2002 ACT-R Workshop

[Christian Lebiere]

                        EIGHTH ANNUAL ACT-R WORKSHOP
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               Carnegie Mellon University - August 2-4 2002
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ACT-R is a cognitive theory and simulation system for developing cognitive 
models for tasks that vary from simple reaction time to air traffic 
control.  The most recent advances of the ACT-R theory were detailed in the 
recent book "The Atomic Components of Thought" by John R. Anderson and 
Christian Lebiere, published in 1998 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, and in 
the online proceedings of the 2001 ACT-R Post-Graduate Summer School 
(act.psy.cmu.edu).  Each year, a three-day workshop is held to enable new 
and current users to exchange research results and ideas.  The Eighth 
Annual ACT-R Summer School and Workshop will be held at Carnegie Mellon 
University in Pittsburgh.

The workshop will take place from the morning of Friday August 2 to Sunday
August 4 at noon.  Mornings will be devoted to research presentations, each
lasting about 20 minutes plus questions.  Participants are invited to
present their ACT-R research by submitting a one-page abstract with their 
registration.  Afternoons will feature more research presentations as well
as discussion sessions and instructional tutorials.  Suggestions for the
topics of the tutorials and discussion sessions should be submitted as soon 
as possible.  Friday afternoon will feature a presentation by the invited 
speaker, Richard Cooper from Birkbeck College, on Mechanisms of Sequential 
Control.

Admission to the workshop is open to all.  The early registration fee 
(before July 1) is $100 and the late registration fee (after July 1) is 
$125.  Requests for presentations should be submitted before July 1 to 
receive full consideration for inclusion in the workshop program.  A 
preliminary program of presentations will be made available in early July. 
The workshop is scheduled to coincide with the Cognitive Science conference 
hosted by George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia from August 8 to 10 
(www.hfac.gmu.edu/~cogsci).  Housing and computing facilities will be 
available at CMU from August 5 to 7 for participants to the workshop who 
wish to stay on to work on their ACT-R projects and collaborate with other 
researchers until the start of Cogsci2002.

A registration form is appended below.  Additional information (detailed
schedule, etc.) will appear on the ACT-R Web site (http://act.psy.cmu.edu/)
when available or can be requested at:

2002 ACT-R Workshop
Psychology Department
Attn: Helen Borek
Baker Hall 345C                                 Fax: +1 (412) 268-2844
Carnegie Mellon University                      Tel: +1 (412) 268-3438
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890                       Email: helen+ at cmu.edu

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Eighth Annual ACT-R Workshop
August 2 to 4, 2002 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh

                                 REGISTRATION
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Name:     ..................................................................

Address:  ..................................................................

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Tel/Fax:  ..................................................................

Email:    ..................................................................


Presentation topic (optional - include one-page abstract with registration):

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Registration fee:

Before July 1: $100  ...

After July 1:  $125  ...

The fee is due upon registration.  Please send checks or money orders only.
We cannot accept credit cards.


                                 HOUSING
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Housing is available in Resnick House, a CMU dormitory that offers
suite-style accommodations.  Rooms include air-conditioning, a semi-private
bathroom and a common living room for suite-mates.  The rates are
$267.75/week/person or $38.25/night/person for single rooms and
$192.50/week/person or $27.50/night/person for double rooms.  Housing
reservations will be taken after acceptance to the summer school.  Do not
send money.  See http://www.housing.cmu.edu/conferences/ for further
housing information.

To reserve a room in Resnick House, fill in the dates and select one of the
three room options:

I will stay from ................ to ................

1. ... I want a single room
2. ... I want a double room and I will room with ................
3. ... I want a double room.  Please select a roommate of ....... gender

ROOM PAYMENT IS DUE UPON CHECK-IN.  DO NOT SEND MONEY.

A block of rooms has been set aside at the nearby Wyndham Garden Hotel at 
the discounted rate of $99.00 per room per night (parking $12.00).  For 
reservations, call 877-662-6242 before July 11 and mention that you are 
attending the ACT-R Workshop.  Shuttles and buses from the hotel to the 
university are available.

Send this form to:

2002 ACT-R Workshop
Psychology Department
Attn: Helen Borek
Baker Hall 345C                                 Fax: +1 (412) 268-2844
Carnegie Mellon University                      Tel: +1 (412) 268-3438
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890                       Email: helen+ at cmu.edu