discussion and interaction, rather than static presentations of what is in the paper. See http://hilda.io/2016 for the program and examples of the work presented at HILDA 2016. SUBMISSION ======== Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Papers must follow the ACM Proceedings Format. Papers submitted can be between four and six pages in length, including references and appendix. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hilda2017 ORGANIZERS & PC Carsten Binnig, Brown, co-chair Joseph M. Hellerstein, U of California, Berkeley, co-chair Aditya Parameswaran, U of Illinois, co-chair Abraham Bernstein, U of Zurich Adriane Chapman, MITRE McLean Anil Bahuman, Reliance Industries Anushka Anand, Tableau Software Beth Trushkowsky, Harvey Mudd Brian Lim, NUS Singapore Carl-Christian Kanne, Platfora Chris Re, Stanford Dafna Shahaf, Hebrew U Jerusalem Daniel Fysher, Microsoft Research Eugene Wu, Columbia Giorgio Caviglia, Trifacta Inc. Guoliang Li, Tsinghua Harish Doraiswamy, NYU Data Science Center James Terwilliger, Microsoft Res Jessica Hullman, U of Washington Martin Kersten, CWI Olga Papemmanouil, Brandeis Oliver Kennedy, U at Buffalo Patrick Olivier, Newcastle Remco Chang, Tufts Rick Cole, Tableau Software Stratos Idreos, Harvard Sudeepa Roy, Duke Tim Kraska, Brown Tiziana Catarci, Sapienza Universit di Roma Yunyao Li, IBM Research STEERING COMMITTEE Alan Fekete, U of Sydney Laura Haas, IBM Research Arnab Nandi, Ohio State **************************************************************** 14. 13th International Naturalistic Decision Making conference 20-23 Jun 2017, Bath, England Karen Feigh just sent out the list you compiled of events and conferences. Thank you. But there is one you left out: The 13th International Conference of Naturalistic Decision Making, which will be held in Bath, England 20-23 Jun 2017. The conference encapsulates the cognitive challenges associated with making decisions in demanding and uncertain situations. It is co-chaired by Julie Gore and Paul Ward. Keynote speakers include Rhona Flin and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The deadline for paper submissions is 15 Jan 17. http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/news_events/events/naturalistic-decision-making/index.html Gary Klein, PhD MacroCognition LLC 937/238-8281 (cell) gary at macrocognition.com www.macrocognition.com http://www.shadowboxtraining.com **************************************************************** 15. Little AI, free game on iTunes http://little-ai.com/ Little AI is a free game for iPhone or iPad to illustrate developmental artificial intelligence and constructivist learning. It can be used for teaching. It was just released on the App store: http://little-ai.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1114007742 contact: Olivier Georgeon **************************************************************** 16. Game to learn how to use the terminal http://www.mprat.org/Terminus/ [sent to me by a local professor] This is a game aimed at helping people get used to terminal commands (i.e., those you'd see in Unix-based terminals). I got the link to this from another professor here. I'm going to try to use it for our 1st lab for our 2nd intro course. **************************************************************** 17. Article: Net neutrality is good for people and business. https://www.wired.com/2017/01/dont-gut-net-neutrality-good-people-business Net neutrality is good for people and business. Preserving net neutrality will help "make America great again". article featured in Wired: Don't Gut Net Neutrality. It's Good for People and Business, 5 Jan 17 Nick http://www.stern.nyu.edu/networks **************************************************************** 18. Frontiers in Psychology Section on Cognitive Science There is a journal called Frontiers in Psychology that has a subsection on Frontiers in Cognitive Psychology. There announcements that come to me are in an HTML message, so I only include one example, but I am seeing some interesting papers getting published there: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00800/ Cognitive Appraisals Affect Both Embodiment of Thermal Sensation and Its Mapping to Thermal Evaluation Keeling, Roesch, and Clements-Croome **************************************************************** 19. SI: What Does It Take for an Artificial Agent to Be Constructivist? http://constructivist.info/special/agents Special Issue of Constructivist Foundations to be published March 2018 Editors: Olivier Georgeon and Alexander Riegler, agents at constructivist.info Submission deadline: 15 Aug 17 CALL FOR PAPERS What Does It Take for an Artificial Agent to Be Constructivist? Edited by Olivier L. Georgeon and Alexander Riegler 15 May 2017: Expressions of interest (including abstract) 15 Aug 2017: Submission deadline for full papers 15 Jan 2018: Submission deadline for open peer commentaries 15 Mar 2018: Publication date Download the full Call for Papers from http://constructivist.info/special/agents **************************************************************** 20. Human Factors: The Journal of the HF and Ergonomics Society http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/humanfactors Editor: Patricia R. DeLucia Texas Tech U Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society publishes peer-reviewed scientific studies in human factors/ergonomics that present theoretical and practical advances concerning the relationship between people and technologies, tools, environments, and systems. Papers published in Human Factors leverage fundamental knowledge of human capabilities and limitations ,Ai and the basic understanding of cognitive, physical, behavioral, physiological, social, developmental, affective, and motivational aspects of human performance ,Ai to yield design principles; enhance training, selection, and communication; and ultimately improve human-system interfaces and sociotechnical systems that lead to safer and more effective outcomes. Articles encompass a wide range of multidisciplinary approaches, including laboratory and real-world studies; quantitative and qualitative methods; ecological, information- processing, and computational perspectives; human performance models; behavioral, physiological, and neuroscientific measures; micro- and macroergonomics; evaluative reviews of the literature; methodological analyses; and state-of-the-art reviews that cover all aspects of the human-system interface. Human Factors published its first issue in 1958. Submissions on a wide variety of topics are welcome. Human Factors will be of particular interest to those interested in areas such as human factors/ergonomics, human-systems integration, automation, robotics, human-computer interaction, transportation, health-care systems, aviation and aerospace, aging, teamwork, education and training, military systems, architecture, applied psychology, biomechanics, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, industrial engineering, neuroergonomics, and user-centered design. Submit your manuscript at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/humanfactors **************************************************************** 21. ICCM 2016 has an ISBN now, and revised proceedings available This should not change how it is received by most departments and journals -- Cognitive Science and AAAI also have ISBN numbers. But having an ISBN should allow some governments and universities to 'find' or recognize the proceedings more easily. **************************************************************** 22. Understanding Higher Cognition (book) http://understandinghighercognition.com/ [This is a book with video lecturers in our area, which got sent to me. This is interesting in that the media now allows courses to be put on the web requiring much lower resources. I cannot vouch for the contents, this is a "the media is the message" announcement.] **************************************************************** 23. Research Dean, IST at PSU http://ist.psu.edu The College of IST is looking for a Research Dean. This position will oversee research in the college. The college has about 60 faculty. The chair of the hiring committee, Lee Giles (giles at ist.psu.edu) or I can send you the full call. **************************************************************** 24. Full Professor of Communication Science and Artificial Intelligence Radboud U Nijmegen (application deadline 15 Mar 17) http://www.ru.nl/werken/details/details_vacature_0/?recid=593259 The professor will have a strong focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for advancing the study of mediated communication and its uses and effects. Topics may include, but are not limited to: - recommender algorithms to personalise information presented through interactive media; - the emergence of artificial intelligence as agent in the news and information landscape, including digital, automated, and computational journalism; - the use of virtual and augmented reality to enable or enhance communication; - communication between human and virtual or tangible artificial agents (e.g. avatars, robots); the use of analytics for web traffic, especially when these tools can be deployed and tuned by communication scholars; - the development of models of the spreading of information and influence through social network connections, (graph) analysis of peer networks; - the effectiveness of apps and wearables, and how sensors and software can be exploited with specific communication aims in mind. **************************************************************** 25. Tenure-Track Faculty Openings, Industrial Engineering & Management, National Chiao Tung U, Hsinchu, Taiwan The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at National Chiao Tung U (NCTU) invites applications for tenure track positions. We seek outstanding candidates for faculty positions in all areas of Industrial Engineering ,Ai methodological and applied ,Ai including Human Factors Engineering. National Chiao Tung U is located next to Hsinchu Science Park, the Silicon Valley of Taiwan. Over the years, NCTU, the forerunner of science and technology, has been playing a key role in technology innovation as well as entrepreneur incubator for the high technology park. Recently, a national bio-medical industrial park is established in the vicinity of the campus. With its strengths in ICT and high-tech management, NCTU will have substantive contributions to biomedical engineering in Taiwan. The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) of NCTU was established in 1984. The mission is to be a premier department providing education and leadership in research, development and application of technology and knowledge in the Industrial Engineering domain. Individuals will be considered if their capabilities and research interest are compatible with the mission of the department. Applicants should have a PhD degree in related fields, and must have demonstrated outstanding records or potential in research. Teaching courses in English at both undergraduate and graduate levels is required. Parties are invited to send the following materials: (1) a curriculum vitae with a publication list, (2) research and teaching statements, including research areas and the courses you could offer, (3) a transcript of graduate studies, and (4) a copy of the dissertation and Ph.D. diploma. Applications should be received by 31 Aug 17 to ensure full consideration. The application materials are sent to: Prof. W. L. Pearn, Chair, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Management National Chiao Tung U, Hsinchu, Taiwan wlpearn at mail.nctu.edu.tw **************************************************************** 26. Ass. / Assoc / Full Professor in Robotics, Tufts, Medford, MA From: Matthias Scheutz Subject: Assistant / Associate / Full Professor in Robotics at Tufts, Medford, MA To: HRI-ANNOUNCEMENT at LISTSERV.ACM.ORG The Department of Computer Science (CS) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Tufts invite applications for a tenure-stream faculty appointment at any rank in the area of robotics to begin in September 2017. We are looking for an engaged and engaging researcher and teacher with a strong vision who can bridge the research strands in control and navigation in ME and artificial intelligence and human-robot interaction in CS and maintain a high-quality collaborative research program at Tufts. Possible connections include safe autonomous navigation in social spaces (from autonomously driving cars, to social robots in elder-care facilities, to UAVs for product delivery), safe object manipulation for human-robot collaborative tasks (e.g., collaborative assembly tasks, manipulation of physical parts in manufacturing, and physical interaction in therapy settings such dressing or guided limb motion for stroke recovery), and all aspects of human-robot teaming (e.g., trained human-robot teams for Urban Search and Rescue missions, ad hoc teams for disaster relief, space exploration, or other teaming settings where autonomous robots significantly contribute to mission success). While candidates with research in any of the above areas in robotics, AI, or HRI will be considered, we are particularly interested in candidates who work in manipulation. The size and research funding of both departments has grown significantly in the past. Located in the Boston area, the departments benefit from outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, collaborative faculty, and cross-disciplinary research opportunities. Tufts is one of the smallest universities ranked as a Research 1 university, offering the best of a liberal arts college atmosphere coupled with the intellectual and technological resources of a major research university. Tufts supports and encourages a culture of interdisciplinary research and there are numerous such opportunities within the School of Engineering, School of Arts and Sciences, and our graduate and professional schools. Located only six miles from historic downtown Boston, faculty members on the Tufts Medford/Somerville campus have extensive opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration as well as participation in the richintellectual life of the area. The School of Engineering is in the midst of a period of exciting growth that has seen the recruitment of outstanding new faculty, a quadrupling of funded research over the last ten years, the addition of new buildings and laboratory space, an emphasis on building diversity in engineering, and major curricular initiatives at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Please submit your application online through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/38832. We request the following: (a) a letter of application explaining your interest in Tufts and in this position, (b) your curriculum vitae, (c) a statement describing your current and planned research, (d) a statement of your teaching philosophy, (e) a sample of your scholarly work, and (f) three to five reference letters. Review of applications will begin 9 Jan 2017 and will continue until the position is filled. For more information about the department, the position, and the application procedure, please visit http://www.cs.tufts.edu Inquiries should be emailed to jointsearch at cs.tufts.edu **************************************************************** 27. Software Engineer for cognitive models, AFRL http://jobs.leidos.com/ShowJob/Id/989233/Software-Engineer/ The position at the link is a contract position through Leidos, working on an exciting new line of applied research and development with our Cognitive Models and Agents branch at Wright-Patterson AFB. If you have the required knowledge, skills, experience, and interest, please apply at their website. If you know someone else who does, please forward for their awareness. Kevin Gluck, PhD Principal Cognitive Scientist **************************************************************** 28. Open Postdoctoral fellowship Dept. de Matemtiques i Informtica at Universitat de Barcelona. The Dept. de Matematiques i Informatica (Mathematics and Computer Science) is looking for and willing to support excellent postdoctoral researchers in the fields of Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Human-Computer Interaction who are interested in applying for a Beatriu de Pins (BP) 2016 fellowship so as to conduct a two-year postdoc at Universitat de Barcelona. The purpose of the Beatriu de Pins programme* is to award 60 individuals grants for the hiring and incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system. These grants are designed for the incorporation of young researchers (who obtained their PhD between 2007 and 2014 and have not resided or worked in Spain for more than 12 months in the three years prior to date of submission of the application), so that they can improve their professional prospects and obtain an independent research position. Candidates must carry out a research and training project for the entire period of the grant, one that will allow them to progress in the development of their professional careers. Please check the website of the BP programme* for further information about this fellowship. Some of the specific projects, we are working, include: + Machine Learning: Deep Learning for time series analysis, Supervised Online Learning Algorithms, Bayesian statistics and deep learning. + Computer Vision: Visual Lifelogging and Egocentric Vision, Neuroimage processing, Computer Vision for Food Analysis, Deep learning and Image Aesthetics, Ultrasound image analysis. + Human-Computer Interaction: ageing / older people, interfaces for people with mild dementia or with aphasia, universal design of STEM documents Description: [URL was three lines long and I deleted it, google for the URL] Deadline: 01/12/2016 [this date is probably 1dec16, might be filled, might not] For further information about this postdoctoral opportunity please feel free to contact us: Petia Radeva (petia.ivanova at ub.edu) www.ub.edu/cvub www.cvc.uab.es/people/petia **************************************************************** 29. 2 postdocs in HCI at PSU I [Carroll] am looking for two postdocs to start this summer (July). Each will have an initial contract period of 1 year, both are 12-month, non-tenure, renewable positions with the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and Center for Human-Computer Interaction at the Pennsylvania State University. One position is a research associate (technically, this is a junior-level, research-oriented faculty position). It includes teaching one course per year, and helping to manage and support my research group. To apply for this position, go to https://psu.jobs/job/69142 The second position is a project-focused post doctoral scholar. It involves carrying out and coordinating field work with community partners, and does not include teaching responsibilities. To apply for this position, go to https://psu.jobs/job/69738 Both post docs will be members of an interdisciplinary team investigating collaborative learning and problem-solving, online community, and computer support for local communities (local non-profits and businesses, municipal government, neighborhoods). Both will help me and my graduate students plan and conduct design research, field studies, and laboratory experiments addressing new kinds of support for collaborative and community activities and experiences. Required qualifications: -Ph.D. in CS, Information Science, HCI, or related field. -Experience in and enthusiasm for communicating research results at scientific conferences and in academic journals. -Desire to work in an interdisciplinary team developing computer technologies and applications, and engaging with and gathering data from users and other stakeholders. Desirable qualifications: -Experience with user-centered design, participatory design, usability evaluation, and ethnographic field methods, social computing and community informatics. -Software design, programming, and database expertise in developing Web 2.0 and mobile applications. If you have questions, contact jmcarroll at psu.edu; to apply, please use the links embedded above. The Pennsylvania State University is the land grant institution of Pennsylvania. University Park is the largest of Penn State's 24 campuses, with undergraduate enrollment of approximately 44,000 students and offering more than 150 programs of graduate study. The campus is located in State College PA, ranked the 3rd safest metropolitan area in the United States by CQ Press, and the 8th best college town in the nation by Best College Reviews. The College of IST is Penn State's iSchool; its faculty and students are dedicated to collaboration and applying knowledge to make human lives better. **************************************************************** 30. 2 postdocs in Cogsci at PSU I [Ritter] am looking for two post docs to start this summer (depending when funds arrive). Each will have an initial contract period of 1 year, both are 12-month, non-tenure, one is renewable, the other is not necessarily, positions with the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and the Applied Cognitive Science Lab. Both positions are postdocs, one will build models of ACT-R and Physiology and one will build a tutor and help test it. To apply for these positions, go to https://psu.jobs/job/63941 and also email frank.ritter at psu.edu your materials. Required qualifications: -Ph.D. in cognitive science, CS, Information Science, HCI, or related field. -Experience in and enthusiasm for communicating research results at scientific conferences and in academic journals. -Desire to work in an interdisciplinary team developing computer technologies and applications, building models, and running studies. Desirable qualifications: -Experience with ACT-R, Ruby, lisp, other languages, including R -Software design, programming, and database expertise in developing large systems - Knowledge of leanring and tutoring or physiology If you have questions, contact frank.ritter at psu.edu; to apply, please use the links embedded above. **************************************************************** 31. Cognitive Scientist https://www.cra.com/careers/job-listings?gh_jid=539284 We are seeking a scientist to work with small teams to advance the science of learning and develop new learning systems. Do you like to play games, but are more interested in how to improve the game than winning? Are you interested in how the brain acquires new skills? Do you wish tailored and adaptive training was available to everyone? Do you ask for more data for your birthday? This may be the position for you! You will apply the latest evidence-based techniques from fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive modeling, game AI, intelligent tutoring systems, modeling and simulation, and/or instructional design to domains such as military tactics, cyber defense, and healthcare. You will work with our scientists and software engineers to determine requirements, design new approaches, and assist in implementing these designs in software. You will also support evaluation of research ideas (both empirical and qualitative) and the documentation of your results for peer-reviewed publication and reports to Sponsors. You will be involved in the authoring of new proposals to further these areas of research and development. MUST HAVE: U.S. Citizenship is essential due to the nature of our research Doctorate degree in Computer or Cognitive Science (or a related field) or a strong track record conducting research in these areas Strong verbal and written skills to support proposal writing, interaction with customers, and presentations at technical conferences Experience with one or more topics in cognitive modeling, game AI, training simulations, intelligent tutoring systems, modeling and simulation, instructional design **************************************************************** 32. Computational Cog Scientist https://jobs.wright.edu/postings/11106 The Wright State Research Institute (WSRI), a component of Wright State in Dayton Ohio, is hiring a Computational Cognitive Scientist with expertise in the areas of human and machine learning. Interested applicants can apply here: https://jobs.wright.edu/postings/11106 This is an excellent opportunity for someone who recently received their PhD and is seeking a career path outside the traditional academic route, but who values the intellectual dynamism of a university environment. Because WSRI is a relatively young organization, this is also a great opportunity for a motivated individual to get in on the ground floor and help shape the future research direction of WSRI,Aos cognitive science portfolio. We are especially interested in candidates who possess a high degree of self-direction and who are willing to grow into a leadership role over time. The Computational Cognitive Scientist (CCS) position is a full time, permanent position. Initially, the CCS will conduct research in support of an Ohio state-funded project called Human-Centered Big Data, which aims to make ,Aublack box,Au machine learning systems -- including, but not limited to, deep neural nets -- more transparent to human users. The CCS will also have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of other projects focused on modeling and improving human cognition at both the individual and group levels. Applicants must be US citizens. Further inquiries can be made directly to: brandon.minnery at wright.edu Brandon Minnery, Ph.D. Director of Research Wright State Research Institute **************************************************************** 33. Summer 2017 Research for Undergraduates in HCI at CMU http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/reu-summer-2017 The Human Computer Interaction Institute is looking for talented and driven undergraduates to join us for Summer 2017 in conducting novel research at the edge of design, behavioral sciences, and computing technology. Students will be matched with and work closely with mentors in their research. Some example topics of research for Summer 2017 include: - Smart classroom sensors - Software engineering for HCI and security - Designing and developing educational games - Developing tools for citizen science - Designing better systems for the future of work - Improving online health support groups - Building smartphone privacy tools - Building tools to help people with disabilities be crowd workers The program will run for 10 weeks, going from 29 May-4 Aug. Students will be paid a stipend, and will also have their housing costs covered. Ideal applicants will be rising sophomores, juniors, or seniors, and have strong skills in one or more of visual or interaction design, behavioral sciences, or software or hardware development. We are also interested in broadening participation of students from traditionally underrepresented groups in computing or who do not have access to research facilities at their home institution. Previous research experience is not a requirement. The application deadline is 1 Mar 17, and decisions will be sent out by 15 Mar. For more information and our application form, please see http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/reu-summer-2017 **************************************************************** 34. Postdoc at GIT in NASA mission planning Georgia Tech's Cognitive Engineering Center in collaboration with the Savelsbergh Research Group is seeking a post-doctoral research associate to work on a project to provide mission planning for NASA's next generation of manned space exploration missions. The proposed research focuses on representing and planning the work of astronauts during space missions, and addresses three intertwined challenges: (1) a formal representation of the work; (2) the interface for a human planner to reason about plans for accomplishing the work; and (3) computational methods to create and optimize plans which can potentially scale from focused, near-term off-nominal disturbance response to more strategic planning of larger sets of activities and longer durations. The ideal candidate will have a strong computation background with significant programming experience in at least one object oriented language (C++, C#, Python or Java) and a basic understanding and knowledge of algorithms, e.g., shortest paths, maximum flow, linear programming, and integer programming. Additionally, we are seeking candidates with: ? a basic knowledge of simulation techniques, including discrete event and continuous-time simulation, and Monte Carlo methods ? an exposure or experience with machine scheduling algorithms ? an exposure to predictive analytics, i.e., analyzing historic data to predict future events The duration of the position is approximately 24 months and is located in Atlanta, GA; and would ideally begin May 2017 or earlier. Interested candidates should send an application packet consisting of a cover letter and their CV to Dr. Karen Feigh at Karen.feigh at gatech.edu. A more detailed description of the research can be found at: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/esi/esi2016/Mixed-Initiative_Plan_Management **************************************************************** -30- If you have read this far, a nice topical video is Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q **************************************************************** From d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl Thu Mar 16 09:01:41 2017 From: d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl (Hedderik van Rijn) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:01:41 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 5y Assistent Professor Position @ Psychology / Groningen, The Netherlands Message-ID: <33633841-FB17-4965-BE66-83EBA121A798@rug.nl> Come and work in Groningen, the city that voted for an EU-oriented, open society! Our department is looking for an assistent professor, initially 5 years fixed term. Open to all sub-disciplines of psychology. For more information, see https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/39140/lang/en/ or contact me. - Hedderik. -- prof. dr. Hedderik van Rijn -- http://www.van-rijn.org Depts. of Experimental Psychology & Psychometrics and Statistics University of Groningen From yliu at zju.edu.cn Thu Mar 23 20:42:29 2017 From: yliu at zju.edu.cn (yliu at zju.edu.cn) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:42:29 +0800 (GMT+08:00) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Fw: ICCCIS 2017 CFP Message-ID: <6424ef91.5a4e4.15afdc3c278.Coremail.yliu@zju.edu.cn> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The other positions involve developing computational cognitive models of complex skills in dynamic interactive environments and integrating them with deep learning models and explanation systems. The purpose of the project is to provide insights into the processes and representations of the machine learning models to improve trust and interaction with human experts (Explainable AI). Interested candidates should send inquiries and applications (CV, research interests, references) to John Anderson (ja at cmu.edu) and Christian Lebiere ( cl at cmu.edu). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: