ACT-R Summer Internship at Parc

[Peter Pirolli]

WIF-ACT (Web Information Forager - ACT)

The User Interface Research Area at PARC has an ONR contract to develop 
cognitive models (and cognitive engineering models) for information 
foraging on the World Wide Web. We have completed the laboratory 
infrastructure to record Web browser activity and eye tracking data, and 
have a variety of data analysis tools for the automatic production of 
problem behavior graphs and eye-to-Web content mappings.

We are looking for a summer intern who has significant experience with 
ACT-R to help us in our ongoing work on (a) simulations that model-trace 
data collected from people surfing the Web, and (b) an agent that surfs the 
Web by direct interaction with a standard commercial Web browser.  The core 
infrastructure for both these projects is already largely in place.

This internship will coincide with the regular Parc Summer Intern Program, 
which offers a great experience for young researchers interested in finding 
out more about industrial research in Silicon Valley.  For more info on our 
group see http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/groups/uir/default.html

If interested, please contact Peter Pirolli (pirolli at parc.xerox.com) 
directly with a vita and statement of interests.  There is no need to apply 
through the regular Summer Internship Program.