[ACT-R-users] ICCM 2019: paper call, conferences, books, jobs, software, obit, movie
Frank Ritter
frank.ritter at PSU.EDU
Fri Apr 19 00:33:19 EDT 2019
This is the second emailing for ICCM 19. Please forward if
appropriate, and put appropriate links onto your web site.
If the PSU mailer mangles the URLs, they are also at
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2019/iccm-mailing-apr2019.html
The ICCM 2019 announcement drives this email (it will be in Montreal
before CogSci with MathPsych, in mid-late July 19, now on a yearly
schedule, hope you can come!). Papers are due very soon.
There are also numerous timely announcements that indicate new
publication outlets, resources, and jobs in Cog Sci and in cognitive
modeling, or jobs I think might take modelers with an application. I
have also included several unusual items, including some tools, an
obituary (sadly), and a documentary.
If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain
it by hand to keep it small. Isabella Webster helped prepare this.
[Hypertext version available at
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2019/iccm-mailing-mar2019.html]
cheers,
Frank Ritter frank.e.ritter at gmail.com http://www.frankritter.com
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CONFERENCES
1) International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 19July, papers due 22Apr19
Montreal with MathPsych
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2019/submissions/
2) Call for workshop Papers: SBP-BRiMS 19 [due 17may19]
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/
3) BICA 19, 16-18aug19
http://bica2019.bicasociety.org/
4) XI. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Science, 23-25mar19
http://www.cecog.eu/ducog/page_invitation.php
5) HFES 63rd International Annual Meeting, 28oct19-1nov19
http://www.hfes2019.org/
6) Call for Papers: Cog Modeling and Computational Linguistics, 2-7jun19
https://www.softconf.com/naacl2019/cmcl/
7) Call for Papers: AutomotiveUI 19, 22-25sep19, due April to July
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/
8) Registration Open: Intl Interdisc Comp CogSci Spring School
25-31 Mar 19
http://iiccsss.eu/register/
RESOURCES
9) Cogulator, task analysis tool
http://cogulator.io/
10) CASOS Summer Institute, 10-16jun19
http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/summer_institute/2019/
11) New Journal : Socio-Cognitive Systems, 2019 (Published)
https://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/42419
12) ASA/ACM/AMS/IMS/MAA/SIAM Fellowships Open, 15jan19 (NOTE: Date passed)
https://www.aaas.org/programs/science-technology-policy-fellowships/become-st-policy-fellow
13) Nengo summer school, 13feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool
14) Call for nominations: David E. Rumelhart Prize, 18feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
15) Special Issue of Human-Computer Interations Journal, due 20mar19
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current
16) Soar Workshop, 6-10 May 19
https://soar.eecs.umich.edu/workshop_registration/
17) Alan Schultz Obituary, 20jan19
https://secure.pancan.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2681&mfc_pref=T&2681.donation=form1
18) DARPA - GARD Program, Ongoing Dates
https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/GARD_ProposersDay.pdf
19) Ergonomics on Computational Modelling in Ergonomics [journal]
29feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
20) Thagard's Treatise on Mind and Society published
https://paulthagard.com/treatise/
JOBS
22) Faculty Position in Neurorobotics at
TU/Chemitz U 31jan19 (NOTE: Date Passed)
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/W2-Neurorobotik.php
23) Faculty position in AI and Neuroscience
Department of Engineering, U of Cambridge, UK, 01feb19 (NOTE: Date Passed)
http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/19416/
23) Positions Open: HF Research Associate/Fellow (U of Nottingham), 11mar19
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG027919
24) Call for applications: Science of Intelligence Berlin, due 15feb19
https://www.scioi.de/
25) New grad position, programming, Eduworks, rolling
BONUS
26) The Second Warning- Featured Documentary Project
https://create.osufoundation.org/project/11158
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1) International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 19July, papers due 22Apr19
Montreal with MathPsych
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2019/submissions/
*MathPsych/ICCM 19 submissions now open*
VENUE: Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Canada
DATES: 19-20jul19
*Submission deadline: 22apr19; via
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2019/submissions/*
[note that mathPsych takes abstracts and ICCM takes papers]
We invite you to MathPsych/ICCM 19, the joint gathering of the 52nd
Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the 17th
International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM): the premier
conference for research on computational models and computation-based
theories of human cognition. Following our success in 2017 and 2018,
ICCM has again joined forces with the Society for Mathematical
Psychology to create a conference in which all sessions are open to all
attendees, and cross-talk is highly encouraged.
MathPsych/ICCM 19 is a forum for presenting and discussing the
complete spectrum of cognitive modeling approaches, including
connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling,
and cognitive architectures. Research topics can range from low-level
perception to high-level reasoning. We also welcome contributions that
use computational models to better understand neuroscientific data.
The conference will run from 19jul19 (9am) to 22jul19 (6pm).
More information can be found on our website:
http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2019/
*Confirmed speakers and events*
We are pleased to announce these world-class invited speakers:
* David Kellen (Syracuse University; Estes Early Career Award winner)
* Maithilee Kunda (Vanderbilt University)
* Jake Hofman (Microsoft Research)
The following symposia/workshops are confirmed, but others may be added:
* Workshop: Version Control with Git (host: Daniel Stubbs, Calcul Quebec)
* Workshop: Professional Development Symposium (host: Women of Math Psych)
* Workshop: ACT-R Workshop (host: Christian Lebiere and Daniel
Bothell, Carnegie Mellon University)
* Symposium in honor of Bill Batchelder (host: Zita Oravecz, Penn State)
* Recent Developments in Modeling Strategy Use in Searching and
Deciding (host: Michael D. Lee, UC Irvine and Kevin Gluck, AFRL)
*Registration and lodging*
Registration fees will be approximately $350 (faculty/professional
members) and $200 (student members). This includes an early-bird
discount that will expire May 15.
A block of premium rooms at a special conference rate is available at
*Le Centre Sheraton*. Participants staying at the conference hotel will
receive an additional $25 discount on conference registration. More
information can be found on the conference website, or go to
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1549033019877&key=GRP&app=resvlink
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2) Call for workshop Papers: SBP-BRiMS 19 [due 17may19]
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/
19th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural
Modeling, & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and
Simulation
9-12jul19
Lehman Auditorium, George Washington U, Washington DC, US
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/
CALL FOR Contributions :
Important Dates:
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/doctoral_consortium/
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/doctoral_consortium/
Consortium Submission due: 17-May-2019
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/cft/
http://sbp-brims.org/2019/challenge/
CALL FOR PAPERS:
SBP-BRiMS is an interdisciplinary computational social science
conference focused on both modeling complex socio-technical systems
and using computational techniques to reason about and study complex
socio-technical systems. The participants in this conference take part
in forming the conversation on how computation is shaping the modern
world and helping us to better understand and reason about human
behavior. Both papers addressing basic research and those addressing
applied research are accepted. All methodological approaches are
encouraged; however, the vast majority of papers use computer
simulation, network analysis or machine learning as the method of
choice in addressing human social and behavioral activities. At the
conference, these paper presentations are complemented by data science
challenge problems, demonstrations of new technologies, and a
government funding panel.
Submissions are solicited on research issues, methodologies, theories,
and applications. Topics of interests include but are not limited to
the following:
Advances in Sociocultural & Behavioral Process Modeling
* Group formation, interaction, and/or evolution
* Collective action and governance
* Information, belief, technology of disease diffusion
* Public opinion representation, identification and modeling
* Information diffusion
* Psycho-cultural situation awareness
* Intelligent agents and avatars/adversarial modeling
* Models of reasoning and decision making
* Performance prediction, assessment, & skill monitoring/tracking
* Intelligent tutoring systems
* Cognitive robotics and human-robot interaction
* Human behavior issues in model federations
* Validation and analysis techniques for social behavioral models
Information, Systems, & Network Science
* Data mining on social media platforms
* Diffusion and other dynamic processes over networks
* Inference of network topologies and changes over time or space
* Analysis of link formations and link types
* Detection of communities and other types of structures in networks
* Analysis of high-dimensional networks
* Analytics for social and human dynamics
Military & Intelligence Applications
* Group formation and evolution in the political context
* Networks and political influence
* Group representation and profiling
* Reasoning about terrorist group behaviors and policies towards them
* Cyber and attribution
* Social Cyber-Security applications
* Social simulation for military training
* Cyber diplomacy
* Computational methods to transform traditional
* GEOINT and open source data into spatio-temporal
information describing events and activities
Applications for Health and Well-being
* Data science applied to health behavior
* Modeling of public health and health care policy and decision making
* Modeling of behavioral aspects of infectious disease spread
* Modeling of behavioral aspects of prevention
and treatment for chronic diseases (e.g.,
cancer, obesity, asthma)
* Intervention design and modeling for behavioral health
Example Other Applications of Interest to the Community
* Economic applications of behavioral and social prediction
* Model federation, integration, verification, or validation
* Evolutionary computing and optimization
* Education, training, professional development
and workforce training in modeling and simulation
CHALLENGE PROBLEMS:
There will be two data science challenges, one on opioids and one on
disinformation. Additional details are posted on the conference
website, http://sbp-brims.org/2019/challenge/
The deadline for submissions this year will be 17-May-19.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Regular Paper Submission: 22Feb19
Author Notification: 22Mar19
Final Version Submission for Regular Papers: 12Apr19
Challenge Problem Paper Submission: 17May19
All accepted papers require confirmation of conference registration
when uploading final versions. Each accepted paper requires a separate
registration.
All regular papers will be a maximum of 10 pages including all
figures, tables and references. See http://sbp-brims.org/2019/cfp/
AWARDS:
All papers are qualified for the Best Paper Award. Papers with student
first authors will be considered for the Best Student Paper Award.
Those receiving these awards will be invited to publish an extended
version in a special issue of the journal Computational and
Mathematical Organization Theory. Submission of a paper to the
conference means that the authors consent to send an extended version
to the special issue, should they receive one of the awards. Papers
receiving the best paper awards, the best student paper award, winner
of the opioid challenge, and winner of the disinformation challenge
will then send an extended version of their paper for publication in
the best of SBP-BRiMS 19 special issue.
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3) BICA 19 16-18aug19
http://bica2019.bicasociety.org/
[Several deadlines have passed, but this conference likes current work
and is flexible]
Wishing to see you at BICA in 2019!
* WHERE: Microsoft Campus, Seattle, Washington, United States
* WHEN: 16-18 Aug (Fri-Sun) + Future of AI Industry Day on 15 Aug
* WHAT: Tenth Annual International Conference on
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 19)
* WEB: http://bica2019.bicasociety.org/
SUBMIT A TENTATIVE TITLE NOW TO SHOW YOUR INTENT TO PARTICIPATE:
https://easychair.org/account/
* Scope: AI, CogSci, NeuroSci in the focus, +
social & economic sci, industry, art, and more
* Among the speakers: John Laird, Robert Laddaga, Ricardo Gudwin,
Antonio Chella, Kamilla Johannsdottir, Antonio Lieto, Umberto
Maniscalco, Junichi Takeno, Magnus Johnsson, Frank Krueger, Roario
Sorbello
* Venue: The Reactor Bldg., 15700 NE 39th Street, Redmond, WA
* Lodging: Aloft Seattle Redmond ($119 per night BICA rate)
* Official publications (WoS, Scopus):
- Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research (Elsevier, JCR IF=1.4)
- Springer's Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
* Socials: Banquet on the top floor in Seattle, Microsoft Campus Tour, and more
* Registration: $450 Early-Bird
* Format and spirit: very exciting, open and informal. We welcome
talks and roundtables without papers, publications without attendance,
and any your own scientific / cultural events as parts of BICA 19.
Questions? Email me.
-Alexei
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4) XI. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 23-25mar19
http://www.cecog.eu/ducog/page_invitation.php
[this is passed, some information on the conference is up on the web site]
We are happy to announce the XI. Dubrovnik Conference on Cognitive
Science, which is devoted to the topic of Computational Rationality.
The conference will take place between 23-25 May 19 in Dubrovnik,
Croatia.
Invited speakers are:
Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck, U of London, UK)
Quentin Huys (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Julian Jara-Ettinger (Yale, USA)
Mate Lengyel (Cambridge, Central European U)
Azzurra Ruggeri (Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany)
Laura Schultz (MIT, USA)
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5) HFES 63rd International Annual Meeting, 28oct19-1nov19
http://www.hfes2019.org/
Contribute to the Rich and Diverse Program at the 63rd International
Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
The HFES 19 Technical Program Committee welcomes your proposals for
the http://www.hfes2019.org/ International Annual Meeting of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society. This exciting meeting will convene
October 28 through November 1 at the Sheraton Grand Seattle Hotel in
vibrant downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Important details about
submitting a proposal may be found in
http://www.hfes2019.org/call-for-proposals.html
Call for Proposals.
[These were due in March.]
New at this year's meeting is the Practitioner Day, the newly proposed
Cybersecurity Technical Group, and the expanded ErgoX Symposium. These
new areas help round out what promises to be an informative and
engrossing program with workshops, panels, demonstrations, keynote
speakers, and technical presentations. From the Career Center to the
Early Career and Student Forums, there is something for everyone at
this year's meeting. Come share your insights and findings while
learning from other experts in human factors and ergonomics!
Are you interested in serving as a peer reviewer of the proposals
submitted for consideration of presentation at this meeting? If so,
please complete the brief survey and we will contact you if you are
selected. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LNZHZ7Y
Plan to attend even if you are not presenting your work. Annual
Meeting surveys indicate that the most important reason for attending
is to network with colleagues, followed by learning from the
presenters. Registration opens in July. Plan to register early to
save!
We look forward to receiving your proposal and
seeing you at the HFES 63rd International Annual
Meeting.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ronald Laurids Boring, HFES 19 General Program Chair and
the Technical Program Committee
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6) Call for Papers: Cog Modeling and Computational Linguistics, 2-7jun19
https://www.softconf.com/naacl2019/cmcl/
*Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics*, a workshop to be held
at the 19 meeting of the North American Association for Computational
Linguistics (NAACL) is now accepting submissions.
Workshop Description
Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL) 19 is a one-day
workshop held in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the North
American chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL),
Minneapolis, June 2-7 19.
The goal of CMCL is providing a venue for computational research on
cognitive theories of language processing, representation and acquisition. The
19 workshop follows in the tradition of earlier meetings at ACL 2010, ACL
2011, NAACL-HLT 2012, ACL 2013, ACL 2014, NAACL 2015, EACL 2017, and LSA
2018.
Scope and Topics
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Stochastic models of factors influencing a speaker?s production or
comprehension decisions
Models of semantic interpretation, including psychologically realistic
notions of word and phrase meaning and composition
Incremental parsers for diverse grammar formalisms and their
psychological plausibility
Models of speaker-specific linguistic adaptation and/or generalization
Models of first and second language acquisition and bilingual language
processing
Behavioral tasks for better understanding neural models of linguistic
representation
Models and empirical analysis of the relationship between mechanistic
psycholinguistic principles and pragmatics or semantics
Models of lexical acquisition, including phonology, morphology, and
semantics
Psychologically motivated models of grammar induction
Psychologically plausible models of lexical or conceptual representations
Models of language disorders, such as aphasia, dyslexia, or dysgraphia
Behavioral datasets or resources for modeling language processing or
production in languages other than English
Models of language comprehension difficulty
Models of language learning and generalization
Models of linguistic information propagation and language evolution in
communities
Network science and language processing
Workshop Submissions
We accept three categories of papers: regular workshop papers, extended
abstracts and cross-submissions. Only regular workshop papers will be
included in the proceedings as archival publications. All submissions
should be in PDF format and made through the Softconf website:
https://www.softconf.com/naacl2019/cmcl/
To facilitate double-blind reviewing, submitted manuscripts should not
include any identifying information about the authors.
Submissions must be formatted using NAACL 19 templates, available at:
https://naacl2019.org/calls/papers/
If essentially identical papers are submitted to multiple conferences /
workshops, the authors are asked to indicate this fact at submission time.
Regular Submissions Papers can be either full (8 pages of content +
references) or short papers (4 pages + references) reporting original and
unpublished research that combines cognitive modeling and computational
linguistics. Accepted papers are expected to be presented at the workshop
(oral presentation or poster) and will be published in the workshop
proceedings.
Extended Abstracts (from 2 to 4 pages + references) describe preliminary
work or results that have not been published before. Accepted abstracts
will be presented as posters, but will not be included in the workshop
proceedings.
We will also accept Cross-submissions (from 2 to 4 pages + references) for
papers on related topics that have already appeared in a non-NLP venue
(e.g. CogSci). These papers will be presented as posters, but will not be
included in the proceedings. Interested authors are asked to add a note on
the original venue in the submission.
Important Dates
[Submission deadline was late February]
Workshop Organizers
Emmanuele Chersoni, The Hong Kong Polytechnic U
Cassandra Jacobs, U of Toronto
Alessandro Lenci, U of Pisa
Tal Linzen, Johns Hopkins U
Laurent Pr?vot, Aix-Marseille U
Enrico Santus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact Email
cmcl2019 at gmail.com
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7) Call for Papers: AutomotiveUI 19, 22-25sep19, due April to July
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/
AutomotiveUI '19: The 11th International ACM Conference on
Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 22 - 25, 19
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/
The conference will be preceded by a day of workshops and the doctoral
colloquium (September 21) and proceeded by workshops and tutorials
(September 22)
Important Dates:
Submissions are accepted until 11:59 p.m AoE (Anywhere on Earth)
Full Papers abstract: 4 Apr 4, 19
Full Papers: 11 Apr 19
Workshops & Tutorials, videos, interactive demos: 6 Jun 19
Work in progress: 20 Jun 19
Doctoral Colloquium: 8 Jul 19
AutomotiveUI, the International ACM Conference on Automotive User
Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, is the premier forum
for UI research in the automotive domain. AutomotiveUI brings together
researchers and practitioners interested in both the technical and the
human aspects of in-vehicle user interfaces and applications. Consistent
with prior conferences, AutomotiveUI'19 will address novel in-vehicle
services, models of and concepts for enhancing the driver experience,
driver performance and behavior, development of (semi-) autonomous
driving, and the needs of different user groups.
AutomotiveUI'19 invites you to submit original work in one or more of
the following formats: full papers and notes (short papers), workshops,
works in progress and interactive demos, video sessions, and doctoral
colloquium.
Submission Types:
Papers: AutomotiveUI Papers are archival publications of original
research. Authors are invited to submit papers (6-10 pages) formatted
in accordance with the ACM SIGCHI with a 150-word abstract. References
do not count towards the page limit. Submissions will be accepted
through the: https://new.precisionconference.com/user/login submission
system.
Templates
https://sigchi.org/templates/
Authors are encouraged to submit an accompanying video. All accepted
papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be
archived in the ACM Digital Library: https://dl.acm.org/
Details about this submission category can be found at
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/authors/papers-2/
Works-in-progress, interactive demos, and video sessions: A
Work-in-Progress is a concise 2-page report of late-breaking findings
or other types of innovative or thought-provoking work relevant for
the AutomotiveUI community. Interactive Demos are presentations that
highlight and foster discussion of current research in the area of
automotive user interfaces and interactive vehicular applications. All
accepted WIP & Demo submissions will be available in the ACM digital
library. For Interactive Demos, bring and/or present prototypes,
services, devices, and systems for hands-on interaction. This year
AutomotiveUI also invites video submissions. Submission details will
be published at https://www.auto-ui.org/19/authors/work-in-progress/
and
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/authors/interactive-demos/
Workshops/Tutorials: Workshops address a topic of common interest to
attendees of AutomotiveUI conference. Tutorials teach specific
materials either by one person or several people. Submission details
will be published at
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/authors/workshops-tutorials/.
The Doctoral Colloquium: The Doctoral Colloquium brings together PhD.
students working on topics related to the field of automotive user
interfaces and interactive vehicular applications, providing them with
an opportunity to present and discuss their research with their peers
and senior faculty. Submission details will be published at
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/authors/dc/
Conference Topics include, but are not limited to:
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Devices & Interfaces
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Multi-modal, speech, audio, gestural, natural input/output
In-car gaming, entertainment and social experiences
Interfaces for navigation
Text input and output while driving
Applications and user-interfaces for inter-vehicle communication
Sensors and context for interactive experiences in the car
Biometrics and physiological sensors as a user interface component
Electric vehicle interfaces
Affective intelligent interfaces
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Automation & Instrumentation
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Automated driving and interfaces for (semi) autonomous driving
Head-Up Displays (HUDs) and Augmented Reality (AR) concepts
Cooperative Driving/Connected Vehicles
Assistive technology in the vehicular context
Information access (search, browsing, etc.)
Vehicle-based apps, web/cloud enabled connectivity
Entertainment and play (semi) autonomous driving
Ethics
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Evaluation & Benchmarking
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Methods and tools for automotive user-interface research, including
simulation
Automotive user-interface frameworks and toolkits
Naturalistic/field studies of automotive user interfaces
Automotive user-interface standards
Modeling techniques for cognitive workload and visual demand estimation
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Driver Performance & Behavior
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Different user groups and user group characteristics
Subliminal cues, warnings and feedback to augment driving behavior
Emotional state recognition while driving
Detecting/ measuring driver distraction
Detecting and estimating user intentions
Driver modeling
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Student funding
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ACM and SIGCHI have some funding available for
students that present at the conference. The
funding is assigned based on a SIGCHI initiated
process, separate from the conference. More
information can be found here:
https://www.auto-ui.org/19/attend/student-travel-funds/
We are looking forward to seeing you in Utrecht in September!
Chris Janssen & Stella Donker, Utrecht U (General Chairs)
Lewis Chuang, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and
Wendy Ju, Cornell Tech (Program Chairs)
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8) Registration Open: Intl Interdisc Comp CogSci Spring School
25-31 Mar 19
http://iiccsss.eu/register/
[passed, but shows intent]
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for our new,
International Interdisciplinary Computational Cognitive Science Spring
School). Its first iteration will take place in the period of March
25th - 31th, 19 at the Bernstein Center Freiburg, Germany. This annual
spring school is designed for researchers and students from all fields
with an interest in computational approaches to the brain and
cognitive sciences. We encourage all participants to present their own
research in the format of a poster or a Blitz talk. Following a
five-day educational program with a mixture of invited talks and
instructive tutorials, the event will conclude with an optional
two-day Hackathon. Attendees can receive one ECTS-point for their
participation in the event.
Registration is free, apart from a 20 Euro deposit. Master or PhD
students currently residing outside of Germany are eligible to apply
for one out of 4 stipends of 750 Euro (generously provided by
FENS/IBRO-PERC) to cover the costs associated with their attendance.
Registration will be closed on February 16th 19 11:59pm.
http://iiccsss.eu/register/
https://www.fens.org/Training/NENS/,
http://iiccsss.eu/
Preliminary list of speakers:
Radoslaw Martin Cichy (Free U Berlin,
Department of Psychology and Education)
Frank Jäkel (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Centre for Cognitive Science)
Falk Lieder (MPI Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Rationality Enhancement Group)
Timo Flesch (Oxford, Human Information Processing Lab)
Michael Tangermann (U of Freiburg, Brain State Decoding Lab)
Stefan Rotter (Bernstein Center Freiburg, Computational Neuroscience Lab)
Carsten Mehring (Bernstein Center Freiburg, Neurobiology and Neurotechnology)
Peggy Series (U of Edinburgh, Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation)
Lilian Weber (ETH Zurich, Translational Neuromodeling Unit)
For a preliminary program, please visit our webpage at
http://iiccsss.eu/
Please do not hesitate to write us an email (info at iiccsss.eu), if you
have any questions. Feel free to spread this announcement to your
friends and colleagues. We look forward to seeing you
https://twitter.com/iiccsss2019
Sincerely,
The organization committee
--
Jannis Born
Maryna Kapitonova
Jan Kirchner
Lukas Vogelsang
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9) Cogulator, task analysis tool
http://cogulator.io/
[Cogulator is a simple human performance calculator developed by MITRE
for estimating task time and difficulty (i.e., workload).
I found it in a review, and it looks like it could be very helpful.]
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10) CASOS Summer Institute, 10-16jun19
http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/summer_institute/2019/
The CASOS Summer Institute is a week-long event lead by CASOS Director
Kathleen M. Carley that provides an intense hands-on introduction to
network analysis and visualization from a combined social-network,
network-science, link-analysis and dynamic network analysis
perspective. Social network, high-dimensional networks, semantic
networks, and meta-networks are covered as are network dynamics and
geo-spatial networks.
Participants learn about current trends, practices, and tools
available for analyzing complex systems as networks. Basic social
network and dynamic network measure for one-mode, bi-partite and
multi-mode data are covered. Network statistic, analysis and
visualization techniques are covered for static and dynamic networks.
Techniques for extracting networks from text and social media are
covered. Simulation techniques for forecasting change in these
networks and their impact on the diffusion of ideas and beliefs are
covered. Key issues associated with social media analytics, and big
data are covered. Participants gain experience through a series of
hands-on exercises. Data sets are provided for these exercises;
however, participants who wish to can bring their own data and use it
in these exercises. An examination of social network methods,
complexity theory and procedures for integrating network-based metrics
and statistics into computational models completes the program.
The software tools participants will learn and work with include:
ORA-PRO, AutoMap, NetMapper, and Construct, which are network analysis
& visualization, information extraction/text mining, and simulations
tools, respectively, which are developed at CASOS and widely used
globally in business, government, and education.
All participants will be given trial software, and a deep discount on
the professional versions of the tools.
Registration is now open. Visit our website for more information about
the program, http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/events/summer_institute/2019/
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
CASOS Center, Institute for Software Research
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave, 4212 Wean Hall
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213-3890
casos at cmu.edu 412-268-3163
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11) New Journal : Socio-Cognative Systems
https://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/42419
I hope sometime there will be space in your helpful list of
information on Cog. Modelling for our new journal: Socio-Cognitive
Systems (https://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/42419).
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12) ASA/ACM/AMS/IMS/MAA/SIAM Fellowships Open, 15jan19 (NOTE: Date passed)
https://www.aaas.org/programs/science-technology-policy-fellowships/become-st-policy-fellow
[still included because this is an annual program]
Through assignments in the US federal government in Washington, DC,
Science and Technology Policy Fellowships allow researchers to bring
their technical skills to bear on societal change.
The ASA/ACM/AMS/IMS/MAA/SIAM 19-20 Fellowships are seeking candidates
in data science wishing to use their expertise in areas such as
machine learning, data visualization, and causal inference to meet
legislative and policymaking challenges. Fellows serve one year in a
US federal agency or on the staff of a senator, representative, or
congressional committee beginning September 19. The fellowships are an
opportunity to learn about the executive and legislative processes and
lend statistical and scientific expertise to public policy issues.
Individuals who are US citizens and have a PhD in computing science,
statistics, data science, mathematics, or a closely related field are
encouraged to apply. Candidates are sought who represent the diversity
of our society. https://form.jotform.com/zzlalo/ASAScienceTechnology
Fellow Applications are due by January 15, and require a candidate
statement, biographical sketch, and three letters of reference.
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13) Nengo summer school, 13feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool
[date passed, but annual and if really interested, check, and has
resources in the announcement. These types of schools are good for
getting started with architectures. ]
All details about this school can be found online at
https://www.nengo.ai/summerschool
The Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the U of Waterloo is
excited to announce our 6th annual Nengo summer school on large-scale
brain modelling and neuromorphic computing. This two-week school will
teach participants to use the Nengo simulation package to build
state-of-the-art cognitive and neural models to run both in simulation
and on neuromorphic hardware. Summer school participants will be given
on-site access to Loihi, Intel's new neuromorphic research chip [1],
and will learn to run high-level applications on Loihi using Nengo!
More generally, Nengo provides users with a versatile and powerful
environment for designing cognitive and neural systems, and has been
used to build what is currently the world's largest functional brain
model, Spaun [2], which includes spiking deep learning, reinforcement
learning, adaptive motor control, and cognitive control networks.
For a look at last year's summer school, check out this short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwtYgBB2N6I
We welcome applications from all interested graduate students,
postdocs, professors, and industry professionals with a relevant
background.
[1] Davies, et al. (2018). Loihi: A neuromorphic manycore processor
with on-chip learning. IEEE Micro. Vol. 38 no. 1 pp. 82-99.
[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8259423]
[2] 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://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/files/publications/eliasmith.2012.pdf]
***Application Deadline: February 15, 19***
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!
Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to: interface
Nengo with neuromorphic hardware (e.g. Loihi, SpiNNaker) build
perceptual, motor, and 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 cameras and robotic systems implement modern nonlinear
control methods in neural models and much more_
Date and Location: 9-21 Jun 19
at the U of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Applications: Please visit https://www.nengo.ai/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 (peter.blouw at appliedbrainresearch.com). The
school is also partly supported by ONR and ABR, Inc. We look forward
to hearing from you!
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14) Call for nominations: David E. Rumelhart Prize, 18feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
[date passed, but is recurring]
Call for nominations
David E. Rumelhart Prize
for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
This is to notify that the deadline for nominations for the next David
E. Rumelhart Prize is 18 February, 19. The Prize is the world's
leading annual prize in the theoretical study of human cognition, and
has a monetary value of $100,000. Internationally leading scholars
from the very wide range of disciplines relevant to human cognition
are eligible. More information about the Rumelhart Prize can be found
*link no longer exists since application date passed*
Nomination Procedure
Each year, the selection committee invites new nominations for the
prize. The committee will also continue to consider nominations
previously submitted and encourages updates to previous nominations.
Electronic submissions are strongly preferred (e.g. a zipped directory
of PDF documents), and should be sent to the Chair of the Rumelhart
Prize Committee, at rumelhartprize at gmail.com. Nominations should
include the following materials:
1. a three page statement of nomination
2. a complete curriculum vitae
3. copies of up to five of the nominee's relevant publications
The nominee may be an individual or a team, and in the case of a team,
vitae for all members should be provided. The prize selection
committee considers both the scientific contributions and the
scientific leadership and collegiality of the nominees, so these
issues should be addressed in the statement of nomination. Supporting
letters may optionally also be provided. The prize selection committee
is committed to increasing the diversity of recipients. It welcomes
nominations of women, members of minority groups, and individuals with
disabilities.
Further Information
The David E. Rumelhart Prize is awarded annually to an individual or
collaborative team making a significant contemporary contribution to
the theoretical foundations of human cognition. Contributions may be
formal in nature: mathematical modeling of human cognitive processes,
formal analysis of language and other products of human cognitive
activity, and computational analyses of human cognition using symbolic
or nonsymbolic frameworks all fall within the scope of the award.
The David E. Rumelhart Prize is funded by the Robert J. Glushko and
Pamela Samuelson Foundation. Robert J. Glushko received a PhD. in
Cognitive Psychology from the U of California, San Diego in 1979 under
Rumelhart's supervision. He is an Adjunct Full Professor in the
Cognitive Science Program at the U of California, Berkeley.
The prize consists of a handcrafted, custom bronze medal, a
certificate, a citation of the awardee's contribution, and a monetary
award of $100,000.
The Prize Selection Committee:
Richard P. Cooper (Chair)
Dedre Gentner
Robert J. Glushko
Tania Lombrozo
Jesse Snedeker
Josh Tenenbaum
Past Recipients:
Geoffrey E. Hinton 2001
Richard M. Shiffrin 2002
Aravind Joshi 2003
John R. Anderson 2004
Paul Smolensky 2005
Roger Shepard 2006
Jeffrey L. Elman 2007
Shimon Ullman 2008
Susan Carey 2009
Jay McClelland 2010
Judea Pearl 2011
Peter Dayan 2012
Linda B. Smith 2013
Ray Jackendoff 2014
Michael I. Jordan 2015
Dedre Gentner 2016
Lila R. Gleitman 2017
Michael Tanenhaus 2018
Michelene (Micki) T. H. Chi 2019
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15) Special Issue of Human-Computer Interations Journal, due 20mar19
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current
[sometimes special issue deadlines, ahem, slip, check, also, keep eyes
out for this issue]
We invite submissions for a Special Issue on Unifying Human-Computer
Interaction and Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction
Journal https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current
You can find more information in the attached PDF
Proposed Timeline
20 Mar 19: Proposals Due (1,000 words)
15 Jun 19: Full Papers Due
Call for Papers for the Special Issue on:
Unifying Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence
Special Issue Editors:
Munmun De Choudhury, Min Kyung Lee, David A. Shamma, and Haiyi Zhu
Motivation
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly
been deployed across many domains such as transportation, retail,
criminal justice, finance and health. But these very domains that AI
is aiming to revolutionize may also be where human implications are
the most momentous. The potential negative effects of AI on society,
whether amplifying human biases or the perils of automation, cannot be
ignored and as a result such topics are increasingly discussed in
scholarly and popular press contexts. As the New York Times notes:
"[...] if we want [AI] to play a positive role in tomorrow's world, it
must be guided by human concerns."
However, simply introducing human guidance or human sensitivity into
AI is not going to be enough to realize AI's full potential or to
prevent its unintended consequences. AI is increasingly being
incorporated into technology design, including technologies of deep
interest to researchers and practitioners in human computer
interaction (HCI). While most AI-based approaches offer promising
methods for tackling real-world problems, many of the technologies
they enable have been developed in isolation, without appropriate
involvement of the human stakeholders who use these systems and who
are the most affected by them. Human involvement in AI system design,
development, and evaluation is critical to ensure that AI-based
systems are practical, with their outputs being meaningful and
relatable to those who use them. Moreover, human activities and
behaviors are deeply contextual, complex, nuanced, and laden with
subjectivity; aspects which may cause current AI-based approaches to
fail as they cannot adequately addressed by simply adding more data.
As a result, to ensure the success of future AI approaches, we must
incorporate new complementary human-centered insights. These include
stakeholders' demands, beliefs, values, expectations, and
preferences-attributes that constitute a focal point of HCI
research-and which need to be a part of the development of these
AI-based technologies.
The same issues also give rise to important new methodological
questions. For instance, how can existing HCI methodology incorporate
AI methods and data to develop intelligent systems to improve the
human condition? What are the best ways to bridge the gap between
machines and humans while designing technologies? How can AI enhance
the human experience in interactive technologies; and further could it
help define new styles of interaction? How will conventional
evaluation techniques in HCI need to be modified in contexts where AI
is a core technology component? What existing research methods might
be most compatible with AI approaches? And, what will be involved in
training the next generation of HCI researchers who want to work at
the intersection with AI? Of course the concepts of "design",
"interaction", and "evaluation" continue to be interpreted by
different HCI researchers and practitioners in many related but
non-identical ways. Nonetheless, how the potential synergy between AI
and HCI will influence these interpretations remains an open but
pertinent question.
Naturally, conversations about the relationship between HCI and AI are
not new. Shneiderman and Maes (1997) discussed if AI should be a
primary metaphor in the human interface to computers. Similarly,
Grudin (2009) described alternating cycles in which one approach
flourished, while the other suffered a "winter", characterized by a
period of reduced funding, and academic and popular interest. And more
than a decade ago, Winograd (2006) argued about the strengths and
limitations, as well as the relevance of rationalistic and design
approaches offered by AI and HCI respectively, when applied to "messy"
human problems. While the landscape of both AI and HCI research has
significantly evolved since these early conversations, and researchers
have begun to be more vocal about the need for a stronger "marriage"
between HCI and AI, nevertheless the competing philosophies and
research styles of the two fields, the current context, both academic
and societal, demands renewed attention to unifying HCI and AI.
This special issue aims to be a step forward in this regard. We hope
to revive and extend prior attempts to bridge HCI and AI, given the
burgeoning promise and traction AI has invited recently in tackling
challenging human problems. In doing so, we seek to engage both HCI
and AI researchers contributing theoretical, empirical, systems, or
design papers that aim to unify these two perspectives. We want to
bring together research that spans this wide set of issues to help
integrate the different parts of this emerging space. By doing so, we
aim to begin a constructive dialog to bridge the gap via original
research.
Topics
Submissions should address key questions in unifying AI and HCI. The
following questions are intended to be inspiring, not limiting:
How can we address the socio-technical challenges in AI development
involving ethical considerations, such as biases, fairness, privacy,
equity and diversity?
How can we bridge the fundamental mismatch between human-styles of
interpretation, reasoning, and feedback and the machine's statistical
optimization for data with high-dimensionality?
How can we incorporate human insights-including stakeholders' demands,
beliefs, values, expectations, and preferences-into the development of
AI technologies?
How can we predict the societal consequences of AI system deployment?
How can we systematically evaluate the social, psychological, and
economic impacts of AI technologies?
How can we train our next-generation developers and designers to
create AI system in a human-centered manner?
How does AI change how we design and prototype new HCI systems and
applications?
How should AI interactions be designed to help end users understand AI
and make better decisions?
What HCI methods can we use to address AI's limitations?
What design methods and prototyping tools can help us create novel AI
applications and services?
How might existing human-centric methods help increase algorithmic
transparency and explainability?
Where can AI help HCI in testing, evaluation, and User Experience ?
Proposed Timeline
20 Mar 19: Proposals Due
8 Apr 19: Response to Authors Due
15 Jun 19: Full Papers Due
1 Sep 19: Reviews to Authors
8 Nov 19: Revised Papers Due
17 Jan 20: Reviews to Authors Due
21 Feb 20: Final Papers Due
Submission of Proposals
To help authors find a good fit, we will solicit proposals. Proposals
should be about 1000 words and provide a clear indication of what the
paper is about. Given the relatively short publication cycle we will
favor research that is relatively mature. Note that you must use the
template provided on the journal website
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9BP5wzgBCPnelJFN1hZTWtLTEU/view)
Proposals will be evaluated for relevance to the special issue theme,
and feedback will be given. Both proposal and full paper submissions
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hci
Follow the guidelines and instructions for submissions on the site.
There is a place on the submission site to note that your submission
is for the special issue. Full paper Special Issue submissions will be
peer reviewed to the usual standards of the HCI journal.
For questions about the special issue, please send mail to
_si.hci.hciai at gmail.com
Guest Editors
Munmun De Choudhury (Georgia Tech)
Min Kyung Lee (Carnegie Mellon U)
David A. Shamma (FXPAL)
Haiyi Zhu (U of Minnesota)
We invite submissions for a Special Issue on Unifying Human-Computer
Interaction and Artificial Intelligence for
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhci20/current Interaction Journal.
You can find more information in the attached PDF.
Proposed Timeline
20 Mar 19: Proposals Due (1,000 words)
15 Jun 19: Full Papers Due
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16) Soar Workshop, 6-10 May 19
https://soar.eecs.umich.edu/workshop_registration/
We will once again be hosting the Soar Workshop at the U of Michigan
this spring. Our planned dates are 6-10 May 19. It will be a few weeks
before we get the web site updated, etc. but this will follow the same
format as before - a tutorial followed by a workshop. There is no
registration fee.
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17) Alan Schultz Obituary
https://secure.pancan.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2681&mfc_pref=T&2681.donation=form1
Hi, all. If you haven't heard by now, Alan Schultz passed away on
Sunday morning [in Jan]. I'm including his NRL and personal obituary
here.
I'm also asking for "Alan stories" (serious, funny, inspirational,
your choice) that you'd like to share. I'll give his family the
stories when I see them this weekend. Please send the stories or
anecdotes to me (greg.trafton at nrl.navy.mil); I'll share them as I get
them, so there is no rush.
Please feel free to pass this note on to people I'm sure I missed.
thanks
greg trafton
Professional Obituary:
Alan Charles Schultz, former Director of the Navy Center for Applied
Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI) and the Laboratory for
Autonomous Systems Research (LASR) passed away on Sunday, January 20,
19, at his home in Clifton, VA. Alan was born in Richmond, Virginia on
May 9, 1957. He attended American U where he obtained a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Print Journalism (1979). Not finding a suitable
position as a journalist, Alan returned to Richmond where he owned and
operated an automobile audio center. However, not satisfied with the
life of a business entrepreneur, in 1986, he returned to the
Washington, DC area and took up residency as a graduate student in
computer science at George Mason U (GMU). While still a student at
GMU, he joined NCARAI at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). He
received his Master of Science degree in 1988. For a brief period
(1989-1991), he left government service and worked at Planning
Research Corporation but returned to NRL where he advanced to become
the Head of the Intelligent Systems Section, and eventually NCARAI's
Director in 2005 and LASR's Director in 2011 until he retired in 2018.
Expanding the research focus areas of the Center, Alan formed NRL's
first Robotics Lab. Under his direction, he attracted researchers from
many different disciplines, such as robotics, cognitive modelling, and
natural language processing. Throughout his career, he collaborated
with scientists from other Department of Defense laboratories,
industry, and academia. At Carnegie Mellon U (CMU), for example, he
became a chief collaborator with the robotics group and collaborated
on numerous research projects for several years. As a result of this
work, Alan was appointed as a Visiting Research Scientist in the
Robotics Institute. His affiliation with CMU and his position
at NRL led to cutting-edge research in autonomous robotics systems.
One of Alan's earliest robotic projects, a robot named Coyote, was
featured in a robotic competition at the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Mobile Robot Conference
in 1997. Coyote interacted with conference attendees, served hors
d'oeuvres, and won First Place in the competition. In 2002, the robot
GRACE, a collaboration with CMU, Northwestern, Metrica, Inc., and
Swarthmore College, participated in another AAAI competition. This
time the robot self-navigated through a conference center to register
for the conference and then went to a room where she gave a lecture
and answered questions. GRACE received the Judge's Awards for
Human-Computer Interaction and for Robustness in Recovery from Action
and Localization Errors, as well as the Ben Wegbreit Award for
Integration of Artificial Intelligence Technologies. From 2004 until
recently, Alan hosted the annual Association for the Advancement of
Artificial Intelligence Fall Symposium that has met in Arlington,
Virginia ever since. In 2005, Alan got together with several AI
researchers and roboticists and formed the Human-Robot Interaction
Conference that will celebrate its 15th year in existence in Daegu,
South Korea.
Alan's dedication, foresight, and commitment to the research provided
opportunities for young research scientists from universities to work
alongside of and collaborate with NRL researchers throughout the year.
When he was not actively involved in research, Alan dedicated his time
and energy to mentoring high school and college students who under his
tutelage went on to become world-class researchers and scientists in
their own right.
Alan was a Principal Investigator on numerous research projects funded
by the Office of Naval Research, the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National
Aeronautics Space Administration, and the Department of Energy. He is
the recipient of over 20 Navy Special Achievement awards for
significant contributions in several scientific areas of investigation
and is a recipient of the prestigious Alan Berman Research Publication
Award. Over the years, his research focused on the areas of
human-robot interaction, autonomous systems, and adaptive systems.
Because of his leadership and research, NRL is now a national and
international leader in robotics research, dynamic autonomy, and
human-computer interaction.
Alan continued to serve as Director of NCARAI, and in 2011, he was
asked to be the first Director of NRL's Laboratory for Autonomous
Systems Research. LASR opened in March 2012, as a 50,000 square foot
facility supporting basic and applied research in autonomous systems.
He was responsible for directing its design, construction, eventual
maintenance, and research programs.
With his years of experience as a research scientist, a Section Head,
Branch Head, and then as Director of a second world-class research
facility at NRL, he produced over 140 publications in artificial
intelligence, autonomous systems, robotics, human-robot interaction,
and machine learning. Because of his ground-breaking research in a
revolutionary area, namely "dynamic autonomy", Mr. Schultz was
selected to teach at the first Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) Robotics and Automations Society Summer School on
Human-Robot Interaction. He has edited three books on multi-robot
systems and has chaired numerous national and international
conferences, symposia, and workshops in robotics and human-robot
interaction. Alan was a leader and guide to many people within and
outside of NRL, sharing his excitement and vision for conducting
research in Artificial Intelligence and autonomous systems. He will be
sorely missed, and will remain an inspiration to all.
Personal Obituary:
In 1984, Alan married Janice Marie Dougherty. Janice also worked at
the Naval Research Laboratory in the Public Relations Department. He
was a practiced guitarist, and he and Janice were patrons of the arts.
Summers would find them seated in the center of the first row of The
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. After Janice passed
away in 2008, Alan continued to fund Wolf Trap and made yearly
pilgrimages to other musical venues, such as the Bonnaroo Music and
Arts Festival and the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival. In 2012,
Alan married Ramona Bourgeois. That same year, they, along with her
two daughters from a former marriage, moved to Clifton, Virginia. With
his new, extended family, Alan continued to patronize Wolf Trap and
frequented music festivals around the country with his family.
Alan died of pancreatic cancer on 20 Jan 19. He is survived by his
wife Ramona, his son Stephen of Chicago, Illinois, their two daughters
Molly and Emma Gould, his parents, Harold and Elaine Schultz, his
sister, Nancy Kocen and her family, all of Virginia Beach, Virginia,
and his brother, Joseph Schultz and his family of Marietta, Georgia.
A memorial service in celebration of his life will be held at 3 p.m.
on Saturday, 26 January, 19 at the Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home
located at 9902 Braddock Rd., Fairfax, Virginia 22032 (703-425-9702).
A reception will follow (4:30 -7:30 p.m.) at the Fairfax Marriott at
Fair Oaks located at 11787 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA
22033.
The family requests that donations be made to the Pancreatic Cancer
Network in lieu of flowers.
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18) DARPA - GARD Program, Ongoing Dates
https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/GARD_ProposersDay.pdf
My INNS friends and colleagues,
I'm going to announce soon a call for proposals for the DARPA's GARD program.
An early information about it is in:
(Yes, I know, DARPA put it online while I was abroad and butchered my
name, but it's still me)
The proposer day will take place on 6 Feb, a few days later my talk
will be put online for the benefit of these who cannot make it.
I hope to see many of you assisting us in this important research
direction, just like you did with the Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M)
program.
And - again, I want to stress that I work for the benefit of our field
and of all of us. So if there are other topics you find to be
important in advancing AI/ML please feel free to contact me at
hava.siegelmann at gmail.com - I'm always available to meet with you.
Best - Hava
Hava Siegelmann, Program Manager
DARPA - GARD Program
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19) Ergonomics on Computational Modelling in Ergonomics [journal]
29feb19 (NOTE: Date passed)
http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/jmx07081-ergonomics-on-computational-modelling-in-ergonomics?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=JOA08103&utm_term=post
[sent to me: (Don't know if this has come up on
your radar but looks relevant to
you. Deadline is Feb 28th, but Gemma and Paul are good guys and might
help you out)]
http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/est/jmx07081-ergonomics-on-computational-modelling-in-ergonomics?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=JOA08103&utm_term=post
Complex problems are increasingly being examined through a systems
ergonomics lens (Karsh et al, 2014; Salmon et al, 2017; Walker et al,
2017). In line with this, a range of systems ergonomics methods have
either been developed or have experienced a resurgence in popularity
since the turn of the century. Whilst their utility is assured, a
persistent criticism of these approaches is that they provide only
static descriptions of what are dynamic problems and systems.
Computational modelling approaches such as Systems Dynamics (Sterman,
2012) and Agent-Based Modelling (Bonabeau, 2002) go beyond current
systems ergonomics methods by providing the capacity to dynamically
simulate the behaviour of complex sociotechnical systems. As such they
provide Ergonomists with the potential to simulate both ergonomics
problems and the likely impact of ergonomics solutions. Whilst these
methods have a respectable history of application in the social
sciences, they are only recently being employed by Ergonomists. As
such, there is an emerging body of work in which computational
modelling approaches are being used to tackle Ergonomics problems such
as workplace injury, transport safety, and sports injury.
The aim of this special issue is three-fold; to provide a platform for
communicating contemporary Ergonomics research involving the use of
computational modelling approaches, to showcase the capacity of these
approaches to dynamically model Ergonomics problems, and to inspire
the Ergonomics community to pursue further applications involving
these approaches. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on the
potential role of computational modelling approaches in Ergonomics
research and practice.
We welcome submissions from all aspects of the discipline including
physical, physiological, psychophysiological, psychological,
cognitive, social, organisational, and systems ergonomics.
Manuscripts are welcomed on, but not restricted to:
Studies involving the use of computational modelling approaches to
investigate complex Ergonomics problems;
Studies involving the use of computational modelling approaches to
investigate the potential impact of Ergonomics interventions;
Case studies involving the use of computational modelling approaches;
Studies involving the integration of computational modelling
approaches with existing Ergonomics methods;
Methods reviews comparing and contrasting computational modelling
approaches;
Methods reviews comparing and contrasting computational modelling
approaches with existing systems ergonomics methods;
Commentaries/position papers on the role of computational modelling
approaches within Ergonomics; and
Commentaries/position papers on future Ergonomics application areas
for computational modelling approaches.
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20) Thagard's Treatise on Mind and Society published
https://paulthagard.com/treatise/
[Paul Thagard's Treatise on Mind and Society was published by Oxford
University Press in Feb 2019. We read them here in a cognitive science
symposium. They are a view of how cognitive science can explain a wide
range of human behavior. The treatise consists of a trio of books that
can be read independently:]
Brain-Mind: From Neurons to Consciousness and Creativity
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/brain-mind-9780190678715
Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mind-society-9780190678722
Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to
Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/natural-philosophy-9780190678739
(also available from Amazon)
These books provide a unified account of the cognitive sciences,
social sciences, professions, and humanities. The books can be read in
any order, depending on the interests of the reader. Brain-Mind
presents a brain-based theory of cognition and emotions. Mind-Society
connects neural and psychological explanations of mind with the social
sciences and professions. Natural Philosophy uses theories of mind and
society to answer questions about knowledge, reality, morality,
justice, meaning, and the arts. Each book is clearly written and
accessible to a wide range of readers from different backgrounds.
The forewords to them are available
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/ritter19abc.pdf
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22) Faculty Position in Neurorobotics at
TU/Chemitz U 31jan19 (NOTE: Date Passed)
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/W2-Neurorobotik.php
[shows growth in this area at TU/Chemnitz]
The Department of Computer Science at Chemnitz U of Technology
(Germany) invites applications for a faculty position in Neurorobotics
(W2-Professor with W3 Tenure-Track-Option). Please note that the
position is initially limited to a duration of six years and requires
a positive tenure review beginning 4 years after starting the position
to be continued for an indefinite period as a W3 position. Further,
the position includes teaching obligations. Courses can be given in
English.
Applicants are encouraged to submit their application by 31 Jan 19.
The complete job advertisement (in German) can be found here:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/personal/stellen/W2-Neurorobotik.php
Informal inquiries can be addressed to: Prof. Dr. Fred Hamker, Chair
of the Search Committee (fred.hamker at informatik.tu-chemnitz.de).
Best regards
Julien Vitay
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23) Positions Open: HF Research Associate/Fellow (U of Nottingham), 11mar19
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG027919
This advert for up to 4 positions in automotive HMI research at the U
of Nottingham may be of interest to people here
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG027919
Best regards
Professor Gary Burnett
Chair of Transport Human Factors
Human Factors Research Group
Faculty of Engineering
U of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
+44(0)115 95 14030
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24) Call for applications: Science of Intelligence Berlin, due 15feb19
https://www.scioi.de/
[included because shows great growth, may be some left]
11 PhD and 12 Postdoc positions
Cross-disciplinary research in artificial intelligence, machine
learning, control, robotics, computer vision, behavioral biology,
cognitive science, psychology, educational science, neuroscience, and
philosophy.
Starting dates: Summer / Fall 19
Duration: 3 years
Salary level: TV-L 13, 100%
What are the principles of intelligence, shared by all forms of
intelligence, no matter whether artificial or biological, whether
robot, computer program, human, or animal? And how can we apply these
principles to create intelligent technology? Answering these questions
- in an ethically responsible way - is the central scientific
objective of the new Cluster of Excellence Science of Intelligence
(https://www.scioi.de/)
Researchers from a large number of analytic and synthetic disciplines
- artificial intelligence, machine learning, control, robotics,
computer vision, behavioral biology, cognitive science, psychology,
educational science, neuroscience, and philosophy - join forces to
create a multi-disciplinary research program across universities and
research institutes in Berlin. Our approach is driven by the insight,
that any method, concept, and theory must demonstrate its merits by
contributing to the intelligent behavior of a synthetic artifact, such
as a robot or a computer program. These artifacts represent the shared
"language" across disciplines, enabling the validation, combination,
transfer, and extension of research results. Thus we expect to attain
cohesion among disciplines, which currently produce their own theories
and empirical findings about aspects of intelligence.
Interdisciplinary research projects have been defined which combine
analytic and synthetic research and which address key aspects of
individual, social, and collective intelligence. In addition the
Science of Intelligence graduate program promotes the
cross-disciplinary education of young scientists on a Master, PhD, and
postdoctoral level. All PhD students associated with the cluster are
expected to join the Science of Intelligence doctoral program
(https://www.scioi.de/education/doctoral-program).
The cluster welcomes applications from all disciplines that contribute
to intelligence research. Applications shall be uploaded through the
application portal
(https://www.scioi.de/call-for-applications/application-process),
where details of the individual research projects
(https://www.scioi.de/call-for-applications/open-positions) are also
available. Please submit your applications by 15 Feb 19 to receive
full consideration. Applicants wishing to apply for several projects
need to upload separate applications for each project.
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25) New grad position, programming, Eduworks, rolling
Eduworks Corporation - a small innovative software R&D company
headquartered in Corvallis OR - is seeking a full-time software
developer to join our team contributing to cutting edge government
and commercial applications applying AI techniques to a range of
training and education solutions. A solid base in full stack software
development is required, including at least one year of programming
experience (academic or professional) and a conceptual and practical
understanding of training and education in computing environments.
Due to the experimental nature of our work, experience with specific
languages and tools is less important than the ability to learn
independently, the desire to learn new skills rapidly, and the
ability take on tough challenges. Excellent communication and
teamwork skills are also required.
This position offers the opportunity to build your DevOps, Data
Engineering, AI, NLP, ML, and other skills while working as part of a
highly talented and motivated team in a flexible, performance-based
work environment that values developer initiative and encourages
learning through experimentation. Eduworks will provide significant
training, including support for ongoing graduate-level education as
appropriate, and is an equal opportunity employer that encourages
qualified applications from groups underrepresented in STEM
disciplines. Remote work is possible for a strong candidate
(relocation to Corvallis is not a strict requirement).
To apply, send a cover letter (or cover email) and resume to
jobs at eduworks.com. Direct applicants only.
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26) The Second Warning- Featured Dcoumentary Project
https://create.osufoundation.org/project/11158
Learn more about the film here:
The Second Warning - Feature Documentary Project
The Second Warning is a documentary about an Oregon SU researcher who
built a worldwide movement with one click of the mouse. It's the story
of scientists all over the world awakening to the need to become
advocates for the fate of the planet's biosphere and the humans who
depend on it. To prevent widespread misery and catastrophic
biodiversity loss, they have become convinced that humanity must
replace business as usual for the survival of all species. Through
their words and actions, The Second Warning shows why it is now urgent
that citizens of the world take up this cause to avert the
environmental and climate change crisis.
We're raising funds to bring the story of a groundbreaking paper,
World Scientists Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice...and the
ecological movement it has inspired...to audiences around the world.
More than 20K scientists endorsed the paper. Now the award-winning
production team behind the film Saving Atlantis will bring this data
to the big screen. The lead author, Bill Ripple of Oregon State U, is
continuing to spread the word one event, one audience at a time. And
the audiences are growing.
We will follow Ripple and delve into his research with wolves and
aspens in Yellowstone, following him along the path that inspired him
to become an advocate. We will also profile other scientists in the
movement, covering a diverse group of researchers working on every
continent who chose to add their voice to Ripple's campaign. With your
help, we can bridge the gap between sound scientific education and
dramatic storytelling that will continue to carry this message
forward.
Members of the Alliance of World Scientists have already been
suggesting inspirational stories that illustrate the data in the
Scientists Warning to Humanity. We will then aim to raise the
remaining balance needed to complete the film from grassroots
supporters and institutional partners.
By telling the stories of the scientists behind this research, we know
we can inspire new audiences, motivate the scientific community to
speak out and help give future generations a voice in the fate of the
planet.
The only way we can to bring these important stories to life on the
big screen is through your help.
Please contribute to the campaign and share this project with anyone
you know who is concerned about the fate of life on planet Earth.
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