From cl+ at andrew.cmu.edu Thu Jan 8 11:31:17 1998 From: cl+ at andrew.cmu.edu (Christian J Lebiere) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 11:31:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: Post-doctoral position Message-ID: POST-DOCTORAL POSITION: A post-doctoral position at CMU to begin around August 1998 is available. The position involves both experimental work and the development of simulation models in the ACT-R production system. Interested persons should send a letter stating qualifications, a current vita, representative papers, and reference letters to: Professor John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University Department of Psychology BH345D Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Carnegie Mellon University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. From ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk Mon Jan 19 17:06:19 1998 From: ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk (ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:06:19 GMT Subject: ECCM 98: last general announcement and student support Message-ID: <199801192206.WAA18424@vpsyc.psyc.nott.ac.uk> This is the last announcement to you via the general mailing list. If you want to know about the program when it comes out, and you did not submit something, let me know and I'll add you to the mailing list. I will also be sending this to all submitting authors, so you may get two or more copies. (Richard is likely to get 4.) The program for the 2nd European Conference will be announced shortly after 6 Feb, when we continue to anticipate being able to let authors know about their submissions. We've received 35-40 submissions, depending how you count 'em, up a bit from last year. We will be having one more tutorial than last year (Act, Soar, Cogent). We have also received a modest amount to support graduate students to attend (they do not have to present). If you would like to be considered for student support, please send us an email noting (with ECCM student support as the title) (a) who you are and what you work on, (b) why you want to come, (c) amount needed, noting other sources of support. Applications received by 15 February will receive equal consideration. We intend to reply by 21 February. It looks like we will have a social evening out in a traditional British pub, either in a cozy local or in Sherwood forest, both with pub games. Finally, the registration form is up on the web now, and we have tried to keep the fees modest so that price does not keep you away. http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/eccm98/registration.txt I look forward to seeing your in Nottingham. Cheers, Frank From ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk Mon Jan 19 17:48:46 1998 From: ritter at psychology.nottingham.ac.uk (by way of plb@cs.cmu.edu (PeterBrusilovsky) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 17:48:46 -0500 Subject: ECCM 98: last general announcement and student support Message-ID: This is the last announcement to you via the general mailing list. If you want to know about the program when it comes out, and you did not submit something, let me know and I'll add you to the mailing list. I will also be sending this to all submitting authors, so you may get two or more copies. (Richard is likely to get 4.) The program for the 2nd European Conference will be announced shortly after 6 Feb, when we continue to anticipate being able to let authors know about their submissions. We've received 35-40 submissions, depending how you count 'em, up a bit from last year. We will be having one more tutorial than last year (Act, Soar, Cogent). We have also received a modest amount to support graduate students to attend (they do not have to present). If you would like to be considered for student support, please send us an email noting (with ECCM student support as the title) (a) who you are and what you work on, (b) why you want to come, (c) amount needed, noting other sources of support. Applications received by 15 February will receive equal consideration. We intend to reply by 21 February. It looks like we will have a social evening out in a traditional British pub, either in a cozy local or in Sherwood forest, both with pub games. Finally, the registration form is up on the web now, and we have tried to keep the fees modest so that price does not keep you away. http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/ritter/eccm98/registration.txt I look forward to seeing your in Nottingham. Cheers, Frank From plb at cs.cmu.edu Thu Jan 22 12:18:13 1998 From: plb at cs.cmu.edu (plb at cs.cmu.edu) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:18:13 -0500 Subject: CIRCLE Spring seminar series Message-ID: The first CIRCLE Spring seminar series speaker is Roger Dannenberg, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, who will review his work on multimedia-based tutoring systems. *** All further announcement of CIRCLE Spring seminars will be distributed via circle-announce distribution list. *** =============================================================================== >From Piano Tutor to Just-In-Time Lectures: Computer-Based Learning in Theory and Practice Roger B. Dannenberg Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University January 23, 1998, 12 noon, Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), 3939 O'Hara Street 2nd floor auditorium. Abstract: The Piano Tutor is an early multimedia-based, conversational, intelligent tutor. It works well, but like many ITS systems, it was expensive to create and maintain, and survives only as a demonstration system. In creating Piano Tutor, we invented ways to represent and design a curriculum at a very detailed level and thought that this might facilitate the construction of low-cost ITS systems. Just-In-Time Lectures, my current project, provide a low-cost way to capture content. In contrast to Piano Tutor, Just-In-Time Lectures are not intelligent, not expensive, and they are finding increasing use for practical distance learning. I will conclude by describing my vision of a system that incorporates some of the best attributes of Piano Tutor and Just-In-Time Lectures. Contact information: Please, contact Roger Dannenberg directly (Roger.Dannenberg at cs.cmu.edu) =============================================================================== If you would like to subscribe to the circle-announce list, send email: To: majordomo at list.pitt.edu The subject line can be anything. The body of the message should begin with: subscribe circle-announce end The email address in must be *exactly* the same as the address you are sending from. This is for security (so that people can normally only subscribe themselves). The "end" is not needed if no signature is appended. To unsubscribe merely replace "subscribe" with "unsubscribe". To find out more about CIRCLE see http://www.pitt.edu/~circle or contact Kurt VanLehn (vanlehn at cs.pitt.edu). From plb at cs.cmu.edu Thu Jan 22 13:55:17 1998 From: plb at cs.cmu.edu (Peter Brusilovsky) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:55:17 -0500 Subject: CIRCLE Spring seminar series starts Monday, Jan. 26 Message-ID: The first CIRCLE Spring seminar series speaker is Roger Dannenberg, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, who will review his work on multimedia-based tutoring systems. *** All further announcement of CIRCLE Spring seminars will be distributed via circle-announce distribution list. *** =============================================================================== >From Piano Tutor to Just-In-Time Lectures: Computer-Based Learning in Theory and Practice Roger B. Dannenberg Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University Monday, January 26, 1998, 12 noon, Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), 3939 O'Hara Street 2nd floor auditorium. Abstract: The Piano Tutor is an early multimedia-based, conversational, intelligent tutor. It works well, but like many ITS systems, it was expensive to create and maintain, and survives only as a demonstration system. In creating Piano Tutor, we invented ways to represent and design a curriculum at a very detailed level and thought that this might facilitate the construction of low-cost ITS systems. Just-In-Time Lectures, my current project, provide a low-cost way to capture content. In contrast to Piano Tutor, Just-In-Time Lectures are not intelligent, not expensive, and they are finding increasing use for practical distance learning. I will conclude by describing my vision of a system that incorporates some of the best attributes of Piano Tutor and Just-In-Time Lectures. Contact information: Please, contact Roger Dannenberg directly (Roger.Dannenberg at cs.cmu.edu) =============================================================================== If you would like to subscribe to the circle-announce list, send email: To: majordomo at list.pitt.edu The subject line can be anything. The body of the message should begin with: subscribe circle-announce end The email address in must be *exactly* the same as the address you are sending from. This is for security (so that people can normally only subscribe themselves). The "end" is not needed if no signature is appended. To unsubscribe merely replace "subscribe" with "unsubscribe". To find out more about CIRCLE see http://www.pitt.edu/~circle or contact Kurt VanLehn (vanlehn at cs.pitt.edu).