[ACT-R-users] 2011 ACT-R Post-Graduate Summer School

[Christian Lebiere]

A reminder that registration for the 2011 ACT-R PGSS is open.  If you are
planning to attend, please register by MAY 1ST at the URL below.

> The ACT-R 2011 PGSS registration web site has been set up at:
> 
> <http://cog.cs.drexel.edu/actr2011/index.php>
> 
> Thanks to the support of our sponsor, there is no registration fee.
> Interested participants should complete the registration form on the web site.
> Housing reservations will take place at a later date.
> 
> Christian, Dario, Greg, Mike and Niels
> 
> On 1/14/11 10:07 PM, "Christian Lebiere" <cl at cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Instead of the traditional summer school and workshop, this year a
>> post-graduate summer school (PGSS) targeted at experienced users of ACT-R
>> will 
>> take place from Saturday July 16 to Tuesday July 19, 2011 at the White
>> Mountain Hotel in North Conway, NH (http://www.whitemountainhotel.com/). The
>> goal of the post-graduate summer school is to reflect on the ACT-R theory and
>> discuss in depth the issues that have arisen since the last major
>> architectural developments (and the last PGSS in 2001).
>>  
>> After an opening reception on Saturday evening, the PGSS will be organized in
>> sessions consisting of extended presentations and open discussions around a
>> specific theme.  Each day will feature three 90-minute sessions from 9am to
>> 3pm, plus a free-ranging evening discussion of the topics of the day led by a
>> discussant. The time between the end of the afternoon session at 3pm and
>> dinner is set aside for informal discussions and collaboration and for
>> recreation.  Participants attending the Cognitive Science Conference Workshop
>> and Tutorials program on Wednesday July 20 can leave at 3pm on Tuesday after
>> the afternoon session.
>>  
>> The White Mountain Hotel is situated on a 250-acre estate in the White
>> Mountains of New Hampshire near the town of North Conway, the White Mountain
>> National Forest, and a number of State Parks and State Forests.  The hotel is
>> located within a 3-hour drive of Boston, where the Cognitive Science
>> Conference will take place from Wednesday July 20 to Saturday July 23.  We
>> have reserved a block of 35 rooms.  The cost of the package for 4 nights
>> (Saturday 7/16 to Wednesday 7/20), including free breakfast every morning, 1
>> dinner and all taxes is $819.00/person single occupancy and $465.00/person
>> double occupancy.  A modest PGSS registration fee will cover lunches and
>> coffee breaks.
>>  
>> At this point, we would like to solicit expressions of interest for planning
>> purposes.  If you are interested in attending the PGSS, please email
>> Christian 
>> Lebiere at cl at cmu.edu to register your interest.  Actual registration will
>> take place at a future date.
>> 
>> Mike Byrne, Christian Lebiere, Dario Salvucci, Niels Taatgen & Greg Trafton