<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 47th annual meeting of the Society for Computers in
Psychology (SCiP) will be held at the Vancouver Convention Center West, in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The meeting will be held on Thursday,
November 9th, 2017, before the opening of the annual meeting of the Psychonomic
Society.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The deadline for submissions is July 20th, 2017.</b><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The theme for this year’s conference is “Big Data and Deep
Learning” and will feature a keynote from Dr. Ping Li (Penn State <a href="http://blclab.org">http://blclab.org</a>) along with a Presidential
Symposium.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SCiP submissions can be made via the main website: <a href="http://scip.ws">http://scip.ws</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is SCiP?<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SCiP is an organization of researchers interested in
applications of computational techniques and methods in psychology. One focus
over the past several years has been on aiding psychologists in using computers
in their teaching and research, statistical analysis tools, web-based research,
clinical applications, and computational modeling. The Society has also
encouraged consideration of psychological aspects of hardware and software
development and design. Membership is open to any person who has an academic
degree and who is active in scientific applications of computers to
psychological research. Please see our main website <a href="http://scip.ws">http://scip.ws</a>
for the bylaw and the mission statement of the society. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Program information for the 2017 conference<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are planning a program with parallel talk sessions and an
extended poster session. We have found that extended poster sessions provide an
excellent forum for promoting discussion and interaction among the conference
participants. Consequently, we ask you to consider submitting a proposal for
that format. The program will include papers, tutorials, and symposia dealing
with the use of computers in all areas of psychological research, including
(but not limited to): <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Web-based research, data collection, and
tools<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Online social media and communication<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Brain imaging methods and analysis<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Human-computer interaction <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Diagnostic and assessment tools<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Eye tracking tools and applications<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Novel experimental methodology<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Psychology of video games<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Instructional software<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Modeling cognitive and neural processes<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Statistical software and algorithms<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Online learning and instruction<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Virtual environments<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You need not be a current member of SCiP to present at the
conference, and the modest conference registration fee also serves as your
annual membership dues.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Special Issue of Behavior Research Methods<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Conference presenters (both spoken and poster presentations)
are invited to submit articles based on presentations at the SCiPmeeting to a
special issue of Behavior Research Methods, the official journal of the SCiP.
The September 2018 issue of Behavior Research Methods will feature the 2017
SCiP conference. Although papers submitted to the special issue go through a
normal review process, the time to publication is greatly accelerated.
Consequently, this is an excellent opportunity to get your important research
published in an extremely timely fashion. This is one of the important perks of
the attending the conference. Submissionsshould be prepared according to the
guidelines of BRM, which can be found at <a href="http://www.psychonomic.org/page/springerBRM">http://www.psychonomic.org/page/springerBRM</a>,
and submitted through the BRM submission portal. It is important to indicate
that the submission is for the “SCiP Issue.” The deadline for article
submission is December 31st, 2017.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Student Awards<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First-time graduate student presenters are strongly
encouraged to submit abstracts. If you are a first-time graduate student
attending SCiP, and the primary presenter, you may be eligible to have your
registration waived as part of the Birnbaum Scholarship for first-time graduate
presenters. Please contact our secretary, Rick Dale (<a href="mailto:rdale@ucmerced.edu">rdale@ucmerced.edu</a>) for details. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Society sponsors The Castellan Student Paper Award for
the outstanding student paper. Student papers on the application of computers
to any area of psychology (theoretical, experimental, applied) are welcome.
Eligibility is open to work done by a student currently enrolled in
undergraduate or graduate courses, or work done as part of a course, thesis, or
other student research by a person who graduated within the last year. The
student must be the primary author and the presenter of the paper. The winning
author will receive a one year membership in the Society, a one year
subscription to BRM, and a $200 cash prize. Students who wish to have their
papers considered for the award should indicate their desire at the time of
submission and are required to submitthe complete manuscript for evaluation for
the competition by October 1st, 2017. The award for the outstanding student
paper will be presented at the conference during the business meeting. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Instructions for submitting to SCiP 2017: To submit an
abstract or symposium, please follow the instructions on our online submission
form linked from <a href="http://scip.ws">http://scip.ws</a>.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deadline: July 20th, 2017<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please consider forwarding our conference call to folks
around your department! <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you there! <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Xiaowei Zhao (Emmanuel College, Boston), President<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rick Dale (UC Merced), Secretary-Treasurer<span></span></p></div>