[Please forward this. ] This is based on the International Cognitive Modeling Conference mailing list, which I maintain. I've added you to it by hand. I send the messages out by hand using some Emacs functions. The first announcement is the one that is driving this email, the announcement of tutorials at ICCM 2004. I don't anticipate much more traffic though, until the next ICCM in Trieste in 2006 has a schedule to go out. I will continue to send this to you about twice a year unless you tell me to stop. I think these announcements are each of some quality. cheers, Frank 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 (glamonic@bbn.com) or Bruce Roberts (broberts@bbn.com). [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 *************************************************** 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 *************************************************** 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 *************************************************** 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 (sue@cs.york.ac.uk) *** ECCE-12 takes place directly after the BCS HCI 2004 conference in nearby Leeds. *************************************************** 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 *************************************************** 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. ********************** -30- (END)