From ion.juvina at wright.edu  Thu Mar  1 10:45:14 2018
From: ion.juvina at wright.edu (Ion Juvina)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 10:45:14 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers - MathPsych/ICCM 2018
Message-ID: <1AF248AB-4742-488B-9315-5C757DD06B4E@wright.edu>

University of Wisconsin, Madison
July 21st-24th, 2018               
(July 21st is for Workshops, Tutorials & Opening reception)

 

Deadline in 2 weeks: March 15th, 11.59pm CDT.

Conference details: http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/>
Submission details:  http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/>
 

We invite you to MathPsych/ICCM 2018, the joint gathering of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 16th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition.  Following our success in 2017, ICCM has again joined forces with the Society for Mathematical Psychology to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged.

 

MathPsych/ICCM 2018 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 four world-class invited speakers:
Angela Yu (University of California, San Diego)

Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland)
Jennifer Trueblood (Vanderbilt University, Estes Early Career Award winner)

Leslie Blaha (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, FABBS Early Career Award winner)

 

We will have three invited symposia:

-       On the relationship between scientific practice and statistical practice

(Organizers:  Rich Shiffrin & Joachim Vandekerckhove)

-       Probabilistic Specification and Quantitative Testing of Decision Theories

             (Organizers:  Michel Regenwetter & Clintin Stober)

-       Computational Brain & Behavior, a new journal sponsored by the Society for Mathematical Psychology

            (Organizer:  Scott Brown)

 

 

We have separate submissions for the MathPsych parallel tracks and the ICCM single-track. For MathPsych, submissions are brief 250-word 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 (when you are presenting author of a MathPsych paper, you cannot also be a presenting author of an ICCM paper and vica versa). We also welcome pre-conference workshop/tutorial submissions that are not specific to MathPsych or ICCM. All types of submissions are due on March 15th, 11.59pm EDT.

 

Registration fees have not yet been determined, although we expect they will be approximately $200 (faculty/professionals) and $80 (students). Registration will open in May.

 

We hope to see you in Madison!

Ion Juvina, Joseph Houpt, and Christopher Myers (ICCM co-chairs)

Joseph Austerweil and Joseph Houpt (MathPsych co-chairs)

 
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From ion.juvina at wright.edu  Thu Mar  1 10:45:14 2018
From: ion.juvina at wright.edu (Ion Juvina)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 10:45:14 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for papers - MathPsych/ICCM 2018
Message-ID: <1AF248AB-4742-488B-9315-5C757DD06B4E@wright.edu>

University of Wisconsin, Madison
July 21st-24th, 2018               
(July 21st is for Workshops, Tutorials & Opening reception)

 

Deadline in 2 weeks: March 15th, 11.59pm CDT.

Conference details: http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/>
Submission details:  http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/>
 

We invite you to MathPsych/ICCM 2018, the joint gathering of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 16th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition.  Following our success in 2017, ICCM has again joined forces with the Society for Mathematical Psychology to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged.

 

MathPsych/ICCM 2018 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 four world-class invited speakers:
Angela Yu (University of California, San Diego)

Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland)
Jennifer Trueblood (Vanderbilt University, Estes Early Career Award winner)

Leslie Blaha (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, FABBS Early Career Award winner)

 

We will have three invited symposia:

-       On the relationship between scientific practice and statistical practice

(Organizers:  Rich Shiffrin & Joachim Vandekerckhove)

-       Probabilistic Specification and Quantitative Testing of Decision Theories

             (Organizers:  Michel Regenwetter & Clintin Stober)

-       Computational Brain & Behavior, a new journal sponsored by the Society for Mathematical Psychology

            (Organizer:  Scott Brown)

 

 

We have separate submissions for the MathPsych parallel tracks and the ICCM single-track. For MathPsych, submissions are brief 250-word 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 (when you are presenting author of a MathPsych paper, you cannot also be a presenting author of an ICCM paper and vica versa). We also welcome pre-conference workshop/tutorial submissions that are not specific to MathPsych or ICCM. All types of submissions are due on March 15th, 11.59pm EDT.

 

Registration fees have not yet been determined, although we expect they will be approximately $200 (faculty/professionals) and $80 (students). Registration will open in May.

 

We hope to see you in Madison!

Ion Juvina, Joseph Houpt, and Christopher Myers (ICCM co-chairs)

Joseph Austerweil and Joseph Houpt (MathPsych co-chairs)

 
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From cl at cmu.edu  Thu Mar  1 12:43:47 2018
From: cl at cmu.edu (Christian Lebiere)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:43:47 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2018 ACT-R Workshop
Message-ID: <CAA3R1H-o0a9=X_bKX89ZJ5-enMrdBYzBC66aW-QpbOfhTtV=7A@mail.gmail.com>

We are planning to have a one-day ACT-R Workshop on July 21 as part of the
MathPsych/ICCM 2018 Workshop day. If you are considering participating and
would be interested in giving a presentation or organizing a panel session
(similar organization to this past summer in London), please let me know
within the next week or so by emailing me a title/topic and a short
paragraph. No need for formality.

Best regards,
Christian
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From cl at cmu.edu  Mon Mar  5 09:56:29 2018
From: cl at cmu.edu (Christian Lebiere)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:56:29 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogSIMA deadline March 18
Message-ID: <CAA3R1H-mwP8xWakBYSQNMMP9hi3-DwfSznpRyOrb=rnrB2kZPw@mail.gmail.com>

The paper submission deadline for the CogSIMA conference has been extended
to March 18:

http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=68884&copyownerid=73015

CogSIMA 2018 continues and expands the research domain of situation
management that was established by the first conference CogSIMA 2011. The
aim of CogSIMA conferences is to provide a venue for presenting scientific
results on interdisciplinary studies of complex heterogeneous dynamical
systems that include humans, physical systems, and computer agents whose
behaviors depend on situations.

All papers must present original and unpublished work that is not currently
under review elsewhere. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three
independent referees. Papers will be evaluated according to their
significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance
to the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper is required
to attend the conference. Three types of paper submissions will be
accepted:

Oral Papers (5-7 pages): Papers that describe new results that advance the
state-of-the-art
Poster Papers (3-5 pages): Papers that describe work in progress
Late Breaking Reports (2-3 pages): Papers to present early findings of
cutting-edge research

Quantitative and/or qualitative methods and results are welcome, as well as
hypotheses-driven or more open-ended exploratory work. Submissions must
clearly outline the methodology (manipulations, measurements, environment
and context, etc.) and technologies used, for both replicability and
enabling in-depth review. In addition, research providing novel system
designs, algorithms, interface technologies, and computational methods
supporting elements of situation management are encouraged. It is assumed
that the submitted papers address the issues related to the general domain
of situation management

Topics:
Cognitive models of situation awareness, decision making, and situation
management
Studies of concepts of situation, context, event, goal, intention, action,
activity, behavior in interactive human-machine systems
Situation sensing, perception, comprehension, tracking, prediction and
management
Collaborative decision support
Approaches to spatial and temporal reasoning, reasoning about goals,
intentions and actions, and collective reasoning by teams of human and/or
machine agents
Metrics and evaluation of performance of hybrid human-machine systems
Situation-dependent data integration
Information fusion
Modeling of situations ? model acquisition, construction, adaptation and
learning
Models of human-machine collaboration, hybrid and distributed cognition
Ontology-based computing
Context modeling and discovering
Systems, platforms and tools for situation awareness and decision support
System-level experiments
Application-specific research

Call for Special Sessions

Interested attendees are encouraged to propose special sessions, which
consist of five papers that provide a focused discussion of new or
innovative topics. Each proposal must include the session title,
description, and organizers. Special session papers will undergo the same
review process. Special session papers must be clearly indicated when
submitted with a copy sent to the designated special session organizer.

Call for Tutorials

Proposals are invited for half-day tutorials. Tutorials will be held on 11
June 2018. Tutorial proposal must include tutorial title, outline and
description, and bio of the tutorial instructor. Tutorial should be
submitted via EDAS as paper submissions with page limit of 1. For
inquiries, please contact admin at cogsima.org.

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers should clearly indicate on the first page the submission
type. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign an IEEE copyright
release form and present their paper at the conference. The conference
proceedings will be digitally published by IEEE Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics Society and will be included into the IEEE Explore Digital
Library.
All paper submissions will be handled electronically in EDAS via the
CogSIMA 2018 submission page. Authors should prepare a Portable Document
Format (PDF) version of their full paper in 2-column style (main text in
10-point size) including figures and correct margins. Please use the
stylesheet templates provided by IEEE to assure that your proposal is in
line with our guidelines. For more information contact admin at cogsima.org.

Publication

The conference proceedings will be electronically published in the IEEE
CogSIMA Conference Proceedings and will be included into the IEEE Explore
Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted paper is required to
register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and the
paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless
the TPC grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of
the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions.
Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final
IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with
multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 3
papers.

Due Dates

Oral/Poster Papers and Tutorials: March 18, 2018 (Extended Deadline)
Late Breaking Reports: April 2, 2018
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From frank.ritter at PSU.EDU  Mon Mar  5 20:05:19 2018
From: frank.ritter at PSU.EDU (Frank Ritter)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 20:05:19 -0500
Subject: [ACT-R-users] iccm18:   conf's, special issues, jobs, slack cogsci,
	satisfice
Message-ID: <p0624080dd6c399cd30c7@[192.168.1.12]>

Hope this finds you well, things are looking up here.

The ICCM 2018 announcements drive this email. Next  ICCM+MathPsych meeting will
be in Madison, WI concurrent with ACT-R and with CogSci.

I've moved the mailing list to a tool at PSU because the previous 
tool could not
email anymore. There were no hiccups last mailing.  Josh Irwin helped 
prepare this.

[Hypertext version available at
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2018/iccm-mailing-mar2018.html]

Please note, I'm looking for two post-docs, one asap and one in August or so.

cheers,

Frank

**************** Table of Contents ****************
1. MathPsych/ICCM2018, due 15 Mar 18
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/

2. Call for Papers: SBP-BRiMS'18 in the Field of Social Computing, 
Behavior/Cultural
    Modeling, Prediction and Simulation
http://sbp-brims.org
short papers due: 14 May 18

3. Sixth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems, due 25 May 18
http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2018/

4. 2nd Annual U of Delaware Undergraduate Workshop in Cognitive and 
Brain Sciences
https://www.psych.udel.edu/brainworkshop due 1 Mar 18

5. Systems Neuroscience: A study abroad summer program in Budapest
http://sysneuro-semester.org

6. 18 ACT-R Summer School and Master Class, due 15 apr 18
CMU, 9-13 Jul 18
http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/

7. Call for Applications - 18 Nengo Summer School
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool
[deadline passed but recurring]

8 .Third Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling
- ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs, & Accumulator Models -
www.cognitive-modeling.com/springschool [Late Fee After 31 Jan 18]

SPECIAL ISSUES
==============
9. SI: Groups in Human-Agent Interaction, J of Interaction Studies
due 1 May 18

10. SI: Computational Human Performance Modeling for Human-Machine
     Systems Design,
IEEE Transactions on HMS, due 1 Apr 18

JOBS
=====
11. ACS Lab, Penn State, is Looking for Research Associates
https://psu.jobs/job/76831

12. Looking For Research Scientist at AI2
http://grhn.se/waskvb1

13. Virgina Tech Looking for Asst. Prof in Human-Centered Computing
https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/80519 [Screening Has Begun]

14. Quantitative Neuroscience Lab at Boston U Is Looking For a PostDoc
http://neurospeech.org

15. Assoc or Full Prof of Information Science at the U of Colorado Boulder
https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=11961&lang=en
  [Screening Has Begun]

16. The U of Melbourne School of Computing Is Seeking Applicants For 15
     Continuing (TT) Lecturer Positions
http://go.unimelb.edu.au/jsp6 [Applications have Closed, but worth looking at]

17. U of Melbourne Looking For Research Fellow In Computational 
Cognitive Science
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/892328/research-fellow-in-computational-cognitive-science

18. Educational Testing Service Seeking an Accessibility Engineer
http://bit.ly/ETS2018-A11yEngineer

19. New positions are available at AFRL
https://careers.l3tjobs.com/job/L3TEUS4250/Cognitive-Data-Scientist
https://careers.l3tjobs.com/job/L3TEUS4252/Software-Engineer

RESOURCES
============
20. Slack channel for early career researchers
https://join.slack.com/t/ec-cogintel/shared_invite/enQtMzE2MDEyNjY4ODgzLWFhYjdmMmY4MGMzMDM5MTM1OGYyNzdiMmRhYWFjODI3YWEyNDZlOWE3MGNjZTU2MGMxOGE1YTFkODU3MmZjZTY

21. Call For Nominations: The Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes 
in Cognitive Science
DEADLINE PASSED but recurring

22. Call for Nominations David E. Rumelhart Prize
for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
Due: 19 Feb 18, recurring

23. A.Word.A.Day
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/satisfice

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1. MathPsych/ICCM2018
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/

The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology
[http://www.mathpsych.org/], and the 16th Annual Meeting of the
International Conference on Cognitive Modelling
[http://iccm-conference.org/] will meet jointly at the U of Wisconsin
in Madison from 21-24 Jul.

Submissions are now open! You can begin your submissions at
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/.  The deadline for
submissions is 15 Mar, 11.59 pm CDT

The organizers from the Society for Mathematical Psychology are Joe
Austerweil [https://psych.wisc.edu/faculty-austerweil.html] (U of
Wisconsin) and Joe Houpt
[http://www.wright.edu/%7Ejoseph.houpt/] (Wright State U), and the
ICCM chairs are Ion Juvina
[https://people.wright.edu/ion.juvina] (Wright State), Joe
Houpt (Wright State), and Christopher Myers
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismyers4] (US Air Force Research
Laboratory).

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
will be hosted by the Women of MathPsych [http://mathpsych.org/wmp/].

The Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference
[http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/asic/2018/] will be held before
MathPsych/ICCM in Italy on 17-22 Jun. The Annual Meeting of the
Cognitive Science Society
[http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference/cogsci-2018/] will
be held just following MathPsych / ICCM in Madison on 25-28 Jul.

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2. Call for Short Papers: SBP-BRiMS'18 in the Field of Social
Computing, Behavior/Cultural Modeling, Prediction and Simulation
http://sbp-brims.org/

short papers due: 14 May 18

18th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural
Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and
Simulation 10 Jul 18 (Tuesday) - 13 Jul 18 (Friday)

George Washington U, Washington DC, USA

IMPORTANT DATES

Regular Paper (10-page) Submission: 22 Dec 17

Short/Late Breaking Paper (6-page) Submission: 14 May 18

Tutorial, Demo, and Challenge Problem Submissions: 14 May 18

Doctoral consortium submissions due: 14 May 18

Final Version Submission for Challenge Problem: 25 Jun 18

All papers are qualified for the Best Paper Award. Papers with student
first authors will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. Top
papers will be invited to publish an extended version in a special
issue of Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory.

All accepted regular papers will be published in our archival physical
proceedings - the Springer LNCS volume. Short papers are intended for
late breaking findings, research at a more conceptual stage, and other
research not appropriate as a regular paper. Accepted short papers
will be published only in our on-line non-archival proceedings.

The conference will include the following special sessions:

   Pre-conference Tutorial Sessions: 10 Jul 18 (first day of the conference)

   Graduate Consortium: 13 Jul 18 Poster Session: At Conference Poster
   Night Technology Demos: During Conference lunch times and Poster
   Night Challenge Problem Evaluation: At Conference Poster Night

   Funding Panel & Cross-Fertilization Roundtable: Previous SBP
   conferences have included a Cross-Fertilization and/or Funding
   Panels. The purpose of these panels is to help participants become
   better acquainted with people outside of their discipline and
   provide an opportunity for conference participants to interact with
   program managers from various federal funding agencies.

FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

See our webpage (http://sbp-brims.org) for format details. For any
questions and inquiries concerning submissions, please email at
sbpbrims at andrew.cmu.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

SBP-BRIMS is an interdisciplinary conference integrating methods from
the computational sciences and the social sciences. Submissions are
solicited on research issues, theories, methodologies, and
applications. Late-breaking research is encouraged. Historical topics
of interest have included the following, however this is by no means
exhaustive or exclusive:

Advances in Sociocultural & Behavioral Process Modeling

* Group formation, interaction, and evolution
* Collective action, public opinion representation, and governance
* Cultural patterns, representation, and psycho-cultural situation awareness
* Social conventions, social contexts and influence processes
* Intelligent agents and avatars/adversarial modeling
* Models of reasoning and decision making
* Performance prediction, assessment, & skill monitoring/tracking

Information, Systems, & Network Science

* Data mining and analytics on social media for social and human dynamics
* Diffusion and other dynamic processes over networks
* Detection and inference over network topologies and changes over time
* Analysis of high-dimensional networks, link formations, and link types

Military & Intelligence Applications

* Evaluation, modeling and simulation of military capacities and 
political influence
* Impact of technological innovation on influence and information spread
* Group representation and profiling, including extremist behaviors 
and policies
* Cybersecurity, cyber-policy, and attribution
* Methods of collating open source data into information describing
   events and activities

Applications for Health and Well-being

* Social network analysis to understand health behavior
* Modeling of public health and health care policy and decision making
* Modeling of behavioral aspects of infectious disease spread
* Modeling of behavioral aspects of prevention & treatment for chronic
   diseases (e.g., cancer, obesity, asthma)
* Intervention design and modeling for behavioral health

Example Other Applications of Interest to the Community

* Model federation, validation and integration
* Evolutionary computing and optimization
* Education, training, professional development and workforce training in
    modeling and simulation

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
[http://sbp-brims.org/awards/] as it becomes available.

Applications are due soon! Screening begins on Dec. 1.

Christopher L. Dancy, christopher.dancy at bucknell.edu
Assistant Prof
Department of Computer Science
Bucknell University

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3. 6th Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems, due 25 May 18
http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2018/

I am writing to let you know the Sixth Annual Conference on Advances
in Cognitive Systems will take place from 18-20 Aug 18, at
Stanford. As explained on the meeting Web site.

http://www.cogsys.org/conference/2018/

The aim is to convene researchers who pursue the original goals of AI:
to explain the mind in computational terms and to reproduce a broad
range of human abilities in computational artifacts.

Submissions are due on 25 May 18, just over four months from now,
with details on format available at the Web site. Accepted papers will
appear in Advances in Cognitive Systems, a journal that serves as both
an archival publication and as proceedings for the conference.

I hope very much that you and your colleagues will submit papers to
the meeting, as your research is a good match to its emphasis on
high-level cognitive abilities, structured representations,
system-level accounts of the mind, and insights from studies of human
thinking.

I also hope that you will share this message with others whose work is
relevant and encourage them to contribute. If you have questions about
the meeting's goals, the types of papers we hope to attract, or any
other topic, feel free to ask me and I will be happy to answer them.

Sincerely,

Pat Langley, Program Chair
Sixth Annual Conference on
Advances in Cognitive Systems

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4. 2nd Annual U of Delaware Undergraduate Workshop in Cognitive
     and Brain Sciences
https://www.psych.udel.edu/brainworkshop due 1 Mar

Are you an undergraduate interested in learning more about cognitive
and brain sciences? If so, the Dept of Psychological and Brain
Sciences at the U of Delaware is holding its 2nd Annual Summer
Workshop in Cognitive and Brain Sciences from June 4th-15th,
2018. This program is an intensive workshop for undergraduates who are
interested in cognitive research. Participants will engage in
immersive training in cognitive and brain sciences, which includes
both formal coursework, interactive teaching, and hands-on experience
with functional neuroimaging, non-invasive brain stimulation,
cognitive neuropsychological research, and more. This program is open
to permanent residents and citizens of the United States.

Thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation, travel,
tuition, room and board will be provided for the entire two-week
program. Furthermore, selected workshop attendees will have the
opportunity to engage in cognitive neuroscience research over the
entire summer at the U of Delaware. Those students will be provided
with a stipend, in addition to workshop expenses.

We encourage all undergraduates with a strong interest in the
cognitive and brain sciences to apply. We also encourage students from
underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Applications are due 1 Mar. For
more information, please go to
https://www.psych.udel.edu/brainworkshop. If you have any questions,
please contact the workshop organizers (Drs. Jared Medina & Anna
Papafragou) at brainworkshop at psych.udel.edu.

Anna Papafragou , papafragou at psych.udel.edu
Prof & Associate Chair
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
U of Delaware
http://papafragou.psych.udel.edu

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5. Systems Neuroscience: a study abroad summer program in Budapest
http://sysneuro-semester.org/

BSCS-US announces a study abroad program in Budapest:

Systems Neuroscience: a study abroad summer program
Program start/end dates
11 Jun - 3 Aug 18

The BSCS Systems Neuroscience Program takes place at and academically
supervised by the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology,
Semmelweis U Medical School, Budapest.

Transcript is issued by the Registrar of the Semmelweis U Medical
School, and will be sent directly to the Registrar of your
college/university.

For details, see: http://sysneuro-semester.org

Inquiry:
Program directors / academic supervisors
Peter Erdi perdi at kzoo.edu
Lgyessy <negyessy at gmail.com>
John Milton <JMilton at kecksci.claremont.edu>

Office:
Peter Erdi
http://people.kzoo.edu/~perdi/
http://aboutranking.com

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6. 18 ACT-R Summer School and Master Class, due 15 apr 18
CMU, 9-13 Jul 18
http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/

ACT-R is a unified theory of cognition that has been implemented in a
software system called a cognitive architecture that can be used to
develop computational cognitive models. It has been applied to
modeling tasks that range from experimental tasks like simple reaction
time and list learning, to real world tasks like driving a car and air
traffic control.

The 18 ACT-R Summer School will take place at CMU in Pittsburgh from
9-13 Ju l18. It consists of both a Summer School for beginning users
and a Master Class for more experienced users.

The Summer School will train researchers in the use of ACT-R for
cognitive modeling using the ACT-R tutorial. Each day will consist of
a morning theory lecture covering one or two tutorial units, an
afternoon discussion session on the topics of the day, and modeling
assignments which participants are expected to complete during the day
and evening.

The Master Class is organized in parallel with the Summer School. The
Master Class offers the opportunity for ACT-R modelers to work on
their own projects with guidance from experienced ACT-R
researchers. There is no curriculum for the Master Class, but Master
Class students are welcome to attend the Summer School lectures and
discussion sessions.

To provide an optimal learning environment, admission to the Summer
School and Master Class will be limited. To apply for the Summer
School, please email a curriculum vitae and a statement of purpose to
db30 at andrew.cmu.edu. Demonstrated experience with a modeling formalism
similar to ACT-R will strengthen a Summer School application. To apply
for the Master Class please email a curriculum vitae along with some
information about your level of experience with ACT-R and some details
on the project you expect to work on during the Master Class.

Applications are due by 15 Apr 18 and applicants will be notified of
admission by 30 Apr 18. Admission to the Summer School and Master
Class is free. Housing will be available in the CMU dormitories for
approximately $60/day (single) or $40/day (shared).

More information about ACT-R, including papers published by the ACT-R
community, can be found on the ACT-R web site:
http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/. For more information on the Summer School
and Master Class you can email Dan Bothell at db30 at andrew.cmu.edu.

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7. Call for Applications - 18 Nengo Summer School
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool
[deadline passed but recurring]

Hello! [All details about this school can be found online at
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool The Centre for Theoretical
Neuroscience at the U of Waterloo is excited to announce a special
version of our annual Nengo summer school that will host the first
public access to Braindrop, a new mixed analog-digital neuromorphic
chip developed in collaboration with Stanford and Yale.

In addition to introducing Braindrop, this two-week school will teach
participants to use the Nengo simulation package to build
state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models to run both in simulation
and on neuromorphic hardware. Nengo provides users with a versatile
and powerful environment for designing cognitive and neural systems,
and has been used to build what is currently the world's largest
functional brain model, Spaun [1]. Nengo is also being used to program
a variety of state-of-the-art neuromorphic chips, including Braindrop!

For a look at last year's summer school, check out this short video:
https://goo.gl/4tVUkQ

We welcome applications from all interested graduate students,
research associates, postdocs, profs, and industry professionals with
a relevant background.

[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://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/files/publications/eliasmith.2012.pdf]

Application Deadline: 15 Feb 18

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!

Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to:

interface Nengo with various kinds of neuromorphic hardware build
perceptual, motor, and 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 cameras and robotic systems implement modern nonlinear
control methods in neural models and much more... Date and Location: 3
Jun 18 to 15 Jun 18 at the U of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Applications: Please visit http://www.nengo.ai/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 (peter.blouw at appliedbrainresearch.com). We
look forward to hearing from you!

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8. Third Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling
- ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs, & Accumulator Models
http://www.cognitive-modeling.com/springschool

Date: 9-13 Apr 18

Location: Groningen, the Netherlands Fee: E 250 (late fee after 31 Jan
18 will be E 300) More information and registration:
www.cognitive-modeling.com/springschool

We are happy to announce the third Groningen Spring School on
Cognitive Modeling (9-13 Apr 18). As in previous years, it 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. See the
attached flyer for more information about the paradigms.

Each day will consist of 4 theory lectures, one on each modeling
paradigm. Each paradigm also includes hands-on assignments. Although
students are free to choose the number of lectures they attend, we
recommend students to sign up for lectures on two of the 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.

This year we also offer the opportunity for project students to
attend. The idea is that you have attended the spring school in an
earlier year and now come back in the week of the spring school to
work on your own modeling project under our supervision.

Admission is limited, so register soon!

We are looking forward to seeing you in Groningen!

Niels Taatgen
Jelmer Borst
Marieke van Vugt
Terry Stewart
& Katja Mehlhorn

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9. SI: Groups in Human-Agent Interaction, J of Interaction Studies
due 1 May 18

As robots and artificial agents become more prominent in human lives,
they also increasingly become parts of groups and teams. Group
interaction of humans and agents include applications as diverse as: a
digital assistant for the home, a social robot operating in a mall, a
group of robots and artificial agents supporting first
responders. Research on group interactions between multiple humans,
artificial agents and robots is important and poses novel challenges
as compared to studying dyadic interaction. However, most research on
human-agent interaction still focuses on one human interacting with
one agent.

This special issue of Interaction Studies aims to bring together
conversation on these topics will be critical as robots increasingly
become a part of our society. The issue extends topics addressed at
Groups in Human-Robot Interaction at RO-MAN 2016 and 2017, Robots in
Groups and Teams at CSCW 2017, and Human-Agent Groups at the AAAI Fall
2017 Symposium. The special issue will be organized around three
central questions: (1) How do robots/agents shape the dynamics of
groups and teams in existing settings? (2) How does an agent's
behavior shape how humans interact with each other in dyads and in
larger groups and teams? (3) How can agents improve the performance of
work groups and teams by acting on social processes?

Indicative topics/areas:

Topics of interest include but are not limited to research, design,
and practitioner perspectives on:

* multi-agent systems, robotics, autonomous agents

* cognitive science, psychology, human factors engineering,
human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction,

* technology design, and applications involving human-agent groups.

Important Dates

1 May 18: Deadline for submissions

Submission Information

All submissions should be done using the journal's Editorial
Manager (http://www.editorialmanager.com/is/default.aspx). Authors
should select the Special Issue at the time of submission.

Author Guidelines

The average length of journal of Interaction Studies articles is 8000
words, but articles may be longer or shorter depending on the space
needed to present a cohesive and well-evidenced argument. For detailed
guidelines on formatting and other requirements, see:
https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/is/guidelines

Guest Editors

Selma Sabanovic, Indiana U, selmas at indiana.edu

Friederike Eyssel, Bielefeld U, friederike.eyssel at uni-bielefeld.de

Malte Jung, Cornell, mfj28 at cornell.edu

Ana Paiva, Technical U of Lisbon, ana.paiva at inesc-id.pt

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10. SI: Computational Human Performance Modeling for Human-
     Machine Systems Design,
IEEE Transactions on HMS, due 1 Apr 18

In many complex human-in-the-loop systems, humans often represent the
greatest source of variability in overall system performance. For this
reason, the field of human performance modeling (HPM) has developed to
describe and quantify various types of human behavior as well as
provide a basis for predictions of performance under specific task
circumstances. Although many forms of models have emerged in the
literature, including qualitative, quantitative, mathematical and
computational, the latter form has substantial utility for application
in systems design and engineering as well as real-time control
applications to support safety and performance.

This special issue will focus on recent advances in mathematical and
computer simulation-based models for quantifying and predicting human
performance, including cognitive and physical behaviors. Such models
are based on fundamental understanding of human information processing
and human interaction with real-world systems. Model outcomes include
task time estimates as well as predictions of errors, levels of
cognitive workload, situation awareness and decision outcomes. Human
factors researchers and practitioners use results obtained from these
models to design, evaluate, and improve human-machine systems.

To emphasize the importance of HPM in human-machine system design and
evaluation, this issue invites high- quality HPM papers addressing the
following three types of research contribution:

1. Model development: Descriptions of computational model(s) of human
performance and behavior that are theoretically grounded in cognitive
science and/or information processing theory.

2. Model validation: Descriptions of approaches to validating human
performance model predictions with empirical data (e.g., reporting R
square values, root mean square error, etc.)

3. Systems design or evaluation: Descriptions of how model outcomes
have been (or can be) translated and applied for specific system
design.

Papers should make clear how models can be introduced into the systems
design process. Alternatively, papers should describe how model
outcomes can be used (or have been used) for evaluation of human
performance with real machine systems in actual applications as a
basis for improving legacy technology.

For this special issue, a human-machine system is considered to be any
real-world system involving human-in-the-loop control for (near)
real-time information processing and/or decision making. This
definition can include various systems in: industry, transportation,
space, healthcare, power and energy, military applications, cyber
security, and service. Models of consumer device use or robotics with
human-in-the-loop control are also suitable. (Potential contributors
should contact the guest editors with inquiries regarding other
human-machine application areas.)

Important Dates:
Original manuscript submission due date:  1 Apr 18

Manuscripts should be submitted at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/thms . All submissions must include a
cover letter with the statement, "Computational Human Performance
Modeling." For detailed submission information, please see
the "Information for Authors" at:
http://www.ieeesmc.org/publications/transactions-on-human-machine-
systems/information-for-authors.

Guest Editors

Changxu Wu (Lead), Dept of Systems and Industrial Engineering, U of
     Arizona, changxuwu at email.arizona.edu
Matthew L. Bolton (Associate), Dept of Industrial and Systems
     Engineering, U at Buffalo, mbolton at buffalo.edu
Ling Rothrock (Associate), Dept of Industrial and Manufacturing
     Engineering, Penn State, lrothroc at psu.edu

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11. ACS Lab, Penn State, is Looking for a Research Associate
https://psu.jobs/job/76831

We have a new project to build a tutor for Army Nurses, starting ASAP
or expected Summer 2018.

We have a project to build Navy tutors, starting late summer.

A Research Associate position is available in the College of
Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State U, U
Park Campus. This position will help build tutors to understand
learning about maintenance and other procedural skills. The applicant
should have, or be scheduled to complete, a Ph.D. in psychology,
computer science, industrial engineering, or a related field by the
time the employment starts. Candidates should have technical skills to
use the tutoring system and an interest in learning theory and
modeling. Programming skills can include: Ruby, Java, lisp, ACT-R, r
or related languages. Relevant knowledge include how to run studies,
statistical analyses (regression preferred over anova), and
writing. The work would include extending and maintaining a tutor and
tutoring language and associated tutors, helping to build new tutors,
testing the tutors through usability and learning studies, and
presenting the results in a variety of forms. This is a fixed-term
appointment funded for one year from the date of hire with the
possibility of re-funding. To apply, electronically submit a cover
letter describing qualifications, a CV and contact information from
three professional references to the web site and email Ritter. Review
of applicants is ongoing and the position will begin when a candidate
is selected.

Frank.Ritter at psu.edu
http://acs.ist.psu.edu

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12. Looking For Research Scientist at AI2
http://grhn.se/waskvb1

My name is Kayla and I'm the HR Assistant at the Allen Institute
[http://allenai.org/] for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). I'm reaching
out as we have an amazing opportunity to join our team as a Research
Scientist on Project Aristo [http://allenai.org/aristo/] and we
thought you or someone you know might be interested! We'd really
appreciate it if you can circulate the below information (includes the
link for the job posting & how to apply) to individuals or groups who
might be a great fit for AI2.

About our Research Scientist Position: We are looking for energetic,
inspired individuals with skills in one or more of the following
areas:

  Natural language processing
  Machine reading
  Deep learning
  Knowledge representation and reasoning
  Commonsense reasoning
  Question answering and explanation

We are particularly interested in researcher who can help take
question-answering to the next level, from fact retrieval to modeling
and reasoning.

About AI2: At AI2, you will be working with world-class AI researchers
and talented software engineers. We perform team-based, ambitious
research, with a mandate to strive for big breakthroughs, not just
incremental progress, in an exciting and interactive workplace.

We have a beautiful office right on Lake Union in Seattle; catered lunches
three times a week; great pay and benefits; smart, friendly and helpful
co-workers; and even a couple of kayaks you can take out on sunny days.

If you are interested in applying, feel free to reply back to this
email directly or submit your application online using this link:
http://grnh.se/waskvb1

Thanks so much!
-- 
Kayla Miller
HR Assistant

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13. Virgina Tech Looking for Assistant Prof in Human-Centered Computing
https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/80519

ASSISTANT PROF IN HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING

The Department of Computer Science at Virginia
Tech (http://www.cs.vt.edu/) seeks applicants for a tenure-track
assistant prof position in human-centered computing. Exceptional
candidates at higher ranks may also be considered. Strong candidates
from any area related to human-computer interaction, user experience,
or interactive computing are encouraged to apply. We especially
encourage applicants with interests in novel interactive experiences
and technologies-including immersive environments (virtual reality and
augmented reality), multi-sensory displays, multi-modal input,
visualization, visual analytics, human-robot interaction, game design,
and creative technologies.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to engage in
transdisciplinary research, curriculum, and outreach initiatives with
other faculty working in the Creativity & Innovation (C&I) Strategic
Growth Area, one of several new U-wide initiatives at Virginia
Tech (see http://provost.vt.edu/destination-areas). The C&I Strategic
Growth Area is focused on empowering partners and stakeholders to
collaborate on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship efforts
that transcend disciplinary boundaries. Faculty working together in
this area comprise a vibrant ecosystem that melds the exploration of
innovative technologies and the design of creative experiences with
best practices for developing impact-driven and meaningful outcomes
and solutions. Candidates with demonstrated experience in
interdisciplinary teaching or research that aligns with the C&I
vision (
provost.vt.edu/destination-areas/sga-overview/sga-creativity.html) are
especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will also
have opportunities for collaboration in the interdisciplinary Center
for Human-Computer Interaction (http://www.hci.vt.edu/) that includes
nearly 40 faculty across campus; the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and
Technology (icat.vt.edu) housed in the new Moss Arts Center; and the
Discovery Analytics Center (dac.cs.vt.edu).

Applications must be submitted online to
jobs.vt.edu (https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/80519) for posting
#TR0170152. Applicant screening will begin on 1 Dec 17 and continue
until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Doug
Bowman, Search Committee Chair, dbowman at vt.edu.

--
Doug A. Bowman
Frank J. Maher Prof, Computer Science
Director, Center for Human-Computer Interaction
Fellow, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
Virginia Tech
dbowman at vt.edu
Personal: http://people.cs.vt.edu/~bowman/
Group: http://research.cs.vt.edu/3di/
Center: http://hci.vt.edu/

Applications are due soon! Screening begins on 1 Dec.

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14. Quantitative Neuroscience Lab at Boston U Is Looking For a PostDoc
http://neurospeech.org

I am currently looking for a strong postdoctoral candidate for an
NSF-sponsored project, and welcome any interested individuals to reach
out to me directly (see below and in the attached PDF). Feel free also
to send this along to colleagues or collaborators.

The Quantitative Neuroscience Laboratory at Boston
U (http://neurospeech.org, PI Jason Bohland) is seeking applications
for a postdoctoral associate to carry out psychophysical,
physiological, and computational studies, which aim to determine how
speakers use auditory feedback to guide the sequential production of
speech. Full-time funding is currently available for a period of at
least two years. There is a possibility of engaging in additional
independent or collaborative research including computational and/or
brain imaging studies.

Requirements:
* PhD in neuroscience, speech science, biomedical or EE, or a related field

* Strong technical, mathematical, and computational skills

* Strong written and oral communication skills

* Programming experience using MATLAB, Python, or R

* Ability to investigate and solve problems relatively independently

Ideal candidate would have:

* Experience conducting human subjects research

* Experience analyzing speech acoustics

* Experience with multivariate statistical approaches and/or machine learning

* Experience with Northern Digital Wave or other articulatory 
monitoring systems

* Experience with computational and/or neural network modeling

* Working knowledge of human brain functional anatomy including speech
   and language systems

Interested individuals should contact Dr. Bohland directly at
jbohland at bu.edu and include a CV and a brief statement of interest and
availability.

Jason Bohland, PhD
Associate Director / Senior Research Scientist, Cognitive Neuroimaging Center
Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life
Sciences and Engineering, Boston U
610 Commonwealth Ave, Room 108C
617-353-9168

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15. Assoc or Full Prof of Information Science at the U of Colorado Boulder
https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=11961&lang=en

The recently established Department of Information Science in the
College of Media, Communication and Information at the U of Colorado
Boulder (CU) seeks outstanding candidates for a regular faculty
appointment at the associate prof or prof level. Successful candidates
will help shape the future of Information Science-as a Department and
as a discipline. With a faculty with strengths in both computer
science and the social sciences, the Department takes a progressive
approach to the discipline of Information Science, focusing on
human-data interaction in all its diverse forms and contexts.

We are open to any research specialty area in information science,
though we have a particular interest in candidates who work in machine
learning or visualization. We expect the successful candidate to take
a strong role in the organizational and intellectual life of the
department. The teaching load for senior faculty is three courses per
year, with the expectation of both undergraduate and graduate
instruction.

The roster of the Department's faculty reveals a diversity of
backgrounds and interests that constitutes a shared commitment to
progressive visions of Information Science. Our current faculty have
training in multiple disciplines that include Art, Business, Cognitive
Science, Communication, Computer Science, Computer-Supported
Cooperative Work, Data Science, Education, History, Human-Computer
Interaction, Humanities, Informatics, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical
Engineering, Media Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, and Science and
Technology Studies. The Department of Information Science collaborates
extensively with the Department of Computer Science and is a member of
the campus-wide Human-Centered Computing community.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Information Science, Computer Science,
or a related discipline. Candidates must show evidence of or an
ability to develop an independent research program, a commitment to
teaching, a desire to direct their scholarly interests toward the
discipline of information science, and a desire to contribute to a
rapidly expanding institutional environment. Applications will be
evaluated beginning 5 Jan 18. The search will continue until the
position is filled.

CU Boulder is a research U with about 25,000 undergraduates and 6,000
graduate students. The city of Boulder is a high-tech hub, with the
highest concentration of tech startups in the US at 2.5 times the
density of Silicon Valley, according to the Kauffman
Foundation. Boulder is also home to multiple national labs and
institutes, including NCAR, NIST, NOAA, and NREL. Located at the base
of the Rocky Mountains yet only 27 miles from Denver, Boulder is
frequently named one of the most desirable places in the US to live.

Qualifications. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Information Science,
Computer Science, or a related discipline. They must have a
demonstrated ability to carry out high-quality research in the field
of information science and a desire to direct future scholarly
interests toward this field. They must have a commitment to teaching
at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. They are expected to
have deep familiarity with the academic workplace and a willingness to
take an active part in the life of the department and college,
including the mentoring of junior faculty.

The U of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to
building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from women,
racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and
veterans. Alternative formats of this ad can be provided upon request
for individuals with disabilities by contacting the ADA Coordinator at
hr-ada at colorado.edu. For more information and to apply, see
https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=11961&lang=en.

============================
Leysia Palen
Founding Chair and Prof of Information Science
Prof of Computer Science
U of Colorado Boulder
http://cmci.colorado.edu/~palen/

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16. The U of Melbourne School of Computing Is Seeking Applicants for
      15 Continuing (T-track) Lecturer Positions
http://go.unimelb.edu.au/jsp6

The U of Melbourne School of Computing and Information Systems is
seeking applicants for 15 continuing (i.e. tenure-track / permanent )
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions. We seek dynamic academics with
expertise in Computer Science or Information Systems who have the
potential to build a stellar teaching and research career at
Melbourne.

The School of Computing and Information Systems is an international
research leader in computer science, information systems and software
engineering. In this discipline, the School was ranked number 1 in
Australia and 13th in the world in the 16 QS World U Ranking exercise.

We are particularly seeking applicants with expertise in the areas of
business information systems, health informatics/digital health,
software engineering, cybersecurity, or high-performance and
distributed systems, but applicants whose work is aligned with any of
the research groups in the School are encouraged to apply.

Applications close on 15 Jan 18. The positions are advertised at
http://go.unimelb.edu.au/jsp6, where the formal position description
and a brochure with more information are available.

Contact Karin.Verspoor at unimelb.edu.au for enquiries and further information.

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17. U of Melbourne Looking For Research Fellow In Computational 
Cognitive Science
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/892328/research-fellow-in-computational-cognitive-science

Colleagues

Please pass on this opportunity if you know anyone who may be suitable
http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/892328/research-fellow-in-computational-cognitive-science

Rgds, Liz

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18. Educational Testing Service Seeking an Accessibility Engineer
http://bit.ly/ETS2018-A11yEngineer

The Research and Development division of Educational Testing Service
seeks an Accessibility Engineer to join our growing Accessibility,
Standards, and Assistive Technology Group.

Accessibility Engineers implement and contribute to the design and
development of accessible, standards-based assessments in support of
both research and testing programs. They consult with research
scientists, assessment developers, and IT staff in the application,
development, and specification of technical accessibility standards,
based on requirements for specific disabilities, assistive
technologies, and assessment validity. The successful candidate should
understand key accessibility standards & requirements, and be prepared
to consider their application to assessment delivery, including
students' use of assistive technologies.

Responsibilities include:

* Contribute to the development of innovative technical approaches to
   accessibility challenges in assessments.

* Work directly with peers, management and project staff to address
   technical accessibility challenges by developing technical
   specifications and test cases, confirming functionality/usability,
   and responding to requests for technical accessibility expertise and
   assistance.

* Maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in accessibility,
   standards, and assistive technologies and leverage this awareness
   into creative solutions for ETS applications.

REQUIREMENTS

* A master's degree in computer science or information systems, with
   six years of progressively responsible information technology and
   systems development experience is required including a track record
   in accessibility with four years of diverse experience in digital
   accessibility, including design, evaluation (testing), and
   implementation of accessible interfaces including two years of
   active participation in accessibility related standards work.

* A strong background in (1) web development and experience in HTML5,
   CSS, JavaScript, SVG, WAI-ARIA, and the application of WCAG 2.0 AA
   requirements; (2) the use of assistive technologies across multiple
   platforms, including screen readers, magnification, and read-aloud
   tools; and (3) the use of accessibility evaluation tools and
   methods.

Further details may be found at http://bit.ly/ETS2018-A11yEngineer

=================
Irvin R. Katz, Ph.D.
Senior Director,
Cognitive, Accessibility, & Technology Sciences (CATS) Center
Educational Testing Service
MS 16-R Rosedale Road
Princeton, NJ 08541
ph: 609-734-5150

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19. New positions are available at AFRL.
https://careers.l3tjobs.com/job/L3TEUS4250/Cognitive-Data-Scientist
https://careers.l3tjobs.com/job/L3TEUS4252/Software-Engineer

(With apologies to our international colleagues, these positions are
only open to U.S. citizens)

New positions are available at AFRL. Here are 2 postings for our team
(apply online):

In addition, we are always on the lookout for potential contributors
to our research efforts, including (but not limited to) interns,
recent undergraduates, postdocs, and visiting faculty. We are
currently looking for individuals to support our research in these
areas:

(1) linking EEG to models of vigilance
(2) developing models of situation representation, including
   extensions to our language processing capabilities (3) integrating
   models of physiological factors with a cognitive architecture for
   monitoring of workload, fatigue, and other aspects of cognitive
   performance
(4) extending our existing mathematical models of learning and
   forgetting
(5) creating models and agents capable of interactive task learning
   for human machine teaming

Please contact me if interested.

Glenn Gunzelmann, Ph.D. (937) 938-3554 glenn.gunzelmann at us.af.mil
Senior Research Psychologist
S&T Advisor, Cognitive Science, Models, & Agents Branch
711 HPW/RHAC
2620 Q Street
Bldg 852, Rm 3-312
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7905

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20. Slack channel for early career researchers

Hello all,

Jealous of a colleague in HCI who has something similar, I decided to
create an Slack for early career researchers/scientists/academics in
Cognitive/Intelligent Systems. See the link below

Slack is a fairly flexible discussion tool. The Slack is meant to be a
non-formal opportunity for various researchers to discuss
opportunities, collaborations, meeting in person at upcoming
conferences, etc. I am hoping to find a way to bring together early
career researchers in this area so that we may find interesting
interactions that we otherwise might not find. Any suggestions are
welcome. I tried to go as broad as possible w/ Cognitive/Intelligent
Systems. If it doesn't sound like it applies to you, but you deal w/
cognitive architectures/cognitive modeling, then it probably does (it
just can be hard to be broad but not too broad sometimes!)

If there's someone who you think fits the bill, but isn't on the ACT-R
mailing list, feel free to pass along the link.

https://join.slack.com/t/ec-cogintel/shared_invite/enQtMzE2MDEyNjY4ODgzLWFhYjdmMmY4MGMzMDM5MTM1OGYyNzdiMmRhYWFjODI3YWEyNDZlOWE3MGNjZTU2MGMxOGE1YTFkODU3MmZjZTY
--
Christopher L. Dancy christopher.dancy at bucknell.edu
Assistant Prof
Department of Computer Science
Bucknell U

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21. Call For Nominations: The Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes
    in Cognitive Science

Call for Nominations

The Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive Science

Nomination Deadline: 15 Jan 18

The Cognitive Science Society and the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation
seek nominations for up to five outstanding dissertation prizes in
cognitive science. The goals of these prizes are to increase the
prominence of cognitive science, and encourage students to engage in
interdisciplinary efforts to understand minds and intelligent
systems. The hope is that the prizes will recognize and honor young
researchers conducting ground-breaking research in cognitive
science. The eventual goal is to aid in efforts to bridge between the
areas of cognitive science and create theories of general interest to
the multiple fields concerned with scientifically understanding the
nature of minds and intelligent systems. Promoting a unified cognitive
science is consistent with the belief that understanding how minds
work will require the synthesis of many different empirical methods,
formal tools, and analytic theories. The prize was first begun in 11,
and 18 will occasion the induction of the eighth group of prize
winners. Up-to-date information on the prizes can be found at
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/glushko-dissertation-prize/.

A Description of the Prizes

1. Up to five Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive
Science will be awarded annually. Each prize will be accompanied by a
certificate and a $10,000 award to be used by the recipient without
any constraints. Prize winners will also receive three years of
complimentary membership in the Cognitive Science Society starting
with the year in which they have won the prize.

2. Prize-winning dissertations are expected to transcend any one of
the individual fields comprising cognitive science. They should
centrally address issues of interest to multiple fields that comprise
cognitive science, including: psychology, computer science,
philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, and education.

3. Prize-winners must have received a PhD degree no more than two
years before the 15 Jan 18 nomination deadline. For the 18 prizes,
dissertations will be considered from individuals who received their
PhD degrees during the period from 15 Jan 16 to 15 Jan 18.

4. The dissertation prizes are open to any student who has conducted
dissertation research related to cognitive science, regardless of
nationality or originating department.

5. Prize winners will be asked to present their thesis work at the CSS
meeting in Madison, in 2018.

How to Submit

1. The deadline for nominations is 15 Jan 18. Awardees will be
announced by 15 Apr 18.

2. All nomination materials should be submitted
at:http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/glushko-dissertation-prize/
(opens on 15 Dec). A nomination dossier includes:

Letters of support from 3 faculty members. The letters of support
should explicitly describe how the dissertation research transcends a
single field comprising cognitive science to address core issues of
relevance to several fields. We recommend that these letters refer to
particular sections of the dissertation to support claims for
interdisciplinary importance as this is a critical component in
committee decisions. A curriculum vitae for the nominee The
dissertation itself A precis of no more than 4,000 words (references
are not included in the word count) written by the nominee describing
the dissertation research. This description should clearly express the
interdisciplinary contribution of the dissertation, suitable for
review by a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists. Glushko Prize
Committee

Adele Goldberg (Chair), Prof of Psychology, Princeton, Nicholas
Chater, Prof of Behavioral Science, U of Warwick, Thomas Griffiths,
Prof of Psychology & CogSci, UC-Berkeley Barbara Knowlton, Prof of
Psychology, UC-Los Angeles, John Laird, John L. Tischman Prof of
Engineering, U. of Michigan, Shaun Nichols, Prof of Philosophy, U of
Arizona, Jenny Saffran, Prof of Psychology, U of Wisconsin

The Robert J. Glushko Prize is underwritten by the Glushko-Samuelson
Foundation, which also underwrites the David E. Rumelhart Prize in
Cognitive Science. The prize is sponsored by the Cognitive Science
Society .

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22. Call for Nominations David E. Rumelhart Prize
for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
Due: 19 Feb 18, recurring

This is a reminder that the deadline for nominations for the next
David E. Rumelhart Prize is 19 Feb 18. The Prize is the world's
leading annual prize in the theoretical study of human cognition, and
has a monetary value of $100,000. Internationally leading scholars
from the very wide range of disciplines relevant to human cognition
are eligible. More information about the Rumelhart Prize can be found
at: http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhartprize/

Nomination Procedure Each year, the selection committee invites new
nominations for the prize. The committee will also continue to
consider nominations previously submitted and encourages updates to
previous nominations. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred
(e.g. a zipped directory of PDF documents), and should be sent to the
Chair of the Rumelhart Prize Committee, at rumelhartprize at gmail.com.

Nominations should include the following materials:
1 a three-page statement of nomination
2 a complete curriculum vitae
3 copies of up to five of the nominee's relevant publications


The nominee may be an individual or a team, and in the case of a team,
vitae for all members should be provided. The prize selection
committee considers both the scientific contributions and the
scientific leadership and collegiality of the nominees, so these
issues should be addressed in the statement of nomination. Supporting
letters may optionally also be provided. The prize selection committee
is committed to increasing the diversity of recipients. It welcomes
nominations of women, members of minority groups, and individuals with
disabilities.

Further Information The David E. Rumelhart Prize is awarded annually
to an individual or collaborative team making a significant
contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human
cognition. Contributions may be formal in nature: mathematical
modeling of human cognitive processes, formal analysis of language and
other products of human cognitive activity, and computational analyses
of human cognition using symbolic or non-symbolic frameworks all fall
within the scope of the award.

The David E. Rumelhart Prize is funded by the Robert J. Glushko and
Pamela Samuelson Foundation. Robert J. Glushko received a Ph.D. in
Cognitive Psychology from the U of California, San Diego in 1979 under
Rumelhart's supervision. He is an Adjunct Full Prof at the School of
Information (I-School) at the U of California, Berkeley.

The prize consists of a hand-crafted, custom bronze medal, a
certificate, a citation of the awardee's contribution, and a monetary
award of $100,000.

The Prize Selection Committee:
Richard P. Cooper (Chair)
Jeffrey L. Elman
Robert J. Glushko
Tania Lombrozo
Jesse Snedeker
Josh Tenenbaum

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23. A.Word.A.Day
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/satisfice

[this is included because of the word, and it's a neat list]

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

satisfice

PRONUNCIATION:
(SAT-uhs-fys) https://wordsmith.org/words/satisfice.mp3

MEANING:
verb intr.: To satisfy the minimum requirements in a given situation.

ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the scientist Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001) in
1956, apparently as a blend of satisfy + suffice. Earliest documented
use: 1561 (as a synonym of the word satisfy).

NOTES: While it may appear that satisficing is taking the easy way
out, there are times when it's the right thing to do. It can be
bewildering to consider all the options that are available. Often it's
best to pick one or two important criteria and weed out the options,
especially when stakes are low. Sometimes making a suboptimal decision
is best, when the alternative is decision paralysis because there are
so many options. To satisfice is OK, we don't always have to maximize
or optimize. Sometimes good enough is more than good enough.

USAGE: "A person can maximize when it comes to some decisions and
satisfice on others." Elizabeth Bernstein; Decide to Be Happy; The
Wall Street Journal (New York); Oct 7, 14.

See more usage examples of satisfice [
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/satisfice] in Vocabulary.com's
dictionary [ https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary>dictionary].

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral
but in favor of the status quo. -Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4
Jan 1883-1969)
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From n.a.taatgen at rug.nl  Wed Mar  7 06:34:19 2018
From: n.a.taatgen at rug.nl (Niels Taatgen)
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:34:19 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] PhD scholarship in Cognitive Archictectures at the
 University of Groningen
Message-ID: <BD3D66B7-303A-4DB8-B266-8CE0A46A9C4A@rug.nl>

Dear collegues,
I have a PhD student vacancy in cognitive modeling/architectures where the applicant is free (withing reason) to choose their own project. So if you have any talented students that are interested in cognitive architectures (or are one yourself), please make them aware of:

 https://www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S000680P <https://www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S000680P>

Niels

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Niels Taatgen - Professor
University of Groningen, Artificial Intelligence
web: http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels     email: n.a.taatgen at rug.nl
Telephone: +31 50 3636435   Office: Bernoulliborg 322
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From ion.juvina at wright.edu  Tue Mar 13 16:48:40 2018
From: ion.juvina at wright.edu (Ion Juvina)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:48:40 -0400
Subject: [ACT-R-users] MathPsych/ICCM 2018 Deadline extended!
Message-ID: <183A7E04-66D7-4615-ABEA-DB4023178F71@wright.edu>

University of Wisconsin, Madison

July 21st-24th, 2018               
(July 21st is for Workshops, Tutorials & Opening reception)

 

Deadline Extended: March 22nd, 11.59pm CDT.

Conference details: http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/>
Submission details:  http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/>
 

We invite you to MathPsych/ICCM 2018, the joint gathering of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 16th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition.  Following our success in 2017, ICCM has again joined forces with the Society for Mathematical Psychology to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged.

 

MathPsych/ICCM 2018 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 welcome papers presenting modeling concepts that are supported by empirical data. We also welcome contributions that use computational models to better understand neuroscientific data. Members of the Common Model of Cognition group and other contributors interested in architectural issues are encouraged to use the keywords ?Common model of cognition.?

 

We are pleased to announce four world-class invited speakers:
Angela Yu (University of California, San Diego)

Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland)
Estes Early Career Award: Jennifer Trueblood (Vanderbilt University)

FABBS Early Career Award: Leslie Blaha (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, sponsored by Springer)

 

We will have two invited symposia:

-       Should statistics determine the practice of science, or science determine the practice of statistics?

(Organizers:  Rich Shiffrin & Joachim Vandekerckhove)

-       Probabilistic Specification and Quantitative Testing of Decision Theories
 (Organizers:  Michel Regenwetter & Clintin Stober)

-       Computational Brain & Behavior, a new journal sponsored by the Society for Mathematical Psychology

            (Organizer:  Scott Brown)

 

We have separate submissions for the MathPsych parallel tracks and the ICCM single-track. For MathPsych, submissions are brief 250-word 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 (when you are presenting author of a MathPsych paper, you cannot also be a presenting author of an ICCM paper and vica versa). We also welcome pre-conference workshop/tutorial submissions that are not specific to MathPsych or ICCM. All types of submissions are due on March 22nd, 11.59pm CDT.

 

On the evening of July 21st, there will be a celebration of the launch of the new journal, Computational Brain & Behavior. The event is sponsored by the journal?s publisher, Springer.

 

Registration fees will be $200 (faculty/professionals) and $80 (students). Registration will open in May.

 

We hope to see you in Madison!

Ion Juvina, Joseph Houpt, and Christopher Myers (ICCM co-chairs)

Joseph Austerweil and Joseph Houpt (MathPsych co-chairs)
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From ion.juvina at wright.edu  Tue Mar 13 16:48:40 2018
From: ion.juvina at wright.edu (Ion Juvina)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:48:40 -0400
Subject: [ACT-R-users] MathPsych/ICCM 2018 Deadline extended!
Message-ID: <183A7E04-66D7-4615-ABEA-DB4023178F71@wright.edu>

University of Wisconsin, Madison

July 21st-24th, 2018               
(July 21st is for Workshops, Tutorials & Opening reception)

 

Deadline Extended: March 22nd, 11.59pm CDT.

Conference details: http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/>
Submission details:  http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/ <http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2018/submissions/>
 

We invite you to MathPsych/ICCM 2018, the joint gathering of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 16th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition.  Following our success in 2017, ICCM has again joined forces with the Society for Mathematical Psychology to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged.

 

MathPsych/ICCM 2018 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 welcome papers presenting modeling concepts that are supported by empirical data. We also welcome contributions that use computational models to better understand neuroscientific data. Members of the Common Model of Cognition group and other contributors interested in architectural issues are encouraged to use the keywords ?Common model of cognition.?

 

We are pleased to announce four world-class invited speakers:
Angela Yu (University of California, San Diego)

Naomi Feldman (University of Maryland)
Estes Early Career Award: Jennifer Trueblood (Vanderbilt University)

FABBS Early Career Award: Leslie Blaha (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, sponsored by Springer)

 

We will have two invited symposia:

-       Should statistics determine the practice of science, or science determine the practice of statistics?

(Organizers:  Rich Shiffrin & Joachim Vandekerckhove)

-       Probabilistic Specification and Quantitative Testing of Decision Theories
 (Organizers:  Michel Regenwetter & Clintin Stober)

-       Computational Brain & Behavior, a new journal sponsored by the Society for Mathematical Psychology

            (Organizer:  Scott Brown)

 

We have separate submissions for the MathPsych parallel tracks and the ICCM single-track. For MathPsych, submissions are brief 250-word 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 (when you are presenting author of a MathPsych paper, you cannot also be a presenting author of an ICCM paper and vica versa). We also welcome pre-conference workshop/tutorial submissions that are not specific to MathPsych or ICCM. All types of submissions are due on March 22nd, 11.59pm CDT.

 

On the evening of July 21st, there will be a celebration of the launch of the new journal, Computational Brain & Behavior. The event is sponsored by the journal?s publisher, Springer.

 

Registration fees will be $200 (faculty/professionals) and $80 (students). Registration will open in May.

 

We hope to see you in Madison!

Ion Juvina, Joseph Houpt, and Christopher Myers (ICCM co-chairs)

Joseph Austerweil and Joseph Houpt (MathPsych co-chairs)
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From db30 at andrew.cmu.edu  Thu Mar 15 11:06:51 2018
From: db30 at andrew.cmu.edu (db30 at andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:06:51 -0400
Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R Summer School application deadline approaching
Message-ID: <FCF1BB6866053CBE340D2794@actr6b.psy.cmu.edu>


The deadline for applications, April 15th, is now only one month away.



2018 ACT-R Summer School and Master Class
Carnegie Mellon University
July 9-13, 2018


ACT-R is a unified theory of cognition that has been implemented in a
software system called a cognitive architecture that can be used to develop
computational cognitive models.  It has been applied to modeling tasks that
range from experimental tasks like simple reaction time and list learning,
to real world tasks like driving a car and air traffic control.


The 2018 ACT-R Summer School will take place at CMU in Pittsburgh from
July 9-13.  It consists of both a Summer School for beginning users and a
Master Class for more experienced users.

The Summer School will train researchers in the use of ACT-R for cognitive
modeling using the ACT-R tutorial.  Each day will consist of a morning
theory lecture covering one or two tutorial units, an afternoon discussion
session on the topics of the day, and modeling assignments which participants
are expected to complete during the day and evening.

The Master Class is organized in parallel with the Summer School.  The Master
Class offers the opportunity for ACT-R modelers to work on their own projects
with guidance from experienced ACT-R researchers.  There is no curriculum for
the Master Class, but Master Class students are welcome to attend the Summer
School lectures and discussion sessions.

To provide an optimal learning environment, admission to the Summer School
and Master Class will be limited.  To apply for the Summer School, please
email a curriculum vitae and a statement of purpose to db30 at andrew.cmu.edu.
Demonstrated experience with a modeling formalism similar to ACT-R will
strengthen a Summer School application.  To apply for the Master Class
please email a curriculum vitae along with some information about your level
of experience with ACT-R and some details on the project you expect to work
on during the Master Class.

Applications are due by April 15th and applicants will be notified of
admission by April 30th. Admission to the Summer School and Master Class is
free.  Housing will be available in the CMU dormitories for approximately
$65/day (single) or $50/day (shared).

More information about ACT-R, including papers published by the ACT-R
community, can be found on the ACT-R web site: <http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/>.
For more information on the Summer School and Master Class you can email
Dan Bothell at db30 at andrew.cmu.edu.




From d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl  Thu Mar 22 11:58:18 2018
From: d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl (Hedderik van Rijn)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:58:18 +0100
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Assistent Professorship Cognitive Neuroscience @
 University of Groningen
Message-ID: <415F72C6-A02A-4FE0-B640-A214FF741310@rug.nl>

Dear all,

we're looking for candidates with a cognitive neuroscience / formal models background to join our group as tenure track assistent professor: https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S00068KP

I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about this position.
 
 - Hedderik.

-- 
prof. dr. Hedderik van Rijn -- http://www.van-rijn.org 
Depts. of Experimental Psychology & Psychometrics and Statistics
University of Groningen




From sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil  Thu Mar 22 16:19:38 2018
From: sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil (Sangeet Khemlani)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:19:38 -0400
Subject: [ACT-R-users] Postdoc Fellowships in Cognitive Models of Reasoning
Message-ID: <07090A28-DE57-4B99-BD07-632BF4BA6594@nrl.navy.mil>

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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cognitive Models of Reasoning

Intelligent Systems Section
Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
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The Intelligent Systems Section at the Naval Research Laboratory is seeking applicants for multiple postdoctoral fellowships to collaborate on the development of theoretical and computational cognitive theories of explanatory and deductive reasoning. The postdoc will develop his or her own research program in addition to working with Dr. Sunny Khemlani and Dr. Greg Trafton at NRL's Washington, DC headquarters. The position will involve building and applying theoretical models to simulate human reasoning data. Recent work in the lab has focused on how people generate explanations, how they reason about causality, and detect inconsistencies.

The ideal candidate has (or will have) a Ph.D. in cognitive science, cognitive psychology, computer science, or a related discipline, as well as a foundation in computational methods and an interest in building intelligent agents that reason the way humans do. Postdocs will be hired through the NRC Research Associateship Program, which can last up to 3 years and offers a stipend of $79,000, as well as funds for travel and equipment. Only US citizenship or green card holders are eligible for the program.

The Intelligent Systems Section at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence is devoted to basic and applied research in human cognition. The lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on cognitive science, reasoning, cognitive robotics, human-robot interaction, spatial cognition, object recognition, memory, and categorization.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae to Dr. Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil). Review of applications will begin April 1st, and will be ongoing until positions are filled.


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Sangeet Khemlani
Intelligent Systems Section, Code 5515
Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20375

Email:  sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil
Phone:  (202) 767-0637
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