[ACT-R-users] Postdoc in Cognitive Science, US Naval Research Laboratory

[Sangeet Khemlani]

The Intelligent Systems Section at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral researcher. The lab currently has several ongoing projects focused on how people engage in explanatory reasoning and how they reason about time and temporal relations. The postdoc will work with Dr. Sunny Khemlani and Dr. Greg Trafton on developing his or her own research program, designing and running studies, conducting data analysis, and building computational models.

The ideal candidate has (or will have) a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, or computer science, with experience in higher level cognition, experimental design and data analysis, or cognitive modeling. Postdocs will be hired through the NRC Research Associateship Program (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/). Only US citizenship or green card holders are eligible for the program.

The Intelligent Systems Section at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence is devoted to basic and applied research in human cognition. The lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on cognitive science, reasoning, cognitive robotics and human-robot interaction, procedural errors, spatial cognition, object recognition, memory, and categorization.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae before April 20th, 2015. In collaboration with Khemlani and Trafton, the applicant will have to prepare a brief research proposal to submit to the NRC RAP by May 1st.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil) or Dr. Greg Trafton (greg.trafton at nrl.navy.mil).

Thanks for your interest,
Sunny Khemlani