[ACT-R-users] ACT-R summer school and workshop 2008

[Niels Taatgen]

Fifteenth annual ACT-R Summer School and Workshop
Carnegie Mellon University
July 9-20, 2008

Note: Application deadline for the summer school is April 1

ACT-R is a cognitive theory and simulation system for developing  
cognitive models for tasks that vary from simple reaction time to air  
traffic control. The most recent advances of the ACT-R theory were  
detailed in the following paper:

Anderson, J. R., Bothell, D., Byrne, M. D., Douglass, S.,  Lebiere,  
C., and Qin, Y . (2004). An integrated theory of the mind.   
Psychological Review 111, (4). 1036-1060, available online: http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/pubinfo.php?id=526

and in the following book:

Anderson, J. R. (2007) How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical  
Universe? New York: Oxford University Press.

Each year, a summer school is held to train researchers in the use of  
the ACT-R system. The summer school is followed by a three-day ACT-R  
workshop.

Summer School
The summer school will take place from Wednesday July 9 to Thursday  
July 17. This intensive 9-day course is designed to train researchers  
in the use of ACT-R for cognitive modeling. It is structured as a set  
of six units, with each unit lasting a day and involving a morning  
theory lecture, an afternoon discussion session and an assignment  
which participants are expected to complete during the day and  
evening. In addition, participants are expected to bring a project of  
their own to the summer school on which they can work during the  
remaining three days. Computing facilities will be provided or  
attendees can bring their own laptop on which the ACT-R software will  
be installed.

To provide an optimal learning environment, admission is limited to a  
dozen participants, who must submit by April 1 an application  
consisting of a curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose, and a  
description of the project they would like to do during the summer  
school. This project can be based on data from the applicant's own  
research, or an experimental study from the literature. We encourage  
applicants to browse through the tutorial texts to get a sense of the  
kind of experiments that are appropriate for a successful project (the  
tutorial text is part of the ACT-R distribution, which can be  
downloaded from http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/actr6/).  Demonstrated  
experience with a modeling formalism similar to ACT-R will strengthen  
the application, as well as general programming experience. Applicants  
will be notified of admission by May 4.
Admission to the summer school is free. Housing will be provided in  
the CMU dormitories for approximately $60/day (single) or $30/day  
(shared).

More information, including papers published by the ACT-R community,  
can be found on the ACT-R web site (http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/).


ACT-R Workshop
The ACT-R workshop will take place from Friday July 18 to Sunday July  
20.  Mornings will be devoted to research presentations, each lasting  
about 20 minutes plus questions. Participants are invited to present  
their ACT-R research by submitting a one-page abstract with their  
registration. Afternoons will feature discussion sessions and  
instructional tutorials.  Suggestions for the topics of the tutorials  
and discussion sessions are welcome.  Friday afternoon will feature a  
presentation by an invited speaker.

Admission to the workshop is open to all.  The early registration fee  
(before July 1) is $100 and the late registration fee (after July 1)  
is $125.  Informal proceedings of past workshops can be found on the  
ACT-R web site (http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/workshops/). Requests for  
presentations should be submitted before July 1 to receive full  
consideration for inclusion in the workshop program.  A preliminary  
program of presentations will be made available in early July.  The  
workshop is scheduled to just precede the Cognitive Science conference  
which takes place in Washington, DC from July 23 to 26. (http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci.html 
). Housing and computing facilities will be provided at CMU during the  
workshop, and from July 20 to 23 for workshop participants who wish to  
stay on to work on their ACT-R projects and collaborate with other  
researchers until the start of Cogsci.

Further details on how to register for the workshop will follow.

An application form for the summer school is appended below.


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Fifteenth Annual ACT-R Summer School
July 9 to 17, 2008 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh

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Send this form, curriculum vitae, statement of purpose and a  
description of the project by email (preferred) or regular mail to:

2008 ACT-R Summer School
Psychology Department
Niels Taatgen
Baker Hall 345B                                       Fax: +1 (412)  
268-2844
Carnegie Mellon University                      Tel: +1 (412) 268-2815
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890                      Email: taatgen at cmu.edu
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Niels Taatgen - Carnegie Mellon University, Psychology, BH 345B
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
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