[ACT-R-users] CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

[Mike Schoelles]

  			COGSCI 2007

      	The 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

                 			August 1 - 4

                    		Nashville, Tenn

             	   CALL FOR TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

            	  http://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07


TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

The tutorials at Cognitive Science 2007 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 may range from practical guidelines to academic issues
and theory.

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. Tutorials in an interactive format
are encouraged. They can  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.

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.

Arrangements: 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.


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://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/tutorials.htm

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://csep.psyc.memphis.edu/cogsci07/workshop.htm

IMPORTANT DATES

February 1, 2007: Submissions due at 5:00pm GMT

February 26, 2007 Reviews due for Workshop proposals

March 12, 2007 Reviews due for Tutorial proposals

March 1, 2007:   Notification of acceptance or rejection for workshops

March 26, 2007:   Notification of acceptance or rejection for tutorials

April 30, 2007:   Camera-ready abstract copy due for inclusion in
                   proceedings

TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Michael Schoelles (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Katja Weimer-Hastings (Northern Illinois University)

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)
Gary Jones (University of Derby)
Padraic Monaghan (University of York)
Yvette Tenney (BBN Labs)
Richard Young (University of Hertfordshire)
Frank Ritter (Pennsylvania State University)

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Michael Schoelles                   		Katja Wiemer-Hastings
Cognitive Science Department       	 Department of Psychology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   	 Northern Illinois University
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180                      		DeKalb IL 60115
USA                                		 USA
Phone +1-518-276-3318               	Phone +1-815-753-5227
Fax +1-518-276-3017                 	Fax +1-815-753-8088