From frank.ritter at PSU.EDU Wed May 6 21:02:50 2020 From: frank.ritter at PSU.EDU (Frank Ritter) Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 21:02:50 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ICCM: ICCM deadline, free Cogsci membership, resources Message-ID: <5274adc1-2eb5-c664-78f1-6c52677d4c2c@psu.edu> Content curated by: Dr. Frank E. Ritter Edited by: David M. Schwartz This bulletin has an update on ICCM 2020 and Cogsci membership, and some resources. I hope to see many of you at a conference in Zoomland. CONFERENCES ? 1)? MathPsych/ICCM 2020 - Important Dates, due 8 May ????? http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2020/ ? 2)? CogSci 2020 - Free Membership ????? https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/membership/ JOURNALS ? 3) Journal of Dynamic Decision Making ???? https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jddm RESOURCE ? 4) SKILLS TO OBSTRUCT PANDEMICS tutor ???? http://StopTheSpread.health JOBS ? 4) Postdoc-Education Technology and Instructional Design at Cornell ???? https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16313 ? 5) Postdoc-Human-Systems Evaluation and Analysis Laboratory-Drexel https://careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/494728/postdoctoral-researcher-associate ==============================CONFERENCES============================== 1)? MathPsych/ICCM 2020 - Important Dates, papers due 8 may ??? http://mathpsych.org/conferences/2020/ The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, and the 18th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelling will be held online as a virtual conference from 15-31jul20, with live Q&A sessions taking place from 22-31jul20. Important Dates: ? Deadline extended to 8may20 ? Prerecorded presentations must be available by 12jul20 ? Prerecorded presentations go live on 15jul20 ? Viewing schedule and discussion forum will go live on 15jul20 ? Q&A on 22-31jul20 *********************************************************************** 2)? CogSci 2020 - Free Membership ??? https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/membership/ Free Membership in the Cognitive Science Society In response to the global situation with COVID-19 and the resulting disruption and economic impact on cognitive scientists all over the world, the Cognitive Science Society is offering free membership for 2020. Membership to the Cognitive Science Society carries a number of benefits, including free access to the society journals Cognitive Science and Topics in Cognitive Science, as well as book discounts and reduced rates for other journals. As a member of the Cognitive Science Society you have a voice in the future of the society and the field. In addition, being a member of the Society allows you to take advantage of dramatically reduced registration fees for CogSci 2020. This year's 42nd Annual Virtual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society will be available globally through a virtual meeting platform. Cognitive Science Society memberships are issued on a calendar year basis. For those new to the Cognitive Science Society or who have not yet renewed for 2020, please click here to join for free. If you currently hold membership for 2020, and would like to take advantage of the free membership, then please contact us. A refund will be arranged. If you currently hold membership, and do not consider yourself to be experiencing undue hardship and prefer to decline the free membership offer, no action is required. The mission of the Society is to promote Cognitive Science as a discipline, and to foster scientific interchange among researchers in various areas of study, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education. By offering free membership in these difficult times, we hope more people can benefit from cognitive science everywhere. ===============================JOURNALS================================ 3)? Journal of Dynamic Decision Making ??? https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jddm [This is an outlet for models. Its editorial board includes several modellers. I just heard about it this month! And thought you should too. It does not appear to require ORCID, which will become important -fer] The Journal of Dynamic Decision Making (JDDM) offers a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary open-access publication outlet for research on cognitive and behavioral processes involved in dynamic decision making. It is free of charge for both authors and readers. Contributions are expected primarily from the field of psychology but also from other disciplines like economics, philosophy, cognitive science, or system dynamics. Please refer to our Focus and Scope (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jddm/about) as well as our Author Guidelines (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jddm/about/submissions#authorGuidelines), if you are interested in making a contribution to JDDM. For further information you may also refer to our first Editorial Statement (https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jddm/article/view/23807/17668). =================================RESOURCE============================= ? 4) SKILLS TO OBSTRUCT PANDEMICS ???? http://StopTheSpread.health We (a team at PSU) have created a comprehensive tutor, Skills To Obstruct Pandemics (STOP).? It teaches skills and background knowledge to slow or stop the spread of the Sars-Cov-2 virus.? It is free, but requires a registration (but we don't check the email or password quality. =================================JOBS================================== 5)? Postdoc-Education Technology and Instructional Design at Cornell ??? https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16313 The Cornell Social Media Lab in the Department of Communication at Cornell is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Associate to participate in inter-university research at the intersection of instructional design, human-computer interaction, and educational technology. The postdoc will work on the development of technologies and content for educational interventions as a part of the Social Media TestDrive project (https://socialmediatestdrive.org/) an interactive digital citizenship education tool developed in collaboration with Common Sense Education (https://www.commonsense.org/education/) As we seek to expand the Social Media TestDrive program to new populations, such as youth from low-income households and older adults, we are especially interested in someone who has interest and experience designing inclusive technologies and educational interventions for diverse populations of learners. This position is a 1-year, full-time academic position beginning August 1, 2020 and renewable for a 2nd year contingent on available work, funding and performance. *BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY:* The Postdoctoral Associate will take a lead role in developing technologies and educational content for and conducting research studies on Social Media TestDrive. The Postdoctoral Associate will coordinate and carry out the proposed user experience, instructional design, and evaluation research, as well as analyze the data to prepare written reports for publication in conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals. The Postdoctoral Associate will also mentor graduate and undergraduate students and take an active role in writing grant proposals. *DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* - Design and development of digitally mediated educational ? interventions (30%) - Conducting research studies (30%) - Writing, publishing, and presenting research findings (20%) - Project management (20%) *QUALIFICATIONS:* - A Ph.D. in communication, information science, or related fields ? (e.g., psychology, human development, education, computer science, ? etc.) is required. - Research experience in instructional design, digital literacy, or ? educational technology is required. - A strong background in quantitative and qualitative research, ? including methods of analysis and statistics is required. - Interest and experience designing inclusive technologies and ? educational interventions for diverse populations is required. - Enthusiasm for, and ideally experience with, working in ? interdisciplinary teams with managerial responsibilities is desired. - Technical skills and experience in building web and/or ? smartphone-based applications are desired. All components of the application must be submitted through this application portal: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16313 For questions, contact Dr. Natalie Bazarova at nnb8 at cornell.edu. We will begin reviewing applications on 25 May 20 and will continue reviewing until the position is filled. Application Materials Required: cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, contact information for three references, and statement of diversity, equity and inclusion. *********************************************************************** 6)? Postdoc-Human-Systems Evaluation and Analysis Laboratory-Drexel https://careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/494728/postdoctoral-researcher-associate The Human-Systems Evaluation and Analysis Laboratory (H-SEAL) in the Department of Information Science at Drexel has an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position. The position will be part of an interdisciplinary research team focusing on safe, efficient, and timely integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the U.S. National Airspace System.? The ability to work remotely at the start of the position is a possibility. *Essential Functions* - Author publications and present findings to the scientific/academic ? community. - Help develop and write research proposals and apply for research ? grants. - Collaborate with industry and academic partners on research projects. - Prepare and submit manuscripts to appropriate journals in the field. - Prepare technical reports for internal use as well as for submission ? to funding agency. - Interact professionally with all members of the research group. - Data analysis. - Other duties as assigned by the PI. *Required Qualifications* - PhD (may apply before degree requirements are completed) - Specialized in Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Human ? Factors Engineering, Information Science, Computer Science, ? Psychology, or a related area. *Preferred Qualifications* - Strong background in literature review. - Capability in one or more research methods (cognitive modeling, ? incident and accident data analysis, simulator-based ? human-in-the-loop experiments, risk analysis, task analytic methods). - Aviation Knowledge - All applicants should demonstrate knowledge of technical skills in ? statistics, writing abilities, and good communication skills. Location: University City in Philadelphia Three letters of reference should be sent to Ellen J. Bass, PhD (ejb96 at drexel.edu) directly by the references. ==================================END================================== -30- -- Frank.Ritter at psu.edu Professor, College of IST http://acs.ist.psu.edu (814) 865-4453 From cl at cmu.edu Thu May 21 12:31:55 2020 From: cl at cmu.edu (Christian Lebiere) Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 12:31:55 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] 2020 ACT-R Workshop Message-ID: Following positive feedback to our recent survey, there will be a virtual ACT-R Workshop this year associated with the MathPsych/ICCM conference. Interested participants should send presentation titles or suggestions for session topics to me at cl at cmu.edu. Proceedings of past workshops can be found at http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/workshops/. Technical details of the virtual workshop are still being discussed. Comments and suggestions in that respect are welcome as well. Best, Christian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria.wirzberger at ife.uni-stuttgart.de Wed May 27 05:30:02 2020 From: maria.wirzberger at ife.uni-stuttgart.de (Wirzberger, Maria) Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 09:30:02 +0000 Subject: [ACT-R-users] CogSci 2020 Workshop on Mental Effort: Call for Posters Message-ID: <5EF129B6-EC1F-4663-B67E-12D9F8E56396@ife.uni-stuttgart.de> Dear valued colleagues, We will be organizing a one-day workshop on mental effort within this year?s CogSci 2020 conference (see details below or in the attached document). We would be grateful if you could forward our call for posters to your students, or anyone else who you think would be interested in attending the workshop. Poster presentations will be available particularly for early career researchers. Thank you very much for your support! Best regards, Maria ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR POSTERS Virtual Workshop: Mental Effort: One Construct, Many Faces? July 29, 2020; 42nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Organizers: Sebastian Musslick, Maria Wirzberger, Ivan Grahek, Laura Bustamante, Amitai Shenhav and Jonathan D. Cohen Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mental-effort Contact email: mentaleffort2020 at gmail.com ======= Important Dates ======= Submission of 250 word abstract: June 29, 2020 Decision of acceptance: July 6, 2020 Workshop: July 29, 2020 ======= Call for abstracts ======= Are you working on a project or thesis related to mental effort and want to discuss your ideas? If so, we are inviting you to present a poster during our virtual poster session. To apply, please submit a 250 word abstract as PDF to mentaleffort2020 at gmail.com. Your submission title should follow the format "LastName_poster.pdf". Conference registration fees are being offered at substantially reduced rates and the Cognitive Science Society is offering free membership. For more information about the CogSci virtual poster format see: https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-virtual/ ======= Scope and Goal of the Workshop ======= We can all feel exhausted after a day of work, even if we have spent it sitting at a desk. The intuitive concept of mental effort pervades virtually all domains of human information processing and has become an indispensable ingredient for general theories of cognition. However, inconsistent use of the term across cognitive sciences, including cognitive psychology, education, human-factors engineering and artificial intelligence, makes it one of the least well-defined theoretical constructs across fields. A number of recent approaches lay the foundation for a consensus by offering formal accounts of mental effort. Yet, reaching a multifield-wide consensus on the operationalization of mental effort will require cross-talk between different empirical and computational approaches, including symbolic architectures, non-parametric Bayesian statistics and neural networks. The purpose of this full-day workshop is to review and integrate these emerging perspectives. To achieve this goal, we invited experts in these fields to present an accessible summary of their research, and allocate ample time for dialogue and audience participation across two panel discussions and a poster session. Key questions of discussion will include (but are not limited to): * What are the experimental phenomena that lay a foundation for theories of mental effort? * What is the common ground in operationalizing mental effort across different domains of cognitive science? * Which modeling approach(es) is (are) best suited to answer which questions regarding mental effort? The workshop is specifically designed to attract scholars with expertise in different modeling frameworks who seek to expand their interest to other methodologies. ======= List of Speakers ======= Matthew M. Botvinick (Google Deepmind, University College London) Jonathan D. Cohen (Princeton University, Princeton Neuroscience Institute) Ivan Grahek (Brown University) Thomas L. Griffiths (Princeton University) Wouter Kool (Washington University in St. Louis) Sebastian Musslick (Princeton University) Lena Rosendhal (Princeton University) Nele Russwinkel (Technische Universit?t Berlin) Amitai Shenhav (Brown University) Eliana Vassena (Radboud University) Tom Verguts (Ghent University) Maria Wirzberger (University of Stuttgart) --- Assist. 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Name: ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR POSTERS.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 123943 bytes Desc: ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR POSTERS.pdf URL: From frank.ritter at PSU.EDU Sat May 30 16:00:25 2020 From: frank.ritter at PSU.EDU (Frank Ritter) Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 16:00:25 -0400 Subject: [ACT-R-users] ICCM: running studies online workshop online, Symposium on Cog Arch, neurocourse Message-ID: There are two online events that I thought you might be interested in, and one online event looking for TAs and mentors. Sorry for the lack of formatting this time. Looks like high value items with short time till they happen, so sent informally.? ICCM papers are under review right now. [1] a running online studies symposium, and [2] a symposium on cognitive architectures [3] a neurocourse looking for mentors and TAs Bonus: books and journals available as PDFS Oh, and our tutor has a new section on masks: http://StopTheSpread.health The D2P-STOP tutor is a computer-based tutor that teaches knowledge to help interrupt the transmission of COVID-19 caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus. These skills are also applicable to other respiratory pathogens and will also generally help decrease infections. ********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* [1] From the cogsci mailing list: 1. June 5 (Fri) 9:30am(PDT)/12:30pm(EDT): Webinar on using video-chat for online developmental research (Hyowon Gweon) From: Hyowon Gweon To: "cogdevsoc at lists.cogdevsoc.org" , "Announcements at lists.cognitivesciencesociety.org" Dear colleagues, The use of online research methods in behavioral sciences has been rising for the past years. Especially due to the current pandemic, many developmental researchers are starting to consider conducting online research. Among various options, video-chat is particularly useful for studies that benefit from having live social interactions with child participants. Rather than a temporary solution during the COVID-19 situation, we see video-chats as a promising source of high-quality data to complement traditional in-person testing and increase the diversity of our participant pools. To share practical information about video-chat methods and help researchers make informed decisions, two teams have joined forces to host a webinar: Mark Sheskin (TheChildLab.com, with Frank Keil) who has years of experience conducting online video-chat studies using AdobeConnect, and Hyo Gweon (Social Learning Lab, with Aaron Chuey and Megan Merrick) who has been developing and sharing materials for running studies via Zoom. We will demo example study sessions, compare different options (especially Zoom, AdobeConnect), and discuss best practices for the field moving forward. We hope that by the end of the webinar, you will have a clearer sense of how to start your own online research! Event: Video-chat Studies for Developmental Research: Options and Best practices Date & Time: June 5 (Friday), 9:30am - 11am PDT / 12:30pm - 2pm EDT Where: Please register at http://tiny.cc/cogdev for a free ticket. We will send out a zoom webinar link to participants before the event. Please feel free to share this email with your students, colleagues, and anyone else you think might be interested. Hope to see you there! Hyo Gweon, Mark Sheskin, Aaron Chuey, Megan Merrick Hyowon Gweon, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Stanford University Web: sll.stanford.edu.??? Phone: +1 (650) 498-1194 ********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* [2] From the Soar Mailing list/ ICCM mailing list Cognitive architecture symposium (apologies for multiple emails - you might get even more...) A funny thing happened in inviting some additional speakers to talk at the Soar workshop. They all said yes. Instead of just expanding the Soar workshop to incorporate all of those talks, we decided to create a new symposium: VISCA-2020, the Virtual International Symposium on Cognitive Architecture. We are moving the Soar workshop to June 3, and VISCA will be June 4-5. The complete announcement for VISCA is attached. Please visit http://visca.engin.umich.edu to learn more and register for the symposium. (You need to register separately for VISCA.) John Laird -- ********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* [3] > We're running a massive online school in comp.neuro in July. > >? ? ?Call for applications: Neuromatch Summer Academy Students, TAs and >? ? ?Mentors > > The pandemic has shut down nearly every summer program in the world at > which students, postdocs and faculty would normally gather to acquire > crucial skills and build networks.? We?re building a program to > replace this loss. Our plan is to have a 3-week online course July > 13-31 focused on computational analysis and simulation of neural data > with intensive mentoring by knowledgeable TAs and faculty mentors to > help with projects. Tuition will be relatively minimal? (~ 100-200 > USD) and also voluntary. TAs will be paid a stipend for their time > because it will be intensive. Mentorship by faculty will be > substantially less work. > > > Interested in signing up as a potential participant, a TA, or a > faculty mentor?? Fill out one of the three forms below. Also, please > feel free to send this out as widely as possible.? We?re trying to > cast a global net, especially to people outside of the US and Europe. > Tutorials will take place in parallel tracks in different time zones > and in multiple languages when possible. > > > Note that the deadline for applications is April 27. > > > Webpage: https://neuromatch.io/academy/ > > > Form for student applications > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSen1oyFWIQ38vlBSxUdlWU4AwQ_UYGqQZcGAS_cEmMdN6cdNw/viewform > > > Form for TA applications > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4aL49WV_dnt7WlXjEwsY8Mb30I2E0VHa8LROYPcmmwkzLdw/viewform > > > Form for Mentor Applications > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef-slmLcnVT7H-wkM-7wT5ePBh3TVg7UXzl7FP9C17ciojxQ/viewform > > > -- > Brad Wyble > Associate Professor > Psychology Department > Penn State University > > http://wyblelab.com ********************************************************************************* ********************************************************************************* BONUS: https://about.muse.jhu.edu/resources/freeresourcescovid19/ Free Resources on MUSE During COVID-19 In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform. 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