From grayw at rpi.edu Sat Aug 1 17:04:50 2015 From: grayw at rpi.edu (Gray, Wayne) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 21:04:50 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Fwd: post doc References: <55BB5889.4060109@gmail.com> Message-ID: <05121194-9E24-453F-B638-1DC302CB8F16@rpi.edu> All, This would be an interesting position. Prof. Mendonca is affiliated with the CogSci Dept here with his home dept being Industrial & Systems Engineering. He is active in the CogSci side of things and, I believe, he would be looking for a post-doc with cogsci interests as well as strong cogsci-type modeling skills. Wayne > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Postdoc in Team Decision Dynamics at RPI* > > A 12-month, full-time postdoctoral scholar position in team decision making is available beginning on or after 1 September 2015 in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The position is associated with an NSF-supported project on post-disaster distributed decision making (NSF CMMI-1363513, PI David Mendonca, Co-PI Martha Grabowski), as described here: http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1363513. > > Applicants should have a Ph.D. in an appropriate field (including but not limited to Industrial Engineering, Human Factors, Information/Computer Science, and Cognitive Systems) at the time of their appointment. Programming and data management experience are a plus. Opportunities of this position include collaborative publishing, shared management of project personnel, professional presentations, and development of proposals for follow-up research. Renewal beyond the initial 12-month appointment is dependent upon performance and the availability of funds. > > To apply, interested applicants should submit the following items in PDF format: (1) a cover letter, including the applicant's qualifications and career plans, (2) a current CV, and (3) contact information for three professional references. Please see https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/2587 for specific instructions. > > Review of applications will begin immeidately and continue until the position is filled. Please direct any questions about this position to David Mendonca (mendod at rpi.edu). From byrne at rice.edu Mon Aug 3 15:24:45 2015 From: byrne at rice.edu (Mike Byrne) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:24:45 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Postdoctoral position at Rice University Message-ID: <7F48EEF6-CFFE-426F-AF34-281F1F3FC91B@rice.edu> The Computer-Human Interaction Laboratory (CHIL) at Rice University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to take a leading role in an NSF-funded project on using ACT-R to assess the usability of voting systems, particularly the design of ballots. The position starts October 1, 2015. The position is fully funded for two years, with possible continuation contingent on additional funding. The ideal candidate has (or will have) a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, cognitive science or computer science, with experience in ACT-R modeling and a strong programming background. Further details can be found at Rice University's jobs web site, . Please direct questions to Mike Byrne, byrne at rice.edu. From db30 at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Aug 5 15:56:51 2015 From: db30 at andrew.cmu.edu (db30 at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 15:56:51 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Updated ACT-R software release Message-ID: <8D3766BE4819B5505712514C@actr6b.cmu.edu> A new version of the ACT-R software is now available on the ACT-R website: . The new version is called ACT-R 7, but it is really just an updated version of the ACT-R 6.1 software which was released at the beginning of the year. Info on the updates to 6.1 as of the Workshop can be found here: and some additional details on the changes made between the Workshop and now in changing from 6.1 to 7 can be found here: If you have any questions or problems with the new version please let me know. Dan From vdv718 at gmail.com Wed Aug 5 15:50:14 2015 From: vdv718 at gmail.com (V.D. Veksler) Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 19:50:14 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Simple Task-Actor Protocol 2.0 Message-ID: Thanks to your invaluable feedback, there will be major changes coming to the STAP standard proposed during the 2015 ACT-R workshop. The plan is to release STAP 2.0 in September. If any of you have begun to implement a STAP-compliant task or model, please contact me, so that I may walk you through the coming changes. - dan veksler -- V. D. Veksler, Ph.D. DCS Corp U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research & Engineering Directorate "Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: