From katja.mehlhorn at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 08:23:21 2022 From: katja.mehlhorn at gmail.com (Katja Mehlhorn) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:23:21 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] call for the sixth Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling 2023 Message-ID: ____________________ Sixth Groningen Spring School on Cognitive Modeling ? ACT-R, Nengo, PRIMs ? Date: 27-31 March 2023 Location: Groningen, the Netherlands Fee: ? 305 (late fee after February 26 will be ? 355) More information and registration: www.cognitive-modeling.com/springschool ____________________ Dear colleagues and students, We are excited to announce the sixth Spring School on Cognitive Modeling in Groningen, from 27-31 March 2023! This time, the Spring School will cover three different modeling paradigms: ACT-R, Nengo, and PRIMs. Each of these topics consists of a series of lectures, as well as a number of hands-on exercises (tutorials). Past years have shown that students get most out of the spring school if they really emerge themselves into one modeling paradigm. We therefore recommend you choose one paradigm for which you will attend both the lectures as well as the tutorials. In addition, you can select a second topic, for which you attend the lectures only. To give students a broader picture, there will also be three guest lectures throughout the week. These lectures each give an introduction to yet another modeling paradigm: Accumulator models (Leendert van Maanen), Error-driven learning models (Jacolien van Rij), and Dynamical systems (Herbert J?ger). Everyone is encouraged to attend those lectures. To round of the program, there will be a poster session, where students present themselves and their research, as well as a city tour, and our (in)famous spring school dinner. Registration is now open. Please feel free to forward the information to anyone who might be interested in the Spring School. We are looking forward to welcoming you (again) in Groningen, The Spring School team springschool at rug.nl ______________ ACT-R Teachers: Jelmer Borst, Stephen Jones, & Katja Mehlhorn (University of Groningen) Website: 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 Teacher: Terry Stewart and Andreas St?ckel (University of Waterloo) Website: 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 Teacher: Niels Taatgen (University of Groningen) Website: https://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels/prims/index.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. ______________ From m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl Wed Dec 21 09:25:43 2022 From: m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl (Marieke Vugt, van) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:25:43 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] fully-funded PhD position available combining cognitive modeling with AI Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am looking for good candidates with experience in computational modeling of cognition for a 4-year fully-funded PhD position. Below is the full project description. Please forward to any suitable candidates! (application deadline is January 15th) Warm regards, Marieke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We invite applications for a fully-funded four-year PhD student position in the Jantina Tammes School of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. This PhD position is a collaboration between the Cognitive Modeling group (Marieke van Vugt, https://mkvanvugt.wordpress.com ) and the department of Neurology of the University Medical Center Groningen (Natasha Maurits, https://www.clinicalneuroengineering.com & Joukje van der Naalt, https://www.rug.nl/staff/j.van.der.naalt/ ) When clinical or cognitive questions are addressed by using deep learning or machine learning on the basis of electroencephalography (EEG) data, the availability of limited EEG data presents a significant challenge. There are at least two types of limitations on data. Firstly, it may not be possible to find enough participants due to the rarity of the disease or challenging inclusion criteria. Secondly, it may be too time-consuming, too difficult or too exhausting, to obtain enough data for within-participant classification or prediction. A solution that has been proposed to solve the limited data problem is Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). GANs provide an unsupervised learning method that was applied to the generation of synthetic EEG data for the first time in 2018. However, GANs have some limitations. As the GAN can only sample from a limited dataset, i.e., the real data that it is presented with, it cannot take into account the possibilities of the entire space of potential real EEG data. This limitation is especially important when the real EEG dataset is small, or obtained from a nonrepresentative sample of the population. To improve upon current methods, in this project knowledge about underlying cognitive processes will be taken into account in the generation of artificial EEG signals to be presented to the discriminator part of the GAN network. This cognitive component will be derived from the Adaptive Control of Thought?Rational (ACT-R) cognitive architecture. ACT-R is a cognitive architecture that has been used for decades to model and predict behavior on a wide range of cognitive tasks including attentional blink tasks, complex working memory tasks, associative memory tasks and more. Moreover, it has been linked to brain activity through EEG and fMRI. The position is one of a large number of new PhD positions embedded in the new interdisciplinary schools of the University of Groningen. Consequently, the student will have ample opportunity to interact with other PhD students and staff who are interested in pursuing interdisciplinary research on the intersection between AI, psychology, neuroscience and medicine. Qualifications A successful candidate has a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Mathematical Psychology, Neural Engineering or a related field, and experience in computational modeling of cognition, as well as solid programming skills. Experience in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning or EEG analysis is a plus. Good communication skills (both verbal and written) in English are a prerequisite. Knowledge of Dutch at the B1 level is a plus. The candidate should be enthusiastic about research, capable of learning new skills, and happy working both independently and in collaboration with other scientists. Full job ad and application portal: https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009T2P&cat=wp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marieke van Vugt, PhD Assistant Professor, Cognitive Modelling Group University of Groningen Bernoulliborg, room 326 Nijenborgh 9 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands phone: +31-6-5195-4984 (cell) +31-50-363-9487 (office) +44-741-847-6518 (abroad) https://mkvanvugt.wordpress.com twitter: @mvugt m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl / mkvanvugt at gmail.com ?????????????? Please do not feel obliged to respond in the weekend or evening when I send emails at that time. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To evaluate the real potential of robotics and AI to ?Transform? the landscape of medicine, it is necessary to generate evidence of their true impact in the real world. In order to fit within the scope of this collection, submissions must incorporate these initial themes: (1) embodiment (e.g., robotic platforms, AI within physical sensors or job aids outside of a traditional computer terminal) (2) evaluation of a system's anthropomorphic qualities, and their impact on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), or Human-AI Interaction (HAI). In addition, we are seeking submissions that will primarily focus on these key topics: (1) a focus on healthcare domains, which can be either patient or clinician facing (i.e., the robots/embodied AI can assist patients, clinicians, or both) (2) research includes a primary or secondary focus on designing or evaluating efforts to implement and translate AI and robotic platforms into real world environments. The website for details and to express interest in this special issue is: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/46880/the-translation-and-implementation-of-robotics-and-embodied-ai-in-healthcare We look forward to hearing from you. // The Special Issue Editors: Stephanie Tulk Jesso, Nele Russwinkel, Bill Kennedy, and Topic Coordinator, Levern Currie [A picture containing person, female Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl Thu Dec 22 11:17:09 2022 From: m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl (Marieke Vugt, van) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:17:09 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Workshops: MathPsych / ICCM / EMPG 2023, University of Amsterdam, July 18 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The MathPsych / ICCM / EMPG 2023 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology (MathPsych) and the 21st International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference showcases leading research on mathematical and computational theories of human cognition. We welcome workshop contributions from the complete spectrum of formal approaches to modeling cognition, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. The workshops will take place on July 18, 2023, at the Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam. Both half-day and full-day workshops will be considered. Proposals can be submitted via the conference website at https://mathpsych.org/conference/12/. The submission deadline is March 31 23.59 CET. Decisions will be made by April 16, 2023. The MathPsych / ICCM / EMPG 2023 conference organizing committee -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marieke van Vugt, PhD Assistant Professor, Cognitive Modelling Group University of Groningen Bernoulliborg, room 326 Nijenborgh 9 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands phone: +31-6-5195-4984 (cell) +31-50-363-9487 (office) +44-741-847-6518 (abroad) https://mkvanvugt.wordpress.com twitter: @mvugt m.k.van.vugt at rug.nl / mkvanvugt at gmail.com ?????????????? 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