[ACT-R-users] Summer student/Postdoc position

[Dennis Perzanowski]

We are developing an interaction model of how users characterize  
visual content and context in a networked video surveillance  
environment. This larger environment is the InterTrack video  
surveillance tool being developed jointly in research with  
investigators from the Naval Research Laboratory, Interactive Systems  
Group, Washington, DC; Washington University at St. Louis; and  
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  In such a model, user-directed  
actions and interactions need to be grounded for system-level  
reasoning. In other words, the system and the user need to share a  
common frame of reference or a common ground within which to interact;  
otherwise, achieving effective human-system collaboration is  
difficult. Current computational systems cannot compete with the level  
of complexity needed to achieve what humans naturally infer nor do  
they exchange contextual information easily to achieve successful task  
completion. A model that captures what humans do quite naturally must,  
therefore, be guided by principles of human contextual inference. Our  
primary goal is to produce an interaction model that achieves a level  
of inferential human-system collaboration that characterizes human- 
human interaction while minimizing excessive user interactions, a  
common complaint leveled against such systems. By proposing to develop  
such a model, we expect to address a core set of issues that are  
relevant for a range of human-machine interaction domains.


To this end, we are seeking a summer student or postdoc to work at the  
Naval Research Laboratory.  The position is available immediately and  
can be extended.  Applicants for the summer position should contact  
Dr. Perzanowski (see below).  Postdoc applicants need to apply via  
channels, e.g. the National Research Council.


Dennis Perzanowski, Ph.D.

Section Head, Interactive Systems (5512)

Naval Research Laboratory

4555 Overlook Ave, SW

Washington, DC 20375

Email:  dennis.perzanowski at nrl.navy.mil

Voice: 202.767.9005

Dennis Perzanowski, PhD
Naval Research Laboratory
Code 5512
Washington, DC 20375
voicemail: 202.767.9005
email: dennis.perzanowski at nrl.navy.mil
fax: 202.767.3172