[ACT-R-users] BRIMS confernce deadline extended.

[Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED)]

The BRIMS conference deadline has been extended!!  The conference is in LA this year!

Thanks
Troy



CALL FOR PAPERS - BRIMS 2005
14th CONFERENCE ON BEHAVIOR REPRESENTATION IN MODELING AND SIMULATION (BRIMS)

http://www.sisostds.org/cgf-br/05BRIMS/index.htm


In affiliation with the
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization and the Institute for Simulation and Training

Sheraton Universal Hotel
Universal City, CA
16-19 May 2005

You are invited to participate in the 14th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS).  This annual event provides a forum for scientific and technical exchange on research in the science of human behavior representation and on the application of leading-edge cognitive science to the behavior representation challenges faced by the modeling and simulation community.  Application areas of interest include acquisition, analysis, design, training, rehearsal, planning, experimentation, and gaming.  The conference enables modeling and simulation research scientists, engineers, application users, and technical communities to meet, share ideas and experiences, identify gaps in current capabilities, discuss new research directions, and highlight promising technologies.

The BRIMS Conference Program Committee invites papers, posters, demos, symposia, panel discussions, and tutorials on topics related to the representation of individuals, groups, teams and organizations in models and simulations.  Submissions are peer-reviewed and considered for selection by the Program Committee.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS
Traditional Sessions: Paper Presentations
Traditional Sessions are composed of 3 or 4 presentations on related topics.  The presentations are done lecture-style, with 20-25 minutes for the presentation and approximately 5 minutes for questions.  Presentations are displayed through electronic slides (e.g., PowerPoint).  Paper submissions are limited to 8 pages and should describe original research that has not been published elsewhere.  Papers may be submitted through the on-line submission system.  If accepted, papers appear in the conference Proceedings.  Please see the BRIMS Paper Guidelines for format requirements and content suggestions.  The deadline for paper submissions is February 18, 2005.

Interactive Session: Posters and Demos
The Interactive Session involves a longer (approximately 2 hour) period of multiple simultaneous presentations and provides an opportunity for continuous interaction with conference attendees.  The Interactive Session features supporting material in static wallboard/posterboard displays and/or live demonstrations of state-of-the-art applications in modeling, simulation, and training.  Poster and demo submissions are limited to a 2-page extended abstract describing the research to be presented or the technology (e.g., architecture, model, task environment) to be demonstrated.  If accepted, abstracts appear in the conference Proceedings.  Please see the BRIMS Poster/Demo Guidelines for format requirements and content suggestions.  The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2005.

Symposia/Panel Discussions
These are 60-90 minutes long, with several speakers presenting research and/or engaging in discussion on different aspects of a common topic that is of interest to the BRIMS community.  These are not merely collections of presentations.  There should be a set of common questions/issues addressed by all participants.  Abstracts for symposia or panel discussions may be submitted through the on-line submission system.  The 2-page abstract should provide a title for the session, identify the chair, list the participants' names and affiliations, provide a justification for why the session topic is timely and of interest, include a brief statement (approximately 250 words) from each participant summarizing the main points they will make during the session, and identify the common questions/issues each participant will address.  Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee.  If selected, these abstracts will be published in the Proceedings.  Please see the BRIMS Symposia/Panel Guidelines for format requirements.  The deadline for submissions is February 18, 2005.

Tutorials
Tutorials provide conference participants the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills in an area related to the interests of the BRIMS community.  Tutorials are presented in a lecture-and-discussion or learning-by-doing format.  Tutorials may be a half-day (3 hours, plus breaks) or a full-day (6 hours, plus breaks) in duration, and will take place on Monday, May 16, 2005.  Tutorial proposals may be submitted through the on-line submission system.  Tutorial descriptions should include a detailed outline of the material that will be covered with time allocations and scheduled breaks.  Proposals for tutorials will be reviewed by the Program Committee.  If accepted, a description of the tutorial will be included in conference announcements and in the Proceedings.  The deadline for tutorial submissions is February 18, 2005.

If you have any questions about the submission process or are unable to submit to the web site, please contact 
Pat Burgess by email (pburgess at ist.ucf.edu) or phone (407) 882-1372.

KEY DATES
All Submissions Due:				18 February 2005
Authors Notification:				18 March 2005
Final Electronic Draft Due:			08 April 2005
Presentations Due:				11 May 2005
BRIMS 2005 Begins:				16 May 2005

AREAS OF INTEREST
Areas of interest for the 14th conference include, but are not limited to, the following (in no particular order):
	*	*	Intelligent agents and avatars
	*	Modeling reasoning and decision making
	*	Behavior moderators
	*	Modeling architectures and knowledge representation systems
	*	Performance assessment and skill monitoring
	*	Performance enhancement
	*	Perceptual/cognitive state detection and adaptive displays
	*	Increasing affordability, efficiency, and/or usability
	*	Knowledge acquisition/engineering
	*	Application of COTS software for HBR development
	*	Verification and Validation
	*	Terrain representation and reasoning
	*	Spatial representation
	*	Interoperability
	*	Time representation
	*	Physical models of human movement
	*	Operator interfaces
	*	Multi-resolution simulation
	*	Synthetic environments for human behavior representation (HBR) research
	*	Team, group, crowd, and organizational behavior representation
	*	HBR for system design and evaluation
	*	HBR issues in model federations

ACCOMMODATIONS and REGISTRATION
The Conference will be held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA.  Visit http://www.starwood.com/sheraton/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=83 for information about the hotel.  Call 818-980-1212 or  1-888-627-7186 to make reservations. You should reference BRIMS 2005 to get the group rate, which is $159.00, or the prevailing government rate with credentials.  The cut-off date for the group rate is April 23, 2005.

Registration information coming soon!

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Laurel Allender & Troy Kelley	Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate


Troy Kelley
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Human Research and Engineering Directorate
AMSRD-ARL-HR-SE, APG, MD 21005
Tel:  410-278-5859
Fax: 410-278-9694
email: tkelley at arl.army.mil

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