From jeedward at yahoo.com Wed Apr 1 05:23:17 2009 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (Ed) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] IICAI-09 Call for papers Message-ID: <965228.19622.qm@web45903.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> IICAI-09 Call for papers ? The 4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09) will be held in Tumkur (near Bangalore), India during December 16-18 2009. The conference consists of paper presentations, special workshops, sessions, invited talks and local tours, etc.? We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website: http://www.iiconference.org ??for more details of the conference. ? Sincerely ? ? Ed Publicity Committee ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I forward messages about twice a year, a few more close to ICCMs. The first announcement is driving this email, the announcement of the call for papers at ICCM 2009. If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain it by hand to keep it small. cheers, Frank Ritter frank.e.ritter at gmail.com http://acs.ist.psu.edu http://www.frankritter.com 1. ICCM 2009 Conference Announcement, 24-26 July 2009, Manchester, UK, paper deadline Tuesday 14 April 2009 http://web.mac.com/howesa/Site/ICCM_09.html 2. CogSci 2009 Tutorials and Workshops [tentative schedule] http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2009/tutorials.html 3. AISB 09 Convention, 6-9 April 2009, program available http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb09 4. Soar Workshop, June 22-26, 2009 5. BRIMS 09 Conference Program, 31 March -2 April 2009, program and soon papers http://www.brimsconference.org 6. Summer School in Cognitive Science, 6-23 July 2009 http://nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2009.html 7. CHI Workshop on Challenges in Evaluating Usability and User Experience in Reality Based Interaction [program and papers available] http://faculty.euc.ac.cy/gchristou/workshop/ 8. Workshop on Spatial Cognition, 14-16 May 2009 http://www.mindmodeling.org/msc/ 9. Model Comparison Challenge, to be held at ICCM, due 15 May 2009 http://www.hss.cmu.edu/departments/sds/ddmlab/modeldsf/letter.html 10. Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality, 15-22 July 2009 http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/SummerInstitute. 11. Topics in Cognitive Science [new journal] http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/journal_topics.html 12. Principles of Synthetic Intelligence PSI: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition [new book] http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/CognitivePsychology/CognitivePsychology/?view=usa&ci=9780195370676 13. Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors [new book] http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/booksorderform.cws_home/715493/bookorderform1_1 14. Paper on making intelligent agents understandable http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/haynesCR09.pdf 15. Junior research opening at USC/ICT 16. Post-doc at RPI 17. Post-doc at Penn (not Penn State) http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/postdoc_1_22_07.htm 18. Graduate fellowship at Gronigen http://www.rug.nl/bureau/expertisecentra/azis/az/producten/ubboe/ubboinshort 19. Job in Pittsburgh on cognitive work analysis http://resilientcognitivesolutions.com/aboutrcs_careers.php#cogsyseng 20. Wii Bit of Fun at Rice University Has Serious Intent http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2008-12-09-wii.shtml [From ACM Tech Review] *************************************************** 1. ICCM 2009 Conference Announcement 24-26 July 2009, Manchester, UK, paper deadline Tuesday 14 April 2009 http://web.mac.com/howesa/Site/ICCM_09.html ICCM is the premier international conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human behavior. ICCM is a forum for presenting, discussing, and evaluating the complete spectrum of cognitive models, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. ICCM includes basic and applied research, across a wide variety of domains, ranging from low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and learning. The proceedings of the 2007 conference are available from http://sitemaker.umich.edu/iccm2007.org/iccm_2007_proceedings_and_papers *************************************************** 2. CogSci 2009 Tutorials and Workshops [tentative schedule] http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/conference2009/tutorials.html Tutorials - All full-day unless otherwise indicated. Quantum Information Processing Theory Jerome R. Busemeyer & Zheng Wang jbusemey at indiana.edu Dynamic Field Theory: Conceptual Foundations and Applications in the Cognitive and Developmental Sciences Gregor Schoner, Vanessa Simmering, & Christian Faubel Gregor.Schoner at rub.de EPAM/CHREST Tutorial: Fifty Years of Simulating Human Learning Fernand Gobet & Peter Lane Fernand.Gobet at brunel.ac.uk CogSketch Tutorial (half-day) Kenneth D. Forbus forbus at northwestern.edu Accepted Workshops - All full-day unless otherwise indicated. ACT-R Workshop Anderson, Bothell, Lebiere, & Taatgen ja at cmu.edu Large-Scale Cognitive Modeling using Model Integrated Computing Scott Douglass & Jonathan Sprinkle scott.douglass at mesa.afmc.af.mil New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion. Hosted by the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR)" Armin Geertz, Luther Martin, Robert McCauley awg at teo.au.dk Aspects of the Self in VR: Implications for Design Vanja Kljajevi? & Kamilla J?hannsd?ttir vkljjvic at memphis.edu Bridging the Gap Between Computational and Empirical Approaches to Reference van Deemter, Gatt, van Gompel, & Krahmer e.j.krahmer at uvt.nl Intuitive Pedagogical Reasoning: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Patrick Shafto & Noah Goodman p.shafto at louisville.edu Swarm Cognition Workshop Vito Trianni & Elio Tuci vito.trianni at istc.cnr.it Psychocomputational Models of Human Language Acquisition William Gregory Sakas & Rens Bod sakas at hunter.cuny.edu WICS: Merging professional development and science: Constructing a successful grant proposal (half-day) Feldman, van Hell, Kroll, & Rajaram lf503 at albany.edu ****************************************************************** 3. AISB 09 Convention, 6-9 April 2009, program available http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb09 The AISB'09 Convention will be organised by Nick Taylor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, 6th-9th April 2009. Its theme is Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems. It is made up up of workshops and symposiums. Killer Robots or Friendly Fridges: the Social Understanding of Artificial Intelligence Prof Greg Michaelson (Heriot-Watt University) Prof Ruth Aylett (Heriot-Watt University) New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction Prof Kerstin Dautenhahn (University of Hertfordshire) 2nd Swarm Intelligence Algorithms and Applications Symposium (SIAAS-09) Dr Aladdin Ayesh (De Montfort University) Evolutionary Algorithms for the Design and Understanding of Complex Systems Prof David Corne (Heriot-Watt University) Dr Pier Frisco (Heriot-Watt University) 2nd Perada Workshop on Pervasive Adaptation Dr Emma Hart (Napier University) Dr Nick Taylor (Heriot-Watt University) PERSIST Workshop on Intelligent Pervasive Environments Ms Sarah McBurney (Heriot-Watt University) Ms Eliza Papadopoulou (Heriot-Watt University) Social Networks and Multi-Agent Systems Symposium (SNAMAS-09) Dr Guido Boella (University of Turin) Dr Leendert van der Torre (University of Luxembourg) Dr Harko Verhagen (Stockholm University) Symposium on Behaviour Regulation in Multi-Agent Systems Dr Nir Oren (King's College London) Workshop on Matching and Meaning Dr Fiona McNeill (University of Edinburgh) Affective Bodily Expression Dr Nadia Berthouze (University College London) Dr Marco Gillies (Goldsmiths College London) Affect Mental States Symposium: From Emotion to Reason (AMSS-09) Dr Aladdin Ayesh (De Montfort University) 2nd AISB Symposium Computing and Philosophy Dr Mark Bishop (Goldsmiths College London) Persuasive Technology and Digital Behaviour Intervention Dr Judith Masthoff (University of Aberdeen) Dr Floriana Grasso (University of Liverpool) ****************************************************************** 4. Soar Workshop Once again we are planning for a Soar Workshop (29!). The current plan is to hold the workshop in Ann Arbor at the CSE Building at the University of Michigan on June 22-26. We are still planning the details, but this year we may emphasize advanced tutorials on the new extensions of Soar and HLSR (on 23-24) along with an introductory tutorial on June 22 and shrink the workshop to the 25-26. *************************************************** 5. BRIMS 09 Conference, 30 March -2 April 2009 http://www.brimsconference.org [noted because papers will be available online] Sundance Resort, Utah Tutorials on Cognitive Crash Dummies and IMPRINT held: March 30, 2009 Invited Speakers Dr. John Anderson Barry G. Silverman, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University University of Pennsylvania Michael Baranick Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, Ph.D. National Defense University George Mason University BRIMS provides an outstanding opportunity for scientific and technical exchange on research and application in human behavior representation with the larger modeling and simulation community. BRIMS 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 program includes 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. Schedule: http://brimsconference.org/schedule/ [papers will be available online approximately 10 April] *************************************************** 6. Summer School in Cognitive Science, 6-23 July 2009 http://nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2009.html The New Bulgarian University is announcing the 16th Summer School in Cognitive Science which will be held from July 6 till July 23, 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The summer school features advanced courses for graduate students and young researchers in a variety of areas, including embodied cognition, brain functions and development, computational cognitive neuroscience, collective behavior, creativity, analogy-making, cognitive modeling and neural networks, individual differences, animal cognition, etc. The summer school this year will be extraordinary good and the lecturers include famous researchers like Michael Spivey, Rob Goldstone, Randall O'Reilly, Adele Diamond, Tom Ward, Roger Thompson, Edward Necka. This is a unique chance to learn about the latest developments and big challenges first hand. In addition, the participants in the Summer School will be able to attend the Second Analogy Conference at no additional cost. Decisions for admission are made on a case by case and first come first served bases. Therefore the earlier you apply the better. We have applicants from all over the world and almost half of the places in the summer school are already filled in, so hurry up! For more information: http://nbu.bg/cogs/events/ss2009.html e-mail: school at cogs.nbu.bg *************************************************** 7. CHI Workshop on Challenges in Evaluating Usability and User Experience in Reality Based Interaction http://faculty.euc.ac.cy/gchristou/workshop/ [papers and program are up] CHI 2009 Workshop: Challenges in Evaluating Usability and User Experience in Reality Based Interaction 4 April 2009 The emergence of Post-WIMP interfaces led to new ways of interacting with technology. However, there are still no integrated ways of evaluating the usability and user experience of these interfaces. Developers and designers are left to discover their own evaluation methods. This approach presents problems, as methods used in each case may provide results that are neither valid nor meaningful. Thus, the time is ripe to integrate the methods that have been developed for evaluating interfaces that belong to the RBI umbrella. This workshop will further the understanding of the challenges relating to evaluation methods specific to RBIs, and will identify effective practical responses to these challenges. We will enhance and promote the collaboration between researchers and practitioners that work in the field of design and evaluation of RBIs by cross-pollinating the work done in the RBI constituent interaction styles. We invite submissions in the following topics: * Case studies of evaluations that applied a specific measure or evaluation method to RBI applications. * Experimental studies of evaluation methods that hold potential for use in applied RBI settings. * Conceptual frameworks that enable the evaluation of RBIs through subjective and objective measures. * Studies that provide connections between user experience and usability measures in RBI contexts. ORGANIZERS AND COMMITTEE ORGANIZERS GEORGIOS CHRISTOU, European University Cyprus EFFIE LAI-CHONG LAW, ETH Zurich WILLIAM GREEN, Philips Research Europe KASPER HORNB?K, University of Copenhagen PROGRAM COMMITTEE Greg Dunn, Philips Research Europe Jettie Hoonhout, Philips Research Europe Robert Jacob, Tufts University Frank E. Ritter, Penn State University Orit Shaer, Wellesley College MORE INFORMATION For more information, contact Georgios Christou at g.christou at euc.ac.cy *************************************************** 8. Workshop on Spatial Cognition, 14-16 May 2009 http://www.mindmodeling.org/msc/ I am pleased to announce a workshop, Modeling Spatial Cognition, to be held in Scottsdale, AZ, 14-16 May 2009. Information on the workshop, including registration and a list of presenters and abstracts, is available: http://www.mindmodeling.org/msc/ The workshop is open to anyone interested in spatial cognition, modeling of complex cognitive processes, and specifically modeling spatial cognitive processing. Please feel free to forward this information to others who may want to attend. "Gunzelmann,Glenn F Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC" *************************************************** 9. Model Comparison Challenge http://www.hss.cmu.edu/departments/sds/ddmlab/modeldsf/letter.html We write to invite you to participate in a Modeling Comparison Challenge: "Predicting Cognitive Performance in Open-ended Dynamic tasks". The goal of the challenge is to advance the state of the art in cognitive modeling by evaluating alternative cognitive models against human performance in a common dynamic task. The task captures in an integrated manner some of the key aspects of human cognition including the detection of temporal regularities and the ability to control dynamic systems. The description of the challenge and the information for participation (including data, task environment, references and documentation) can be found on the challenge web site: http://www.cmu.edu/ddmlab/modeldsf Please send an E-mail to: DSFChallenge at gmail.com to register as soon as possible. You must be registered before submitting your model. The most important dates are: The Modeling Comparison Challenge will be the focus of a symposium at the Behavior Representation In Modeling and Simulation (BRIMS-2009) on April 1, 2009 in Sundance, Utah. Deadline for model submissions is May 15, 2009. Announcement of the challenge results is June 1, 2009. The results and winner(s) will be presented at a symposium at the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2009) in Manchester, UK on July 24th-26th, 2009. One representative for each of the 3 best models will be invited to present at the ICCM symposium. Their expenses will be covered for up to US$2000. Thank you for your attention and we look forward to receiving your models! Christian Lebiere, Coty Gonzalez, Walter Warwick. *************************************************** 10. Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality, 15-22 July 2009 http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/SummerInstitute. It is our pleasure to announce the eighth Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality in Psychology and Economics, which will take place from July 15 to 22, 2009 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. The objective of the Summer Institute is to introduce graduate students and young researchers to the study of bounded, ecological, and social rationality, that is, how people make decisions when information and time is limited and the future is uncertain. This year, the evening lecture will be given by Nobel laureate Reinhard Selten. Talented graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world are invited to apply by March 31, 2009. We will provide all participants with stipends to cover part of their travel and accommodation expenses. Details on the Summer Institute and the application process are available at http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/SummerInstitute. Please pass on this information to potential candidates from your own department or institute. Sincerely, Gerd Gigerenzer & Vernon Smith From: "Schooler, Lael" To: ****************************************************************** 11. Topics in Cognitive Science http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/journal_topics.html I am very pleased to announce that the first issue of topiCS, Topics in Cognitive Science, has been published. Hard copies should be on their way to all of our members. In the meantime, all members and everyone else in the world can download articles from the Wiley InterScience website. The "everyone else in the world" bit will change for future issues, but it holds for now so we should try to publicize this as widely as possible. Make sure that your campus librarian knows that topiCS is bundled with CSj and that both journals are being published by Wiley-Blackwell and not Erlbaum and not Taylor & Francis. Wayne ==================================== topiCS - Topics in Cognitive Science the newest publication of the Cognitive Science Society Submissions and reviews http://www.editorialmanager.com/topics/ topiCS homepage http://cognitivesciencesociety.org/journal_topics.html Cognitive Science Society homepage http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121673067/home Founding & Executive Editor Wayne D. Gray email: grayw at rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Journal Managing Editor Caroline Verdier Indiana University Eigenmann 819 1910 E. 10th St. Bloomington, IN 47406-7512 phone: 812-855-4883 fax: 812-855-1086 email: topicsj at indiana.edu *************************************************** 12. Principles of Synthetic Intelligence PSI: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition [new book] http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/CognitivePsychology/CognitivePsychology/?view=usa&ci=9780195370676 Although computational models of cognition have become very popular, these models are relatively limited in their coverage of cognition-- they usually only emphasize problem solving and reasoning, or treat perception and motivation as isolated modules. The first architecture to cover cognition more broadly is Psi theory, developed by Dietrich Dorner. By integrating motivation and emotion with perception and reasoning, and including grounded neuro-symbolic representations, Psi contributes significantly to an integrated understanding of the mind. It provides a conceptual framework that highlights the relationships between perception and memory, language and mental representation, reasoning and motivation, emotion and cognition, autonomy and social behavior. It is, however, unfortunate that Psi's origin in psychology, its methodology, and its lack of documentation have limited its impact. The proposed book adapts Psi theory to cognitive science and artificial intelligence, by elucidating both its theoretical and technical frameworks, and clarifying its contribution to how we have come to understand cognition. *************************************************** 13. Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/booksorderform.cws_home/715493/bookorderform1_1 Beverly Park Woolf University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Description The book shows how to build systems that assess a student's knowledge and are adaptive to each student's learning needs. It describes cognitive science, multimedia, learning technology, adaptive tutors, intelligent information systems and user modeling. Dr. Woolf taps into 20 years of research on intelligent tutors to bring designers and developers a broad range of issues and methods. The book describes multidisciplinary approaches to using computers for teaching, reports on research, development, and real-world experiences, and discusses web-based learning systems. Audience Professionals, graduate students, and others in computer science and educational technology who develop online tutoring systems to support e-learning. Contents Part I: Introduction To Artificial Intelligence and Education Part II: Representation, Reasoning and Assessment Part III: Technologies and Environments Bibliographic & Ordering Information Paperback, 480 pages, publication date: SEP-2008, Imprint: MORGAN KAUFFMAN ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373594-2; ISBN-10: 0-12-373594-7 Order Form: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/booksorderform.cws_home/715493/bookorderform1_1 Price: USD 69.95, GBP 39.99, EUR 57.95 Free copy If you are thinking of adopting this book for your classes, go to http://textbooks.elsevier.com and register to use the site (create a username and password). Once you are in the site, set author and search for Woolf on the orange banner on top. Go to the book site. Then click a button on the right banner either E-Desk or Register Adoption and the site will ask you about where you want the copy sent. If you have any difficulty contact M.James at Elsevier.com *************************************************** 14. Paper on making intelligent agents understandable http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/haynesCR09.pdf Haynes, S. R., Cohen, M. A., Ritter, F. E. (2009). Design patterns for explaining intelligent systems. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 67(1). 99-110. Explanation is an important capability for usable intelligent systems, including intelligent agents and cognitive models embedded within simulations and other decision support systems. Explanation facilities help users understand how and why an intelligent system possesses a given structure and set of behaviors. Prior research has resulted in a number of approaches to providing explanation capabilities and identified some significant challenges. We describe a design that can be reused to create intelligent agents capable of explaining themselves. The design includes ways to provide ontological, mechanistic, and operational explanations. These designs inscribe lessons learned from prior research and provide guidance for incorporating explanation facilities into intelligent systems. Our design is derived from both prior research on explanation tool design and from the empirical study reported here on the questions users ask when working with an intelligent system. We demonstrate the use of these designs through examples implemented using the Herbal high-level cognitive modeling language. These designs can help build better agents-they support creating more usable and more affordable intelligent agents by encapsulating prior knowledge about how to generate explanations in concise representations that can be instantiated or adapted by agent developers. *************************************************** 15. Junior research opening at USC/ICT We are looking to hire a junior researcher to focus on cognitive architecture research within the context of our virtual human research efforts. The position would have primary responsibility over envisioning the next-generation of cognitive architecture that would support real-time multi-modal interactions with human users within emotionally-evocative virtual simulations. The candidate is expected to collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary research team including research in emotion modeling, natural language processing, and nonverbal behavior recognition and synthesis. Below are listed some research publications upon which the research is expected to build. Interested candidates should send a vita to me at Gratch at Ict.usc.edu Jonathan Gratch and Stacy Marsella, The Architectural Role of Emotion in Cognitive Systems, in Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems, Wayne Gray (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2008. Stacy Marsella and Jonathan Gratch, EMA: A Model of Emotional Dynamics, Journal of Cognitive Systems Research, vol 10(1), 2009, pp 70-90 William Swartout, Jonathan Gratch, Randall Hill, Eduard Hovy, Stacy Marsella, Jeff Rickel and David Traum, Toward Virtual Humans, in AI Magazine, v.27(1), 2006 __________________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Gratch | http://www.ict.usc.edu/~gratch Associate Director, Research Associate Professor | Phone: (310) 448-0306 USC Institute for Creative Technologies | Fax: (310) 574-5725 13274 Fiji Way | E-mail: gratch at ict.usc.edu Marina del Rey, CA 90292 | *************************************************** 16. Post-doc at RPI From: I am looking for a post-doctoral researcher, to join in a basic research project investigating cognitive modeling, cognitive architectures, and cognitive social simulation. The starting date is August 1, 2009 (although a slight change, say by a month, is also possible). This will be a full-time research position, with the expectation that you devote 90% of your time to project-related research work (not your own research topics). Prospective applicants should have a finished Ph.D degree. They should have a background in computer science (the equivalent of a BS in computer science), with strong Java programming skills, and have prior exposure to psychology and cognitive science (with background in cognitive architectures, human and machine learning, motivation, or social psychological modeling preferred), and other related areas. Prospective applicants with expertise and interests in cognitive science should apply by EMAILing me: (1) a complete vitae, and (2) samples of best prior writings (published papers), and also FAX me (3) GRE/TOEFL scores (if available), and (4) copies of the transcripts of the BS, MS, Ph.D programs previously attended. Also send me the reference letters (if available). See the following Web page regarding my research (in the afore-described areas and in other areas): http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun Two sample publications are downloadable from my Web site: R. Sun, E. Merrill, and T. Peterson, From implicit skills to explicit knowledge: A bottom-up model of skill learning. Cognitive Science, Vol.25, No.2, pp.203-244. 2001. http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/sun.cs01.pdf R. Sun, P. Slusarz, and C. Terry, The interaction of the explicit and the implicit in skill learning: A dual-process approach. Psychological Review, Vol.112, No.1, pp.159-192. 2005. http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/~rsun/sun-pr2005-f.pdf RPI is a top-tier research university. The new CogSci department has identified research as its primary missions. The department is conducting research in a number of areas: cognitive architectures, cognitive modeling, human and machine learning, multi-agent interactions and social simulation, neural networks and connectionist models, human and machine reasoning, cognitive engineering, perception and motor control, and so on. =============== Professor Ron Sun Cognitive Science Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 Eighth Street, Carnegie 302A Troy, NY 12180, USA phone: 518-276-3409 email: rsun at rpi.edu *************************************************** 17. Post-doc at Penn (not Penn State) http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/postdoc_1_22_07.htm PostDoc position is available to help research FactionSim - a quick to setup and use tool to see if local conflict or cooperation emerges in diverse regional factions as users attempt alternative courses of action. The successful postdoc candidate will help to further the agent-based models of FactionSim, study its properties and validity, and produce it as a highly usable tool for field training and analysis on how to influence local factions to avoid conflicts and to collaborate on the collective good. This research synthesizes several years of the PI?s work on many of the elements for assembling FactionSim ? Lsim for leaders only (thick leader agents based on descriptive agent-based models with subjective expected utility-theoretic algorithms), Athena world diplomacy game that scales up leaders and poses tests for heuristics to solve hard AI problems (nested intentionality, campaign planning, negotiation), and most recently a DARPA-sponsored regional conflict prototype that tested how to bridge together a leader hierarchy with a social network of followers (small world theory with thick leader agents influencing a cellular automata model). It is time to bring all these pieces together into a stable architecture focused on smaller scale conflict and cooperation issues. This will permit us to solve some of the hard simulation problems on a smaller scoped problem than Athena, and it will offer the dual benefit of spinning off a regional faction conflict tool. Despite efforts at simplicity, stochastic simulation models for domains such as this rapidly become complex. As a result, we have begun to add an experiment design and policy exploration front end onto FactionSim coupled with a warehouse for analyzing and mining the outcome space. Research is also needed on ways to reliably explore and optimize search in intractably large simulation spaces. The postdoctoral position is primarily aimed at the FactionSim work but may also include the other research strands, depending on the interests of the candidate. For example, depending on his/her orientation, the candidate may work closely with faculty who collaborate with us from computer science, political science, statistics, Wharton, and partnering universities. A version of FactionSim is also being plugged into role playing games. Candidates should have a PhD in electrical and systems, cognitive or computer science, computational social dynamics, or related discipline. Experience with gaming and simulation is highly desirable as are interests in computational modeling of behavior. Salary will be based on experience in relation to our standard postdoctoral scale. ACASA is headed by Barry G. Silverman who is coordinating the research efforts. Candidates interested in the position should email a vita and a short statement about graduate training and research interests to Barry Silverman. Contact Barry G. Silverman, Ph.D. Professor of Engineering/ESE, Wharton/OPIM, and Medicine Director, Ackoff Collaboratory for Advancement of the Systems Approach (ACASA) Towne Bldg, Rm 251, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6315 basil at seas.upenn.edu (215)573-8368 *************************************************** 18. Graduate fellowship at Gronigen a 4-year PhD scholarship has become available at the Department of Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. This scholarship is only applicable to holders of a non-Dutch passport. If you happen to know someone who qualifies, who is interested in formal approaches to cognition and who is looking for a PhD position, could you ask him/her to contact me? (Obviously, if you yourself are interested, feel free to contact me as well.) The topic of the project can be either time perception or optimized learning regimes (i.e., spacing). Possible methodologies: computational/statistical modeling, EEG, TMS, eye tracking, and more traditional behavioral experiments. More information on the scholarship can be found here: http://www.rug.nl/bureau/expertisecentra/azis/az/producten/ubboe/ubboinshort Proposals for projects need to be in as soon as possible. From: "Hedderik van Rijn" [act-r mailing list] *************************************************** 19. Job in pittsburgh on cognitive work analysis http://resilientcognitivesolutions.com/aboutrcs_careers.php#cogsyseng ... has an interest in decision making and how devices/software support that decision making, executing and applying cognitive work analyses, etc and has a real spark for the work. The description of the position can be found here: http://resilientcognitivesolutions.com/aboutrcs_careers.php#cogsyseng *************************************************** 20. Wii Bit of Fun at Rice University Has Serious Intent http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2008-12-09-wii.shtml [From ACM Tech Review] Rice University (12/09/08) A Rice University research project is using the Nintendo Wii video game console to codify learning systems for use in a variety of human activities. Rice professors Marcia O'Malley and Michael Byrne have received a three-year National Science Foundation grant to measure the motions of people performing tasks such as playing paddleball or flying a fighter jet using the accelerometer contained in the Wii's Wiimote controller. The research builds on previous work by O'Malley, the director of Rice's Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Laboratory, which used robots to treat stroke victims as part of a study to map how people learn physical tasks. "We're already grabbing motion data from the Wiimote," O'Malley says, "so soon we'll be able to measure a range of motion and then turn it into a mathematical model." The goal is to unite virtual reality and robotics in such a way that it allows people to absorb information through the repetition of motor pathways. The research into "cognitive modeling of human motor skill acquisition" will focus on three types of learners--experts who learn slowly but achieve their goals, novices who learn slowly and may never reach proficiency, and those who are somewhere in the middle of training and suddenly excel at the task. From Glenn.Gunzelmann at mesa.afmc.af.mil Wed Apr 8 18:19:59 2009 From: Glenn.Gunzelmann at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Gunzelmann, Glenn F Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:19:59 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Registration deadline: Workshop on Modeling Spatial Cognition Message-ID: ***** FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKSHOP ON MODELING SPATIAL COGNITION ***** The Workshop on Modeling Spatial Cognition will be held in Scottsdale, AZ from 14-16 May 2009. Information about the workshop, including an overview of the event, tentative agenda, and description of the venue, can be found here: http://www.mindmodeling.org/msc/ Registration is available on the website. The deadline is this coming Sunday, April 12. The deadline for making hotel reservations at the workshop rate is 13 April. A brief description of the workshop is included below. I hope to see you there. -Glenn _________________________________ Glenn Gunzelmann, Ph.D. Senior Research Psychologist Cognitive Models and Agents Branch Air Force Research Laboratory _________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil Tue Apr 14 16:05:48 2009 From: Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Gluck, Kevin A Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:05:48 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Cognitive Modeling Information Gathering Workshop - a DARPA event on May 7 Message-ID: Solicitation Number: DARPA-SN-09-30 Agency: Other Defense Agencies Office: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Location: Contracts Management Office I learned this solicitation hit the street today. The workshop is scheduled for May 7 in Arlington, VA. I am not the organizer. It is being organized by LCDR Joseph Cohn. His emphasis is on computational cognitive neuroscience. Please see FedBizOpps for more information and contact info. Do not email questions to me. Just trying to help get the word out. Cheers, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- KEVIN GLUCK, PhD Senior Research Psychologist S&T Advisor, Cognitive Models and Agents Branch Air Force Research Laboratory 6030 S. Kent St Mesa, AZ? 85212-6061 P: 480-988-6561 x-677; DSN 474-6677 F:?480-988-2230; DSN 474-6688 C: 480-229-4569 ? "The true line is not between 'hard' natural science and 'soft' social sciences, but between precise science limited to highly abstract and simple phenomena in the laboratory and inexact science and technology dealing with complex problems in the real world." ?????????????????????? - Herb Simon, Models of My Life From Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil Thu Apr 16 16:30:36 2009 From: Kevin.Gluck at mesa.afmc.af.mil (Gluck, Kevin A Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:30:36 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] FW: Cognitive Modeling Information Gathering Workshop - a DARPA event on May 7 Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: Gluck, Kevin A Civ USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:06 PM To: act-r-users at act-r.psy.cmu.edu; Soar Group (soar-group at lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: Cognitive Modeling Information Gathering Workshop - a DARPA event on May 7 Solicitation Number: DARPA-SN-09-30 Agency: Other Defense Agencies Office: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Location: Contracts Management Office I learned this solicitation hit the street today. The workshop is scheduled for May 7 in Arlington, VA. I am not the organizer. It is being organized by LCDR Joseph Cohn. His emphasis is on computational cognitive neuroscience. Please see FedBizOpps for more information and contact info. Do not email questions to me. Just trying to help get the word out. Cheers, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------- KEVIN GLUCK, PhD Senior Research Psychologist S&T Advisor, Cognitive Models and Agents Branch Air Force Research Laboratory 6030 S. Kent St Mesa, AZ? 85212-6061 P: 480-988-6561 x-677; DSN 474-6677 F:?480-988-2230; DSN 474-6688 C: 480-229-4569 ? "The true line is not between 'hard' natural science and 'soft' social sciences, but between precise science limited to highly abstract and simple phenomena in the laboratory and inexact science and technology dealing with complex problems in the real world." ?????????????????????? - Herb Simon, Models of My Life From L.van.Maanen at ai.rug.nl Fri Apr 17 08:47:02 2009 From: L.van.Maanen at ai.rug.nl (Leendert van Maanen) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:47:02 +0200 Subject: [ACT-R-users] PhD position available "Cognitive Systems in Interaction" Message-ID: <9F58F6CC-F2FA-44B5-844C-4C3BCB23CDBF@ai.rug.nl> Dear all, A PhD postition is now available at the Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Please forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. --------------------------------------- PhD position Cognitive Systems in Interaction The Vici project ?Cognitive systems in interaction: Logical and computational models of higher-order social cognition?. Software agents are capable of recursion in their social reasoning: A thinks about what B knows, about what B thinks that A knows, and so on. However, humans lose track of such reasoning after only two or three levels. If software agents work together with human teammates, they need to take into account the limits of their social cognition. In the Vici project, we investigate children's development and adults' limitations in applying higher-order reasoning, using a close-knit combination of empirical research and formal modeling. Whereas first- order social cognition has been intensely investigated, higher-order social cognition is far less well-understood. This project aims to apply improved understanding of higher-order social reasoning to design realistic logics, ready for implementation in systems supporting mixed human-computer teams. The PhD project: Children developing higher-order social cognition. Some social cognition tasks are done correctly at an early age, others take some years longer, while many adults never reliably learn complex higher-order tasks. The PhD candidate combines behavioral experiments with children and computational cognitive modelling in ACT-R to investigate the bottlenecks in moving from first-order social cognition to higher orders. On the basis of the theory and the modeling results, new ideas for experiments are developed so as to test predictions. Experiments with normally developing children (6-12 years) help to investigate their reasoning strategies. Finally, the PhD candidate constructs a combined cognitive model of the development of higher-order social cognition. For more information: http://www.academictransfer.org/00347-1007 ------------------------------ Leendert van Maanen Artificial Intelligence University of Groningen P.O. Box 407 9700 AK Groningen the Netherlands +31 50 363 7603 leendert at ai.rug.nl http://www.ai.rug.nl/~leendert From jeedward at yahoo.com Sat Apr 18 11:45:41 2009 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] Extended draft paper submission: AIPR-09 call for papers Message-ID: <960692.86494.qm@web45912.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Extended draft paper submission: AIPR-09 call for papers ? This Extended Call for Papers is for those who didn't get a chance to submit the papers for the earlier call for papers. The papers received and accepted in response to this extended call for papers will be included in the final version of the respective conference proceedings. These proceedings will be either ready by the time of the conference (i.e., they will be available during the conference) or soon after the conference (before the end of August 2009), based how fast the proceedings can be prepared. Note: If you have already submitted a paper (whether accepted or rejected or currently under review) for MULTICONF-09, please DO NOT submit that paper again to this extended call for papers. IMPORTANT DATES: Draft paper submission date: May 11, 2009 Acceptance/rejection decision: May 21, 2009 Camera ready paper and copyright and pre-registration due: May 28, 2009 Conference dates: July 13-16, 2009 ? The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org) will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The conference will take place at the same time and venue where several other international conferences are taking place. The other conferences include: ????????? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09) ????????? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09) ????????? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09) ????????? International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) ????????? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09) ????????? International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09) ????????? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09) ????????? International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09) ????????? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09) ? The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details. ? Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dawnwatson12 at gmail.com Sat Apr 18 14:37:00 2009 From: dawnwatson12 at gmail.com (Dawn Watson) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:37:00 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Extended draft paper submission: MULTICONF-09 call for papers Message-ID: <93d2884e0904181137m3a71f32cw841a4c34a9288fac@mail.gmail.com> Extended draft paper submission: MULTICONF-09 call for papers This Extended Call for Papers is for those who didn't get a chance to submit the papers for the earlier call for papers. The papers received and accepted in response to this extended call for papers will be included in the final version of the respective conference proceedings. These proceedings will be either ready by the time of the conference (i.e., they will be available during the conference) or soon after the conference (before the end of August 2009), based how fast the proceedings can be prepared. *Note:* If you have already submitted a paper (whether accepted or rejected or currently under review) for MULTICONF-09, please DO NOT submit that paper again to this extended call for papers. *IMPORTANT DATES: * Draft paper submission date: May 11, 2009 Acceptance/rejection decision: May 21, 2009 Camera ready paper and copyright and pre-registration due: May 28, 2009 Conference dates: July 13-16, 2009 The extended deadline for draft paper submission at the 2009 Multi Conference in Computer Science, Information Technology and Control systems and Computational Science and Computer Engineering (MULTICONF-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) is just few weeks from now. We invite draft paper submissions. The event consists of the following conferences: ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09) ? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09) ? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09) ? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09) ? International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) ? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09) ? International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09) ? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09) ? International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09) ? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09) The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details. Sincerely Dawn Watson Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeedward at yahoo.com Wed Apr 22 21:52:07 2009 From: jeedward at yahoo.com (Ed) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:52:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [ACT-R-users] IICAI-09 Final Call for papers Message-ID: <139766.67854.qm@web45903.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> IICAI-09 Final Call for papers ? The 4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09) will be held in Tumkur (near Bangalore), India during December 16-18 2009. The conference consists of paper presentations, special workshops, sessions, invited talks and local tours, etc.? We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website: http://www.iiconference.org ??for more details of the conference. ? Sincerely ? ? 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These proceedings will be either ready by the time of the conference (i.e., they will be available during the conference) or soon after the conference (before the end of August 2009), based how fast the proceedings can be prepared. *Note:* If you have already submitted a paper (whether accepted or rejected or currently under review) for MULTICONF-09, please DO NOT submit that paper again to this extended call for papers. *IMPORTANT DATES: * Draft paper submission date: May 11, 2009 Acceptance/rejection decision: May 21, 2009 Camera ready paper and copyright and pre-registration due: May 28, 2009 Conference dates: July 13-16, 2009 *LOCATION:* Orlando, Florida, USA The extended deadline for draft paper submission at the 2009 Multi Conference in Computer Science, Information Technology and Control systems and Computational Science and Computer Engineering (MULTICONF-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) is very close from now. We invite draft paper submissions. The event consists of the following conferences: ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09) ? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09) ? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09) ? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09) ? International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) ? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09) ? International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09) ? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09) ? International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09) ? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09) The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details. Sincerely Edward Mellon Publicity committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ijuvina at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Apr 29 11:56:40 2009 From: ijuvina at andrew.cmu.edu (ion juvina) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:56:40 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] New publication In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9BE28CDB-334F-4666-BD9C-E59218EC5436@andrew.cmu.edu> Colleagues: I am pleased to announce a new publication that might be of interest to you and your students: Juvina, I., & Taatgen, N. A. (2009). A repetition-suppression account of between-trial effects in a modified Stroop paradigm. Acta Psychologica, 131(1), 72-84. Abstract Theories that postulate cognitive inhibition are very common in psychology and cognitive neuroscience (e.g., Hasher, Lustig, & Zacks, 2007), although they have recently been severely criticized (e.g., MacLeod, Dodd, Sheard, Wilson, & Bibi, 2003). This paper poses and attempts to answer the question whether a research program with cognitive inhibition as its main theoretical assumption is still worth pursuing. We present a set of empirical data from a modified Stroop paradigm that replicates previously reported findings. These findings refer to between-trial effects previously described in the literature on Stroop, negative priming, and inhibition-of-return. Existing theoretical accounts fail to explain all these effects in an integrated way. A repetition-suppression mechanism is proposed in order to account for these data. This mechanism is instantiated as a computational cognitive model. The theoretical implications of this model are discussed. Please follow the link below to download the article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.03.002 If your institution does not have access to this journal, please feel free to email me for a free reprint. Sincerely, Ion Juvina, Department of Psychology Baker Hall 336A Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: