From kevin.gluck at us.af.mil Mon Feb 9 08:40:12 2015 From: kevin.gluck at us.af.mil (GLUCK, KEVIN A DR-04 USAF AFMC 711 HPW/RHAC) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:40:12 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ICCM Workshop on Interactive Task Learning Message-ID: <358C5929AD0E82468006A37A29D5811B4E5DDB9A@52ZHTX-D06-03C.area52.afnoapps.usaf.mil> If you are planning on attending ICCM this year, come a day early (April 8) and join us for a workshop on Interactive Task Learning. See the attached announcement. John Laird and Kevin Gluck ************ Kevin Gluck, PhD kevin.gluck at us.af.mil -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ITL-ICCM-Announcement-Final.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 16449 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5559 bytes Desc: not available URL: From pblouw at uwaterloo.ca Tue Feb 10 17:21:24 2015 From: pblouw at uwaterloo.ca (Peter Blouw) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:21:24 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Reminder - Feb. 15 Application Deadline for 2015 Summer School on Large-Scale Brain Modelling Message-ID: [All details about this school can be found online at http://www.nengo.ca/summerschool] The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo is inviting applications for our 2nd annual summer school on large-scale brain modelling. This two-week school will teach participants how to use the Nengo simulation package to build state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models. Nengo has been used to build what is currently the world's largest functional brain model, Spaun [1], and provides users with a versatile and powerful environment for simulating cognitive and neural systems. We welcome applications from all interested graduate students, research associates, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals. No specific training in the use of modelling software is required, but we encourage applications from active researchers with a relevant background in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, engineering, computer science, or a related field. For a look at last year's summer school, please see this short video: http://goo.gl/BXJ3x5 [1] Eliasmith, C., Stewart T. C., Choo X., Bekolay T., DeWolf T., Tang Y., Rasmussen, D. (2012). A large-scale model of the functioning brain. Science. Vol. 338 no. 6111 pp. 1202-1205. DOI: 10.1126/science.1225266. [ http://nengo.ca/publications/spaunsciencepaper] ***Application Deadline: February 15, 2015*** Format Participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects, which may focus on testing hypotheses, modelling neural or cognitive data, implementing specific behavioural functions with neurons, expanding past models, or provide a proof-of-concept of various neural mechanisms. More generally, participants will have the opportunity to: - build perceptual, motor, and cognitive models with spiking neurons - model anatomical, electrophysiological, cognitive, and behavioural data - use a variety of single cell models within a large-scale model - integrate machine learning methods into biologically oriented models - use Nengo with your favorite simulator, e.g. Brian, NEST, Neuron, etc. - interface Nengo with various kinds of neuromorphic hardware - interface Nengo with cameras and robotic systems - implement modern nonlinear control methods in neural models - and much more? Hands-on tutorials, work on individual or group projects, and talks from invited faculty members will make up the bulk of day-to-day activities. There will be a weekend break on June 13-14, and fun activities scheduled for evenings throughout. A project demonstration event will be held on the last day of the school, with prizes for strong projects! Date and Location: June 7th to June 19th, 2015 at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Applications: Please visit http://www.nengo.ca/summerschool, where you can find more information regarding costs, travel, lodging, along with an application form listing required materials. If you have any questions about the school or the application process, please contact Peter Blouw (pblouw at uwaterloo.ca) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myers.christopher at gmail.com Sun Feb 15 20:21:36 2015 From: myers.christopher at gmail.com (Christopher Myers) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:21:36 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Papers ==> HFES Human Performance Modeling TG Message-ID: Greetings! For those of you whose research incorporates human performance/cognitive modeling and crosses into the applied, please consider the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The conference will be held 26-30 October 2015 at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live, 900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, California. We hope to see you there. *Call for Proposals* Proposals for lectures, panels, symposia, demonstrations, posters, and more are welcome. Key dates are as follows: January 13, 2015Instructions for submitting are now online March 9, 2015Due date for all proposalsMay 4, 2015Estimated decision dateJune 29, 2015Proceedings papers due from accepted authors *Exhibits, Sponsorships, and Advertising* Watch this page in February for details about reserving your exhibit, sponsorship, and ad. *Accommodations* The HFES rate at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live is $219/night for single or double occupancy. Online reservation site will be available in February. *Registration* Registration fees will be posted in early May, and online registration will be available in June. Early-bird rates extend through September 14, 2015. We hope to see you there, The Human Performance Modeling Program Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ja0s at andrew.cmu.edu Sun Feb 22 12:12:39 2015 From: ja0s at andrew.cmu.edu (john) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:12:39 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Post Doctoral Position at Carnegie Mellon Message-ID: <54EA0E07.3060907@andrew.cmu.edu> I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher.The work in our laboratory involves developing ACT-R models of the learning of complex skills and relating these models to the temporal structure of fMRI, EEG, and MEG data.An appropriate candidate would have relevant background in some aspects of such work and an interest in learning other aspects.Interested candidates should email their CV to me (ja at cmu.edu ) and contact me with any questions about the position. -- John R. Anderson Richard King Mellon Professor of Psychology and Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Office: Baker Hall 345D Phone: 412-417-7008 Fax: 412-268-2844 email: ja at cmu.edu URL: http://act.psy.cmu.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl Mon Feb 23 16:28:06 2015 From: d.h.van.rijn at rug.nl (Hedderik van Rijn) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:28:06 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Two PhD positions Computational and Neurobiological Foundations of Interval Timing (University of Groningen) Message-ID: <180C18A7-78E1-4B3D-8753-D9148479B6D7@rug.nl> Two PhD positions: "Computational and Neurobiological Foundations of Interval Timing" (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Applications are invited from highly motivated candidates for two fully funded/salaried PhD positions to participate in a newly funded multi-partner European project. TIMESTORM promotes time perception as a fundamental capacity of autonomous biological and computational systems. The project aims to explore time as a fundamental and integral dimension of the mind, and to design and develop artificial computational systems that implement the fundamental temporal nature of cognition and behavior. The available positions, in the group of dr. Van Rijn at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Groningen, will involve cognitive neuroscience research and computational modeling on the neurobiological basis of time perception. The ideal candidates for these positions will have a strong interest in the neuroscience of temporal cognition, and have the ambition to unravel how the sense of time is instantiated in the brain and want to explain how time influences behavior by means of computational models. The successful applicants will have acquired the skills to independently run studies in human cognitive neuroscience, and have experience in the analysis (preferably in MATLAB and/or R) and presentation of experimental research. Applicants must have (or obtain in the near future) a Master degree in a relevant neuroscience- or artificial-intelligence related discipline. Excellent proficiency in English, especially in writing, is required. The project team at the University of Groningen that supports the PhD candidate consists of scientists from different departments (dr. Van Rijn, Experimental Psychology; prof. dr. Niels Taatgen, Artificial Intelligence; prof. dr. Ritske de Jong, Experimental Psychology), with additional support provided by the international TIMESTORM partners (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Imperial College London; Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex; Universit? Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand; FORTH, Crete). English is the working language within the research group. For more information, see https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/26747/lang/en/ or contact Hedderik van Rijn. -- dr. Hedderik van Rijn -- http://www.van-rijn.org Depts. of Experimental Psychology & Psychometrics and Statistics University of Groningen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at iccm2015.org Wed Feb 25 09:28:06 2015 From: info at iccm2015.org (ICCM 2015) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:28:06 +0100 Subject: [ACT-R-users] =?utf-8?q?***_ICCM_2015_=E2=80=93_Call_for_Particip?= =?utf-8?q?ation_***?= Message-ID: <454E09A6-11B8-49DD-AAF5-D9F2836F3B33@iccm2015.org> Dear all, We would like to invite you to the 13th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling: the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human cognition. ICCM 2015 will take place from April 9-11 in Groningen, the Netherlands, with tutorials on April 8. We are pleased to announce three world-class invited speakers: Pieter Roelfsema (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Mark Steyvers (University of California, Irvine), and John Anderson (Carnegie Mellon University). In addition to these keynotes, we will have three symposia, 27 research talks, and two poster sessions. A preliminary schedule is available on www.iccm2015.org/schedule , and registration is open. More information can be found on http://www.iccm2015.org . We hope to see you in Groningen! Niels Taatgen Marieke van Vugt Jelmer Borst Katja Mehlhorn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: