From Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil Mon Aug 1 14:46:29 2005 From: Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:46:29 -0700 Subject: [ACT-R-users] in search of data Message-ID: <671474002216D14B8D440C71877F9A8D014256FA@fsqbge07.williams.afmc.ds.amfc.af.mil> Friends in the ACT-R and Soar communities, I am in search of data, and ask you to consider whether you have any data of the type desired, and which you would be willing to share. We have an applied research effort underway that is focused on developing mathematical models for predictive and prescriptive training applications. The predictive models will extrapolate from current levels of trainee performance and known training histories, to possible future levels of performance, assuming particular frequencies and temporal distributions of future training opportunities (or lack thereof). The prescriptive models will provide guidance regarding required timing and frequency of training in order to achieve desired levels of future competence. As you all are aware, human performance and learning is considerably more regular, and therefore predictable, in the aggregate (i.e., sample means), and virtually all of the published data in the experimental and cognitive psychology literature are reported at the aggregate level. Yet we are interested in predicting future performance on single trials, at the individual or team level. One of the challenges we face in this effort is determining the limits of our ability to make such predictions and prescriptions at that level of detail. To support our attempts to address this challenge, we seek trial-by-trial data for individual subjects or teams participating in a complex (at least fairly complex) skill acquisition study over a time period of days to weeks (or longer). If the study(ies) involve an intentional manipulation of the spacing of practice sessions and/or test sessions, that's a bonus, but not critical. Please let me know if you have such data available that you are willing to share. Regards, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- KEVIN GLUCK, PhD Senior Research Psychologist Air Force Research Laboratory 6030 S. Kent St Mesa, AZ 85212-6061 P: 480-988-6561 x-677; DSN 474-6677 F: 480-988-2230; DSN 474-6688 C: 480-229-4569 PALM Webpage: http://www.mesa.afmc.af.mil/html/palmlab.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pgunn at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Aug 10 11:35:11 2005 From: pgunn at andrew.cmu.edu (Pat Gunn) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:35:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Test, please disregard Message-ID: Please disregard this message. -- Pat Gunn Research/Systems Programmer, Act-R Group, Department of Psychology, CMU From Masoud.Mohammadian at canberra.edu.au Tue Aug 16 02:35:53 2005 From: Masoud.Mohammadian at canberra.edu.au (Mohammadian, Masoud) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:35:53 +1000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: IEEE in cooperated International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce Message-ID: <088D96D6E422174EAABF7B27D94F3EE702D47062@hera.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> CFP: IEEE in cooperated International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic05/ Jointly with International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation 28 - 30 November 2005 Vienna, Austria http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca05/ In co-operation with IEEE the conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE in USA International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce - IAWTIC'2005 provides a medium for researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore the issues and opportunities in the area of intelligent agent, web technologies and Internet commerce. The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of intelligent agents, web technologies and Internet commerce. Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) in USA and will be index world wide. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. Conference Topics Include (but not limited to): Intelligent Agents ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Knowledge Management Intelligent Business Agents Agent Architectures Environments and Languages Adaptation and learning for agents Human and agent interaction Interface agents Mobile agents Virtual agent-based marketplaces Agents and uncertainty The privacy issues for agents Automated shopping and trading agents Agent-oriented services Social implications for agent Conceptual modelling and design of Ontologies for agents Agents and e-commerce Legal aspects of agents in e-commerce Performance measurement of e-commerce agents Rational information agents and electronic commerce Auction and negotiation for e-commerce agents Web Technologies ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Web data mining and information retrieval Agent-based trade-and mediating services Teaching on Web Virtual trading institutions Internet Commerce ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ E-commerce applications of Knowledge Representation Reasoning Techniques Electronic Payment Systems Internet Marketing Intranets and Extranets Electronic Payment Systems Electronic Data Interchange Supply Chain Management Electronic Payment Systems Internet-based Electronic Commerce Virtual Communities/Community Networks Logistics Issues for Electronic Commerce Business Reengineering Issues for Electronic Commerce Government Electronic Procurement and Service Delivery Legal, Auditing or Security Issues for Electronic Commerce Requirements Engineering Approaches for Electronic Commerce Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent Information Systems Knowledge Clustering Classification Call for papers Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, correctness, and clarity of presentation. Papers (4 pages or more) should be submitted to the following e-mail or postal address: E-mail submission of draft papers to: iawtic at canberra.edu.au Postal Submission of draft papers to: IAWTIC'2003 Secretariat School of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra, ACT, Canberra, 2616, Australia Papers should present original work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other conferences. Papers should be written in English. The name and affiliation of authors should be omitted on the paper. A separate page must be included with each paper, containing, the names, affiliations, postal address and e-mail addresses of authors as well as the address of contact author. E-mail submission of draft papers are encouraged. Important Dates 31 August 2005 Submission of draft papers 30 September 2005 Notification of acceptance 21 October 2005 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers 28-30 November 2005 Conference sessions International Programme Committee A. Agah, The University of Kansas, USA J. P. Bigus, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA E. Andr?, Universit?t Augsburg, Germany Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, USA B. Kosko, University of Southern California, USA A. Kandel, University of South Florida, USA T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan T. Baeck, Informatic Centrum Dortmund, Germany J.Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA M. Mohammadian University of Canberra, Australia K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan G. Dorffner, University of Vienna, Austria E. Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland W. Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, Canada H. R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center, USA R. C. Eberhart, Purdue University,USA T. Shibata, MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan H. Liljenstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden A. Y. Zomaya, University of Western Australia, Australia F. Herrera, University of Granada, Spain A Jafari, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI, USA A. Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland B. Bignall, Monash University, Australia J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada V. Piuri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy T. Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan A. Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway J. Fernandez de Ca?ete, University of Malaga, Spain W. Duch, Nicholas Copernicus,University, Poland E. Tulunay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey L. Guan, University of Sydney, Australia C. Kuroda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan T. Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan J. Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong A. Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan From cimca at canberra.edu.au Wed Aug 17 04:33:06 2005 From: cimca at canberra.edu.au (cimca) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:33:06 +1000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CFP: IEEE in cooperated International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation Message-ID: <088D96D6E422174EAABF7B27D94F3EE702D47088@hera.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> CFP: IEEE in cooperated International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation 28 - 30 November 2005 Vienna, Austria http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca05/ In co-operation with: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE in USA Sponsored by: European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology - EUFLAT International Association for Fuzzy Set in Management and Economy - SIGEF Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics - SOFT Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Association - TFSA World Wide Web Business Intelligence - W3BI Hungarian Fuzzy Association - HFA University of Canberra Jointly with International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic05/ Honorary Chair: Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA Stephen Grossberg, Boston University, USA The international conference on computational intelligence for modelling, control and automation will be held in Vienna, Austria on 28 to 30 November 2005. The conference provides a medium for the exchange of ideas between theoreticians and practitioners to address the important issues in computational intelligence, modelling, control and automation. The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of computational intelligence techniques to modelling, control and automation. For contributory sessions, papers (4 pages or more) are being solicited. Several well-known keynote speakers will address the conference. Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) in USA and will be index world wide. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Modern and Advanced Control Strategies: Neural Networks Control, Fuzzy Logic Control, Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Control, Model-Predictive Control, Adaptive and Optimal Control, Intelligent Control Systems, Robotics and Automation, Fault Diagnosis, Intelligent agents, Industrial Automations Hybrid Systems: Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems, Fuzzy Expert Systems, Fuzzy Neural Systems, Neural Genetic Systems, Neural-Fuzzy-Genetic Systems, Hybrid Systems for Optimisation Data Analysis, Prediction and Model Identification: Signal Processing, Prediction and Time Series Analysis, System Identification, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent Information Systems, Image Processing, and Image Understanding, Parallel Computing applications in Identification & Control, Pattern Recognition, Clustering and Classification Decision Making and Information Retrieval: Case-Based Reasoning, Decision Analysis, Intelligent Databases & Information Retrieval, Dynamic Systems Modelling, Decision Support Systems, Multi-criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and Approximate-Reasoning Paper Submission Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, correctness, and clarity of presentation. Papers (4 pages or more) should be submitted to the following e-mail or the following address: CIMCA'2005 Secretariat School of Information Sciences and Engineering University of Canberra, Canberra, 2616, ACT, Australia E-mail: cimca at canberra.edu.au Electronic submission of papers (either by E-mail or through conference website) is preferred. Draft papers should present original work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other conferences. Important Dates 31 August 2005 Submission of draft papers 30 September 2005 Notification of acceptance 21 October 2005 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers 28-30 November 2005 Conference sessions Special Sessions and Tutorials Special sessions and tutorials will be organised at the conference. The conference is calling for special sessions and tutorial proposals. All special session proposals should be sent to the conference chair (by email to: masoud.mohammadian at canberra.edu.au) on or before 5th of August 2005. CIMCA'05 will also include a special poster session devoted to recent work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited for this session. Abstracts (3 pages limit) may be submitted up to 30 days before the conference date. Visits and social events Sightseeing visits will be arranged for the delegates and guests. A separate program will be arranged for companions during the conference. Further Information For further information either contact cimca at ise.canberra.edu.au or see the conference homepage at: http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca05/default.htm Organising Committee Chair: Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia International Program Committee: H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, USA W. Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, Canada A. Agah, The University of Kansas, USA T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan J. Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA R. C. Eberhart, Purdue University, USA F. Herrera, University of Granada, Spain T. Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan A. Agah, The University of Kansas, US E. Andr?, Universit?t Augsburg, Germany A. Kandel, University of South Florida, USA J. P. Bigus, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA J. Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong A. Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan K. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA B. Kosko, University of Southern California, USA T. Baeck, Informatic Centrum Dortmund, Germany K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan E. Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland H. R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center, USA H. Liljenstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden A. Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland J. Fernandez de Ca?ete, University of Malaga, Spain W. Duch, Nicholas Copernicus University, Poland E. Tulunay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey C. Kuroda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan T. Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan J. Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong A. Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan A. Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway International Liaison: Canada and USA Liaison: Robert John, De Montfort University, UK Nasser Jazdi, Institut f?r Automatisierungs- und Softwaretechnik, Germany Europe Liaison: Dr. Eng. Djamel Khadraoui, Centre de Recherche Public, Luxembourg Frank Zimmer, SES ASTRA, Luxembourg Asia Liaison: Renzo Gobbin, University of Canberra, Australia R. Amin Sarker, ADFA, Australia Local Arrangements and Public Relation: Zohreh Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria C Meier, Australia Publicity: C. Meier, Australia Zohreh Pahlavani, AVIP, Austria Publication: Masoud Mohammadian, Australia In cooperation with: IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE in USA University of Canberra, (Masoud Mohammadian) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, (Jos?-Luis Fern?ndez-Villaca?as Mart?n) University of Guelph, (Simon X. Yang) From rickl at umich.edu Wed Aug 17 12:49:44 2005 From: rickl at umich.edu (Richard L. Lewis) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:49:44 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] paper on ACT-R model of sentence processing Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Shravan Vasishth and I are happy to provide a downloadable version of our recent paper on an ACT-R model of sentence processing (link below). Even if you are not a sentence processing geek (and you probably would have to be to enjoy some parts of this paper), you may appreciate that this is a single model that accounts quantitatively for reading time contrasts across about a half dozen experiments (from different labs) --- with no parameter variation and fitting only the single scaling parameter. (This is but one of the papers in the recent special issue of Cognitive Science celebrating John's Rumelhart Award, but not everyone may have access to the electronic form of the journal). Abstract, link and citation below. cheers, Rick Lewis, R. L. and Vasishth, S. (2005) An activation-based model of sentence processing as skilled memory retrieval. Cognitive Science, 29(3) 375-419. http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~vasishth/Papers/ cogsci05lewisvasishth.pdf An activation-based model of sentence processing as skilled memory retrieval We present a detailed process theory of the moment-by-moment working memory retrievals and associated control structure that subserve sentence comprehension. The theory is derived from the application of independently motivated principles of memory and cognitive skill to the specialized task of sentence parsing. The resulting theory construes sentence processing as a series of skilled associative memory retrievals modulated by similarity-based interference and fluctuating activation. The cognitive principles we appeal to are formalized in computational form in the ACT-R architecture, and our process model is realized in ACT-R. We present the results of six sets of simulations: five simulation sets provide quantitative accounts of the effects of length and structural interference on both unambiguous and garden path structures. A final simulation set provides a graded taxonomy of double center-embeddings ranging from relatively easy to extremely difficult. The explanation of center-embedding difficulty is a novel one that derives from the model?s complete reliance on discriminating retrieval cues in the absence of an explicit representation of serial order information. All fits were obtained with only one free scaling parameter fixed across the simulations; all other parameters were ACT-R defaults. The modeling results support the hypothesis that fluctuating activation and similarity-based interference are the key factors shaping working memory in sentence processing. We contrast the theory and empirical predictions with several related accounts of sentence processing complexity. -------------------------- Richard L. Lewis rickl at umich.edu Associate Professor http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Department of Psychology Voice: (734) 763-1466 University of Michigan Fax: (734) 763-7480 530 Church St. Office: East Hall 4428F Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 From ja+ at cmu.edu Mon Aug 22 20:33:39 2005 From: ja+ at cmu.edu (John Anderson) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:33:39 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] position at CMU Message-ID: We are looking for someone to help with a new DARPA project on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/solicitations/open/05-18_PIP.htm). The ideal person would be an American citizen with a working knowledge of ACT-R and be comfortable interacting with members of the ACT-R community. I have in mind a just-finished PhD but am flexible on this. The position could start anytime this fall. If you are interested and want more information please contact me. -- ========================================================== John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-268-2788 Fax: 412-268-2844 email: ja at cmu.edu URL: http://act.psy.cmu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ema at msu.edu Tue Aug 23 13:50:59 2005 From: ema at msu.edu (Erik M. Altmann) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:50:59 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Faculty positions at MSU Message-ID: APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University is seeking an outstanding applied cognitive scientist for a tenure system appointment at the rank of assistant professor effective August 16, 2006. We seek an individual to complement our existing applied-cognitive strengths in aging and individual differences, working memory, and executive control. We are particularly interested in individuals who investigate higher mental processes, such as problem solving, individual or group decision-making, analogical or scientific reasoning, mental models or semantic memory, acquisition of complex skills, or developmental processes. Quantitative methods such as mathematical, statistical, or computational modeling are desirable. The person filling this position may reside primarily in any of several interest areas within the department (such as cognitive, industrial & organizational, or social) with the understanding that the person should be interested in bridging across areas to develop research projects and courses concerned with the role of cognition in real-world problems. Consideration of applications will begin Sept. 15 and continue until a suitable candidate is identified. Please send CV, (p)reprints, and three letters of reference to Dr. Erik Altmann, Applied Cognitive Search, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Minority and women candidates are especially encouraged to apply. MSU is an EO/AA employer. COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University invites applications for two tenure-system faculty positions in Cognitive Psychology at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 16, 2006, one in Visual Cognition, and the other in Psycholinguistics. A broad range of research topics and approaches will be considered, and individuals with developmental interests are encouraged to apply. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2005, and will continue until the position is filled. Please send a letter of application, cv, (p) reprints and three letters of reference to search at cogsci.msu.edu, or to Psycholinguistics or Visual Cognition Search Committee, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116. Women and minority-group candidates are especially encouraged to apply. MSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE The Department of Psychology at Michigan State University invites applications for a tenure-system faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin August 16, 2006. We are seeking candidates who study human cognition using functional magnetic resonance imaging as a core part of their research programs. Michigan State University has a new fMRI Facility featuring a research-dedicated 3T scanner. The successful individual will have a strong research program with ability to attract extramural support. 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URL: From rsun at rpi.edu Fri Aug 26 09:49:21 2005 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:49:21 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Papers: CogSci 2006 Message-ID: <22E8B63C-E906-469B-A3F6-8DF79B13C207@rpi.edu> CogSci 2006 The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society July 27-30, 2006 Tutorials/workshops day: July 26 [in cooperation with the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Science (Asia-Pacific)] Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Vancouver, Canada http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/cogsci2006/ We invite submissions to the Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, the premier series of conferences in cognitive science. Each year, in addition to submitted papers, we invite speakers who help to highlight some aspects of cognitive science. This year, we highlight Learning: Tackling Both Implicit and Explicit Processes. Plenary speakers will include: 1. Robert Siegler (CMU) 2. Daniel Schacter (Harvard) 3. Rumelhart Prize Winner: Roger Shepard (http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/ derprize) Invited symposia will provide more explorations of the topics: 1. The Synergy between Implicit and Explicit Learning Processes 2. The Emerging Learning Sciences Conference General Chairs: Ron Sun (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Naomi Miyake (Chukyo University) Important Dates: Paper Submissions due: February 1, 2006 Acceptance notifications: April 15, 2006 Camera-ready copies due: May 15, 2006 ======================================================== Professor Ron Sun Cognitive Science Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A Troy, NY 12180, USA phone: 518-276-3409 fax: 518-276-3017 email: rsun at rpi.edu web: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun =======================================================