[ACT-R-users] CogModeling notes: ICCM04 & CogSci04 tutorials/2 Confs/2 job postings
ritter at ritter.ist.psu.edu
ritter at ritter.ist.psu.edu
Sat Nov 29 16:38:41 EST 2003
[Please feel free to forward this as well.]
This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference
mailing list, which I maintain. I've added you to it by hand. I send
the messages out by hand using some Emacs functions. The first
announcement is the one that is driving this email, the call for
tutorials at ICCM 2004 is available. I don't anticipate much traffic
though, until the next ICCM in Pittsburgh in 2004 has a schedule to go
out (note that the paper call is already out).
I email to it about 1-2 times/year a bunch of cognitive modeling and
HCI related announcements, jobs, and links. I will continue to send
this to you about twice a year unless you tell me to stop. I think
these announcements are each of some quality.
cheers,
Frank
1. Call for tutorials, Sixth International Conference of Cognitive Modeling
Proposals due 13 Feb, Tutorials 29 July 2004
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2004/tutorial-call.html [tutorials]
http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm/ [conference]
2. Call for tutorials for The Cognitive Science Society Conference
Proposals due 6 Feb, Tutorials 4 August 2004
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/cogsci2004/tutorial-call.html [tutorials]
http://www.cogsci.northwestern.edu/cogsci2004/ [conference]
3. AISB'04 Symposia
29 March to 1 April 20
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aisb
4. The 12th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
12-15 September 2004
http://www.ecce12.org.uk/
5. Call for Papers, 6th German Workshop on Artificial Life 2004 (GWAL-6)
papers due 31.12.2003, Workshop dates 14.04.2004 16.04.2004
http://www.uni-bamberg.de/ppp/insttheopsy/gwal6
6. New Technical Group on Human Performance Modeling
http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/hpm-tg/
7. School of IST, two positions open
http://ist.psu.edu/jobposts/
8. DePaul University: Position in Cognitive psychology
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1. Call for tutorials, Sixth International Conference of Cognitive Modeling
Call for tutorials: (http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm04/)
Proposals due 13 February
Tutorials on 29 July 2004
ICCM-2004 http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm
To be held July 29 - August 1, 2004, in Pittsburgh, USA (jointly
between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh).
THEME
ICCM brings researchers together who develop computational models that
explain/predict cognitive data. The core theme of ICCM2004 is
Integrating Computational Models: models that integrate diverse data;
integration across modeling approaches; and integration of teaching
and modeling.
ICCM2004 seeks to grow the discipline of computational cognitive modeling.
Towards this end, it will provide
- a sophisticated modeling audience for cutting-edge researchers
- critical information on the best computational modeling teaching
resources for teachers of the next generation of modelers
- a forum for integrating insights across alternative modeling approaches
(including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems,
Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures) in both basic research
and applied settings, across a wide variety of domains, ranging from
low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and
learning.
- a venue for planning the future growth of the discipline
INVITED SPEAKERS
Kenneth Forbus (Northwestern University)
Michael Mozer (University of Colorado at Boulder)
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES --- DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: April 1st 2004
Papers and Posters
Comparative Symposia
Newell Prize for Best Student Paper
The Best Applied Research Paper Award
Doctoral Consortium
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Marsha Lovett (lovett at cmu.edu)
Christian Schunn (schunn at pitt.edu)
Christian Lebiere (clebiere at maad.com)
Paul Munro (pmunro at mail.sis.pitt.edu)
Further information about the conference can be found at
http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm or through email inquiries to
iccm at pitt.edu.
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2. Call for tutorials for The Cognitive Science Society Conference
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/cogsci2004
The Tutorials program at Cognitive Science 2004 will be held on 4
August 2004. They will provide conference participants with the
opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad
range of areas in the field of cognitive science. Tutorial topics will
be presented in a taught format and are likely to range from practical
guidelines to academic issues and theory. This is the fourth year that
tutorials in this format will be offered.
Proposals are due on 6 February 2004.
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3. AISB'04 Symposia
"Motion, Emotion, and Cognition" will be the general theme of AISB2004, to encourage sessions on gesture communications, emotion analysis and simulations, and so on. Full list of symposia will be available through http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aisb 29 March to 1 April (inclusive) at the U. of Leeds.
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4. The 12th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics
http://www.ecce12.org.uk/
Living and Working with Technology
University of York, UK
12th-15th September 2004
ECCE-12 seeks to encourage dialogue among the diverse disciplines that
contribute to the conference theme of ëLiving and Working with
Technologyí. We invite contributions that examine psychological,
social, cultural and design aspects related to this theme.
Submissions in the form of papers, posters, and panels addressing
theoretical, empirical, methodological and design issues around the
theme of ëliving with technologyí are welcome.
ECCE-12 will be held immediately following the British HCI Conference
in nearby Leeds.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadlines for extended abstracts: January 30th 2004
Notification to authors: April 2nd 2004
Final Submission of papers in camera-ready form June 4th 2004
Posters submissions deadline February 6th 2004
Panel submissions deadline February 6th 2004
For an extended call and details of how to submit visit the ECCE-12
website: http://www.ecce12.org.uk/
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5. Call for Papers, 6th German Workshop on Artificial Life 2004 (GWAL-6)
http://www.uni-bamberg.de/ppp/insttheopsy/gwal6
14.04.2004 16.04.2004 in Bamberg, Germany
Artificial Life is a still growing interdisciplinary research field
integrating a variety of different theoretical foundations,
methodological positions, applications and disciplines. Main focus of
this science is to abstract and to synthesize the essential features
and dynamics of living systems in order to create artificial,
life-like systems.
On a regular basis and from 1995 on the German Workshop on Artificial
Life is organized. Like previous workshops the 6th German Workshop on
Artificial Life in 2004 is intended to provide the opportunity for
scientists from a broad spectrum of research areas to get in touch
with their colleagues from different disciplines, to learn from one
another about questions of mutual interest and to have a forum for
scientists who would like to get into contact with the Artificial Life
community. This workshop is again open to an international audience
and will be held in English.
Contributions to the GWAL 2004 may result from research efforts from
(and may be of interest for) biology, physics, information and
computer science, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, sociology,
philosophy, robotics, socionics and much more.
We expect to have talks, poster sessions, workgroups and computer
demonstrations covering but not limited to topics like artificial
chemistries, simulations of ecological and evolving systems,
structure, dynamics and self-organization of individual living systems
and societies, autonomous robots, communication in artificial systems,
modelling of biological processes, learning and intelligence,
complexity and its emergence, adaptive behaviour, self-organization
and dynamics of information processing, application of principles of
life to the design of artificial systems and technical solutions. For
oral presentations and posters please submit 6- page abstracts, for
workgroups/workshops/tutorials and computer demonstrations please
submit 2-page papers.
Contributions may describe theoretical foundations, empirical
investigations and results, ongoing research, fresh concepts and
ideas, applications or they may as well identify and discuss open
questions.
IMPORTANT DATES
Dead-Line for submissions: 31.12.2003
Notification of acceptance: 01.02.2003
Camera-ready copies: 01.03.2004
Conference: 14.04.2004 16.04.2004.
The conference is organized by Harald Schaub, Frank Detje and Ulrike
Brüggemann.
http://www.uni-bamberg.de/ppp/insttheopsy/gwal6
eMail: GWAL6 at gmx.de
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6. New Technical Group on Human Performance Modeling
Dick Pew and Wayne Gray are co-organizing a new Technical Group on Human
Performance Modeling that will be based in the Human Factors and
Ergonomics Society.
The requirements to form a new TG include getting 200 people (min) to
express their support. HFES sees TGs as a way of bringing new blood
into the organization so they are quite happy if half of the
supporters are NOT current members of HFES.
If you are at all interested please go to:
http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/hpm-tg/
There you will find:
A. Information on "Why" a new TG in HFES on HPM is a good idea; an
assessment of its likely impact on existing modeling conferences and
groups; why situating the HPM-TG within HFES is a good idea; the
philosophy of the HFES Conferences that makes them an ideal venue for
presenting work-in-progress; etc.
B. A draft of the "Proposal" that Dick and I will submit to HFES'
Council of Technical Groups once we obtain > 200 expressions of
interest
C. A form that asks you for your name, email, affiliation, and a few
questions. Once you click "submit" your info will be saved to a dbase.
I think this is an exciting venture and an idea whose time has
come. It is in part a result of the continuing inspiration I have
drawn from Newell & Card (1985) over the years, as well as a direct
result of the excitement that greeted the recent special issue that
Mike Byrne and I did for the Human Factors journal.
So -- please check out the website, read our materials, download them,
and sign up as a supporter of this new group.
Wayne Gray
Byrne, M. D., & Gray, W. D. (2003). Returning human factors to an
engineering discipline: Expanding the science base through a new
generation of quantitative methods - Preface to the special
section. Human Factors, 45(1), 1-4.
Newell, A., & Card, S. K. (1985). The prospects for psychological
science in human-computer interaction. Human-Computer Interaction,
1(3), 209-242.
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7. The School of Information Sciences and Technology
(http://ist.psu.edu/) invites applications for two positions. One
in networking and the other in behavioral science. Check the web
site for updates or email me if you have questions.
http://ist.psu.edu/jobposts/
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8. DePaul University: Position in Cognitive psychology
Full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology in Cognitive
Psychology with quantitative and methodological strengths beginning
September 2004. Excellent teaching skills and a commitment to
undergraduate instruction are a prerequisite. Applicants should have
expertise in quantitative methods and a strong research program with a
specialization in human information processing. The successful
candidate will be expected: (1) to teach courses in the psychology
department's undergraduate core curriculum such as Introductory
Psychology, Statistics, Research Methods, Experimental Psychology, and
Cognitive Psychology, and to contribute to the university's Liberal
Studies curriculum; (2) to contribute to graduate teaching and thesis
supervision in cognitive psychology, statistics and methods; and (3)
to make distinctive contributions to the scientific literature in
cognitive psychology. Applicants are expected to demonstrate
significant scholarly promise. A PhD in cognitive psychology or
related field is required. DePaul's faculty value diversity and serve
a diverse student body. Academic year, competitive
salary. Applications received by November 10, 2003 will receive full
consideration. Send letter of interest, vita, reprints, statement of
research interests, statement of teaching philosophy and three letters
of reference to: Chair, Cognitive Psychology Search Committee,
Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 North Kenmore
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614-3504. Members of under-represented
groups including women, ethnic minority groups, and people with
disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. DePaul University
is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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