postdoc position

[Greg Trafton]

ACT-R projects going on here in addition to that advertised below
(putting some ACT-R models on a robot (!)).  If folks are interested,
please let me know.

Postdoc Position
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC

We are currently looking for 1 or 2 postdocs.  Brief descriptions of
current projects are below.

The cognition of complex visualizations:

We are examining how experts (scientists and weather forecasters,
primarily) comprehend and use complex graphs and visualizations.  Our
current emphasis is on the higher level reasoning processes that go
into extracting information from meteorological visualizations and
scientific visualizations as experts work on them.  Background or
experience with a hard science (physics or meteorology/oceanography in
particular) would be an advantage, though not necessary.

The study of interruptions in complex domains:

We are examining how people deal with interruptions, particularly the
resumption process (i.e., what people do when the resume an
interrupted process or goal).

For all projects, we use a combination of protocol analysis,
experimental methods (running subjects in experiments), and
computational cognitive modeling (primarily in the ACT-R framework).
Candidates are not expected to be experts in all methods, but the more
familiarity with each the better.

A list of papers and background on these projects is available at:
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~trafton/

If you have an interest in these projects, please contact me via email
(trafton at itd.nrl.navy.mil) or phone (202-767-3479).

The appointment would be for one year; an additional two years would
be contingent on availability of funds and performance.  This
appointment would be an NRC postdoc position; only American citizens
are eligible.

Salary range:  $40,000 - $55,000 per year.


-- 
Greg Trafton, Ph.D
(trafton at itd.nrl.navy.mil)
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~trafton/