Reminder, Second call for papers: ECCM'98

[ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk]

Please note that the paper deadline is now about a month away.

Cheers,

Frank

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(Second) CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: ECCM-98

Second European Conference on Cognitive Modelling

Nottingham, UK, 1 - 4 April 1998

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Contributions are invited for the Second European Conference on
Cognitive Modelling, to be held at the University of Nottingham from
1st to 4th April 1998 (starting with a day of optional tutorials).
This series of meetings was founded to encourage international,
inter-disciplinary co-operation in the field of cognitive modelling.
The first meeting, held in Berlin in November 1996, attracted about 60
researchers from Europe and USA working in artificial intelligence,
cognitive psychology, computer linguistics and philosophy of mind.

Submissions are welcome on any aspect of the computer modelling of
human cognition, but preference will be given to work which describes
both a running computer model and its comparison to empirical data.

Further information about this Call, about the format for submissions,
and about the Conference itself (including invited speakers and
the programme committee) can be found at the conference Web site:  
         http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/~rmy/eccm98/programme.html
      or http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/eccm98/

Contributions can take the form of papers, posters, proposals for
symposia, or tutorials.


PAPERS

FOUR copies of papers should be sent to the Programme Co-Chair
(address below), to ARRIVE by 5pm on 7th January 1998.  (Late submiss-
ions will be returned.)  Hardcopy is required: email and fax submiss-
ions are not acceptable.  Papers should include a cover page giving
the name and contact information of the first author, and stating any
requirements for audio-visual equipment.  The paper itself should
consist of not more than 8 sides of A4 or US (8.5" x 11") paper, set
in 10 point type in two columns.  For detailed formatting instruct-
ions, sample pages, and templates for word processing, please consult
the Web pages as given above.


POSTERS

Work can be submitted as a poster which for any reason is better pre-
sented as a poster than as a written paper and talk.  To submit a
poster, send a cover sheet (see above under Papers) and FOUR copies of
an abstract of up to 2 pages.  Authors of accepted posters will be
invited to address the audience for three minutes as part of a "poster
mania" session, in order to whet the audience's appetite and encourage
them to visit the poster.


SYMPOSIA

By a symposium, we mean a session of related work on a particular
topic.  The session can take any of several different forms: a group
of related papers, some short presentations followed by a discussion,
a panel discussion, a debate, ... .  The length of a symposium session
is flexible, but by default would be 90 minutes.  If you would like to
organise a symposium, send us a proposal outlining your ideas and the
names of the contributors, by no later than 1st December.  If the pro-
posal is accepted, we will work with you to try to ensure the success
of the symposium, but you will be responsible for arranging and
running it.

There will be a symposium on Act and Soar, and there is likely to be a
symposium on cogntive modelling and operations research.

TUTORIALS

There will be one-day tutorials on both ACT-R and Soar.  If you would
like to present a tutorial on some other aspect of cognitive model-
ling, please contact us as soon as possible, and certainly no later
than the middle of October.


Important dates:
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  Symposium proposal: by 1st December 1997
  Paper or poster:    to ARRIVE by 5 pm on 7th January 1998
  Decision:           by 9th February 1998
  Revised version:    by 13th March 1998

Send submissions to:
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  Richard M Young, ECCM-98
  Department of Psychology
  University of Hertfordshire
  Hatfield
  Herts AL10 9AB
  U.K.

For enquiries, contact:
  R.M.Young at herts.ac.uk; tel: +44 (1707) 28 5051; fax: 28 5073, or
  Frank.Ritter at nottingham.ac.uk; tel: +44 (115) 951 5292; fax: 951 5324.