From pblouw at uwaterloo.ca Thu Nov 3 15:15:15 2016 From: pblouw at uwaterloo.ca (Peter Blouw) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 15:15:15 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Call for Applications - 2017 Nengo Summer School Message-ID: Hello! [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 4th annual summer school on large-scale brain modeling. This two-week school will teach participants how to use the Nengo software package to build state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models to run in simulation and on neuromorphic hardware. 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 designing cognitive and neural systems to run in simulated and real environments. For a look at last year's summer school, check out this short video: https://goo.gl/EkhWCJ We welcome applications from all interested graduate students, research associates, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals. No specific training in the use of modeling software is required, but we encourage applications from active researchers with a relevant background in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, robotics, neuromorphic engineering, computer science, or a related field. [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, 2017**** *Format*: A combination of tutorials and project-based work. Participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects, which may focus on testing hypotheses, modeling neural or cognitive data, implementing specific behavioural functions with neurons, expanding past models, or providing a proof-of-concept of various neural mechanisms. 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. A project demonstration event will be held on the last day of the school, with prizes for strong projects! *Topics Covered*: Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to: - build perceptual, motor, and sophisticated cognitive models using 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 - interface Nengo with various kinds of neuromorphic hardware (e.g. SpiNNaker) - interface Nengo with cameras and robotic systems - implement modern nonlinear control methods in neural models - and much more? *Date and Location*: June 4th to June 16th, 2017 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). We look forward to hearing from you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fer2 at psu.edu Tue Nov 8 08:56:31 2016 From: fer2 at psu.edu (Frank Ritter) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 08:56:31 -0500 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogModel notes: ICCM 2017+sp. issues+books+jobs Message-ID: <118856.XPGSOONW@psu.edu> The ICCM 2017 announcements drive this email (it will be in Warwick, England, 22-25 July 2017 (hope you can come!). A quick note: I have edited many of these because they go on too long. I prefer a short, clear announcement with a short pointer to your own web site with details -- some mailers have problems with the length of this mailing now and the length of URLs. I don't think the use of external sites to host applications is appropriate, so I tend to report these last. If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain it by hand to keep it responsibly (see Cheyne & Ritter, 2001). [Hypertext version available at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/iccm-mailing-nov2016 ] **************** Table of Contents **************** CONFERENCES 1. ICCM 2017, Warwick, UK July 2017 submissions due 15 Mar 2017 2. ICCM 2016 Proceedings available http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/proceedings/ 3. BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017, 1-6 Aug 2017 http://bicasociety.org/meetings/ 4. IJCNN 2017 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks http://www.ijcnn.org, papers due 15 nov 2016 5. CogSIMA 2017 conference http://www.ieee-cogsima.org/ SOFTWARE AND OTHER RESOURCES 6. Obituary for Henry Halff 7. Dynamic Models of Choice software available https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20467740/DMC.zip SPECIAL ISSUES AND NEW JOURNALS 8. Special issue call: JAGI Issue on AI Models of Motivation and Emotion 9. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, New journal http://www.acm.org/publications/submissions 10. New journal: Ergonomics and Human Factors at Work http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uehf21/current 11. Seeking Volunteer HCI Editor for Computing Reviews BOOKS 12. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-cognitive-science-9780199842193 13. Book: Anatomy of the Mind https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anatomy-of-the-mind-9780199794553 14. Book: Exploring Robotic Minds https://global.oup.com/academic/product/exploring-robotic-minds-9780190281069 JOBS, SENIOR TO JUNIOR 15. Penn State, Human Centered Design + 2 tenure + lecturers https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2252 16. Assistant Prof., RPI https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1265118/ 17. Assistant prof, Cognitive Science, Carleton U., Ottawa, ON 18. U of Maryland Baltimore County Info Sys Dept, due 1 Nov 2016 http://apply.interfolio.com/37306 [this is not part of the UofMd] 19. Tenure track asst prof, Engineering Psychology, New Mexico State https://jobs.nmsu.edu/postings/25985, due 1 Nov 2016 20. Tenure-track assistant/associate in psychology, Mich State http://www.mathpsych.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293&Itemid=1 21. Adjunct (concurrent) positions, MEPhI, Moscow 22. Associate Research Scientist, ETS 23. Accessibility Engineer, Educational Testing Service http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=223823 24. NASA Space Technology Res Fellowship (NSTRF17) - Fall 2017 Release Due 3 Nov 2017, recuring 25. Post-doc, Michigan https://lsa.umich.edu/weinberginstitute, due 14 Oct, recurring 26. Postdoc at ARL 27. Postdoctoral Fellow at NRL 28. Graduate student openings, Optimal Learning Lab, U. Memphis http://optimallearning.org **************************************************************** 1. ICCM 2017, July 2017, due 15 Mar 2017 http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/iccm-2017-information/ 22-25 July 2017, U. of Warwick submission deadline in February http://www.warwickconferences.com/venues (Scarman) ICCM will take place from 22-25 July in Warwick, UK. The co-chairs for this meeting are Adrian Banks, Marieke van Vugt, and Adam Sanborn. This year, ICCM will be joined with the Society for Mathematical Psychology conference. This means that keynotes, symposia, and registration will be combined, but submissions will be handled separately. Submissions will be due on 15 Mar 2017. There will be four types of submissions: - regular ICCM 6-page papers for the ICCM track - abstracts for talks in the Society for Mathematical Psychology track - posters for joint poster sessions with the Society for Mathematical Psychology - tutorials Notifications of acceptance will be sent around 1 May 2017. http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/iccm-2017-information/ **************************************************************** 2. ICCM 2016 Proceedings available http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/proceedings/ The ICCM 2016 proceedings are available as single papers and as as a single PDF. single papers: http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/proceedings all in one: http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/proceedings/ICCM2016proceedings.pdf The best papers of ICCM 2016 have been invited for a special issue of Topics in Cognitive Science, which is in process and will be announced later. The Allen Newell Award for the best student-led paper was given to Peter Duggins, Terrence C. Stewart, Xuan Choo, and Chris Eliasmith for their paper titled Effects of Guanfacine and Phenylephrine on a Spiking Neuron Model of Working Memory. We also note, as honorable mention, the papers by Hrvoje Stojic, Henrik Olsson, and Pantelis P. Analytis, by Peter Lindes and John E. Laird, by Dan Parker and Daniel Lantz, and by Ehsan Khosroshahi, Dario Salvucci, Bella Veksler, and Glenn Gunzelmann. **************************************************************** 3. BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017, 1-6 Aug 2017 http://bicasociety.org/meetings/ I am happy to announce that BICA 2017 and Fierces on BICA 2017 will be held in Moscow 1-6 Aug 2017. Details will follow. -Alexei Samsonovich **************************************************************** 4. IJCNN 2017 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks http://www.ijcnn.org, papers due 15 nov 2016 14-19 May 2017, Anchorage, Alaska Come and join us for the 30th anniversary of IJCNN, the premier international conference in the area of neural network theory, analysis, and applications. Co-sponsored by the International Neural Network Society (INNS) and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE-CIS), over the last three decades this conference and its predecessors has hosted [past, present, and future] leaders of neural network research. IJCNN 2017 will feature invited plenary talks by world-renowned speakers in the areas of neural network theory and applications, computational neuroscience, robotics, and distributed intelligence. In addition to regular technical sessions with oral and poster presentations, the conference program will include special sessions, competitions, tutorials and workshops on topics of current interest. The 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2017) will be held at the Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, May 14-19, 2017. "... Only in Anchorage can you meet a moose, walk on a glacier and explore a vast, natural park all in a single day. Between mountains and an inlet, surrounded by national parks and filled with Alaska wildlife, Anchorage combines the best of Alaska in a city that has the comforts of home and the hospitality of the Last Frontier. ..." http://www.anchorage.net/plan-your-trip/visitor-guide/ IMPORTANT : Submission deadlines are much earlier this year, given the May conference date. Check the list of deadlines below, and note that proposals for Special Sessions, Competitions, and Panel Sessions are due September 15, 2016! Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: 15 Nov 16 Paper Decision notification: 20 Jan 17 Camera-ready submission: 20 Feb 17 http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-papers Call for Papers - While a short list of IJCNN topics is provided below, authors should click on our Call for Papers link for a more detailed list of the topics, and a link to guidelines for paper submissions. Plenary Speakers The following high-profile neural network leaders have been confirmed as Plenary Speakers, with more to come! Christof Koch - Prof of Biology and Engineering at the Cal Tech. President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle. Hava Seigelmann - Core Member of the Neuroscience and Behavior Program at U of Massachusetts, Amherst, DARPA program manager, and 2016 INNS Hebb Award recipient. Jose Principe - BellSouth Prof, Director of Computational NeuroEngineering Laboratory, U of Florida. Jose is a Past-President of the INNS, and a recipient of INNS and IEEE-CIS awards. General topic categories are listed below. See the Call for Papers web-page for a more detailed listing: http://www.ijcnn.org/call-for-papers Deep Learning Computational neuroscience Cognitive models Brain-machine interfaces Embodied robotics Evolutionary neural systems Neurodynamics Neuroinformatics Neuroengineering Connectomics Big Data Neural network theory & models Pattern recognition Machine Learning Collective intelligence Hybrid systems Self-aware systems Data mining Sensor networks Hardware, memristors Agent-based systems Neural network applications Machine perception Social media Computational biology Bioinformatics Artificial life Philosophical issues We are looking forward to seeing you in Alaska! Yoonsuck Choe, General Chair Texas A & M **************************************************************** 5. CogSIMA 2017 conference http://www.ieee-cogsima.org/ Types of Papers All papers must represent original and unpublished work that is not currently under review elsewhere. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three independent referees. Papers will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference. Two types of paper submissions will be accepted: Oral Papers (3-7 pages): Papers that describe new results that advance the state-of-the-art Poster Papers (3-5 pages): Papers that describe work in progress Quantitative and/or qualitative methods and results are welcome, as well as hypotheses-driven or more open-ended exploratory work. Submissions must clearly outline the methodology (manipulations, measurements, environment and context, etc.) and technologies used, for both replicability and enabling in-depth review. In addition, research providing novel system designs, algorithms, interface technologies, and computational methods supporting elements of situation management are encouraged. Authors are encouraged to consult the guide regarding submissions to IEEE provided at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html General Topic Area -Where Cognitive Science meets Computer Science Papers should address some aspects of Situation Management in Cyber-Physical-Human Systems, where: 1. Cyber-Physical-Human Systems are understood as dynamic systems of systems, where tight integration across cyber, physical and human (social) components creates a new quality in collective behavior of those components that otherwise would be infeasible to carry out by individual components alone. 2. Situation Management is defined as a synergistic goal-directed process of situation awareness (situation sensing, perception, comprehension, and prediction), situation monitoring and control, and situation acquisition and learning so that desired goal situations are reached within predefined quality, resources, and time. 3. Conceptual Foundations of Situation Management include the concepts of entities, relations, situations, events, actions, goals, behaviors, context, space, time, and others. Paper Topics Theories of situation management, cognitive methods, and decision support Studies of concepts of situation, context, event, goal, intention, action, activity, behavior in interactive human-machine systems Situation perception, comprehension, tracking, prediction and management Approaches to spatial and temporal reasoning, reasoning about goals, intentions and actions, and collective reasoning by teams of human and/or machine agents Metrics and evaluation of performance of hybrid human-machine systems Modeling of situations - model acquisition, construction, adaptation and learning Models of human-machine collaboration, hybrid and distributed cognition Systems, platforms and tools for situation awareness and decision support System-level experiments Application-specific research Collaborative decision support Information fusion Situation-dependent data integration Ontology-based computing Special Paper Sessions at CogSIMA 2017 There will be three special paper sessions planned for the conference. 1. The Relationships between Situation Awareness, Big Data, and Deep Learning Chair: Dr. Mica Endsley, SA Technologies Situation awareness (SA) is the perception of environmental elements and events with respect to time or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status after some variable has changed, such as time, or some other variable, such as a predetermined event (Endsley, 1995). Appropriate SA can directly impact the decision-making process. Previously, achieving situation awareness was easier as decisions were driven by smaller amounts of information. However, data is now created at an expositional rate. More data should mean a reduction in uncertainty and more informed decision making processes. However, access to these data sets alone does not guarantee useful information required for situation management. Exploration of processes related to big data and deep learning could help advance the development of appropriate SA. Possible paper topics include: pattern recognition and data fusion sensor data fusion information fusion machine learning modeling situations 2. Cognitive Modeling Chair: Dr. Christian Lebiere, CMU Cognitive models are computational or mathematical representations of the human cognitive processes engaged in perception, cognition and action. Combined with task representations, they provide a quantitative basis for understanding experimental findings in situation awareness and decision making as well as optimizing decision support to the characteristics of the human operator. Possible paper topics include cognitive models of: situation awareness and decision making human interaction with autonomous systems individual differences in situation management human-human and human-agent team interaction model -driven decision-support systems 3. Interaction with Autonomous Systems Chair: Dr. Tom Ziemke, Linkoping U & U of Skovde, Sweden Human interaction with (partially) autonomous systems (ground, air, surface, or subsurface) is changing as teaming efforts continue to move away from direct control to more intelligent, interdependent collaboration, which poses significant challenges for achieving and maintaining an integrated overall situation awareness. The links between the technological advancements and capabilities in the system design, underlying intelligence architecture, and communication/feedback mechanisms need to be identified and established to facilitate appropriate interaction. Possible paper topics include: Theory, principles, paradigms of human-machine interaction Human-machine collaborative teaming (e.g., trust, SA, transparency, etc.) Dynamic systems and network-centric operations Goal prioritization, and decision-making processes in human-machine systems Intent, communication, and feedback mechanisms System design, algorithms, and architectures Artificial intelligence in interactive autonomous systems Interface technologies and control mechanisms Submission Guidelines Submitted papers should clearly indicate on the first page the submission type (oral or poster). The TPC may suggest to the authors to move accepted papers between the oral and poster sessions after consultation with the authors. Authors of accepted papers will need to sign an IEEE copyright release form and present their paper at the conference. All papers must be submitted online via the EDAS/CogSIMA 2017 submission by 23 Nov 2016. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper in 2-column style (main text in 10-point size) including figures and correct margins. Please use the onstyle sheet templates provided by IEEE to assure that your submission is in line with our guidelines. Publication The conference proceedings will be electronically published in IEEE CogSIMA 2017 Conference Proceedings and will be included into the IEEE Explore Digital Library. An author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 3 papers. **************************************************************** 6. Obituary for Henry Halff Susan Chipman has noted that I should include an obituary for Henry Halff. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=Henry-Halff&pid=175494003 His bio ties him to many cognitive modelers: http://www.quiensabe.com/henry/personal/lifehistorytext.html I recently read it. It's interesting. He's like a lost uncle. **************************************************************** 7. Dynamic Models of Choice software available https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20467740/DMC.zip There's a new version of the DMC (Dynamic Models of Choice) software available. Please download it from the following direct link: http://utas.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=19a252beab5576cee7f06adbb&id=d0c4822d57&e=28e61bf2d4 [they hide behind this tracker, don't know why] The major change with this version is that h.run.dmc has a new argument, random.phi=TRUE (the default setting) which in some cases can greatly improve mixing (see lessons 4_6group and 4_7group). Let us know if this new setting cause problems. Minor changes: - Putting all required packages in dmc.R (some were in model files before). - add.hyper is in need of repair and should not be used (it is no longer mentioned in lessons). Create hierarchical sampling objects from scratch with h.samples.dmc As always, please let us know if you find any bugs or have any issues. Matthew Gretton (on behalf of Prof Andrew Heathcote) **************************************************************** 8. Special issue call: JAGI Issue on AI Models of Motivation and Emotion Call for Submissions Journal of Artificial General Intelligence invites submissions for a Special Issue on: "Artificial Intelligence models of motivation and emotion" Submission Due Date: 02/15/2017 Editors of the special issue: Joscha Bach, Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, Cambridge Eva Hudlicka, Principal Scientist at Psychometrix; Visiting Lecturer at C of Information and Computer Sciences, U Massachusetts-Amherst Stacy C. Marsella, Prof, Dept of Psychology and College of Computer & Information Science, Northeastern U, Boston Introduction The Journal of Artificial General Intelligence (JAGI) is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal, owned by the Artificial General Intelligence Society (AGIS). http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jagi Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is the emerging field of building of "thinking machines", that is, general-purpose systems with intelligence comparable to that of the human mind. While this was the original goal of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the mainstream of AI research has turned toward domain-dependent and problem-specific solutions; Artificial General Intelligence refers to systems that aim to understand human cognition by building generally intelligent AI systems, and vice versa, to use our growing understanding of all areas of cognition to advance the development of artificial minds. Similar labels for this kind of research include "Strong AI" and "Human-level AI". The rapid advances of AI during the last years were mainly driven by the progress of learning systems. Reinforcement learning, and supervised and unsupervised learning, have given us systems that can ground their interaction with the world in rich sensory data, discover categories and policies, map images and video to linguistic labels, and enable countless new applications from knowledge management to game playing, and from mobile agents to self-driving cars. In spite of this tremendous progress, these new systems fail to reach the autonomous activity, complex structure and creativity of human minds. One of the most important components of generally intelligent systems will be a detailed model of motivation. Motivation may not only structure the formation of categories and deliver rewards and utility functions for policy search and decision making; it may also contribute to the self-organization of a cognitive architecture during developmental processes. The parametrization of motivation can help model and understand trait differences in cognitive processing. Motivation can also drive discovery of social, communicative, cognitive and physiological goals. A core component and underlying mechanism of motivation is emotion. Emotion can be conceptualized in various ways, including as valenced responses to environmental and internal events and expectations, and as the modulation and configuration of the cognitive system as a whole. Computational models of emotion are being developed for both basic research purposes (e.g., to understand the mechanisms mediating emotion generation and affective biases, to understand the role of emotions in creativity), and more applied purposes. The latter models can enhance user modeling, enable more accurate models of human behavior for social simulations and provide more realistic and effective agent architectures for virtual characters in both serious and entertainment games. ecently, the field Artificial General Intelligence has seen a number of contributions focusing on understanding motivation and emotion. We wish to invite novel and recent developments in this area, to edit a special issue of the Journal of Artificial General Intelligence that explicitly focuses on computational models of motivation and emotion. Recommended Topics The topics we invite include but are not limited to: Affective Computing Appetitive and Aversive Reward Applications of Emotion & Motivation Models Appraisal Models Artificial Neurochemistry Artificial Pets Autonomy and Goal-Directedness Emotion and Language Emotion Recognition Emotional Architectures Emotional Modulators Evolutionary Simulation of Emotion and Motivation Interaction between Learning and Motivation Models of Motivation and Personality Models of Neuromodulators Motivational Architectures Philosophy of Motivation and Emotion Policy Learning with Motivational Systems Polytelic Motivation Synthetic Actors Theory of Mind in AI systems Virtual Humans The contributions should be novel, original, of high technical quality, and of interest to the community of AGI researchers. In addition to descriptions of existing models, we also invite speculative and philosophical contribution at a high technical standard, as long as they significantly advance our understanding of how to build generally intelligent systems. Submission Procedure Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere (AGI Conference contributions will be considered if they are sufficiently expanded for journal publication). Submissions should have a length of 12-30 pages, and use the supplied templates (LaTeX or MS Word). Interested authors should consult the website for manuscript submissions http://jagi.mindmakers.org/ prior to submission. All submissions will undergo standard peer review process. All submissions must be submitted via http://jagi.mindmakers.org/index.php/jagi/index. Accepted contributions will be published in the JAGI special issue "Artificial Intelligence Models of Motivation and Emotion". (The current publication charge is $100, and can be waived in case of hardship.) **************************************************************** 9. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, New journal http://www.acm.org/publications/submissions CALL FOR PAPERS Transactions on Social Computing, A New ACM Journal Editor-in-Chief: David McDonald, U of Washington, USA INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS ACM Transactions on Social Computing (TSC) seeks to publish work that covers the full spectrum of social computing including theoretical, empirical, systems, and design research contributions. The editorial perspective is that social computing is fundamentally about computing systems and techniques in which users interact, directly or indirectly, with what they believe to be other users or other users' contributions. TSC welcomes research employing a wide range of methods to advance the tools, techniques, understanding, and practice of social computing, including: theoretical, algorithmic, empirical, experimental, qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic, design, and engineering research. Social computing will continue to be shaped by foundational algorithmic, econometric, psychological, sociological, and social science research and these broad based perspectives will continue to have a profound influence on how social computing systems are designed, built and how they grow. TSC particularly solicits research that designs, implements or studies systems that mediate social interactions among users, or that develops or studies theory or techniques for application in those systems. Examples of such social computing systems include, but are not limited to: instant messaging, blogs, wikis, social networks, social tagging, social recommenders, collaborative editors and shared repositories. The scope of research covered within TSC includes: * Understanding motivations for contributing to and participating in social computing systems * Tools that help users understand the individual and collective roles of participants in social computing systems * The influence of scale; how differing scales of human and machine participation changes the designs and adoptions of systems * Micro-tasking systems and techniques for decomposing complex activities into recomposable tasks that can be completed by mixtures of people and machines * System architectures and infrastructure for developing social computing platforms * Foundational algorithmic analysis that accounts for human and machine data and runtime complexity * The roles of artificial agents in social computing spaces, the design, creation, and management of those agents relative to social interactions within a social computing system * Research on privacy mechanisms -- both formal and interactive -- related to social computing data and systems * Research on algorithms for personalization within a social computing context, including recommender systems and social matchmaking systems * Research on crowdsourcing, collaborative content creation, productive social gaming, and other mechanisms and applications of aggregating individual contributions for a collective goal * Research studying communications patterns in online communication forums * Ethnographic case studies of social computing in situ * Algorithms for extracting knowledge from social computing usage data and artifacts ACM Instructions to Authors can be found at http://www.acm.org/publications/submissions. Associate Editors Michael Bernstein, Stanford Peter Brusilovsky, U of Pittsburgh Meeyoung Cha, KAIST, Korea Yiling Chen, Harvard U Ed Chi, Google Kevin Crowston, Syracuse U Laura Dabbish, CMU Steven Dow, U of C, San Diego Rosta Farzan, U of Pittsburgh Sue Fussell, Cornell U Liz Gerber, Northwestern Arpita Ghosh, Cornell U Ramesh Jain, UC, Irvine Karrie Karahalios, U of Illinois David Karger, MIT Emre Kiciman, Microsoft Research Joe Konstan, U of Minnesota Cliff Lampe, U of Michigan Huan Liu, Arizona State U David Millen, IBM Research, Brazil Marc Smith, Connected Action, consulting Daniel Zeng, U of Arizona Boi Faltings, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland **************************************************************** 10. New journal: Ergonomics and Human Factors at Work http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uehf21/current [new journal, reasonable editorial board] IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors is devoted to compiling and disseminating knowledge on occupational ergonomics and human factors theory, technology, application, and practice, across diverse areas and using a variety of approaches. The journal has a primary and fundamental emphasis on people at work. Papers cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to the major domains of physical, cognitive, and organizational ergonomics and human factors. IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors is committed to enhancing communication and information transfer between researchers and practitioners in the occupational ergonomics and human factors discipline. Multidisciplinary investigations are particularly encouraged, and the journal welcomes a variety of submissions, including those that are analytical, experimental, applications, or viewpoints. Submissions from practitioners are also strongly encouraged (e.g., case reports, emerging issues, applications, and letters to the editor). An efficient review process is used, with a mean time to decision of 30 days. Easily submit a paper to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/oehf. **************************************************************** 11. Seeking Volunteer HCI Editor for Computing Reviews Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:23:28 -0400 Sender: "ACM SIGCHI Job Postings in HCI (Mailing List)" From: Angela Pugh Subject: Seeking Volunteer HCI Editor for Computing Reviews To: CHI-JOBS at LISTSERV.ACM.ORG Human-Centered Computing Category Editor Needed for Computing Reviews Computing Reviews, the post-publication review and comment journal of ACM, is seeking a volunteer editor interested in serving as category editor for the human-centered computing (encompassing HCI, interaction design, collaborative and social computing, accessibility, and ubiquitous and mobile computing). The qualified candidate will be prepared to check written reviews of already-published items for quality, and the classification terms from ACM's CCS for accuracy, as well as use a web-based editing system to make any suggested changes to the CCS terms or to the review itself. Most importantly, the category editor provides feedback to the review's author so that existing guidelines are met. He or she also works with staff and reviewers to develop additional features for the publication. This is an opportunity for an enthusiast in the discipline to use specialist knowledge to contribute to a product that helps others navigate and sift through the computing literature. If you are interested, please send an email--including your CV and a statement outlining why you feel you would be a good candidate--to ceapps at computingreviews.com. Please include the code CE-HCC in the subject line. **************************************************************** 12. Book: The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science Susan E. F. Chipman (ed.) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-cognitive-science-9780199842193 and available in OUP online library in many libraries. Emphasizes work that is most central to the discipline of cognitive science, and points to key resources for future research Exemplifies the intersections of many traditional subfields of cognitive science and the insights that can be gained for each field of inquiry Discusses formal cognitive models that will inform future accounts of complex cognitive performance. An Introduction to Cognitive Science Susan E.F. Chipman Part I: The New Computational Psychology: Cognitive Architectures and the Computational Modeling of Cognition 1. ACT-R and Beyond, Salvucci 2. A Summary of the EPIC Cognitive Architecture, Kieras 3. The CAPS Family of Cognitive Architectures, Varma 4. Connectionism and the Emergence of Mind, Flusberg & McClelland 5. The Lebra Cognitive Architecture: How to Play 20 Principles with Nature and Win! O'Reilly, Hazy, & Heard 6. The CLARION cognitive architecture: Toward a comprehensive theory of the mind Sun Part II: Cognitive Science Perspectives on Classic Problems in Psychology 7. Concepts, Meaning, and Conceptual Relationships, Love 8. An Integrative Account of Psychological Time, van Rijn & Taatgen 9. The Central Questions of Spatial Cognition, Liu & Schunn 10. Causal relations: Kant, Unity and Diversity, Lewis 11. The Cognitive Science Approach to Learning and Memory, Walsh & Lovett 12. Problem Solving, Reed 13. Decision Making: A Cognitive Science Perspective, Gonzalez 14. What Brain Imaging Reveals About the Nature of Multitasking, Just & Buchweitz Part III: The Cognitive Science of Language 15. Cognitive Linguistics, Evans 16. WordNet: An Electronic Lexical Resource, Fellbaum 17. VerbNet: Capturing English Verb Behaviour, Meaning and Usage Palmer, Bonial, & Hwang 18. Natural Language Processing, Nirenburg & McShane **************************************************************** 13. Book: Anatomy of the Mind https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anatomy-of-the-mind-9780199794553 Anatomy of the Mind: Exploring Psychological Mechanisms and Processes with the Clarion Cognitive Architecture Ron Sun (part of the Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) This book aims to understand human cognition and psychology through a comprehensive computational theory of the human mind, namely, a computational "cognitive architecture" (or more specifically, the Clarion cognitive architecture). The goal of this work is to develop a unified framework for understanding the human mind, and within the unified framework, to develop process-based, mechanistic explanations of a large variety of psychological phenomena. **************************************************************** 14. Book: Exploring Robotic Minds https://global.oup.com/academic/product/exploring-robotic-minds-9780190281069 Actions, Symbols, and Consciousness as Self-Organizing Dynamic Phenomena Jun Tani * Discusses understanding minds through synthetic neurorobotics. * Describes the emergence of symbol structures in the higher cognitive brain areas from experiences of sensory-motor interaction in the lower peripheral areas. * Offers the intersection between nonlinear dynamics, brain science, robot engineering, and phenomenology. * Explains the underlying mechanism of minds by using intuitive figures and plots from various robotic experimental results. * Includes a unique combination of tutorials on cognitive science, phenomenology, system level neuroscience and dynamical systems approach and illustration of the key robotic experiments by the author. * Shares links to videos of Tani's exciting robotic experiments. **************************************************************** 15. Penn State, Human Centered Design + 2 tenure + lecturers https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2252 Human Centered Design The College of IST (http://ist.psu.edu) at Penn State invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Human Centered Design (HCD) to begin Aug 2017. This is the first step in a multiyear/multi-position expansion of our College. We are especially interested in the design of data, algorithms, and interactive techniques that are useful and transparent to people, ubiquitous information infrastructures, technologies, and applications, and technology-mediated complexity and nuance. Our College has other world-class research groups in Security and in Data Science, and we are eager to strengthen our collaborations with these groups. Candidates' research should leverage design research, action research, and/or the maker movement, integrating the study of how people behave and interact with the creation of new designs and research through design. Candidates should be prepared to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in HCD. To apply, visit https://psu.jobs/job/65662 (only basic personal information is required, but not other information listed below). In addition, interested applicants should submit the following material to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7711: [this is not a Penn State site] a cover letter, a Curriculum Vitae, a 3-5 page research statement, a one-page teaching statement, contact information of 3-5 professional references. Review of applications will begin on 1 Oct 2016, and will continue until the position is filled. Inquires about the position may be directed to facultyrecruiting at ist.psu.edu. [this second link is not to a Penn State site, but is a contracted entity; we will probably take copies of your applications or references as posted or emailed PDFs if this violates your sense of propriety, or you too believe it is an inappropriate approach] Open rank, tenure-track, faculty positions in Data Ethics https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2251 Open rank, tenure-track, faculty positions in Human Centered Design https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2252 Open rank, tenure-track, faculty positions in Security and Privacy https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2745 Lecture Positions in Software Development and Programming, Discrete Math, Cyber Security, or Enterprise Information Technology https://ist.psu.edu/college/faculty_search#t455n2744 **************************************************************** 16. Assistant Prof., RPI https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1265118/assistant-prof-in-psychological-science/ The Psychological Science search committee at Rensselaer is pleased to announce its official beginning of our search for an Assistant Prof. We are sort of expecting it to go to someone who has been out for a few years as a post-doc but any and all outstanding applicants will be considered. Wayne Gray **************************************************************** 17. Assistant prof, Cognitive Science, Carleton U., Ottawa, ON Academic unit: Institute of Cognitive Science Category of appointment: Preliminary (Tenure-Track) Field of Specialization: Cognitive Science: Brain and Mind Rank/Position title: Assistant Professor Start date: 1 Jul 2017 [canada day, so it will be a holiday!] Closing date for Applications: December 1, 2016 https://carleton.ca/provost/wp-content/uploads/Cognitive-Science-Brain-and-Mind-Assistant-Professor.pdf The Institute of Cognitive Science invites applications from qualified candidates for a tenure track appointment in Cognitive Science: Brain and Mind at the rank of Assistant Prof beginning 1 Jul 2017. The candidate will be expected to have expertise in the theories and methods that link human cognition, broadly construed, to brain activity. The candidate will be expected to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in this area, to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects with other faculty members in the Institute, and to supervise graduate and undergraduate research projects in this area. The Institute of Cognitive Science (http://www.carleton.ca/ics) offers programs at the Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D. levels in Cognitive Science to approximately 400 undergraduate and 40 graduate students. Carleton is one of the few institutions in the world to offer B.Cog.Sc. and M.Cog.Sc. degrees. The Institute is a fully-independent academic unit, with dedicated faculty members. It is also supported through cross-appointments from Psychology, Linguistics, and Philosophy, and supervisory contributions from several other units, including Computer Science. Qualifications: The position requires a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science or a related discipline, with evidence of high-quality research on the relations between cognition and brain activity. The position requires evidence of excellent teaching potential in cognitive science and/or a related discipline. The position requires an excellent track record of high quality research, supported by peer-reviewed publications, showing the potential for funded, independent research, strong methodological and analytical skills, and expertise in several brain scanning methodologies, ideally with a focus on EEG/ERP and other minimally invasive methods. The potential to collaborate with other faculty members in the Institute is an asset. Interest in developing outstanding teaching in an interdisciplinary context is highly desirable. The candidate's research will be fundable by either NSERC or CIHR. Application instructions: Applicants should include a curriculum vitae and supporting documents, including a letter of application, a research statement, teaching dossier, and three to five representative publications. These materials should be sent electronically as a single PDF file to John Tracey, Institute Administrator, john.tracey at carleton.ca. Three referees should send letters in support of the applicant to the same address. Applications should be received by 1 Dec 2017. Please indicate in your application if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. Applicants selected for an interview are asked to contact the Chair of the Search Committee as soon as possible to discuss any accommodation requirements. Arrangements will be made in a timely manner. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. All positions are subject to budgetary approval. -- JimDavies http://www.jimdavies.org/riveted **************************************************************** 18. U of Maryland Baltimore County Info Sys Dept, due 1 Nov 2016 http://apply.interfolio.com/37306 [this is not part of the UofMd] Two Tenure Track positions on Data Science / Big Data One Tenure Track position in Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Management We invite applications for 3 tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Prof level starting Aug 2017. We are searching for 2 candidates with research interests and experience in Data Science, a research area with high growth and impact in environmental sciences, health care, security, applied statistics and others. The ideal candidate will have expertise in conducting large-scale data science research, such as extracting knowledge from data of increasing sizes, velocity, and variety to improve decision making in one or more application domains closely relevant to active research areas in the IS department. We are also searching for a candidate with research interests and experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or knowledge management (KM). The ideal candidate should have expertise in conducting AI/KM research to improve decision making in application domains such as social computing, health, business analytics, environmental sustainability, and public welfare. Candidates must have earned a PhD in Information Systems or a related field no later than Aug 2017. The research areas in the department are: Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Management, Databases and Data Mining, Human Centered Computing, Software Engineering, and Health Information Technology. Candidates should be engaged in research that fosters collaboration with at least one of the research areas. Therefore, preference will be given to those who can collaborate with current faculty within and across departments at UMBC, fostering interdisciplinary research. Candidates are expected to establish a collaborative, externally funded and nationally recognized research program as well as contribute to graduate and undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring that support diversity and inclusion. The Department offers undergraduate degrees in Information Systems and Business Technology Administration. Graduate degree programs, MS and PhD, are offered in both Information Systems and Human-Centered Computing, including an innovative online MS program in IS. Consistent with the UMBC vision, the Department has excellent teaching facilities, state-of-the-art laboratories, and outstanding technical support. Further details on our research, academic programs, and faculty can be found at http://www.is.umbc.edu. ... Electronic submission of application is required at http://apply.interfolio.com/37306 [this is not part of the UofM] for the two positions in Data Science/Big Data and all Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Management applicants should apply at http://apply.interfolio.com/37179. All applications for all three positions must be submitted as PDF files, which include a cover letter, CV, a one-page statement of teaching interests, a one-page statement of research interests and names and contact information of at least three references. For inquiries, please contact Barbara Morris at (410) 455-3795 or bmorris at umbc.edu. Review of applications will begin in Nov 2016 and will continue until the positions are filled, subject to the availability of funds. **************************************************************** 19. Tenure track asst prof, Engineering Psychology, New Mexico State https://jobs.nmsu.edu/postings/25985, due 1 Nov 2016 The Department of Psychology at New Mexico State U invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant prof position in Engineering Psychology/Human Factors starting in Fall 2017. NMSU is the nation's only Land Grant institution that is also classified as both a Hispanic Serving Institution and a Carnegie High Research Activity Institution. We are looking for a candidate whose research interests fall within the domains of Human Factors, Engineering Psychology, or User Experience (UX) Research. We are especially interested in candidates with a background in human/computer interaction, healthcare human factors, aviation psychology, environmental psychology, or risk assessment. We are looking for a candidate with a record of applying for external funding whose program of research will make a significant impact in their specialty area. Our faculty and graduate students have active research interests in social, cognitive, and engineering psychology. Candidates who can demonstrate clear connections to one or more of these areas of research or the potential for creative cross-disciplinary collaboration within and across departments are preferred. The successful candidate will value collegiality and service to their department/institution and will have the demonstrated capability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in engineering psychology, human/computer interaction, statistics, and research methods, and will serve as a research mentor to undergraduate and graduate students. A PhD in Psychology or related field with an emphasis in applied cognition, engineering psychology, human factors, or user experience research is required (in hand by hire date). The deadline for applications is 1 Nov 2016, after which new applications will not be considered. Please submit a current curriculum vitae, letters describing research and teaching interests, relevant reprints or preprints of completed research, unofficial transcripts of the highest degree earned, and three letters of recommendation via https://jobs.nmsu.edu/postings/25985. New Mexico State U is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Offer of employment is contingent upon verification of applicable credentials, criminal and other background information. APPLICATION INFORMATION Contact: Justin MacDonald, jmacd at nmsu.edu **************************************************************** 20. Tenure-track assistant/associate in psychology, Mich State http://www.mathpsych.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=293&Itemid=1 The Department of Psychology at Michigan State U seeks to hire a full-time tenure-system faculty member at the assistant or associate prof level in the area of cognition and cognitive neuroscience. We will consider candidates in any area of cognition and cognitive neuroscience, but are particularly interested in researchers studying high-level cognition, such as problem solving, executive control, judgment and decision making, learning and memory, or attention. **************************************************************** 21. Adjunct (concurrent) positions, MEPhI, Moscow Institute for Cyber-Intelligent Systems (ICIS), a new Division of NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, Russia (https://eng.mephi.ru) needs to fill several open Adjunct Faculty positions by 1 Nov 2016. A candidate must have a PhD, a good research record, a current researcher or instructor position and a citizenship outside of Russia. Hired Faculty will have NRNU MEPhI as their secondary affiliation and will work part-time remotely (visiting Russia is welcome, but not required). Position categories, base salaries, and additional qualifications are as follows. * Prof ($700 USD per month): Scopus H-index > 15. * Docent ($500/month): Scopus H-index > 5, over 5 Scopus publications during the last 3 years (conference papers included). * Senior Teacher / Research Assistant ($250/month): age under 39, any Scopus publications. In addition to the base salary, every job activity will be rewarded with a separate premium payment, including, and not limited to: - a Scopus-indexed publication (with NRNU MEPhI acknowledged as an affiliation): $700 for a Q1/Q2 journal paper, $500 for a Q3/Q4 journal paper, $250 for a conference paper; - an online course or lecture; - postdoc/student mentoring; - a Russian grant application; - creation of a double-degree program, - student or faculty exchange, etc. (all the aforementioned activities are encouraged). Commitments: active collaboration with ICIS, resulting in at least one Scopus-indexed paper per year (acknowledging NRNU MEPhI as an author affiliation) in a priority area, including: - Cognitive modeling and BICA; - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; - Neuromorphic / Hybrid Supercomputing; - Informational, Cyber- and Financial Security. Initial term: 11 months (starting in Nov 2016; first salary in December). Payments cannot be made to a foreign university: the employee must receive salary directly through a Russian bank account. The positions are funded by NRNU MEPhI. A sample of the contract is available on request. How to apply: please send your CV with a list of publications, plus scans of your passport, PhD and Masters Diplomas to Valentin Klimov (VVKlimov at mephi.ru) and Sergey Misyurin (SYMisyurin at mephi.ru) by 22 Oct. Inquiries can be sent to Alexei.Samsonovich at gmail.com **************************************************************** 22. Associate Research Scientist, ETS http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&JID=224958 August 24, 2016 Location: Princeton, NJ Job Type: Full-Time/Regular Job Level: Entry Level(less than 2 years) Years of Experience: Up to 2 Years Level of Education: Doctoral Degree Starting Date : ASAP Sign In to Submit Application Job Description ETS Research & Development has an opening for an Associate Research Scientist in the Cognitive Science Research Group, within the Cognitive, Accessibility, and Technology Sciences Research Center. The CogSci Group, currently with 16 members, investigates, develops, and applies cognitive science theories and methods to solve educational assessment problems. We collaborate on a variety of internally and externally funded research agendas around innovative student and teacher assessment capabilities, including game- and simulations-based assessment. We conduct interdisciplinary assessment research from a variety of perspectives within the cognitive sciences, spanning cognitive psychology, education, computer science, educational technology, and artificial intelligence. In partnership with teams of psychometricians, statisticians, validity theorists, computational and applied linguists, IT developers, assessment developers, and other cognitive scientists from across ETS, we create, develop, and maintain valid, innovative, technology-enhanced assessments to assess complex competencies for educational and workforce contexts. We are recruiting a cognitive scientist with expertise in the areas of cognitive task analysis, experimental design, and cognitive modeling, especially as applied to problem solving and interpretation of sequential data (e.g., verbal protocols, interaction logs, eye tracking, multi-modal data) in a variety of domains. Because of the CogSci group's emphasis on interactive, online assessments, we are particularly interested in candidates that also have expertise in human-computer interaction, especially user experience design. Useful additional skills include some form of programming, particularly as it applies to prototyping or developing computational cognitive models. BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Contribute to the planning of a research agenda that draws upon the cognitive sciences and new technologies to advance the fields of educational or workforce assessment. Take responsibility for conceptualizing, proposing, obtaining funding for, and directing small projects and/or assisting in moderate-to-major ones. This includes managing, or participating in the management of, projects involving management skills such as staff assignment and scheduling, budgeting, and acquisition and utilization of equipment, facilities, and services. Projects may include (1) research projects, (2) development projects that use scientific principles to create (a) tools to improve the efficiency or quality of the practice of test development or statistical analysis: (b) innovative item types: or (c) the scoring of responses to open-ended items and (3) development projects that use scientific principles to create new products or product prototypes. Small research and development projects typically have minimal budgets, few or no staff other than the project director, a timeline of a year or less, and a single deliverable that is relatively narrow in scope. Major projects have substantial budgets, involve the coordination of many individuals internal and possibly external to ETS, may run across years, and may produce multiple deliverables. Moderate projects fall in between these two types. Research and Development Efforts: Design and conduct research studies functioning as an expert in the major facets of projects: respond as a subject-matter expert in presenting the results of acquired knowledge and experience. Consult and collaborate on problems arising from research, testing programs, or corporate management concerns. Design, develop, and evaluate research prototypes of new forms of assessment in a variety of domains. Develop, and contribute to the development of, new products or services for education based on scientific principles drawn from the research literature. Document and disseminate the results of research or development projects and programs through a portfolio of publications and presentations that have impact on the field and ETS. Develop proposals for research or development projects, and obtain financial support for new or continuing research activities. Experience and Skills A Ph.D. or Ed.D. in a cognitive science, educational psychology, or educational technology or similar area is required. One year of independent substantive research and/or development experience in educational technology, assessment innovations and technologies, computer science, education, cognitive and learning sciences, or cognitive and social psychology is required. Experience can be gained through doctoral studies. Candidates with experience in human-computer interaction research and experimental design are particularly encouraged to apply. **************************************************************** 23. Accessibility Engineer, Educational Testing Service http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=223823 The Research and Development division of Educational Testing Service seeks an Accessibility Engineer to join our growing Accessibility, Standards, and Assistive Technology Group. Accessibility Engineers implement and contribute to the design and development of accessible, standards-based assessments in support of both research and testing programs. They consult with research scientists in the application, development, and specification of technical accessibility standards, based on requirements for specific disabilities, assistive technologies, and assessment validity. The successful candidate should understand key accessibility standards & requirements, and be prepared to consider their application to assessment delivery, including students' use of assistive technologies. Responsibilities include: * Contribute to the development of innovative technical approaches to accessibility challenges in innovative assessments. * Engage in rapid prototyping in support of research and standards developments to evaluate potential technical solutions. * Participate in international standards working groups to propose and champion proposed additions or changes to technical standards. * Maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in accessibility, standards, and assistive technologies and leverage this awareness into creative solutions for ETS applications. REQUIREMENTS * A master's degree in computer science or information systems, or bachelor's degree and demonstrated experience and track record in accessibility with four years of diverse experience in digital accessibility, including design, evaluation (testing), and implementation of accessible interfaces including two years of active participation in accessibility related standards work. * A strong background in (1) web development and experience in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, WAI-ARIA, and the application of WCAG 2.0 AA requirements; (2) the use of assistive technologies across multiple platforms, including screen readers, magnification, and read-aloud tools; and (3) the use of accessibility evaluation tools and methods. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills ================= Irvin R. Katz, PhD, Senior Director, Cognitive, Accessibility, & Technology Sciences (CATS) Center Educational Testing Service, MS 16-R Rosedale Road Princeton, NJ 08541 ph: 609-734-5150 **************************************************************** 24. NASA Space Technology Res Fellowship (NSTRF17) - Fall 2017 Release Due 3 Nov 2017, recuring Thread-Index: AQHSCtBHRP+N+ujyOkSzc3F85a8YfQ== Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 19:28:01 +0000 Reply-To: "Micire, Mark J. (ARC-TI)" Sender: HRI-Announcement To: HRI-ANNOUNCEMENT at LISTSERV.ACM.ORG The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters has released a solicitation, titled NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF) - Fall 2017, on September 8, 2016. The solicitation is available by visiting the URL: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7BA3488581-2E70-6AA1-76F0-E9A5A770A975%7D&path=open NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) seeks to sponsor U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate student researchers who show significant potential to contribute to NASA's goal of creating innovative new space technologies for our Nation's science, exploration, and economic future. This call for graduate student fellowship applications solicits applications from individuals pursuing or planning to pursue master's (e.g., M.S.) or doctoral (e.g., Ph.D.) degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at accredited U.S. universities. Selected applicants will perform research at their respective campuses and at NASA Centers. In addition to his or her faculty advisor, each Fellow will be matched with a technically relevant and community-engaged researcher who will serve as the student's research collaborator. This solicitation has two phases: * Phase A is the application submission by the student. All Phase A applications must be submitted electronically through NSPIRES and are due by *6 PM ET on 3 Nov 2016*. Detailed submission instructions for applicants are provided under "Other Documents" on the NSPIRES webpage associated with the NSTRF17 solicitation. Potential student applicants are urged to access the NSPIRES electronic proposal system well in advance of the proposal due date to register with NSPIRES, familiarize themselves with its structure, and to enter the requested information. * Phase B is the application submission by the university where the selected student will be enrolled for the fall 2017 term as a full-time graduate student (as specified in the NSTRF17 solicitation). Awards are planned to coincide with the start of the 2017 academic year and are subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Awards resulting from this competitive selection will be made in the form of training grants to accredited U.S. universities. This solicitation covers only new fellowship applications; renewal applications are handled separately. Comments and questions may be addressed by e-mail to the Space Technology Research Grants Program Executive, Claudia Meyer (hq-nstrf-call at mail.nasa.gov). Responses to inquiries will be answered by e-mail and may also be included in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document located on the NSPIRES page associated with the solicitation; anonymity of individuals/institutions who submit questions will be preserved. --- Mark J. Micire Research Scientist, Intelligent Robotics Group Intelligent Systems Division, Exploration Technology Directorate NASA Ames Research Center mark.j.micire at nasa.gov **************************************************************** 25. Post-doc, Michigan https://lsa.umich.edu/weinberginstitute, due 14 Oct, recurring Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science U of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science at The U of Michigan invites applications from creative, highly qualified and motivated researchers for a two-year postdoctoral position. The beginning dates of the appointment would either be Jan or Sept 2017, depending on the applicant appointed. Area of specific specialization(s) is open. QUALIFICATIONS: The successful application will hold a PhD in any area of The Cognitive Sciences. We value rigor, commitment, Interdisciplinarity, a collaborative perspective, diversity and a desire to teach. Applications should include a cover letter, a research proposal, one page teaching statement and contact information for 3 references. Research statements must specify how the applicant's research will integrate with and benefit from ongoing Cognitive Science Research conducted at The U of Michigan. The research proposal could mention any UM faculty from the Departments of Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy, Computer Science and Engineering and/or The Neuroscience PhD Program, or related disciplines. The position will also involve annually co-teaching a graduate seminar (regarding their research) with a UM faculty member conducting Cognitive Science research. For information regarding The Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science, please go to https://lsa.umich.edu/weinberginstitute Further Information: The Weinberg Institute was established just two years ago. We seek applicants willing to collaboratively and innovatively contribute to the developing Institute, the mission of which is to create a world class center for Cognitive science research and for both undergraduate and graduate teaching of Cognitive Science. Send application materials by 14 Oct to: cogsciprog at umich.edu (please enter "POSTDOC INQUIRY" in Subject line) ---------- Richard L. Lewis John R. Anderson Collegiate Prof of Psychology, Linguistics and Cognitive Science http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Dept of Psychology (734) 763-1466 U of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI **************************************************************** 26. Postdoc at ARL [I don't have a closing date, but it may have passed. In any case, they continue to grow and look for folks.] A postdoctoral scholar position is available in the Army Research Laboratory, Human Research & Engineering Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The applicant should have, or be scheduled to complete, a PhD in computer science, cognitive science, psychology, or a related field by the time the employment starts. Candidates should have technical skills in learning theory and modeling. Programming skills include: Java, Python, Cognitive Architectures (such as ACT-R, Soar), R or related statistical programming languages. Relevant knowledge includes how to run studies, simulations, statistical analyses, and writing. The candidate must be a US citizen. The goal of the human dynamics of cybersecurity program is to measure, analyze, and model human decision-making processes and the ability to detect and thwart attacks as long-duration and complex cognitive tasks. Our approach to advance the foundational science is to look at the three-fold integration of attacker, defender, and user into a common framework. Applicants can propose research that addresses one or more main thrusts: Cyber Cognition and Biopsychology: the development of metric approaches to quantify and predict cyber analyst performance and human-system interactions that seeks to collect, extract, and analyze large volumes of time-stamped data to characterize high resolution behavioral, physiological, task-based, and environmental factors influencing task performance and decision-making of individuals and teams, Training Effectiveness: addresses the challenge currently facing the maturation of cyber capable defense forces: understanding how to challenge, assess, and rapidly develop cyber skill-sets in realistic cyber operational environments to include our new human-in-the-loop cyber test range facility; Cyber Team Processes: focuses on capturing, understanding, and modeling team processes and dynamics to achieve greater mission effectiveness, and Adversarial Dynamics: focuses on modeling and simulation to understand adversarial attacker-defender-user dynamics in the cyber domain to support multi-agent simulation using game theory, AI, cognitive modeling, Markov modeling, Petri nets, and related approaches. The selected candidate will collaboratively develop a research topic with their ARL advisor into a 5-page synopsis. The selected research topic must seek to advance the human computational sciences to support the cyber analyst, a key link in the Army's cyber defense strategy. The applicant should seek to make use of a new state-of-the-art cyber test range laboratory for human-in-the-loop experiments and modeling & simulation in the cyber domain. The CHIMERA Laboratory (Cyber Human Integrated Modeling & Experimentation Range - Army) is a fully configurable virtual network with eight sound-attenuated 'whisper rooms' to examine cyber cognition and teaming. The position offers opportunities to work with researchers with a wide range of experts from across Academia, Government, and Industry (for example, the Cybersecurity Collaborative Research Alliance http://cra.psu.edu/) and is part of ARL's Open Campus initiative to empower the continuous flow of people and ideas to ensure the transformative scientific discovery, innovation, and transition critical to national security. Position Details: The postdoctoral position is available at ARL, Human Research & Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. APG is situated just north of the Baltimore/Washington area and south of Philadelphia. Historically, APG housed the development of the world's first digital computer ENIAC and continues to be home to a robust Army research, development, and testing community. Post-doctoral scholar appointments are full-time, 12-month, non-tenure positions, with yearly renewals dependent upon performance and fund availability, not to exceed five years. Yearly stipend is $75k with excellent health-care benefits (Blue Cross Blue Shield), with financial support for laboratory costs, conference attendance, training opportunities, and relocation reimbursement. Fellowships are offered through either the National Research Council or the Oak Ridge Associated Universities programs. For information on ARL's programs, visit http://www.arl.army.mil/ and click on Post Doctoral Research Programs in the left column. To apply, electronically submit to norbou.buchler.civ at mail.mil a cover letter describing qualifications, a CV, and contact information or letters of recommendation from three professional references. Review of applicants is ongoing and the position will begin when a suitable candidate is selected. **************************************************************** 27. Postdoctoral Fellow at NRL [the date has passed, but they continue to have positions over time] Cognitive Modeling of Deductive and Explanatory Reasoning Processes Intelligent Systems Section Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence --------------------------------------------------- The Intelligent Systems Section at the Naval Research Laboratory seeks applications for a position of Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Cognitive Modeling. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Sunny Khemlani and Dr. Greg Trafton on computational models of the processes underlying deductive and explanatory reasoning. The ideal candidate has (or will have) a PhD in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, or computer science, with experience in higher level cognition, experimental design and data analysis, cognitive modeling, and a strong programming background. Programming skills include: Lisp, R, ACT-R, or related languages. Experience or interest in domains of reasoning (e.g., quantificational, sentential, spatiotemporal, causal, explanatory, and probabilistic reasoning) is a plus. 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. 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, artificial intelligence, cognitive robotics, and human-robot interaction. More information is available here: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/aic/IntelligentSystems Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, relevant journal articles, and three reference letters by 15 Aug. For additional information, please contact Dr. Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani at nrl.navy.mil) or Dr. Greg Trafton (greg.trafton at nrl.navy.mil). **************************************************************** 28. Graduate student openings, Optimal Learning Lab, U. Memphis http://optimallearning.org Institute for Intelligent Systems and Psychology Department U of Memphis - Dr. Philip Pavlik Jr ppavlik at memphis.edu Current opportunities available for the 2017 graduate admission year ' Seeking motivated students with an interest in theoretically based based work on educational applications Full funding available for qualified students pursuing cognitive psychology PhD work In addition to conducting experiments on a variety of learning phenomenon we have 2 main software projects described here New ideas are welcome if they fit within the overall lab goals for doing good science to help students LearnSphere: A community data infrastructure to support learning improvement online Led by CMU and bringing together multiple top players in learning analytics NSF funded until 12/19 Mobile Fact and Concept Training System (MoFaCTS) is an advanced adaptive practice and learning experimentation system that helps students learn information such as facts or concepts with multimedia drill practice is a browser-based web-application, with source code available https://bitbucket.org/ppavlik/mofacts. is now available with multiple sample content modules. uses a quantitative model of your performance to select an item to learn that will optimally balance the challenge relative to your current ability. tracks both prior performance (i.e. past successes and failures) and memory factors, such as recency, frequency, spacing and forgetting and saves all of your results to track your learning over multiple sessions. designed by Philip Pavlik, and many other important collaborators who have been his co-authors, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Phil_Pavlik_Jr/publications and implemented by a series of talented programmers. exports data to a convenient format for sharing or analysis https://datashop.memphis.edu/. was developed over multiple years with funding from the IES: DOED, NSF, and R. Zdrojkowski. details: https://mofacts.optimallearning.org/ITS2016final.pdf presented at the 2016 Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference. **************************************************************** -30- If you have read this far, part of my favorite movie: Wizard of speed and time, second edition short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92p3NgO9e-Y **************************************************************** From grayw at rpi.edu Mon Nov 14 14:07:37 2016 From: grayw at rpi.edu (Gray, Wayne) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:07:37 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] Looking for a few new graduate students Message-ID: Greetings to all, Please pass the word on. Both Professors Ron Sun and Wayne Gray at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York will each be looking to take on one or possibly two new doctoral students for AY17-18. Both are interested in students with strong backgrounds in computational and mathematical methods and a keen interest in Cognitive Science. In addition to these skills, of special concern to each is the following: Sun is interested in students with very strong programming skills and interests in modeling motivation, social cognition, and so on. Gray is interested in students with interest and/or prior experience in experimental design, statistical analysis of empirical data, and interest in the topic of extreme expertise in dynamic decision-making tasks (e.g., most video games). Please see our respective webpages for more details. Ron Sun http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/pl/faculty-staff-cogsci/ron-sun https://sites.google.com/site/drronsun/ Wayne Gray http://homepages.rpi.edu/~grayw/ http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ **Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer**Rensselaer** Wayne D. Gray Professor of Cognitive Science & Professor of Computer Science & Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carnegie Building (rm 108) ;;for all surface mail & deliveries 110 8th St.; Troy, NY 12180 EMAIL: grayw at rpi.edu, Office: 518-276-3315 for general info see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/ for On-Line publications see: http://www.rpi.edu/~grayw/pubs/ for citation info see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h8ZzTWsAAAAJ&hl=en for the CogWorks Lab see: http://www.cogsci.rpi.edu/cogworks/ Work is infinite. Time is finite. Plan accordingly. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: