[ACT-R-users] ICCM21: due 1 or 7 May, other conferences, resources, jobs
Frank Ritter
frank.ritter at PSU.EDU
Wed Apr 28 14:36:22 EDT 2021
Here is the latest newsletter on ICCM and MathPsych 2021. I hope you are
staying safe in the pandemic if it is near you. There are several
resources and jobs in this mailing, as well an updated ICCM and
MathPsych due dates. We are working on our papers and abstracts!
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ICCM ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) ICCM 2021, Deadline extended: 1 May for MathPysch abstract, 7 May
for ICCM papers
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2) ICCM and MathPsych mailing lists
OTHER CONFERENCES
3) Virtual International Symposium on Cognitive Architecture (VISCA
2021), 8-11 June 2021
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4) 2021 SPB-BRIMS, 23 May late breaking
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5) Call for Papers: International IJCAI Workshop on AI for Social Good
(AI4SG) 2021
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6) Call for Papers: Interaction Science aspects of Cognitive Computing
and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
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RESOURCES
7) (This one is over, but there are two more lectures in May)
Connectionists: Live Lecture Morency: Multimodal AI: Understanding Human
Behaviors,
6 Apr 21, 17-18 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures
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8) Announcing Neuromatch Academy courses for 2021 on neur modeling
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9) The CMC as a Brain Architecture: Paper out in NeuroImage journal
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JOBS
10) Post-doc and grad students in gamification and forestry, Tampere U,
Finland
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11) Applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE
Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
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12) Open Rank Visiting Prof and Visiting Lecturer positions in HCI
(Design Oriented) at Indiana U Bloomington
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13) 6 Open Topic Full Professorships (W3) for Digital Humanities and
Digital Nürnberg (FAU)
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14) 14 permanent academic positions at the U of Glasgow’s School of
Computing Science
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BONUS
15) Series on COVID-19 by a nursing professor
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ICCM ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1) ICCM 2021, Deadline extended: 1 May for MathPysch abstract, 7 May
for ICCM papers
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Conference submissions open Open now
MathPsych submissions close 1 May 21 (19:59 EDT)
ICCM submissions close 7 May 21 (19:59 EDT)
Review period ends (MathPsych) 7 May 21
Review period ends (ICCM) 31 May 21
Video submissions due 15 Jun 21
Interactive conference starts 1 Jul 21
Interactive conference ends 12 Jul 21
Announcing virtual MathPsych/ICCM 2021 and Call for Symposia
We invite you to virtual MathPsych/ICCM 2021, the joint gathering of the
54th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology and the
19th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (ICCM): the premier
conference for research on computational models and computation-based
theories of human cognition. Following our success in previous years,
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.
Virtual MathPsych/ICCM 2021 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.
Format and venue
Following the model of the successful 2020 virtual meeting, the
conference will be fully online, with no in-person component, and all
submitted presentations to be provided as recordings.
The conference will once again take place on the Society for
Mathematical Psychology’s online venue, mathpsych.org. Access will be
provided upon registration.
The interactive component of the virtual conference will run from July
1, 2021 to July 12, 2021 and will involve live Q&A sessions, live
plenary talks, social events, and more. Pre-recorded talks and posters
and a discussion forum will be available throughout the conference period.
Call for symposia
Symposia are blocks of four to eight regular-length presentations on a
relatively narrow topic. “Regular length” means that there are 20
minutes total per presentation (this includes time for questions and
answers). To propose a symposium, send an email to
conferencecommittee at mathpsych.org with subject line “Symposium:”
followed by a short title. In the body of the email, please provide a
symposium title; a 200-250 word abstract; and a proposed list of
speakers. Please also indicate which speakers (if any) have already
agreed to contribute.
The deadline for symposium proposals is April 1, 2021. The conference
committee will review proposals within one week. The strongest proposals
involve a topic that is of interest to many conference attendees, while
also attracting new people who don’t normally attend the conference.
Ideally, many of the proposed speakers have already agreed to contribute.
Submission categories
There are four submission categories. In all cases, submitters should
send in an abstract for review. Once the abstract is accepted,
submitters will be invited to submit a recorded presentation. These
recorded presentations will be made available for viewing some time
before the interactive component of the conference starts.
MathPsych Submission length <= 250 words
Virtual Talk Video duration < 15 min
Live Q&A TBD, 1-12 Jul
MathPsych Submission length <= 250 words
Virtual Fast Talk Video duration < 5 min
ICCM Extended Submission length <= 2 pages
Abstract Video duration < 5 min
Live online poster session, TBD, 1-12 Jul
ICCM Submission length <= 6 pages
Full Paper Video duration <= 15 min.
Live Q&A (if accepted as talk), 1-12 Jul
may be accepted as poster
Note that not all Virtual Talks will feature in a live Q&A session.
How-to
A how-to guide for prerecording your video presentation along with
uploading instructions will be made available on the conference website.
Confirmed speakers and events
We are pleased to announce these world-class invited speakers and events:
* Interview with Senior Fellow Award winner James T. Townsend
(Indiana)
* The 28th Annual ACT-R Workshop (Dan Bothell and Christian Lebiere)
* Professional Development Workshop (Women of Mathematical Psychology)
* Dora Matzke (U of Amsterdam; Estes Early Career Award winner)
* Joseph Austerweil (U of Wisconsin-Madison; Estes Early Career
Award winner)
* Guy Hawkins (U of Newcastle; Estes Early Career Award winner)
Other events will be announced as they are confirmed.
Joachim Vandekerckhove, Conference Chair, Society for Mathematical
Psychology
Terry Stewart, Conference Chair, International Conference on Cognitive
Modeling
Pernille Hemmer, President, Society for Mathematical Psychology
Leslie Blaha, Secretary/Treasurer, Society for Mathematical Psychology
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OTHER CONFERENCES
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3) Virtual International Symposium on Cognitive Architecture (VISCA
2021), 8-11 Jun 2021
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Over the last forty years, there has been continual research in
cognitive architecture – the computational substructure underlying
cognition. VISCA is an attempt to bring together leaders in the field to
share their current research across the breadth of cognitive
architecture, including research on modeling human behavior,
neural-cognitive architectures, functional capabilities of cognitive
architectures, components of cognitive architectures, and applications.
Our goal is to enable anyone in the world to participate. Please share
this webpage with colleagues and friends who might be interested.
There are no registration fees or other costs. All that we ask is that
you register so we can provide you access to the symposium and the
materials we collect. The symposium will be a live event, June 8-11,
with the exact times varying each day, but always between 10am-1:30pm
EDST. Each day will consist of a series of 30 min talks followed by a 30
min moderated discussion session. Videos of the presentations will be
available after the symposium.
We will use Zoom Webinar for the presentations. An email will be sent to
all registrants with details of how to participate. Email
laird at umich.edu if you have questions.
For those interested in the Soar cognitive architecture, the Soar
Workshop will be held June 14.
There is a program on the web site, and there is something for everyone.
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4) 2021 SPB-BRIMS, 23 May late breaking
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International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural
Modeling, & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and
Simulation (SPB-BRIMS)
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.
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
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IMPORTANT DATES
Regular Paper Submission: 16 Apr 21 (Midnight EST)*
Working/Late-breaking Paper: 23 May 21
Doctoral Consortium: 23 May 21
Tutorial, Demo Submission: 23 May 21
Acceptance Notification: 14 Jun 21
Challenge Submission: 23 May 21
Challenge Notification: 14 Jun 21
Final Video and PowerPoint Submission: 28 Jun 21
Submit your paper:
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Until the final paper deadline, you will be able to update your submission.
*Note*, all papers undergo a rigorous peer review process for
presentation in the plenary, regular, or poster sessions. All papers
accepted to the plenary sessions will be published in the archival
proceedings - the Springer LNCS volume. Only Regular papers will be
evaluated for either the archival or online proceedings. The remaining
tracks will be published online for 1 year on our non-archival
conference website. Each accepted paper requires confirmation of
conference registration and requires a separate registration prior to
being considered for a plenary session (oral or poster).
PAPER FORMATTING GUIDELINES
The papers must be in English and MUST be formatted according to the
Springer-Verlag LNCS/LNAI guidelines. View sample LaTeX2e and WORD files
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Special Track on Human-Agent Teaming
This year we are soliciting papers for a special workshop on human-agent
teaming (or human-AI teaming) to be held during the conference. When
submitting your paper in EasyChair please indicate whether you want to be
considered for this track.
Special Track on COVID-19 & Validation
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COVID-19 pandemic to be held during the conference. We are particularly
interested in papers focused on validation studies of models and tools
used for COVID-19 response efforts. Validation studies evaluate the
influence of important threats to validity, such as missing data,
measurement error, and confounding. Validation studies are particularly
important for assessing the utility of models and tools outside of
similar settings (e.g., application of models and tools to the next
pandemic or global disaster). When submitting your paper in EasyChair
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TOPICS
Submissions are solicited on research issues, methodologies, theories,
and applications. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the
following:
Advances in Sociocultural & Behavioral Process Modeling
Agent-based modeling
# Group formation, interaction, and/or evolution
# Collective action and governance
# Cultural patterns & representation
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# Influence process, recognition, and diffusion
# Public opinion representation, identification and modeling
Psycho-cultural situation awareness
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# Performance prediction, assessment, & skill monitoring/tracking
# Intelligent tutoring systems
# Cognitive robotics and human-robot interaction
# Human behavior issues in model federations
Information, Systems, & Network Science
# Data mining on social media platforms
# Diffusion and other dynamic processes over networks
# Inference of network topologies and changes overtime
# 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, Cyber, & 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
# Computational methods to transform traditional GEOINT and open source
data into spatio-temporal information describing events and activities
Health and Well-being
# Social network analysis to understand 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)
# 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
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5) 3rd International Virtual IJCAI Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for
Social Good (AI4SG 2021)
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We are organizing the International IJCAI workshop on AI for Social
Good. Please consider submitting your work to this venue! Preliminary
work is highly welcome, and papers already accepted to the IJCAI main
program are also welcome (just mention as a footnote if the paper is
part of the IJCAI main program). Let me know if there are any questions.
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*Important Dates*
Paper Submission Deadline: 10 May 21
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 25 May 21
Workshop Date: 21 Aug 21
*Scope*
The field of AI stands at an inflection point, and
there could be many different directions in which the future of AI
research could unfold. Accordingly, there is a growing interest to
ensure that current and future AI research is used in a responsible
manner for the benefit of humanity (i.e., for social good). To achieve
this goal, a wide range of perspectives and contributions are needed,
spanning the full spectrum from fundamental research to sustained
deployments in the real-world.
This workshop will explore how AI research can contribute to solving
challenging problems faced by current-day societies. For example, what
role can AI research play in promoting health, sustainable development
and infrastructure security? How can AI initiatives be used to achieve
consensus among a set of negotiating self-interested entities (e.g.,
finding resolutions to trade talks between countries)? To address such
questions, this workshop will bring together researchers and
practitioners across different strands of AI research and a wide range
of important real-world application domains. The objective is to share
the current state of research and practice, explore directions for
future work, and create opportunities for collaboration. In addition,
the workshop will place a special emphasis on highlighting AI approaches
for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers believe that AI
research has an important role to play in providing unique insights
about the pandemic and developing targeted responses; we encourage
submissions from both AI researchers as well as epidemiologists, health
policy researchers, and other domain experts who are interested in
engaging with the IJCAI community.
*Topics of Interest*
We are interested in a broad range of research topics, both foundational
and applied. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Applications of Learning and Optimization in Societally Beneficial
Domains
* AI Approaches for COVID-19
* Real-world applications of game theory for security
* Cybersecurity
* Security applications of machine learning
* Foundations of game theory for security
* Adversarial/robust learning
* Fake news control
* Privacy protection
* Agent/human interaction for preference elicitation and optimization
* Protection against environmental crime
* Explainable Artificial Intelligence
* AI Environmental Sustainability
* AI for Democracy in the Developing World
*Submission Details*
Submission Types
* *Technical Papers*: Full-length research papers of up to 6 pages
(excluding references and appendices) detailing high quality work in
progress or work that could potentially be published at a major
conference in IJCAI format.
* *Short Papers*: Position or short papers of up to 4 pages (excluding
references and appendices) in IJCAI format that describe initial
work or the release of privacy-preserving benchmarks and datasets on
the topics of interest.
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Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty,
significance, and clarity. Each submission will be thoroughly reviewed
by at least two program committee members.
Submissions of papers rejected from the AAMAS 2021 and IJCAI 2021
technical program are welcomed.
Thank you!
Regards,
Amulya Yadav
PNC Career Development Asst Prof
Penn State U
(On behalf of the AI4SG organizing committee)
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6) Special issue: Interaction Science aspects of Cognitive Computing
and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
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Call for Papers for special issue
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are characterized by the strong
interactions among cyber components and dynamic actors including
physical components. CPS are expected to play a major role in the
development of next-generation interactive systems. Due to the deeply
complex intertwining of heterogeneous components and various
stakeholders, CPS development and operation pose fundamental challenges
in multiple aspects, such as design-integrated engineering, retrofitting
existing production settings, real-time connectivity, system federation,
interoperability, data-driven intelligence, distributed cognitive
computing, sensing and decision making.
Cognitive computing allows addressing these challenges in various
domains, such as smart energy management or user-centered healthcare. In
particular, it enables capturing needs to address complexity,
explainable systems, and human intervention in light of distributed
control and real-time interaction between dynamic environments and
physical systems. In this context, studying the intelligence-based
emergence and communication-centric development of complex systems from
a CPS perspective is extremely important.
The special issue aims to consolidate academic research and practical
development on Interaction Science aspects of Cognitive Computing and
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). It should provide trans- and
interdisciplinary findings of the most recent innovations, trends and
practical challenges encountered as well as solutions. The objective of
this issue is to cover advances in all aspects of CPS as socio-technical
systems and interactive intelligence including theory, tools,
applications, systems, test-beds and field deployments.
The contributions should address fundamental principles that emphasize
on the intelligible intelligent integration of cyber and physical
elements, and infrastructures for building smart interactive CPS,
highlighting the design, implementation, evaluation and investigation of
cyber-physical applications. Thereby, Cognitive Computing as a
sensing-driven-computing scheme explores and integrates intelligence
from all types of actors and components in various scenarios and
solution contexts.
The works may focus on the following topics:
· Self-organizing complex systems, e.g., IoT-based supply networks
· Human-in-the-loop shared or supervisory control
· Workforce participation for cognitive computing developments
· Interactive and humanoid web technologies for IoT real-time
development
· Robustness, safety, privacy and security of CPS driven by cognitive
computing approaches
· Retrofitting for implementing Industry 4.0 concepts
· Big Data system and data analytics interfaces for intelligent CPS
· Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality interactions
· Digital Twins as carriers of cognitive model-based CPS design
· Cognitive Edge Computing including sensor systems and intelligent
robots
· Collaborative sensing and collective intelligence
· Internet of Cognitive Things
· Explainable Deep Learning for CPS in operation
· Architectural frameworks for Cognitive CPS
· Design-integrating engineering of Cognitive CPS
· Cognitive CPS in smart homes, buildings, communities and regions
· Cognitive stakeholder-centered mobility, logistics, and
transportation systems
· Cognitive Computing in large scale CPS
· Advanced schemes of maximizing asset utilizations and efficiency
enhancement
Submission Format
The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original
research which is neither published nor currently under review by other
journals or conferences. We particularly welcome experience papers and
position statements on ongoing developments and interaction techniques.
Submission Guidelines
All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted
through the JoIS Editorial System.
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Important Dates
Submission deadline: 30 Jun 21
Acceptance deadline: 15 Sep 21
Publication date: 15 Dec 21
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7) Connectionists: Live Lecture Morency: Multimodal AI: Understanding
Human Behaviors,
6 Apr 21, 17-18 CET. Upcoming AIDA AI excellence lectures (2 more
lectures in May)
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Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast,
Prof. LP Morency (CMU), a prominent AI researcher internationally, will
deliver the e-lecture:
‘Multimodal AI: Understanding Human Behaviors’, on Tuesday 6 Apr 21
17-18 CET (8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST),
see details in: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.i-aida.org%2Fai-lectures%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881147454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jWMv9jQd0kCcAXVuNpjYyaTcl0euPydYYrzNrcTtras%3D&reserved=0
You can join for free using the zoom link:
https://authgr.zoom.us/j/94136791572
The International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA), a joint initiative of the
European R&D projects AI4Media, ELISE, Humane AI Net, TAILOR, VISION,
currently in the process of formation,
is very pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures on several
current hot AI topics, starting with the above mentioned e-lecture.
Lectures will be offered alternatingly by:
Top highly-cited senior AI scientists internationally or
Young AI scientists with promise of excellence (AI sprint lectures)
Lectures will be typically held once per week, Tuesdays 17:00-18:00 CET
(8:00-9:00 am PST), (12:00 am-1:00am CST). Attendance is free.
Other upcoming lectures:
1. Prof. Anibal Ollero (U of Seville, Spain), 4 May 21 17:00 – 18:00 CET.
2. Prof. John Shawe-Taylor (UCL, UK), 18 May 21 17:00 – 18:00 CET.
More lecture info: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.i-aida.org%2Ffuture-lectures%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881147454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Z3TMPWRfGhHpmdxY6VRZ7B%2FPaRif9gbr9O%2FczIa%2BhZo%3D&reserved=0
These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email
lists (we apologize if you received it through various channels).
If you want to stay informed on future lectures, you can register in the
email lists AIDA email list and CVML email list.
Best regards
Profs. M. Chetouani, P. Flach, B. O’Sullivan, I. Pitas, N. Sebe
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8) Announcing Neuromatch Academy courses for 2021!
We are excited to announce that Neuromatch Academy (NMA) will offer two
courses this year:
NMA-Computational Neuroscience: 5-23 Jul 21
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NMA-Deep Learning: 2-20 Aug 21
Content: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FNeuromatchAcademy%2Fcourse-content-dl&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881147454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=yT9cOf6%2B2MN4Z7yL4trcRQWYIQH5hBIHl3wBliBDYTQ%3D&reserved=0
Applications for interactive students and teaching assistants will be
open 15 April to 7 May 21. Faculty interested in being project
mentors can use the same portal to apply.
Application Portal: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.neuromatchacademy.org%2Fsign-in&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881147454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ugaNBLEZG2eAqFm%2FESPZV%2BrnedmzmQeVKg19uElhOu0%3D&reserved=0
What is Neuromatch Academy?
Neuromatch Academy (NMA) launched last year as a response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim is to provide globally-accessible,
high-quality, TA-supported training in computational techniques related
to neuroscience. In 2020, NMA designed and ran a fully online 3-week
Computational Neuroscience course for 1757 students with 191 teaching
assistants (TAs) working in virtual inverted (or flipped) classrooms and
on small group projects. Fourteen languages, active community
management, and low cost allowed for an unprecedented level of
inclusivity and universal accessibility.
What’s in a course?
Our courses are intensive 3-week programs involving hands-on tutorials
developed by experts in the field. We have two tracks for students:
interactive and observer. Accepted interactive students are placed into
TA-led pods (groups) using the neuromatch algorithm, which matches
students with common interests who are in the same time zone and their
preferred language for instruction. Interactive students receive
personalized support as they work through hands-on tutorials and
collaborate on course projects. Officially registered observer track
students have full access to the materials, access to NMA course
communications (e.g., Discord), and can choose to be matched with other
observer track students
What does it cost?
We charge full-time students/academics a region adjusted small fee for
the Interactive track in order to pay for TAs (fee waivers are available
to those who need it, no questions asked). Students without an academic
affiliation (i.e., industry applicants) are charged the full
unsubsidized cost of the school, but can also inquire about waivers.
Observer track participants have access to all the content at no cost,
but are not placed in TA-led pods.
Please see the website (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademy.neuromatch.io%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881147454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IbbFvWdORd85fvhixXRCZFGCa96i0Tnf3G9ZQ%2Bn2XhU%3D&reserved=0) for additional
information, pre-course resources and volunteer opportunities!
Warm Regards,
Neuromatch Academy team
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9) The CMC as a Brain Architecture: Paper out in NeuroImage journal
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Dear Common Model community, (there is a mailing list for this
community, common-model at lists.andrew.cmu.edu)
As some of you know, John, Christian, Paul, and I have been working for
the past 2-3 years on testing whether the CMC could be used as *brain*
architecture as well as a cognitive one.
In addition to better understanding the CMC itself, we were hoping to
reach out to the neuroscience community, showcasing both how the CMC
could be used in neuroimaging and how well the CMC performs, compared to
other architectures.
I am happy to report that the first successful paper is now out in
NeuroImage, the flagship journal of the neuroimaging community! Here is
the link: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.neuroimage.2021.118035&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881157447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HIMRvdyLvu7tq9hmkHBVS5TCJ2m1hnX6G8qjTjZn6%2BU%3D&reserved=0
The short answer is that CMC is incredibly effective at modeling brain
activity at a large scale. The paper compares the CMC against six other
possible architectures that link and connect the same components and
against six variations of the same architectures that also include the
Perception/Action connection. All architectures are compared across 200
participants and seven different cognition tasks. The CMC always fits
the data best.
In addition to John, Christian, Paul, and myself, the paper is
co-authored by our postdoc Catherine Sibert and our students Zoe
Steine-Hanson and Natalie Koh. It was truly a team effort -- and an
exciting adventure for all of us!
-- Andrea Stocco
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10) Post-doc and grad students in gamification and forestry, Tampere U,
Finland
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Tampere U and Tampere U of Applied Sciences create a unique environment
for multidisciplinary, inspirational and high-impact research and
education. Our universities community has its competitive edges in
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in the Forest-Human-Machine Interplay (UNITE) Flagship’s work package on
Gameful Forest Interaction for Meaningful Experiences and Practices led
by Prof of Gamification Juho Hamari. See the job listing here.
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and using data from nature stands at the core of our activities, through
which we seek to strengthen the multifaceted relationships that exist
between humans and ecosystems. Examples of gamified applications include
location-based gaming, drone racing, playful wearable technologies,
simulation games, game-based decision-making systems and VR/AR
technologies” – Juho Hamari The main areas of research within this
project are exemplified in the below figure and we are looking for
candidates who can conduct research in one or more of these areas:-
-WORKING ENVIRONMENT--The accepted candidates will work in the close
collaboration of other researchers of the UNITE flagship, the members of
Gamification Group, Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies as well
as in the context of the larger strategic profiling area of the Tampere
U in Gamification, Extended Reality and their application towards
holistic sustainability. - Flagship consortium: UNITE |
Forest-Human-Machine Interplay is an internationally leading research
Flagship consortium composed from Tampere U, U of Eastern Finland,
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI and Natural Resources
Institute Finland. The position offers unique vantage points and entry
to an ambitious consortium that represents top international scholarship
in the areas of gameful technologies and bioecology. UNITE brings
together the world’s leading research groups in the fields of forest
sciences, geoinformation and sensor development, and gamification.-
Gamification Group (GG) at Faculty of information Technology and
Communication Science, Tampere U (headed by Prof. Hamari) is
internationally referred for seminal academic and societal contributions
in the areas of novel technologies such as motivational information
systems (e.g. gamification, game-based learning, quantified-self,
persuasive technologies), internet commerce (e.g. crowdsourcing,
crowdfunding, sharing economies, game economies), new media (e.g.
esports, streaming, immersive journalism) as well as human-computer
interaction (VR/AR, wearables, transhumanism, user interfaces). However,
GG is especially recognized as the birthing ground for the general
umbrella field of gamification research where GG is one of the most
prolific research groups internationally in its pursuit to wield gameful
approaches towards the flourishing of the planet, people and prosperity.
See more Gamification Group. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebpages.tuni.fi%2Fgamification%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881157447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Zt62nJSeYtAXfqsAPlc%2FTZ61VbTCdiBSY6zDx9nQXaI%3D&reserved=0 New
fields of research emerging from our basic research include:
Gamification and augmented reality:
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Game Culture Studies is led by Tampere U (Prof. Frans Mäyrä).
CoE-Gamecult is a joint project between researchers from the Tampere U,
U of Turku, and the U of Jyväskylä. Across these institutions, over 30
researchers from the humanities, social sciences and technical sciences
are engaged in exploring topics related to the research themes of the
centre. See more Game Culture Studies.
--JOB DESCRIPTION--
Work is mainly composed of research activities including research
planning, data gathering (possibly including the development of
technical solutions for experiments), data analysis, article
preparation, dissemination and publishing. Moreover, the candidate is
expected to participate in project-wide collaboration and research
funding acquisition efforts. Teaching load is between 0-10% which will
be negotiated. In the PhD candidate position, candidates will be
expected to enroll into an applicable doctoral program in the Faculty of
Information Technology and Communication Science. The candidate may
start the enrollment to a doctoral program after the candidate has been
recruited, and therefore, the candidate does not need to hold a doctoral
program position before applying. The research in the positions is
related to the work package “Gameful forest interaction for meaningful
experiences and practices” which overall is composed of: 1) creating
gamification applications / prototypes embedded in human-nature
interaction, 2) conducting multi-method research on how these
gamification approaches progress fruitful human-nature interaction
related to cognitive, affective, social, motivational and cultural
dimensions and consequently 3) developing human-nature interaction
leading to ecological, economical, social and cultural sustainability.
We expect that the suitable candidate will have experience, background,
skills and interest (and impactful academic outcomes for the postdoc
candidates) in the topics related primarily to gamification keywords,
but also preferably to forest and outcome related keywords.
--REQUIREMENTS--
The below requirements are the qualities we envision to be suitable for
the tasks defined in this project. However, we encourage all candidates
who see themselves contributing to the project in unique ways to apply.
Minimum qualifications:-Applicable degree: i.e. Master’s degree or
equivalent and PhD degree in case of Postdoctoral Research Fellow
position Useful dimensions of candidate’s background: -Forestry sciences
/ geoinformatics -Educational sciences (especially public understanding
of science) -Applied psychology -Computer science / Human-computer
interaction / Information systems -Economics (i.e. business, marketing,
finance) -Tourism / leisure-Media / communication studies-Design (e.g.,
industrial product design, interaction design, graphic design, game
design) -Possible methodological skills: Aptitude for quantitative and /
or qualitative empirical research (especially field/lab experiment)
-Aptitude for psychophysiological and psychometric measurement -Ability
to independently develop gamified or VR environments (software) -Ability
to develop working prototypes of wearable and drone systems (hardware)
-Understanding and experience in design driven methodologies (research
through design, participatory design, co-design, design science)
-Advantageous qualities: -Impeccable academic article writing
/preparation productivity-Drive for rigorous and impactful
research-Drive for a career in research-Interest in ecology, nature,
forests, nature-related activities.
--WE OFFER--
Positions will be filled for a fixed-term period 2-4 years. -A trial
period of six (6) months applies to all our new employees. -The
employment starting date is as soon as possible. -Salary will be based
on both the job requirements and the employee’s personal performance in
accordance with the Finnish University Salary System. Researcher’s and
Doctoral Researcher’s job demand levels are 2-4 and Postdoctoral
Research Fellow’s demand level is 5. In addition, employee will be paid
performance-based salary element. The minimum starting salary will be
approximately 3400 EUR/month in a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position
and approximately between 2300 – 3000 EUR/month in Researcher and
Doctoral Researcher positions depending on the career stage. -Please
read more about working at Tampere University
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and Tampere U as an employer
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--LIFE IN TAMPERE--
Tampere is one of the major academic hubs in the Nordic countries and
offers a dynamic living environment. The Tampere region is one of the
three most rapidly growing urban areas in Finland and home to a vibrant
knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial community. The city is an industrial
powerhouse that enjoys a rich cultural scene and a reputation as a
centre of Finland’s information society. The city campus of Tampere U,
where the candidates will be located, is walking distance to the city
centre. Tampere is an epicenter of game research internationally. More
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(at 23.59 EEST / UTC+3). Please write your application and all
accompanying documentation in English and attach them in PDF format
only. List the attachments that candidates should append to their
applications: -CV -List of publications -One or two samples of academic
writing (e.g. articles) -A letter (max 2 pages) that briefly outlines:
Motivation to apply, earliest starting date, tentative research plan
outlining your ideas about the research topics you would like to
research in the position and any other miscellaneous remarks that the
candidate wishes to make. For more information about the positions,
please contact Professor, Juho Hamari, juho.hamari at tuni.fi Dr. Oğuz ‘Oz’
Buruk, oguz.buruk at tuni.fi.
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11) Applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Trans
on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
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[This position will almost certainly require getting an ORCID number,
which I have not heard honest arguments for; see
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appear disingenuous. I cannot see getting one and helping for-profit
publishers monetize my work]
The IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (TCDS)
focuses on advances in the study of development and cognition in natural
(humans, animals) and artificial (robots, agents) systems. It welcomes
contributions from multiple related disciplines including cognitive
systems, cognitive robotics, developmental and epigenetic robotics,
autonomous and evolutionary robotics, social structures, multi-agent and
artificial life systems, computational neuroscience, and developmental
psychology. Details about the current state of this publication can be
found at:
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The IEEE CIS Executive Committee has formed an Adhoc Search Committee to
invite nominations/applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief for
TCDS. The Editor-in-Chief appointment is for a 2-year term starting 1
January 2022. Nominees/applicants should be dedicated volunteers with
outstanding research profiles and extensive editorial experience. The
nomination/application package should include complete CV along with a
separate description (max 300 words/topic) on each of the following items:
Vision Statement;
Editorial Experience;
Summary of publishing experience in IEEE journals/magazines;
IEEE Volunteer Experience;
Institutional Support;
Current service and administrative commitments;
Networking with the Community;
Challenges, if any, faced by the publication, and how to deal with them;
Why the candidate considers himself/herself fit for this position?
The nomination/application package should be sent as a single PDF file
through email to both Prof. Kay Chen Tan (kctan at polyu.edu.hk) and
Jo-Ellen Snyder (j.e.snyder at ieee.org) by May 15, 2021.
Kay Chen Tan, Chair of the Search Committee
Cesare Alippi
Pablo Estevez
Yaochu Jin
Jim Keller
Giulio Sandini
Shingo Shimoda
Marley Vellasco
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12) Open Rank Visiting Prof and Visiting Lecturer positions in HCI
(Design Oriented) at Indiana U/ Bloomington
We are hiring Open Rank Visiting Professors (which may lead to permanent
tenure track appointments) and Visiting Lecturers (which may lead to
permanent non-tenure track appointments). Kindly circulate:
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Inquiries: Prof. Eli Blevis, Chair of the Search Committee (Open Rank
Visiting Prof), Director of HCI/design Program eblevis at indiana.edu
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13) 6 Open Topic Full Professorships (W3) for Digital Humanities and
Digital
Social Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology at
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
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Within the context of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, the Faculty of
Humanities,
Social Sciences, and Theology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
invites applications for 6 Open Topic Full Professorships (W3) for
Digital Humanities
and Digital Social Studies at the newly established
Dept of Digital Humanities and Social Studies. The professorships are
full-time
and permanent positions to be filled by the earliest possible starting
date. We seek to
appoint leading experts with an internationally visible research and
teaching profile who
have a creative mindset and expertise in the following areas of digital
humanities and
social studies:
• Research-oriented data and knowledge management
• Computing images and objects in cultural heritage
• Computing text and language
• Analysing geo-social data
• Human computer interaction
• Governing data economies
The newly appointed professors will teach and conduct research into the
development of innovative digital methods in and for the digital
humanities,
cultural studies and social studies, and the analysis of digital
transformation.
They will focus on developing concepts for dealing with structurally
complex
units of data with no clear semiotic features at all stages of the data
lifecycle;
on enabling computer-assisted analysis of images and objects and reflection
on visual culture (e.g. critical machine vision, blurring); on developing
interpretable AI processes for text analysis such as automated and
semi automated processes for hermeneutic text interpretation and on
connecting neural models to formal means of knowledge representation;
on using new data sources such as big social and geosocial data, social
media
data or real-time data to analyse processes and structures in society,
and on investigating the transformation of relationships in society as a
result
of these new readability trends; on the socially responsible design of user
interfaces and interfaces during the system development process in
consideration of the fact that usability of systems has a decisive
influence
on whether and how successfully people participate in partial systems in
society
and in recognition of the fact that systems influence people’s
behaviour; on
critical analysis of political regulation and design of data economies and
datafied societies. The professorships will be based in a newly
established department.
The department focuses on the opportunities and challenges of datafication
and algorithmisation of social and cultural phenomena (objects and
immaterial concepts)
as demonstrated by methods for analysing and processing data and data-based
artefacts and in the assessment of the consequences in the real world of
‘culture and society’
and in academia in the sense of an ‘epistemological transformation’. It
links expertise in algorithms and other technical aspects with
epistemological, historical, socio-critical
and normative-ethical expertise in the field of the humanities, social
sciences and
cultural studies. FAU seeks to appoint outstanding, internationally
visible researchers (publications, networks) who strive to maintain
close links with the established disciplines
in the fields of the humanities, cultural sciences and social sciences
but who
also take an interdisciplinary approach, continuing and expanding the
already close collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering (Department
of Computer Science)
and the HTA Department of Data Science located in the Faculty of
Sciences. Candidates
are expected to have successfully raised third-party funding, preferably
within
the context of collaborative interdisciplinary projects. The
Department’s strength in
research should be reflected in the continued development of the degree
programmes taught partly in English (Bachelor/Master of Arts in Digital
Humanities) and in
explicitly research-oriented teaching as well as in changes to doctoral
degrees. The
innovative potential of the department extends to the establishment of
open structures
of governance involving all status groups in the Department Board, the
dynamic distribution
of teaching capacities, a pool of specialised administrative capacities
and a needs-oriented
approach to allocating resources, moving away from the traditional
structure of a Chair.
The successful candidates will be expected to participate in shaping the
Department’s
profile as well as being involved in shaping and developing the new
transfer and
support-oriented Competence Unit Research Data/Information (CU-ReDI).
The professors should seize the excellent opportunities offered by our
close interdisciplinary links to
launch highly competitive collaborative projects.
Successful candidates show an excellent academic track record in
research and teaching
at the highest international standards. You have substantial research
experience
abroad and/or international cooperations as well as experience in
managing research
projects and in raising third-party funding. A university degree and an
outstanding doctoral
degree as well as a passion for education and pertinent teaching
experience are
prerequisites. Candidates who are able and willing to teach in both
English and
German are desired. The position also requires additional postdoctoral
qualifications.
These should be in the form of a habilitation (postdoctoral thesis) or
equivalent
academic qualifications. You may also have acquired these necessary
qualifications
in a non-university context or through a junior faculty position (for
example as W1 Prof or Asst Prof).
FAU expects applicants to demonstrate academic leadership, engage in
early career
development and to drive FAU’s strategic agenda. FAU pursues a policy of
intense student mentoring and therefore expects its teaching staff to be
present
during lecture periods. FAU offers an outstandingly productive research
environment as well as a passionate and multi-disciplinary scholarly
community
within a vibrant institutional network.
In its pursuit of academic excellence, FAU is committed to equality of
opportunity
and to a proactive and inclusive approach, which supports and encourages
all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture and values
diversity.
FAU is a family-friendly employer and is also responsive to the needs of
dual career couples.
Please submit your complete application documents (CV, list of
publications,
list of lectures and courses taught, copies of certificates and degrees,
list of third-party funding)
online at https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fberufungen.fau.de%2Flogin.do&data=04%7C01%7Ciccm-l%40lists.psu.edu%7Cc0549a143b634d2eb43f08d90a74874b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637552317881167451%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=teAH3LgFBkwfTFeE9WbvXlhaAIgtDEZ%2FPqJtli91eaE%3D&reserved=0 by 23 May 21, addressed to the
Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Science, and Theology.
Please contact phil-berufungen at fau.de with any questions.
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14) 14 permanent academic positions at the U of Glasgow’s School of CS
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In addition to the professorship in cybersecurity advertised earlier
(see below), U of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science is
looking to recruit 14 academics in the following areas:
+ Responsible and Interactive AI (x4 lecturers/senior lecturers/readers)
+ Socially Intelligent Technologies (x1 lecturer/senior lecturer/reader)
+ Healthcare Technologies (x3 lecturers/senior lecturers/readers)
+ Machine Learning (x1 lecturer/senior lecturer/reader)
+ Software Engineering (x1 lecturer/senior lecturer/reader)
+ Low Carbon Computing (x3 lecturer/senior lecturer/reader)
+ Cybersecurity (x1 Prof)
Applicants with an HCI background are particularly encouraged to
consider the positions in responsible and interactive AI, socially
intelligent technologies and healthcare technologies. A lectureship in
the UK is permanent and equivalent to an asst prof. Senior
lecturer and reader are equivalent to an assoc prof.
More info here:
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/P.S. I work flexibly - so whilst it suits me to email now, I do not
expect a response or action outside of your own working hours./
Dear all,
If you are a prof or an assoc prof working in cyber
security (e.g. human factors in cyber security, embedded and networked
systems security, data privacy), consider applying for the position
below. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions:
U of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science is looking to
recruit a Professor of Cybersecurity to draw together and build on
existing research and teaching in cybersecurity as part of a strategic
expansion. *The successful candidate will take the lead on the
recruitment of a further three academic staff* at Lecturer / Senior
Lecturer / Reader level. Together with several existing academic staff
whose research involves various aspects of cybersecurity, these will
form a new Research Section within the School, led by the successful
candidate.
The candidate should demonstrate an outstanding track record of national
and international distinction and leadership in research, including
publications, research income and awards, bringing external recognition
and distinction to yourself and the University.
More info here:
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Best regards,
Mohamed
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Dr. Mohamed Khamis
Lecturer at the School of Computing Science
U of Glasgow
Tel +44 (0) 141 330 8078
Mohamed.Khamis at glasgow.ac.uk
Bonus
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15) Series on COVID-19 by a nursing professor
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Sadly, not a new bonus, but a good one. I still watch this when I can.
Dr. John Campbell is a retired nursing professor in the UK. Ernest,
honest, well read, modest. Great stuff. Wizard, or pukka, as he would
either say or understand. He would say and I would agree that we have
to care about other countries because we are connected to them now
through chains of transmission.
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