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1. Tutorial program at the 2004 International Conf. on Cognitive
Modeling
Thursday, 29 July 2004: CHREST / EPIC/ Soar/ iGen-Cognet
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2004/tutorials.html
2. Tutorial program at 2004 Cognitive Science Conference,
Wednesday 4 August 2004: Agents / Chrest / ACT-R / Baysian /
iGen-COGNET
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/cogsci2004/tutorials.html
3. The 12th European Conf. on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE-12): Living
and Working with Technology
12-15th September 2004, University of York, UK
http://www.ecce12.org.uk
4. Third International Conference on Development and Learning
October 20-22, 2004
http://www.icdl.cc
5. The School of Informatics at City University is advertising 11 PhD
Studentships
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/news/researchstudentship.html.
[nothing further below]
6. Cognitive modeling position (Ph.D level) at BBN Technologies,
Cambridge, MA. We are especially interested in candidates with an
interest in games, AI, military training, cultural modeling, and
intelligent tutoring systems. Contact Gabriella La Monica
([log in to unmask]) or Bruce Roberts ([log in to unmask]).
[nothing further below]
7. Special issue of online journal that may be of interest:
Modellierung und Simulation in Mensch-Maschine-Systemen (Modeling and
Simulation in Human-Machine-Systems). Edited by Sandro Leuchter,
Martin C. Kindsmueller, Dirk Schulze-Kissing & Leon Urbas from
MoDyS-Research Group at ZMMS, Technische Universitdt Berlin; ISSN
1439-7854
http://useworld.net/mmiij/musimms
[nothing further below]
8. Proceedings of the 1998 European Cognitive Modeling Conference
now available online
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1. Tutorial Program at the 6th International Conference on Cognitive
Modeling,
29 July 2004
There are four tutorials this year on Thursday 29 July). They cost $40
(about 25 pounds or 35 Euros) for each half-day of tutorial and $30
for students. Payment can be made using the registration site on the
conference page, or can be paid for on the day (if space is available,
which we anticipate). The program includes handouts, and a tea and a
coffee break (including biscuits). Lunch is available nearby in
downtown Pittsburgh (Oakland). There will be a meeting of the tutorial
committee and tutors after the tutorials, location to be announced at
the tutorials.
There is a student rate, and such students must bring their ID to show
at registration.
Attendance at the tutorials does not require conference registration,
but tutorial registration does not provide conference entrance. If
you do not register for the conference, you must register for
tutorials at the door.
Registration for tutorial attendees will be from 8.30 am on 29 July in
the first floor lobby of LRDC. It should take less than 5 minutes to
get from the tutorial desk to the tutorial rooms, but please allow
yourself this time to get to the room.
If you have a lap top, please bring it to the sessions, as some
tutorials will have you work in pairs on computers. If you don't have
a laptop, there will be some to share.
TOPICS
CHREST, a Tool for Teaching Cognitive Modeling
Gobet and Lane, Half-day (1400-1715)
Building Cognitive Models with the EPIC Architecture for Human
Cognition and Performance
Kieras and Hornof, Whole-day (0915-1230 and 1400-1715)
Building Agents in Soar
Laird, Whole-day (0915-1230 and 1400-1715
Development of Cognitive Agents Using the COGNET Architecture and
iGEN Toolset
Zachary and Szczepkowski, Half-day (0915-1230)
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2004/tutorials.html
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2. Tutorial Program at Cognitive Science 2004, 4 August 2004
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/cogsci2004/tutorials.html
Tutorials will present tutorial material, that is, provide results
that are established and will do so in an interactive format. They
tend to involve an introduction to technical skills or methods. This
year the set of tutorials is focused on a range of cognitive
architectures for modeling and teaching higher-level cognition. They
will include substantial review of material. The level of
presentation assumes that the attendees have at least a first degree
in a cognate area. All of the tutorials are related to this year's
theme, Higher-order Cognition.
There is a student rate, and such students must bring their ID to
show at registration.
Attendance at the tutorials does not require conference registration,
but tutorial registration does not provide conference entrance.
There are five tutorials this year (one with two parts) on Wednesday
4 August (rooms to be announced on the day). They cost $65 (about 35
pounds or 55 Euros) for each half-day tutorial and $40 for
students. Payment can be made using the registration site on the
conference page, or can be paid for on the day (if space is
available, which is likely). The program includes handouts, and a tea
and a coffee break (including biscuits). Lunch is available nearby in
downtown Chicago. There will be a meeting of the tutorial committee
and tutors after the tutorials, location to be announced at the
tutorials.
Registration for tutorial attendees will be from 8.30 am on 4 August
in the lobby of the River North Hotel. It should take less than 5
minutes to get from the tutorial desk to the tutorial rooms, but
please allow yourself this time to get to the room.
TOPICS
Towards integrated cognitive architectures: Basic agent models
Bonzon, Half-day (0915-1230)
CHREST, a Tool for Teaching Cognitive Science
Gobet and Lane, Half-day (1400-1715)
ACT-R Tutorial
Taatgen, Half-day (1400-1715)
Bayesian models of inductive learning
Tenenbaum and Griffiths, Part 1: Half-day (0915-1230) Part 2:
Half-day (2-515 pm)
Development of Cognitive Agents Using the COGNET Architecture and
iGEN Toolset
Zachary and Szczepkowski, Half-day (0915-1230)
in the Westin River North, room to be announced
http://acs.ist.psu.edu/cogsci2004/tutorials.html
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3. The 12th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics (ECCE-12)
Living and Working with Technology
12-15th September 2004, University of York, UK
***Registration for ECCE-12 is now open***
Technology is now as much about leisure and socialising as it is about
work and productivity. Cognitive ergonomics has accordingly become
increasingly concerned with how people live with, work with, and enjoy
technology in their daily lives.
ECCE-12 is aimed at encouraging dialogue and debate between those
studying how people live and work with technology. These will include
practitioners and researchers from cognitive ergonomics, psychology,
computer science, HCI, graphic design, interaction design,
product design, human factors engineering, social science and
technology studies.
Full details of the conference including the advance programme and how
to register can be found at http://www.ecce12.org.uk
Informal enquiries should be directed to Sue Helliwell
([log in to unmask])
*** ECCE-12 takes place directly after the BCS HCI 2004 conference in
nearby Leeds.
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4. ICDL-2004 announcement
[paper call is closed, but conference is still noteworthy]
ICDL 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, MAY 21 2004
There will be absolutely no further extensions.
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING: DEVELOPING
SOCIAL BRAINS
The Salk Institute
October 20-22, 2004
San Diego, California
A Satellite Conference preceding
The Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference
http://www.icdl.cc
The goal of the conference is to bring together leading researchers in
neuroscience, machine learning, robotics, and developmental
psychology, in order to gain new insights about learning and
development in natural organisms and robots. The scope of
developmental processes to be considered is broad, including
cognitive, social, emotional, and many other skills exhibited by
humans, and animals. The theme of the conference this year will be
"Developing Social Brains", but other topics related to development
and learning are welcome.
PAPER SUBMISSION
The extended submission deadline is May 21, 2004. Papers for the
meeting can be submitted ONLY through the conference's web site at:
http://www.icdl.cc. Papers can be submitted either as a 200 word
summary or as a full paper (max 8 typeset pages). IMPORTANT: There
will be NO further submission deadline extensions.
SPECIAL ISSUE ON NEUROCOMPUTING
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended
version of their paper for publication in a special issue of the
Neurocomputing Journal, on Development, Learning, and the Social
Brain, published by Elsevier Science B.V.
(http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/neucom)
INVITED TALKS (Not yet confirmed)
John Allman
Dana Ballard
Rodney Brooks
Eric Courchesne
Peter Dayan
Jeff Elman
William Greenough
James L. McClelland
Pietro Perona
Terrence Sejnowski
Joan Stiles
John Watson
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chair: Javier R. Movellan:
Co-Chairs: Andrea Chiba, Gedeon Deak, Jochen Triesch.
Program Chair: Jochen Triesch and Tony Jebara.
Program Co-Chairs: Marian Stewart-Bartlett, Gwen Ford Littlewort.
Publications Chair: Gedeon Deak.
Hiroyuki Yano
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
Register online at http://www.icdl.cc
Student Registration is: $150
Non-student Registration is: $290
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8. Proceedings of the 1998 European Cognitive Modeling Conference
now available online
The proceedings of the 1998 European Cognitive Modeling Conference are
now online at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/papers/eccm98/ as pdf files of
the major sections.
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