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From Wolfgang.Schoppek at uni-bayreuth.de Fri Nov 4 09:20:19 2005 From: Wolfgang.Schoppek at uni-bayreuth.de (Wolfgang Schoppek) Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:20:19 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R/Soar on a robot In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <436B6E23.7030305@uni-bayreuth.de> Troy, I find it a good idea to try to instigate a discussion about questions like yours. > 1) ACT-R grew out of the General Problem Solver (GPS) production system > architecture developed by Newell and Simon. Their intent was to develop > a *general* problem solver using various syntax based strategies. These > are also known as weak method problem solvers in AI. However, it seems > as if ACT-R has moved toward strong method problem solvers, which use > *specific* domain knowledge to solve problems. So the question is, can > we develop ACT-R/Soar models that are general adaptable problem solvers > that are NOT domain specific? Or does domain specificity so influence > the problem solving process, that one cannot extricate oneself from the > domain? I think research on expertise has shown that problem solving _is_ quite domain specific. Think of those "memory-artists" who have been trained to memorize lists of 70 or more digits but perform at a normal level when asked to memorize lists of letters, or of chess-experts trying to memorize random positions. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that humans are to a certain extent capable of weak method problem solving. But even in weak method problem solving a lot of general world knowledge is potentially relevant, which is difficult (but not impossible) to model. Also, problem solving is often based on induction, which is not one of the topics that has been extensively dealt with in the ACT-R community. > 4) There is a distinction in psychological literature between long term, > short term and working memory, but what does that mean computationally? > For us, we have implemented different decay rates for LTM and STM. > However, those decay rates are really part of a continuum of decay rates > for all memories. For example, if we have one million memories on our > robot, don?t those memories form a continuum of various decay rates? > Why should I have to have a place holder for LTM and STM and WM? Why > can?t all my memories just have various decay rates? It seems as if > LTM, STM and WM are simply convenient labels for something that is > really a continuum. If we define WM as those memories currently in use, > does that preclude LTM or STM from the problem space? In my classes, I demonstrate how ACT-R's baselevel-learning equation nicely reproduces primacy and recency effects and their sensitivity to retention intervals in list learning. So why would you want to distinguish between STM and LTM? On the other hand, I miss an explicit theory of working memory in ACT-R. (To me it seems that WM functions and structures are implicitely distributed across the architecture. For example, the goal-chunk usually provides functionality of WM without reflecting all we know about the dynamics of WM.) > 4) Has there ever been any use of *different* decay rates *within* an > ACT-R model? I am talking about different base level activations for > different chunks at the beginning of the model run. For example, we > have found it very helpful to code perceptual processing as building on > lower level memories that decay very quickly. Once the higher level > concepts are formed, the lower level memories are quickly forgotten, and > the higher level concepts remain. So, the higher level concepts have a > slower decay rate than the lower level perceptions. I know right now, > in ACT-R, we request information from the buffers, but I have been > working on some memory research that says that information will ?get in? > even if there is not a ?request? for it (or an attentional shift to > it). Perhaps this is more of a statement than a question then; what do > people think of having more control over decay rates for individual > chunks, especially those coming in from the perceptual components? see answer to 3) > 5) The transition from a rule-based, symbolic understanding of a > problem, to a proceduralized, intuitive, understanding of a problem is > difficult to represent computationally. What does proceduralization > really mean? At the symbolic level, we can change latency values, or > skip over rules, to speed up the procedure. But really, > psychologically, it seems as if the symbolic level rules are being > ?rewritten? or ?re-compiled? as subsymbolic representations. On our > robot, it is unclear how we could take symbolic production systems and > recompile them in a subsymbolic way to produce improved performance seen > in humans. I would restate the question as "are there learned perceptual-motor shortcuts that completely bypass the central bottleneck?" I'm not sure about the answer. > 6) ... that means there is a lot of information unavailable to the production > system. For example, points get organized into lines which then get > organized into shapes at a Gestalt layer, which then become memories for > the production system. So, a lot of processing goes on before our > sensory data becomes a memory. That's the same in human information processing (see, e.g., Sperling's experiments). The difference is that in humans the details have the potential to be attended to by the "production system" under certain circumstances (see, e.g., the cocktail party phenomenon), which is hard to model. > 7) Is cognition sensory specific? Much of our code right now for the > robot seems to be for interpreting information the robot gets from each > one of its sensors. So, if we were to put a new sensor on the robot, > would it still be able to make sense of the world? That is a direction > we are going toward, but it can be very difficult. Many of the > productions we end up writing seem to be tied directly to specific > sensory stimuli, and it is difficult to write productions that are > general and not tied to sensory information. So, is cognition bound to > the sensory information returned from perceptual mechanisms (as Rodney > Brooks would say) or can it be separated from sensory information. This amounts to the problem of modeling the transformation of subsymbolic to symbolic information. Since the most peripheral elements in ACT-R/PM are also symbols, it does not really solve this problem. It would be useful to have an "ACT-R compatible" theory of the preattentive aspects of pattern recognition. The afore mentioned problem of modeling induction plays a role here, too. Best regards -- Wolfgang ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Wolfgang Schoppek Universitaet Bayreuth Tel.: +49 921 554140 http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/psychologie/schoppek/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From nthinh at nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de Fri Nov 4 09:49:21 2005 From: nthinh at nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Le Nguyen-Thinh) Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:49:21 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Skill Acquisition and the LISP Tutor In-Reply-To: <436B6E23.7030305@uni-bayreuth.de> References: <436B6E23.7030305@uni-bayreuth.de> Message-ID: <436B74F1.6050408@nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de> Dear colleagues, i am reading the paper with name above published in Cognitive Sicence 1989 and am wondering the sentence "As the students works on an exercise, the tutor monitors the student's input, essentially on a symbol-by-symbol basis". My questions are: - does the model tracing approach force the tutor to monitor the user's input "on a symbol-by-symbol basis"? - as a programmer, i would jump to any where in my code. Is there presently a solution for the "problem" mentioned above? - is it possible to test a tutoring system developed on the model tracing basis, so that i have a better feeling how this approach works? thanks a lot. -- **************************** Nguyen-Thinh Le University of Hamburg Department of Informatics Natural Language Systems Tel. 0049-(0)40-42883 2537 **************************** From tkelley at arl.army.mil Fri Nov 4 10:25:02 2005 From: tkelley at arl.army.mil (Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED)) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:25:02 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ACT-R/Soar on a robot Message-ID: I find it a good idea to try to instigate a discussion about questions like yours. ---- Yes, I was hoping there would be more discussion on these topics, I am surprised more people have not responded. > 1) ACT-R grew out of the General Problem Solver (GPS) production system > architecture developed by Newell and Simon. Their intent was to develop > a *general* problem solver using various syntax based strategies. These > are also known as weak method problem solvers in AI. However, it seems > as if ACT-R has moved toward strong method problem solvers, which use > *specific* domain knowledge to solve problems. So the question is, can > we develop ACT-R/Soar models that are general adaptable problem solvers > that are NOT domain specific? Or does domain specificity so influence > the problem solving process, that one cannot extricate oneself from the > domain? I think research on expertise has shown that problem solving _is_ quite domain specific. Think of those "memory-artists" who have been trained to memorize lists of 70 or more digits but perform at a normal level when asked to memorize lists of letters, or of chess-experts trying to memorize random positions. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that humans are to a certain extent capable of weak method problem solving. But even in weak method problem solving a lot of general world knowledge is potentially relevant, which is difficult (but not impossible) to model. Also, problem solving is often based on induction, which is not one of the topics that has been extensively dealt with in the ACT-R community. ----- I think weak method learning techniques are very possible to model. This is what Newell and Simon's GPS was all about. This is basically what natural language translation methods have been doing for years. We are also using some of the machine learning techniques that Tom Mitchell has developed. The basic idea is to represent productions in their conical, semantic form. In our robotic environment SS-RICS, that means we can't name a production anything we want, we must follow a constrained syntax. Once we have developed a syntax for productions, then we can mix and match productions to create new production systems. This is similar to Schank's conceptual dependency work. I think the key concept is developing a syntax for production naming, then you can use productions across models, or use the same productions for solving other problems, which is what the weak methods are all about. > 4) There is a distinction in psychological literature between long term, > short term and working memory, but what does that mean computationally? > For us, we have implemented different decay rates for LTM and STM. > However, those decay rates are really part of a continuum of decay rates > for all memories. For example, if we have one million memories on our > robot, don't those memories form a continuum of various decay rates? > Why should I have to have a place holder for LTM and STM and WM? Why > can't all my memories just have various decay rates? It seems as if > LTM, STM and WM are simply convenient labels for something that is > really a continuum. If we define WM as those memories currently in use, > does that preclude LTM or STM from the problem space? In my classes, I demonstrate how ACT-R's baselevel-learning equation nicely reproduces primacy and recency effects and their sensitivity to retention intervals in list learning. So why would you want to distinguish between STM and LTM? On the other hand, I miss an explicit theory of working memory in ACT-R. (To me it seems that WM functions and structures are implicitely distributed across the architecture. For example, the goal-chunk usually provides functionality of WM without reflecting all we know about the dynamics of WM.) ------ Distinguishing between STM and LTM seems to be just a convenient box to me. Computationally, why not represent memory as a single continuum with different parameters (i.e. decay rates). It seems to me an entire ACT-R model is working memory. Ideally, you don't include anything in declarative memory that is not being used by the model, and everything in the production cycles could be considered working memory as well. This is the difference between our system SS-RICS and ACT-R. We need to distinguish between millions of memories, not just the memories that we have programmed into declarative memory. So, we truly have LTM (i.e. memories that are from other tasks that are remembered but not being used in the current task). > 5) The transition from a rule-based, symbolic understanding of a > problem, to a proceduralized, intuitive, understanding of a problem is > difficult to represent computationally. What does proceduralization > really mean? At the symbolic level, we can change latency values, or > skip over rules, to speed up the procedure. But really, > psychologically, it seems as if the symbolic level rules are being > "rewritten" or "re-compiled" as subsymbolic representations. On our > robot, it is unclear how we could take symbolic production systems and > recompile them in a subsymbolic way to produce improved performance seen > in humans. I would restate the question as "are there learned perceptual-motor shortcuts that completely bypass the central bottleneck?" I'm not sure about the answer. ---- I think there are. Perhaps they don't completely bypass the central bottleneck, but they certainly get turned into something that is different from the serialized nature of a production. That, in turn, frees up the "central executive" to concentrate on other tasks. > 6) ... that means there is a lot of information unavailable to the production > system. For example, points get organized into lines which then get > organized into shapes at a Gestalt layer, which then become memories for > the production system. So, a lot of processing goes on before our > sensory data becomes a memory. That's the same in human information processing (see, e.g., Sperling's experiments). The difference is that in humans the details have the potential to be attended to by the "production system" under certain circumstances (see, e.g., the cocktail party phenomenon), which is hard to model. ----------- Yes, very hard to model. Within SS-RICS we have toyed with the idea of sets of productions as having their own activation level or strength. So, we have as the highest level goal a goal of "attention" which moderates the other goals based on goal activation. So the goal of listening to another person at a cocktail party would have an overall activation. This activation might not be high enough to block out the activation created by hearing your name from across the room. This means that low level stimuli would get activations as soon as they are created and could push into the attention goal depending on their activation. There is some amount of psychological support for this. For example, the visual system treats movement stimuli different than other stimuli, suggesting that it has some kind of special importance. So activation for some lower level stimuli would have higher activation than other stimuli and would "overwhelm" the attention goal. > 7) Is cognition sensory specific? Much of our code right now for the > robot seems to be for interpreting information the robot gets from each > one of its sensors. So, if we were to put a new sensor on the robot, > would it still be able to make sense of the world? That is a direction > we are going toward, but it can be very difficult. Many of the > productions we end up writing seem to be tied directly to specific > sensory stimuli, and it is difficult to write productions that are > general and not tied to sensory information. So, is cognition bound to > the sensory information returned from perceptual mechanisms (as Rodney > Brooks would say) or can it be separated from sensory information. This amounts to the problem of modeling the transformation of subsymbolic to symbolic information. Since the most peripheral elements in ACT-R/PM are also symbols, it does not really solve this problem. It would be useful to have an "ACT-R compatible" theory of the preattentive aspects of pattern recognition. The afore mentioned problem of modeling induction plays a role here, too. --- Agreed. Actually, I think we have solved the above problem by making everything the production system uses a memory - and not a stimulus directly. So, a sensor will perceive the environment and create a label for the environment (i.e. a chair) and put this into memory. Then the production system can act on the memory, not the stimuli. However the memory arrives there is irrelevant, because the production system is just using the memory. This creates more layers of programming, but it separates cognition from perception. I am not sure if I agree this is how the human system works, but in order to be flexible for a robot, we need this layer of separation to allow for other sensors to be used. Troy From rsun at rpi.edu Fri Nov 4 16:16:52 2005 From: rsun at rpi.edu (Professor Ron Sun) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 16:16:52 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Reviewers for CogSci2006 Message-ID: Invitation to be a reviewer for CogSci 2006 The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci2006) will be held July 26-29, 2006, in Vancouver, Canada. This is the premier series of conferences in cognitive science. We would like to invite you to be a reviewer for CogSci2006. Cognitive science pursues a scientific understanding of the mind through all available methodologies, notably those of anthropology, artificial intelligence, computer science, education, linguistics, logic, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology, in whatever combinations that are most appropriate to the topic at hand. If you accept this invitation, please log on to the CogSci 2006 reviewing website at http://precisionconference.com/~cogsci to volunteer to be a reviewer, and to setup and/or update your expertise profile there (this is very important). You can use your existing ID and password (if you remember them, otherwise use the option "Look It Up"). If you are new to the system, then click on "Create Your Account". Log in, change your password, and fill in the required contact info. You will then reach your home page. Once you are there, click on the link for "My Reviewing Preferences", and then the link for "Volunteer to Become a COGSCI Reviewer". Click on "Areas of Expertise", you will be asked to provide information about your areas of expertise. Then click on "Reviewing Categories", where you should put down the number of submissions to review (for the main CogSci2006 conference --- "CogSci2006 Main Program"). Note that PC members will assign you papers that match your general areas of expertise (those keywords with proper levels of expertise) as you indicate on the reviewing website. So please provide as accurate a description (i.e., keywords with proper levels of expertise) as possible. Once you have finished specifying your reviewing preferences, select the link at the top of your home page for "Reviews in Progress" and click "Review for CogSci2006 Main Program" to familiarize yourself with that part of the site (since in the future that is where you will actually access the papers to which you have been assigned, and submit your reviews. You will be notified by email once you have been assigned papers to review. Schedule You will be given all the review assignments before Feb 15, 2006. Make sure you accept all your assignments as soon as possible, no later than Feb 15 (by indicating to the PC member who contacted you). 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Best regards, --Ron Sun ======================================================== 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 ======================================================= From schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de Sun Nov 6 08:14:07 2005 From: schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de (Schooler, Lael) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:14:07 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Positions at ABC Message-ID: RESEARCH SCIENTIST and PRE/POSTDOCS IN COGNITION AND DECISION MAKING - The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, under the direction of Gerd Gigerenzer, is seeking applicants for research scientist positions at ranks equivalent to an assistant and associate professor. The positions are for 6 years (renewable every 2 years) beginning August 2006, but earlier or later start dates are possible. Salary depends on experience. Candidates must have a PhD. Except for mentoring doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, there are no teaching requirements. The Center is also seeking applicants for up to 2 one-year Predoctoral Fellowships and up to 3 two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships beginning on or after September 1, 2006. Candidates for any of these positions should be interested in studying the cognitive mechanisms underlying bounded, social, and ecological rationality in real-world domains. Current and past researchers in our group have had training in psychology, cognitive science, economics, mathematics, biology, and computer science to name but a few. The Center provides excellent resources, including support staff and equipment for conducting experiments and computer simulations, generous travel support for conferences, and, most importantly, the time to think. For more information about our group please visit our homepage at www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc or write to Dr. Lael Schooler(schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de). The working language of the center is English, and knowledge of German is not necessary for living in Berlin and enjoying the active life and cultural riches of this city. We strongly encourage applications from women, and members of minority groups. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. Send applications (consisting of a cover letter describing research interests, curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and up to five reprints) by January 10th, 2006 to Ms. Wiebke Moeller, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany. From clebiere at maad.com Mon Nov 7 12:36:38 2005 From: clebiere at maad.com (Christian Lebiere) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:36:38 -0700 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Cogntivie Modeler Position Message-ID: <007701c5e3c1$d03d2ab0$0a0aa8c0@lebiere> Micro Analysis and Design (MA&D) is interested in hiring an experienced ACT-R modeler. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing complex models of human performance using ACT-R in a variety of domains including military, aviation, and user interface design. A general understanding of cognitive architecture issues and experience with other frameworks, including other production systems and machine learning techniques such as neural networks, are desirable. MA&D's corporate headquarters are located in Boulder, Colorado with a number of satellite offices located in other parts of the U.S., including Orlando and Pittsburgh, the intended location of this position. We offer an excellent employment package that includes competitive salaries, flexible hours, and a desirable work environment. Interested candidates should email a resume and citizenship information to jobs at maad.com (CC: clebiere at maad.com) with "ACT-R modeler" in the subject line. Feel free to contact me (clebiere at maad.com) directly if you have any questions or inquiries about the position. 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Gray; Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315, Fax: 518-276-3017 for general information see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/downloadable_pubs.htm for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ If you just have formalisms or a model you are doing "operations research" or" AI", if you just have data and a good study you are doing "experimental psychology", and if you just have ideas you are doing "philosophy" -- it takes all three to do cognitive science. **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** -- **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray; Professor of Cognitive Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315, Fax: 518-276-3017 for general information see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/downloadable_pubs.htm for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ If you just have formalisms or a model you are doing "operations research" or" AI", if you just have data and a good study you are doing "experimental psychology", and if you just have ideas you are doing "philosophy" -- it takes all three to do cognitive science. **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** From lovett at cmu.edu Wed Nov 9 12:45:51 2005 From: lovett at cmu.edu (Marsha Lovett) Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:45:51 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Papers: 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling In-Reply-To: <007701c5e3c1$d03d2ab0$0a0aa8c0@lebiere> Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS ICCM-2006: The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Trieste, Italy, 5 - 8 April 2006 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling provides an international forum that allows cognitive scientists pursuing computational modeling to present, discuss and evaluate their models, to compare different architectural approaches, and to further the development, accumulation and integration of cognitive theories. The goal of ICCM-2006 is to foster the development of models of human cognition based on a principled integration of analytical, experimental and computational tools capable of providing theoretical accounts of phenomena spanning different levels of analysis, from the behavioral to the neuronal ones. ICCM-2006 invites the submission of papers from the whole scope of modeling approaches including, but not restricted to, symbolic, connectionist, hybrid, neural, Bayesian, statistical and mathematical models. Authors are strongly encouraged (but not obliged) to include in the submission the code of the models discussed in their work. Invited speakers: - Dario Floreano (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) - Wayne D. Gray (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Richard L. Lewis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI) Submission categories: - Papers: scientific contribution ranging in length from 4 to a maximum of 6 pages. - Abstracts: short scientific contribution (up to 2 pages). Accepted papers and abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings, and will be presented as a talk or as a poster at the conference. Submission deadlines: - Papers: 15 December 2005 - Abstracts: 10 February 2006 Notification of submission acceptance: 20 February 2006 Submission procedure and formats: All submissions must be camera-ready pdf files named in the format "firstAuthorName.pdf". The files should be readable by a standard Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or superior), and must be editable by people other than the author. Special non-standard fonts must be included within the submitted file. Templates for the files could be downloaded from the conference website. Please note that submission files that are not readable and editable, or that are beyond lenghth will be rejected without review. Submitted models should be sent through a zip/gz archive containing all the code, and sharing the same name of the pdf file. All submissions must be made via e-mail to the following address: iccm2006 at theoffice.it A submission acknowledgment will be sent to the authors. Organizing Committee: Danilo Fum (University of Trieste) Andrea Stocco (Carnegie Mellon University) Fabio Del Missier (University of Trento) Contacts: website: iccm2006.units.it email: iccm2006 at units.it. Organizing secretariat: The Office www.theoffice.it/iccm2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stocco at cmu.edu Thu Nov 10 14:56:23 2005 From: stocco at cmu.edu (Andrea Stocco) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:56:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: [ACT-R-users] :: ICCM-2006 :: 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling :: Message-ID: <50638.71.253.1.195.1131652583.squirrel@71.253.1.195> Apologies for multiple and cross-positings: CALL FOR PAPERS ICCM-2006: The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Trieste, Italy, 5 - 8 April 2006 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling provides an international forum that allows cognitive scientists pursuing computational modeling to present, discuss and evaluate their models, to compare different architectural approaches, and to further the development, accumulation and integration of cognitive theories. The goal of ICCM-2006 is to foster the development of models of human cognition based on a principled integration of analytical, experimental and computational tools capable of providing theoretical accounts of phenomena spanning different levels of analysis, from the behavioral to the neuronal ones. ICCM-2006 invites the submission of papers from the whole scope of modeling approaches including, but not restricted to,symbolic, connectionist, hybrid, neural, Bayesian, statistical and mathematical models. Authors are strongly encouraged (but not obliged) to include in the submission the code of the models discussed in their work. Invited Speakers: - Dario Floreano (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) - Wayne D. Gray (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Tom Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA) - Richard L. Lewis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI) Program Committee (provisional list) - Erik M. Altmann (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI) - John R. Anderson (Carnegie Mellon Univerity, Pittsburgh, PA) - Annamaria Borghi (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) - Mike D. Byrne (Rice University, Austin, TX) - Cristiano Castelfranchi (National Research Council CNR, Roma, Italy - Tatiana Chernigovskaya (St.Petersburgh State University, St.Petersburgh, Russia) - Axel Cleeremans (Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium) - Richard P. Cooper (Birkbeck University of London, London, UK) - Dietrich Doerner (University of Bamberg, Germany) - Stefano Ghirlanda (University of Bologna, Italy) - Kevin A. Gluck (Air Force Research Laboratory, Mesa, AZ) - Wayne D. Gray (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Glenn F. Gunzelmann (Air Force Research Laboratory, Mesa, AZ) - Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University, Sophia, Bulgaria) - Christian Lebiere (Micro Analysis and Design, Pittsburgh, PA) - Frank J. Lee (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA) - Richard L. Lewis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI) - Marsha C. Lovett (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA) - Stellan Ohlsson (University of Illinois, Chicago, IL) - Frank E. Ritter (Penn State University, University Park, PA) - Dario Salvucci (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA) - Christian D. Schunn (University of Pittsburgh, PA) - Tim Shallice (International School of Advanced Studies SISSA, Trieste, Italy) - Ron Sun (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Niels Taatgen (University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands) - Werner Tack (University of Saarlandes, Germany) - Alessandro Treves (International School of Advanced Studies SISSA, Trieste, Italy) - Hedderick van Rijn (University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands) - Boris M. Velichkovsky (Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany) - Ipke Wachsmuth (University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany) - Richard M. Young (University College London, London, UK) Submission Categories: - Papers: scientific contribution ranging in length from 4 to a maximum of 6 pages. - Abstracts: short scientific contribution (up to 2 pages). Accepted papers and abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings, and will be presented as a talk or as a poster at the conference. Submission Deadlines: - Papers: 15 December 2005 - Abstracts: 10 February 2006 Notification of submission acceptance: 20 February 2006 Submission Formats: All submissions must be camera-ready pdf files named in the format "firstAuthorName.pdf". The files should be readable by a standard Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or superior), and must be editable by people other than the author. Special non-standard fonts must be included within the submitted file. Templates for the files could be downloaded from the conference website: http://iccm2006.units.it. Page length: Submitted papers can be from 4 up to 6 pag From frank.ritter at psu.edu Tue Nov 15 19:03:53 2005 From: frank.ritter at psu.edu (Frank Ritter) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:03:53 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogModeling notes: ICCM06/CogSci06/AISB06/Positions/software Message-ID: [please forward as/what is appropriate. I thought I sent these, but I can't find a copy filed in my act-r and soar folders, I'm sending again. apologies if my mailer is missing this.] This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference mailing list, which I maintain. I forward messages about twice a year. I've added you this year because I think you are intersted in such stuff. The first announcement is the one that is driving this email, the announcement of the tutorials program at ICCM 2006. cheers, Frank Ritter (http://acs.ist.psu.edu) on sabbatical, TU Chemnitz, Fall 2005 1. Tutorials call, 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 5 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy Due: 15 Dec 05 http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2006/tutorials-call.html 2. Papers call, 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Thursday, 5 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy Due: 15 December 2005 http://iccm2006.units.it/ 3. Tutorials and Workshops, CogSci Conf., 26 July 05, Vancouver, Can Due: 1 Feb 06 http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci06/tutorials 4. Papers call, Cognitive Science, July 27-29, 2006 Vancouver, Canada Submissions Due: 1 Feb 2006 http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/cogsci2006/ 5. AISB 2006 CONVENTION, April 3-6 2006, Bristol, England Submissions due: early January 2006 (varies) http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb06/ 6. AISB 2007 CONVENTION Organizer call Due: ongoing, past due for 2007 7. Position in APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, MSU Due: from Sept. 15, 2005 8. Position in Human Factors, UIUC Due: 15 dec 05 http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu 9. Position in Cognitive modeling, GMU Due: by spring 2006 10. Post-docs in cognitive modeling Due: not set yet 11. ACE 2006 - Agent Construction and Emotions - Preliminary Call Due: November 30, 2005 http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/ 12. Call for papers, Special issue on Mathematical and Computational Psychology, Chinese Journal of Psychology 13. Position at RPI, Due: 1 dec 2005 14. RUI - a tool for recording user input (on Mac and PC) All details at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/RUI 15. Task analysis for university department web sites All details at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/ritterFH05.pdf 16. Research scientist and pre/postdocs- ABCS Berlin Due: 10 Jan 2006 http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc 17. Modeling at MAAD Due: ongoing clebiere at maad.com *************************************************** 1. Tutorials call, 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 5 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy Due: 15 December 2005 http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2006/tutorial-call.html Tutorial proposals due: 15 December 2005 Notification of submission acceptance: 20 January 2006 Program of accepted tutorials will be forthcoming in February 2004. Introduction: The Tutorials program at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling 2006 will be held on 5 April 2006. It will provide conference participants with the opportunity to gain new insights, knowledge, and skills from a broad range of areas in and related to the field of cognitive modeling. Tutorial topics will be presented in a taught format and are likely to range from practical guidelines to academic issues and theory. Tutorials at ICCM have been held before, and this year's program will be modelled after those and after the series held at the Cognitive Science Conference. Tutorials must present tutorial material, that is, provide results that are established and to do so in an interactive format. They will tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods (e.g., cognitive modelling in ACT-R, statistical "causal" modelling, methods of analysing qualitative observational data). They are likely to include substantial review of material. The level of presentation can assume that the attendees have at least a first degree in a cognate area. Tutorials are welcome to assume a higher level if necessary. Tutorials about yesterday's results from your lab are strongly discouraged. More details at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2006/tutorials-call.html **************************************************************** 2. Papers call, 2006 International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Thursday, 5 April 2006 to 8 April 2006, in Trieste, Italy Due: 15 December 2005 http://iccm2006.units.it/ This continues the series of ICCM conferences. The last conference was at Pittsburgh. http://simon.lrdc.pitt.edu/~iccm/ This conference will build on that one's success. CALL FOR PAPERS ICCM-2006: The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling Trieste, Italy, 5 - 8 April 2006 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling provides an international forum that allows cognitive scientists pursuing computational modeling to present, discuss and evaluate their models, to compare different architectural approaches, and to further the development, accumulation and integration of cognitive theories. The goal of ICCM-2006 is to foster the development of models of human cognition based on a principled integration of analytical, experimental and computational tools capable of providing theoretical accounts of phenomena spanning different levels of analysis, from the behavioral to the neuronal ones. ICCM-2006 invites the submission of papers from the whole scope of modeling approaches including, but not restricted to, symbolic, connectionist, hybrid, neural, Bayesian, statistical and mathematical models. Authors are strongly encouraged (but not obliged) to include in the submission the code of the models discussed in their work. Invited speakers: - Dario Floreano (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) - Wayne D. Gray (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Boicho Kokinov (New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Richard L. Lewis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI) Submission categories: - Papers: scientific contribution ranging in length from 4 to a maximum of 6 pages. - Abstracts: short scientific contribution (up to 2 pages). Accepted papers and abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings, and will be presented as a talk or as a poster at the conference. Submission deadlines: - Papers: 15 December 2005 - Abstracts: 10 February 2006 Notification of submission acceptance: 20 February 2006 Organizing Committee: Danilo Fum (University of Trieste) Andrea Stocco (Carnegie Mellon University) Fabio Del Missier (University of Trento) Contacts: website: iccm2006.units.it email: iccm2006 at units.it. Organizing secretariat: The Office www.theoffice.it/iccm2006 **************************************************************** 3. Tutorials and Workshops Call, Cognitive Science 2006 July 26, 2005, Vancouver, Canada Due: 1 Feb 2006 http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci06/tutorials/ The 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society July 26-29 Vancouver, Canada CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/cogsci2006/ TUTORIAL PROPOSALS The tutorials at Cognitive Science 2006 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 range from practical guidelines to academic issues and theory. This is the eighth year that tutorials in this format will be offered. Tutorial participants will be from a wide range of the cognitive sciences, but they will be looking for insights into their own areas and summaries of other areas providing tools, techniques, and results to use in their own teaching and research. Tutorials must present well established results, yesterday's results from your lab are not encouraged. They will tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods (e.g., cognitive modeling in ACT-R, Bayesian modeling, eyetracking, fMRI, methods of analyzing qualitative observational data). They are likely to include substantial review of material. DURATION: Each tutorial is designed to be a half-day or full-day in duration. Half-day tutorials are about 3 hours long (not including breaks). Full day tutorials are about 6 hours long (not including breaks). Please indicate the duration of your proposed tutorial in your application. AUDIENCE: Most tutorials should be at the introductory graduate school level or higher. That is, the tutorials should be accessible to postgraduate students, but should also assume a first degree in one of the cognitive sciences. REVIEW PROCESS: Tutorial proposals will be evaluated by the tutorial committee on the basis of their estimated benefit for prospective participants and on their fit within the tutorials program as a whole. Factors to be considered include relevance, importance, and audience appeal; suitability for presentation in a half-day or full-day tutorial format; use of presentation methods that offer participants direct experience with the material being taught; how much they might help unify cognitive science; teaching a skill or covering a topic that would not have another outlet; and past experience and qualifications of the instructors with their tutorial. Selection is also based on the overall distribution of topics, approaches (overview, theory, methodology, how-to), audience experience levels, and specialties of the intended audiences. PROPOSAL: If you want to submit a proposal, please follow the instructions at: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci06/tutorials/ COMPENSATION: A budget of $125 will be awarded for each half-day tutorial that is taught, $250 for each full-day. If a tutorial has two or more instructors, the budget will be shared among them. Tutors will not be charged for attending their own tutorial. Tutors may bring a helper to the tutorial at no cost. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS The purpose of pre-conference workshops is to provide organizers and participants with an opportunity for an in-depth discussion on a specific topic important to cognitive science in general. Workshops can choose to concentrate on emerging research or cross-disciplinary topics, but can also discuss application issues. Workshop notes should be assembled by the workshop organizers based on the input from workshop presenters. The workshop notes should be made available to workshop participants in printed form by the organizers themselves. They will use the same format as the proceedings of the main session of the Cognitive Science Conference, but will be distributed separately. DURATION: Each workshop is designed to be a half-day or full-day in duration. Half-day workshops are about 3 hours long (not including breaks). Full day workshops are about 6 hours long (not including breaks). Please indicate the duration of your proposed workshop in your application. REVIEW PROCESS: Each workshop proposal should contain all the information that the workshop chairs and the program committee need to judge the importance and quality of the workshop and the interest in the proposed topic. Each workshop may have one or more designated organizers and, possibly, a workshop program committee. Workshop organizers need to set up their own web site with the workshop materials, to be linked to from the Cognitive Science Conference web site. PROPOSAL: If you want to submit a proposal, please follow the instructions at: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci06/workshops/ IMPORTANT DATES February 1, 2006: Submissions due at 5:00pm GMT March 15, 2006: Notification of acceptance or rejection April 15, 2006: Camera-ready abstract copy due for inclusion in proceedings TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP CHAIRS Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh) Michael Schoelles (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Erik M. Altmann (Michigan State University) Matthew Crocker (Saarland University) Tom Griffiths (Brown University) Glenn Gunzelmann (US Air Force) John Hale (Michigan State University) Todd Johnson (University of Texas, Houston) Gary Jones (University of Derby) Padraic Monaghan (University of York) Yvette Tenney (BBN Labs) Richard Young (University of Hertfordshire) CONTACT ADDRESSES Frank Keller Michael Schoelles School of Informatics Cognitive Science Department University of Edinburgh Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 Buccleuch Place 110 8th Street Edinburgh EH8 9LWJ Troy, NY 12180 United Kingdom USA Phone +44-131-650-4407 Phone +1-518-276-3318 Fax +44-131-650-4587 Fax +1-518-276-3017 Email address for submissions: keller at inf.ed.ac.uk *************************************************** 4. Papers call, Cognitive Science Due: 1 Feb 2006 http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/keller/cogsci06/tutorials/ CogSci 2006 The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society July 27-29, 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 ******************************************** 5. AISB 2006 CONVENTION, April 3-6 2006, Bristol, England Submissions due: early January 2006 (varies) http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb06/ LOCATION: University of Bristol, Bristol, England FORMAT: approximately 10 Symposia on AI or Cognitive Science topics, many related to the overall Convention theme of Adaptation in Artificial and Biological Systems Accepted Symposia Adaptation and Learning on the Web - 3 to 4 April 2006 Artificial Chemistries and Artificial Life - 5 to 6 April 2006 Artificial Immune Systems and Immune System Modelling - 4 April 2006 Associative Learning and Reinforcement Learning - 3 April 2006 Biologically Inspired Robotics (Biro-net) - 3 to 4 April 2006 Exploration vs Exploitation in Naturally Inspired Search - 5 April 2006 Machine Consciousness - 5 to 6 April 2006 Network Analysis in Natural Sciences and Engineering - 4 to 6 April 2006 Motor Development - 5 to 6 April 2006 Narrative AI and Games - 5 to 6 April 2006 Nature-Inspired Systems for Parallel Asynchronous and Decentralised Environments - 3 to 4 April 2006 Social Insect Behaviour: Theory and Applications - 5 to 6 April 2006 Grand Challenge 5: Architecture of Brain and Mind - 3 to 4 April 2006 Accepted Co-located Workshops Automated Reasoning (ARW'06) - 3 to 4 April 2006 Co-located Events Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture, April 25 to 27, 2006 CONVENTION CHAIRS, ORGANISERS and LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Tim Kovacs (General chair, aisb06 at aisb.org.uk) James Marshall (General chair, marshall-at-cs.bris.ac.uk) Local Organising Committee: Tom Troscianko Trevor Martin Jonathan Lawry Peter Flach Colin Campbell Rafal Bogacz Submission deadline for Full Papers: varies, early January 2006 Convention: 3-6 April 2006 *************************************************** 6. AISB 2007 CONVENTION Organizer call Due: ongoing, past due for 2007 The date for this has past, but it can equally serve as a call for 2008, 2009, etc. ------------------------------- AISB 2007 ----------------------------- CALL FOR CONVENTION PROPOSALS EXTENDED DEADLINE ----------------------- DEADLINE: 1 October 2005 -------------------- The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) sponsors an annual convention consisting of a collocation of themed symposia and workshops in areas of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. This is a call for proposals to host the 2007 Convention. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THE AISB CONVENTION The AISB Convention is the major annual UK Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Event. In the past decade it has been hosted by a number of prestigious institutions including the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Sussex and York. It aims to function as a venue for the presentation of recent and emerging work in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science and as a productive environment for networking and the formation of collaborations. The convention exists as a series of themed symposia and workshops together with some additional plenary talks. The convention will have a convention organiser who has has overall responsibility for the convention program, local arrangements and financial management. However, program detail is mostly delegated to individual symposium organisers but the convention organiser is responsible for arranging plenary talks. Each convention has a broad theme within which the plenary talks and the majority of the symposia should fit. All full description of the role of the convention organiser is available on request from the SSAISB secretary (secretary at aisb.org.uk) and also from the SSAISB Web Site (http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/organisation.shtml). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE SSAISB The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB) exists to bring together researchers from many different fields of expertise who have an interest in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. The Society aims to promote research activity in these fields, and to raise awareness of their importance in the scientific world and among the wider public, including the Government. Internationally, SSAISB aims to provide a showcase of UK Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science research, and to promote UK activity relevant to its area of interest on the world stage. The Society's main activities are a quarterly bulletin containing short reports on current research, a biannual academic journal and its annual convention. It also runs a number of public understanding events. More information about the SSAISB can be found on the society web site (http://www.aisb.org.uk/). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAKING A PROPOSAL Proposals should be made by EMAILING IN PLAIN TEXT to Louise Dennis at secretary at aisb.org.uk, enclosing the following information. (Prior informal email enquiries from possible proposers are welcomed): THEME for the SSAISB Convention. The theme should try to encompass a wide range of work in both Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. A brief justification of your chosen theme indicating why you believe it to be timely should also be included. NAME & AFFILIATION of Convention Organiser - including both postal and email addresses and telephone numbers. CASE FOR SUPPORT - not more than 1000 words, arguing your case for hosting the Convention. You may put observations about your own background and suitability in the Additional Comments section below. This case for support should include suggestions of individuals you intend to approach as plenary speakers and symposia organisers. CONVENTION LOCATION, TIME AND LENGTH -- Typically an AISB convention runs for 4-5 days in March/April. If you are proposing to host a convention of unusual length or at an unusual time then you should also include a justification of this change. The location should be in the UK. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS -- no more than 500 words, on, for example, the relevance of your background to the convention, and of the benefits of your proposed location. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- any literature references cited above. Proposals will be selected by the Committee of the AISB. Unless there are very special circumstances, please do not expect us to consider web pages or other documents referenced by the proposal. --- TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSAL CONSIDERATION PROCESS, PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANYTHING OTHER THAN PLAIN-TEXT EMAILS. SO, no Word attachments, postscript, HTML, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIMETABLE Symposium Proposal submission deadline: 1st October 2005 Notification of Acceptance: 15th January 2006 Suggested deadline for Call for Symposia Proposals: 31st July 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE CONVENTION PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 1st October 2005!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************** 7. Position in APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, MSU 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. 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 Cognitive Neuroscience 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. **************************************************************** 8. Position in Human Factors, UIUC Due: 15 dec 05 http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute of Aviation Assistant/Associate Professor Position: HUMAN FACTORS The University of Illinois is seeking applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in human factors psychology, human factors engineering or aviation human factors. The candidate must have a relevant Ph.D. and will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses. The faculty member will participate in UIUCneuromorphic component. Specific background and experience in one of the following areas is desirable: (1) cognitive architectures / intelligent agent design; (2) computational linguistics / natural language understanding; (3) hacking / phishing / network intrusion detection; (4) advanced robotics / computer-human interface. A neuromorphic candidate is expected to have a minimal background in one of the following three fields. (1) Modern cognitive neuropsychology, including, in particular, episodic and semantic memory, theory-of-mind, the self and emotion studies, familiarity with functional neuroanatomy, functional brain imaging data, cognitive-psychological models of memory and attention. (2) Behavioral / system-level / computational neuroscience. (3) Attractor neural network theory and computational modeling. With a background in one of the fields, the student must be willing to learn the other two fields, as the task will be to put them together in a neuromorphic hybrid architecture design (that will also include the symbolic core) and to map the result onto the human brain. Not to mention that all candidates are expected to be interested in the modern problem of consciousness, willing to learn new paradigms of research, and committed to success of the team. I should add that this bold and seemingly risky project provides a unique in the world opportunity to engage with emergent, revolutionary activity that may change our lives. Cordially, Alexei Samsonovich -- Alexei V Samsonovich, Ph.D. George Mason University at Fairfax VA 703-993-4385 (o), 703-447-8032 (c) http://mason.gmu.edu/~asamsono/ **************************************************************** 10. Post-docs in cognitive modeling Due: not set yet I (Frank Ritter) are expecting funds (yet to be awarded) that can be used to support a post-doc in cognitive modeling of emotions. Another site (unrelated) may have funds as well. If you are interested, please let me know. **************************************************************** 11. ACE 2006 - Agent Construction and Emotions - Preliminary Call Due: November 30, 2005 http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/ ============================================================== ACE 2006 - Agent Construction and Emotions - Preliminary Call ============================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------- Modeling the Cognitive Antecedents and Consequences of Emotion -------------------------------------------------------------- April 18-21, 2006, Vienna Austria Workshop webpage: http://www.ofai.at/~paolo.petta/conf/ace2006 Background ---------- This workshop seeks submissions exploring the argument that theories of human emotion provide essential insight into the design and control of intelligent entities in general. As computational models of intelligence move beyond simple, static and nonsocial problem solving, research must increasingly confront the challenge of how to allocate and focus mental resources in the face of competing goals, disparate and asynchronous mental functions, and a changing interpersonal and physical environment. Contemporary psychological and neuroscience research suggests that the emotions service such needs in biological organisms and a functional analysis of emotion and the management of beliefs and intentions. The object of this workshop will be to strengthen the growing interdisciplinary synthesis between computational and psychological research on the role the emotions play in modeling intelligent behavior. Topics ------ The workshop will explore the intersection of emotion theory and intelligent system design, and the potential for this intersection to improve our understanding of both human and artificial intelligence. In particular, we seek to emphasize the interplay between emotion and deep models of cognition in adaptively navigating complex physical and social environments. This places an emphasis on psychological paradigms that stress cognitive processes, such as appraisal theory, computational systems that model the cognitive antecedents and consequences of emotion, and research that models emotion-evoking social and task environments. Specific topics of interest include: - Computational accounts of the connection between emotion and cognitive processes (including planning, language processing, interaction, perception, etc.) - Theoretical accounts of the adaptive function of emotion processing - Computational models that abstract the posited function of emotion processing and illustrate an adaptive advantage over classical theories in concrete domains (e.g. planning, decision making, action selection, social coordination, etc.) - Empirical research testing process assumptions of theories of human emotion - Empirical research illustrating the adaptive (or maladaptive) role of emotions in human cognition - The use of computational models or methods to evoke emotion in human subjects - Techniques for modeling emotionally evocative social or physical environments (i.e., "emotional" extensions to cognitive task analysis) Organizing Committee -------------------- - Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California - Stacy Marsella, University of Southern California - Paolo Petta, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna Program committee (partial) --------------------------- - Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University - William J. Clancey, NASA Ames - Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia - Fiorella de Rosis, University of Bari - Agnes Moors, Ghent University - Josef Nerb, University of Freiburg - Andrew Ortony, Northwestern University - Ana Paiva, Instituto Superior T.nico - Rosalind Picard, MIT - Rainer Reisenzein, University of Greifswald - Matthias Scheutz, Notre Dame University Submission Details ------------------ The workshop is held in conjunction with the 18th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research (http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/). Submissions will be due on November 30, 2005, must be written in English and must not exceed 6 pages (10-point, double column). Please refer to the home page of EMCSR 2006 for detailed instructions on the formatting and submission procedures __________________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Gratch | www.ict.usc.edu/~gratch Project Leader, Research Assistant Professor | Phone: (310) 448-0306 USC Institute for Creative Technologies | Fax: (310) 574-5725 13274 Fiji Way, Suite 600 | E-mail: gratch at ict.usc.edu Marina del Rey, CA 90292 *************************************************** 12. CALL FOR PAPERS Chinese Journal of Psychology Special issue on Mathematical and Computational Psychology Guest Editor: Ching-Fan Sheu Department of Psychology National Chung Cheng University Taiwan E-Mail (psycfs at ccu.edu.tw) Chinese Journal of Psychology is one of the leading journals in Taiwan. It publishes articles in all fields of psychology that report high-quality empirical as well as review work. The Journal began its first issue in 1958 under the name of Acta Psychologica Taiwanica, and was published annually. It became the official journal of the Chinese Psychological Association in 1973, and adopted its current name in 1984. The Journal has grown to become a quarterly publication in 2003. The aim of the special issue is to mark current trends in mathematical psychology and to demonstrate the relevance of computational models in the development of psychological theories. We are particularly interested in papers arising from international collaboration, preferably those co-authored by researchers in Taiwan and abroad. Submitted papers should demonstrate the use of mathematical, statistical, and simulation methods in the investigation of psychological phenomena. Theoretical papers should clearly relate to substantive issues or contribute to methodologies of obvious use in psychology, cognitive science, and related areas. Experimental results should bear directly on some mathematical or computational model. If you intend to submit a paper, please send a tentative title and abstract (no more than 300 words) to the guest editor. This will allow us to set up appropriate reviewers in advance and speed up the review process. You should also contact the guest editor if you are uncertain whether your paper would satisfy the topic of this special issue, or if you would like further information. Submitted papers must be received by 30 September, 2006. The actual issue should appear in early 2007. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and in accordance with the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition), and submitted as a WORD file to the guest editor directly (email: psycfs at ccu.edu.tw). For general questions related to Chinese Journal of Psychology, please contact the Editor, Jenn-Yeu Chen (psyjyc at mail.ncku.edu.tw). Jenn-Yeu Chen Editor Chinese Journal of Psychology email: psyjyc at mail.ncku.edu.tw **************************************************************** 13. Position at RPI Tenure-track Position in Cognitive Science The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites applications for an anticipated tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in Fall 2006 or possibly (for the right candidate) Spring 2007. We are seeking candidates who combine computational, mathematical, and/or logic-based modeling informed by experimental research in the areas of perception and action (e.g., motor control, vision, attention), interactive behavior (e.g., integrated models of cognitive systems), or high-level cognition (e.g., skill acquisition, decision making, reasoning). The candidate's interest can be in basic and/or applied theory-based research. Interests in areas such as robotics or high-level computational neuroscience will be considered a strength. However, all disciplines within cognitive science are potential sources of candidates. All candidates are expected to have a strong potential for external funding. The Cognitive Science Department at Rensselaer is among the world's newest dedicated cognitive science departments, specializing in computational cognitive modeling, perception/action, learning and reasoning (human and machine), and cognitive engineering. The department's primary mission is to carry out seminal basic research and to develop engineering applications within cognitive science. This effort requires the continued growth of its new, research-oriented doctoral program in cognitive science. Department faculty have excellent ties with faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Decision Sciences. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Send curriculum vitae, reprints and preprints of publications, a 1-to-2 page statement of research, a 1-page statement of teaching interests, and three letters of reference to: Search Committee, c/o Heather Hewitt, Cognitive Science Department, Carnegie Building, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180. (Direct queries via email to Prof. Wayne D. Gray, grayw at rpi.edu, Chair of the Search Committee.) Applications will be reviewed beginning December 1st and continuing until the position is filled. **************************************************************** 14. RUI- a tool for recording user input (on Mac and PC) All details at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/RUI [really, all details out there.] **************************************************************** 15. Task analysis for university department web sites All details at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/ritterFH05.pdf [really, all details out there.] **************************************************************** 16. Research scientist and pre/postdocs- ABC Berlin Due: 10 Jan 2006 http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc RESEARCH SCIENTIST and PRE/POSTDOCS IN COGNITION AND DECISION MAKING - The Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, under the direction of Gerd Gigerenzer, is seeking applicants for research scientist positions at ranks equivalent to an assistant and associate professor. The positions are for 6 years (renewable every 2 years) beginning August 2006, but earlier or later start dates are possible. Salary depends on experience. Candidates must have a PhD. Except for mentoring doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, there are no teaching requirements. The Center is also seeking applicants for up to 2 one-year Predoctoral Fellowships and up to 3 two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships beginning on or after September 1, 2006. Candidates for any of these positions should be interested in studying the cognitive mechanisms underlying bounded, social, and ecological rationality in real-world domains. Current and past researchers in our group have had training in psychology, cognitive science, economics, mathematics, biology, and computer science to name but a few. The Center provides excellent resources, including support staff and equipment for conducting experiments and computer simulations, generous travel support for conferences, and, most importantly, the time to think. For more information about our group please visit our homepage at http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/abc or write to Dr. Lael Schooler(schooler at mpib-berlin.mpg.de). The working language of the center is English, and knowledge of German is not necessary for living in Berlin and enjoying the active life and cultural riches of this city. We strongly encourage applications from women, and members of minority groups. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. Send applications (consisting of a cover letter describing research interests, curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and up to five reprints) by January 10th, 2006 to Ms. Wiebke Moeller, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany. **************************************************************** 17. Modeling at MAAD Due: ongoing clebiere at maad.com Micro Analysis and Design (MA&D) is interested in hiring an experienced ACT-R modeler. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing complex models of human performance using ACT-R in a variety of domains including military, aviation, and user interface design. A general understanding of cognitive architecture issues and experience with other frameworks, including other production systems and machine learning techniques such as neural networks, are desirable. MA&D's corporate headquarters are located in Boulder, Colorado with a number of satellite offices located in other parts of the U.S., including Orlando and Pittsburgh, the intended location of this position. We offer an excellent employment package that includes competitive salaries, flexible hours, and a desirable work environment. Interested candidates should email a resume and citizenship information to jobs at maad.com (CC: clebiere at maad.com) with "ACT-R modeler" in the subject line. Feel free to contact me (clebiere at maad.com) directly if you have any questions or inquiries about the position. Christian Lebiere Principal Research Scientist Micro Analysis and Design clebiere at maad.com 412-362-5334 From taatgen at cmu.edu Thu Nov 17 14:38:56 2005 From: taatgen at cmu.edu (Niels Taatgen) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:38:56 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Update of temporal module for ACT-R 6 Message-ID: <69273082-51F9-4405-8055-12CAC8725D35@cmu.edu> I have updated the temporal module for ACT-R 6. The temporal module can be used to estimate and reproduce time intervals in your ACT-R model, and is now very easy to use due to ACT-R 6's modular implementation. Just copy the temporal.lisp file into your modules directory and you are ready to go! You can find the module's code and documentation at the following webpage: http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels/temporal.html =================================================== Niels Taatgen - Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology, BH 345E Also (but not now): University of Groningen, Artificial Intelligence web: http://www.ai.rug.nl/~niels email: taatgen at cmu.edu Telephone: +1 412-268-2815 =================================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CHIPMAS at ONR.NAVY.MIL Sat Nov 19 11:12:21 2005 From: CHIPMAS at ONR.NAVY.MIL (Chipman, Susan) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:12:21 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Program Officer job opening at the Office of Naval Research Message-ID: The announcement asks for an industrial engineer, but you need not actually be an industrial engineer to get the job. Someone is being sought who has the capability to provide leadership to ONR's research investments in the human factors area. 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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, highlight promising technologies, and showcase applications. 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. All submissions are peer-reviewed and considered for selection by the Program Committee. All submissions due 13 Feb 2006. See http://www.sisostds.org/- then select BRIMS from the Conference List for the full call for papers and conference details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu Wed Nov 23 08:41:24 2005 From: jjoshi at mail.sis.pitt.edu (James Joshi ) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:41:24 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] RE: CFP: Workshop on Information Assurance (WIA 2006) Message-ID: <000001c5f033$d4381250$5c748e88@GRBAC> Workshop on Information Assurance (WIA 2006) In conjunction with the 25th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC) http://ipccc.org/ Phoenix, Arizona, April 10-12, 2006 Extended Deadline; December 6, 2005 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carl E. Landwehr, Program Manager, Advanced Research and Development Agency Scope: Information Assurance (IA) is defined as the operations undertaken to protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation. Availability implies that networks and systems must be survivable and fault tolerant - they should possess redundancies to operate under failures or security breaches. For example, networks should be designed with sufficient spare and working capacity, efficient traffic restoration protocols, alarms and network management. Security encompasses the other aspects of IA, namely integrity, access-control, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation as they apply to both networks and systems. The increasing reliance of business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications on networked information systems dramatically magnifies the consequence of damages resulting from even simple system faults and intrusions, making the task of assuring confidentiality, availability and integrity of information difficult. Although several piecemeal solutions address concerns related to the security and fault tolerance of various components of such networked information systems, there is a growing need to leverage the synergy between security and survivability to provide a higher level of information assurance in the face of faults and attacks. We seek papers that address theoretical, experimental, systems-related and work in-progress in the area of Information Assurance at the network and system levels. We expect to have three types of sessions - the first related to survivability and fault tolerance, the second related to security, and the third related to the interactions between security and survivability. Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the IPCCC conference proceedings. The workshop will also include invited papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Authorization and access-control Web services security Database and system security Risk analysis and security management Security verification/validation Wireless LAN Security Network Restoration techniques Network Reliability/Availability Digital Rights Management DoS protection for the Internet Cryptographic protocols and Key management Intrusion Detection Techniques Ad hoc sensor network security Models and architectures for systems security and survivability Security and survivability in optical networks E/M-commerce security and survivability architectures Public policy issues for security and survivability Instructions for authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results on the above and related topics are solicited. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance by the Program Committee. The acceptance/rejection of the papers will be based on the review results. All questions should be addressed to the PC co-chairs. Authors are encouraged to submit their papers electronically. An electronic version (PDF format) of the paper should be submitted by November 22, 2005 to the workshop website. Manuscripts should be in English and must not exceed 8 pages (IEEE format) for regular papers and 4 pages (IEEE format) for short papers. Short papers will be included for presentation in a poster session. A cover page must include a title, descriptive keywords, all author's names, complete mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and an abstract of up to 150 words. Both regular and short papers accepted for presentation will be published in the IPCCC conference proceedings. For any further information, please check the workshop web page at http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/WIA2006/ or send e-mail to one of the program co-chairs. 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URL: From rlwest at gmail.com Tue Nov 29 09:44:03 2005 From: rlwest at gmail.com (Robert West) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:44:03 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Fwd: Cognitive modeling and artificial intelligence position Message-ID: <18f4e19a0511290644s66fa8a41p29687927a2d9d124@mail.gmail.com> ----------------------------------------------- Subject to budgetary considerations, the Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, invites applications for a tenure-track position, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, in the area of artificial intelligence and human cognition to commence July 1, 2006. A PhD and evidence of outstanding promise in research and in graduate and undergraduate teaching and supervision is required. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in our undergraduate and graduate programs, supervise graduate students, and develop a program of research leading to external funding and significant peer-reviewed publications. Experience with collaborative interdisciplinary work an asset; a $30M Centre for Research in Visualization and Simulation (V-Sim) will open in 2006. Carleton offers Canada's only free-standing, fully integrated PhD in Cognitive Science and a strong honours undergraduate degree. The applications of Canadians and permanent residents will be considered first. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities. Persons from these groups are encouraged to apply. Please send a c.v., two recent papers, and a description of your research programme and what your expertise would contribute to cognitive science at Carleton, to: Prof. Andrew Brook, Director, Institute of Cognitive Science, 2201 Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada. Please arrange to have three letters of reference and a transcript of your highest degree sent directly to the Institute. Electronic submission of the application is acceptable but transcripts and letters must be in official or signed paper copy and sent directly to us. Review of applications will begin January 15th, 2006, but we will continue to accept applications until a suitable candidate is found. For further information on the Institute of Cognitive Science and its faculty and students, go to www.carleton.ca/ics or email Andrew Brook ( abrook at ccs.carleton.ca). Carleton University is located on a scenic campus not far from the centre of Ottawa, Canada's capital. Pictures and further information at www.carleton.ca . Ottawa is the high-tech centre of Canada. Opportunities for collaborations with government labs and the private sector abound. Carleton is close to the Ottawa International Airport and schools, hospitals, parks, and other amenities are excellent. Ottawa has a rich cultural life; every year there is a blues festival, a jazz festival, a folk festival, a film festival, a spring tulip festival, Winterlude (a winter carnival), and the world's largest chamber music festival. Canada's main cultural institutions are located in Ottawa, including the National Gallery, the world-famous Museum of Civilization, and the National Arts Centre with its excellent orchestra. The city also has 'the longest skating rink in the world' (over seven km long) and is Canadian centre for cross-country skiing. The nearest downhill ski area is a twenty minute drive away in the picturesque Gatineau Hills. -- Dr. Robert L.West Institute of Cognitive Science Department of Psychology Carleton University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AI-CogSci-Ad-Electronic.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28672 bytes Desc: not available URL: