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PhD position at the University of Zurich / ETH Zurich

by Jean-Pascal Pfister

Applications are invited for one PhD student position at the University of Zurich/ETH Zurich. The position is funded by a SystemsX grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The project is entitled "Baysian learning of quantal parameters at single synapse resolution", and involves both experimentation and theory. Most models of synaptic transmission assume that all synapses between two neurons are identical. However, there is experimental evidence for significant heterogeneity in synaptic transmission between synapses. The major goal of this project is the development of an approach that allows for quantification of functional synaptic parameters incorporating single synapse heterogeneity. Half of the project will be devoted to experiments (electrophysiological and optophysiological investigation of synaptic transmission at Drosophila synapses), while the second part will involve modeling (Bayesian learning). The PhD student will be co-supervised by Prof. Martin Müller (Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich) and Prof. Jean-Pascal Pfister (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH and University of Zurich). Both institutes offer ideal environments for performing theory-driven experiments due to the presence of many theoretical and experimental labs. The candidate should hold a Master degree in Physics, Biology, Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience or a related field. She/he should have keen interests in theory-driven experiments. Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in an experimental lab, strong mathematical or good programming skills. The applicant should submit a CV (including contacts of two referees), a statement of research interests, marks obtained for the Master, and the abstract of the Master thesis in electronic format to Jean-Pascal Pfister (jpfister(a)ini.uzh.ch <mailto:jpfister@ini.uzh.ch>) or Martin Müller (Martin.Mueller(a)imls.uzh.ch <mailto:Martin.Mueller@imls.uzh.ch>). The position is offered for a period of three years and can be extended. The preferred starting date is January 2016. Salary scale is provided by the Swiss National Science Foundation (http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/allg_doktorierende_e.pdf <http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/allg_doktorierende_e.pdf>). Deadline for application is the 30th of November 2015 or until the position is filled. +++ Martin Müller SNSF Assistant Professor Institute of Molecular Life Sciences University of Zurich Y55-K78 Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland www.imls.uzh.ch/mueller.html <http://www.imls.uzh.ch/mueller.html> www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/molecular_cellular/mueller <http://www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/molecular_cellular/mueller> +++ Jean-Pascal Pfister SNSF Assistant Professor Theoretical Neuroscience Group Institute of Neuroinformatics University of Zurich and ETH Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich, Switzerland www.ini.uzh.ch/~jpfister <http://www.ini.uzh.ch/~jpfister> www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/computation_modeling/pfister <http://www.neuroscience.ethz.ch/research/computation_modeling/pfister>

Nov. 4, 2015

UCSD Computational Neuroscience Graduate Program

by Terry Sejnowski

UCSD GRADUATE PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE http://healthsciences.ucsd.edu/education/neurograd/computational/pages/defa… Application deadline: December 1, 2015 (Fall 2016) http://neurograd.ucsd.edu/2page.php?id=gradadm ***** The goal of the Computational Neuroscience Specialization in the Neurosciences Graduate Program at UCSD is to train researchers who are equally at home measuring large-scale brain activity, analyzing the data with advanced computational techniques, and developing new models for brain development and function. Candidates from a wide range of backgrounds are invited to apply, including Biology, Psychology, Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics. The three major themes in the training program are: 1. Neurobiology of Neural Systems: Anatomy, physiology and behavior of systems of neurons. Using modern neuroanatomical, behavioral, neuropharmacological and electrophysiological techniques. Lectures, wet laboratories and computer simulations, as well as research rotations. Major new imaging and recording techniques also will be taught, including two-photon laser scanning microscopy and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). 2. Algorithms and Realizations for the Analysis of Neuronal Data: New algorithms and techniques for analyzing data obtained from physiological recording, with an emphasis on recordings from large populations of neurons with imaging and multielectrode recording techniques. New methods for the study of co-ordinated activity, such as multi-taper spectral analysis and Delay Differential Analysis (DDA). 3. Neuroinformatics, Dynamics and Control of Systems of Neurons: Theoretical aspects of single cell function and emergent properties as many neurons interact among themselves and react to sensory inputs. A synthesis of approaches from mathematics and physical sciences as well as biology will be used to explore the collective properties and nonlinear dynamics of neuronal systems, as well as issues of sensory coding and motor control. ***** Participating Faculty include: * Henry Abarbanel (Physics): Nonlinear and oscillatory dynamics; modeling central pattern generators in the lobster stomatogastric ganglion. * Thomas Albright (Salk Institute): Motion processing in primate visual cortex; linking single neurons to perception; fMRI in awake, behaving monkeys. Director, Sloan Center for Theoretical Neurobiology * Darwin Berg (Neurobiology): Regulation synaptic components, assembly and localization, function and long-term stability. * Ed Callaway (Salk Institute): Neural circuits, visual perception, visual cortex Genetic tools for tracing neural pathways. * Gert Cauwenberghs (Bioengineering): Neuromorphic Engineering; analog VLSI chips; wireless recording and nanoscale instrumentation for neural systems; large-scale cortical modeling. * Sreekanth Chalasani (Salk): C. elegans: genes, networks and behavior Optical recording of olfactory processing. * Andrea Chiba (Cognitive Science): Spatial attention, associative learning, cholinergic neuromodulaiton of behavior, amygdala recordings * EJ Chichilnisky (Salk Institute): Retinal multielectrode recording; neural coding, visual perception. * Todd Coleman (Bioengineering): Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) * Garrison Cottrell (Computer Science and Engineering): Dynamical neural network models and learning algorithms * Virginia De Sa (Cognitive Science): Computational basis of perception and learning; multi-sensory integration and contextual influences * Mark Ellisman (Neurosciences, School of Medicine): High resolution electron and light microscopy; anatomical reconstructions. * Fred Gage (Salk Institute): Neurogenesis and models of the hippocampus; neuronal diversity, neural stem cells. * Timothy Gentner (Psychology): Birdsong learning. Neuroethology of vocal communication and audition * Robert Hecht-Nielsen (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Neural computation and the functional organization of the cerebral cortex. * Steve Hillyard (Neurosciences): EEG, perception, attention, memory, Event related potentilas, SSVEP * Harvey Karten (Neurosciences, School of Medicine): Anatomical, physiological and computational studies of the retina and optic tectum of birds and squirrels * David Kleinfeld (Physics): Active sensation in rats; properties of neuronal assemblies; optical imaging of large-scale activity. * William Kristan (Neurobiology): Computational Neuroethology; functional and developmental studies of the leech nervous system, including studies of the bending reflex and locomotion. * Scott Makeig (Institute for Neural Computation): Analysis of cognitive event-related brain dynamics and fMRI using time-frequency and Independent Component Analysis * Javier Movellan (Institute for Neural Computation): Sensory fusion and learning algorithms for continuous stochastic systems * Saket Navlakha (Salk Institute): How collections of molecules, neurons, and organisms process information and solve distributed computing problems. * Howard Poizner (Institute for Neural Computation): Motor systems, basal ganglia, reinforcment learning, Parkinson's disease. * Mikhael Rabinovich (Institute for Nonlinear Science): Dynamical systems analysis of the stomatogastric ganglion of the lobster and the antenna lobe of insects * Pamela Reinagel (Biology): Sensory and neural coding; natural scene statistics; recordings from the visual system of cats and rodents. * John Reynolds (Salk): Visual attention, cortex, psychophysics, neurophysiology, neural modeling * Massimo Scanziani (Biology): Neural circuits in the somotosensory cortex; physiology of synaptic transmission; inhibitory mechanisms. * Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute/Neurobiology): Computational models and physiological studies of synaptic, neuronal and network function. * Tanya Sharpee (Salk): Statistical physics and information theory approaches to sensory processing in natural auditory and visual environments. * Gabe Silva (Bioengineering): Cellular neural engineering * Nicholas Spitzer (Neurobiology): Regulation of ionic channels and neurotransmitters in developing neurons and neural function. * Charles Stevens (Salk Institute): Synaptic physiology; theoretical models of neuroanatomical scaling. * Jing Wang (Biology): Representation of olfactory information in the nervous system of Drosophila * Ruth Williams (Mathematics): Probabilistic analysis of stochastic systems and continuous learning algorithms * Angela Yu (Cognitive Science): Sensory processing, attentional selection, perceptual decision-making, sensorimotor integration, learning, and adaptation. ----- On-line applications: http://healthsciences.ucsd.edu/education/neurograd/computational/Pages/Appl… https://apply.grad.ucsd.edu/departments/neurosciences The deadline for completed application materials, including letters of recommendation, is December 1, 2015 for Fall 2016 -----

Nov. 3, 2015

Postdoc position in Computational Brain Modelling at Ulster University UK

by McDaid, Liam

Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate (RA) in Computational Brain Modelling (Ref: 1503308) based at the Intelligent Systems Research Center, Ulster University, UK. The RA post is for a 3½ year duration and is part of a collaborative project funded by the EPSRC: our partners are the Department of Electronics, University of York. The RA post holder will be part of a team that aims to develop a brain-inspired self-repairing algorithm and subsequently map this self-repairing algorithm to robotic hardware at the University of York. At Ulster we have previously shown that astrocyte cells interact with neurons to detect when a fault has occurred in the connections making up a network of neurons and how this interaction can oversee a repair strategy in the paper "On the Role of Astroglial Syncytia in Self-Repairing Spiking Neural Networks" (http://tinyurl.com/qbsusnn) The RA post will focus on the development of a computational model that captures the interactions between neurons and astrocytes, and hence the repair process, and will interact with other team members to translate the self-repair strategy to hardware computing systems and robot controllers based at the University of York. The RA post is fixed-term based at Ulster University and is active from November 2015 until March 2019. The closing date for applications is the 11th November 2015. Further information in relation to the post can be found on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/ocm8pvf or you can contact Prof. Liam McDaid at lj.mcdaid(a)ulster.ac.uk<mailto:lj.mcdaid@ulster.ac.uk> We prefer to issue and receive applications via our on-line recruitment website at www.ulster.ac.uk/jobs<http://www.ulster.ac.uk/jobs> Hard copy applications can be obtained by telephoning +4428 7012 4072 ________________________________ This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is covered by legal, professional or other privilege. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at postmaster(a)ulster.ac.uk and delete this email immediately. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ulster University. The University's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried out on them may be recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Ulster University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of a separate attachment, the text of email is not intended to form a binding contract. Correspondence to and from the University may be subject to requests for disclosure by 3rd parties under relevant legislation. The University of Ulster was founded by Royal Charter in 1984 and is registered with company number RC000726 and VAT registered number GB672390524.The primary contact address for Ulster University in Northern Ireland is Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA

Nov. 3, 2015

postdoctoral position in computational neuroscience in Barcelona

by Alex Roxin

The Computational Neuroscience Group at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica in Barcelona, Spain is looking for applicants for a postdoctoral position. Applicants will apply through a call from the Barcelona Graduate Schoool of Mathematics when it appears, most likely sometime this month, November 2015. There are a total of four positions in all areas of mathematics and as such this call will be highly competitive. Candidates with a very strong mathematics background and interest in computational neuroscience are encouraged to apply. No previous neuroscience experience is required. Possible projects include: 1 - the role of connectivity and plasticity in shaping network dynamics, 2 - network models of memory formation and consolidation, 3 - the role of neuronal synchrony in information transfer and binding. To see details about the documentation needed to apply please go to the call itself at http://www.bgsmath.cat/postdoctoral-fellowships/ If you have any questions regarding the Computational Neuroscience Group at the CRM, please contact Alex Roxin at aroxin(a)crm.cat. Alex Roxin Computational Neuroscience Group Centre de Recerca Matemàtica Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici C 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain +34-935-868-508 aroxin(a)crm.cat https://sites.google.com/site/alexanderroxin/home

Nov. 3, 2015

Announcing EMBO Workshop on Dendritic Anatomy, Molecules and Function (DENDRITES 2016), June 18-21, Crete

by Yiota Poirazi

We are happy to announce EMBO Workshop on Dendritic Anatomy, Molecules and Function (DENDRITES 2016) Heraklion, Crete, Greece June 18-21, 2016 http://dendrites2016.gr/ <http://dendrites2014.gr/> _Organizing committee:_ Yiota Poirazi, IMBB-FORTH Michael Hausser, UCL * * Matthew Larkum, Hamboldt University This Workshop brings together scientific leaders to present their research on dendrites, at the molecular, anatomical and biophysical level. Apart from scientific talks from top experts in the field, the meeting includes a full day dedicated to Career Issues in academia. This session features talks from the current President of FENS as well as young Neuroscientists from theFENS-Kavli Network of Excellence <http://www.fens.org/Outreach/FENS-Kavli-Network-of-Excellence/> that are dealing with such issues. _Invited speakers (scientific talks): _ Claudia Clopath Daniel Dombeck Casper Hoogenraad Arthur Konnerth Attila Losonczy Judit Makara Rishikesh Narayanan Elly Nedivi Jackie Schiller Erin Schuman Idan Segev Nelson Spruston Greg Stuart _Invited speakers (Career Issues in academia):_ Monica Di Luca, FENS President: "Publication issues: right time for a reality check" Camilla Belone, FENS-Kavli Scholar: "Retention of women in high levels of neuroscience - Perspectives" Emre Yaksi, FENS-Kavli Scholar: "Funding opportunities in Neuroscience: how to write a successful grant proposal" _Important dates:_ * Abstract submission opens: December 15, 2015. * Abstract submission closes: February 15, 2016. * Notification of abstract acceptance: February 29, 2016. * Early registration fees apply until March 31, 2016. Please write to info(a)dendrites2016.gr <mailto:info@dendrites.gr> with your questions. On behalf of the organizing committee, Yiota Poirazi ps: Apologies for multiple postings -- Panayiota Poirazi, Ph.D. Director of Research Computational Biology Laboratory Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) Vassilika Vouton, P.O.Box 1385 GR 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, GREECE Tel: +30 2810 391139 <tel:+30%202810%20391139> Fax: +30 2810 391101 <tel:+30%202810%20391101> Εmail: poirazi(a)imbb.forth.gr <mailto:poirazi@imbb.forth.gr> http://www.dendrites.gr Chair

Nov. 3, 2015

PhD positions in computational neuroscience

by Dan Goodman

One or more PhD positions in computational neuroscience are available in the Neural Reckoning Group of Dan Goodman at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London. I am interested in supervising students with a strong mathematical, computational or neuroscience background. Projects could be carried out in several possible areas, including neuroinformatics (i.e simulation and analysis of neural data) or sensory neuroscience (e.g. spiking neural models in the auditory system). For more information about the group, including some suggestions for research topics, see http://neural-reckoning.org/openings.html. In addition to working within the group, studying at Imperial College provides excellent opportunities for interacting with other theoretical and experimental researchers, both at Imperial (recently ranked 8th in the world in the QS world university rankings) and in the many neuroscience groups in London. Applicants should initially send me a brief CV and cover letter before December 18th 2015, with a description of research interests or a proposed project, and will eventually have to formally apply through the standard Imperial College mechanism (for more information, see http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/electricalengineering/courses/phd) Funding is available for at least one student, and there are several competitive funding schemes at Imperial which would provide funding for additional students. Also, please forward this message on to any of your students or colleagues with students that you think may be interested. Dan Goodman

Nov. 2, 2015

CogModel notes: ICCM16/confs/journals/Jobs

by Frank Ritter

This is the first emailing for ICCM 2016. Please forward if appropriate, and put appropriate links onto your web site. The ICCM 2016 announcement drives this email (it will be at Penn State, before CogSci, in August 2016, on its regular (15/18 month) schedule, hope you can come!). There are also numerous timely announcements that indicate new publication outlets, resources, and jobs in Cog Sci and in cognitive modeling, or jobs I think might take modelers with an application. I have also included several unusual items, including some tools and an obituary. If you would like to be removed, please just let me know. I maintain it by hand to keep it small. [Hypertext version available at http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/iccm-mailing-oct2015.html] cheers, Frank Ritter frank.e.ritter(a)gmail.com http://www.frankritter.com **************************************************************** 1. Intnl. Conf. on Cognitive Modeling, August 2016 in University Park, PA http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/ 2. Soar Workshop, June 2015, program up https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~soar/workshop/ 3. Databrary, data library, is up and has sample data https://databrary.org/? 4. MindModeling@Home: supercomputing for modeling http://MindModeling.org 5. AI Research funding: Making AI robust and beneficial http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees 6. HCI Community Discussion of Proposed Revisions to (US) IRB Rules http://hci-discuss-irb-rules.groupsite.com/ 7. Obituary for Raja Parasumaman 8. Outstanding dissertation awards, expected Jan 2016 http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_awards_glushko.html 9. The Discipline of Organizing: Core Concepts Edition, 3rd Ed. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920045014.do 10. Related book to review: Riveted http://www.jimdavies.org/riveted/ 11. Review copies of the FDUCS book and the RBS books, for reviews http://www.frankritter.com/fducs http://www.frankritter.com/rbs 12. Computational Cognitive Science, first articles up http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexi… 13. New ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems [journal] http://tcps.acm.org 14. Journal of Interaction Science call for papers http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5ve4pI6hg61ejIa&req=%2F2194 15. 2015-2016 ETS Fellowship and Internship Programs in R&D http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships [deadline passed for 2015, but will happen in 2016?] 16. 2015 Bio Inspired Cog Arch, Nov 2015, Lyons, France http://liris.cnrs.fr/bica2015 many deadlines past, except for late breaking 17. SBP/BRiMS Conference program and proceedings http://sbp-conference.org/sbp2015/program/ http://sbp-conference.org/sbp2015/downloads/ 18. Advances in Cognitive Systems, Proceedings http://www.cogsys.org/proceedings/2015 29-31 May 2015 19. Call for Papers and Special Issues, Trans. on Comp. Social Sys. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6570650 20. 19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology Sep 2015 http://www.escop2015.org/ 21. Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science http://www.bscs-us.org/ 22. 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, July 2016, due: 6 Dec 2015 http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk 23. Study abroad summer program: Systems Neuroscience in Budapest http://sysneuro-semester.org/ [passed, but may re-occur] 24. NASA calls for proposals http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ 25. Postdoc in Team Decision Dynamics at RPI until filled https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/2587 26. Postdoc ACS Lab, Penn State [Reitter] http://acs.ist.psu.edu/ 27. Programmer in biology for simulation and analysis Penn State 28. Chaired profs in Math Psych/Cog sciences https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03041 1 dec 15 until filled 29. Florida International, open rank and instructor in CS due 31 dec 15 30. Postdoctoral researcher needed, Wright State U 31. Postdoctoral researcher, CMU email John Anderson 32. Postdoc ACS Lab, Penn State [Ritter] 33. Post-doc, Rice U, due 1 oct 2015 https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/4748 34. Postdoc in Games, Play, and Motivational Design @ Northeastern U https://neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/36635 , posted July 2015 35. School of Information Tech, Carleton U - Assistant Prof URL too long! 36. 4 postdocs and RAs in AI consciousness, Tokyo http://www.araya.org/eng 37. CS@Virginia Tech, tenure track http://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch 38. Lecturer/SL in games, U. of Lincoln, England http://games.lincoln.ac.uk/. 39. Information Science, UC/Boulder, due 2 Nov 2015 http://www.jobsatcu.com:80/postings/107999, position number F02925. 40. CS@U Central FL, tenure track https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/43185 41. Assoc/Full Prof, Learning Science/EDM/LAK at New York U http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_positions/alt/ect_associate_tenured 42. Open-Rank Faculty Position in Quan Psy, U of Mich https://psychology-lsa.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2s9hqlu3cgv 43. Senior Neuroscientists, Virginia Tech 44. Comp. neuroscience positions at Sandia National Labs [this has passed, but there seem to commonly be positions there] http://www.sandia.gov/careers/ 45. Academic Fellow in Machine Learning, Leeds, due 30sep15 https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1012 46. Tenure Track Asst Prof in Cog Psychology at Syracuse U https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/61035 47. Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36230 48. Computational Social Science, GMU, Junior position https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36295 **************************************************************** 1. Intnl. Conf. on Cognitive Modeling, August 2016 in University Park, PA http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/ International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 4-6 Aug 2016, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA http://acs.ist.psu.edu/iccm2016/ Submissions due 8 Apr 2016 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling will take place 4-6 August 2016 at Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania. All paper, poster, symposium, and tutorial submissions are due on 8 April 2016, 5pm EDST. They should be submitted via our online submission system at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccm2016 The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) is the premier conference for research on computational models and computation-based theories of human behavior. The goal of ICCM is to bring researchers together who are interested in using computational modeling to better understand human cognition. ICCM is a forum for presenting, discussing, and evaluating the complete spectrum of cognitive modeling approaches, including connectionism, symbolic modeling, dynamical systems, Bayesian modeling, and cognitive architectures. ICCM includes basic and applied research across a wide variety of domains, ranging from low-level perception and attention to higher-level problem-solving and learning. Finally, we also welcome contributions that use computational models to better understand neuro-imaging data. There are three types of regular submissions: Papers: refereed papers of up to 6 pages. If a submission is accepted to be published as a paper, the paper will be presented at the conference either as a talk or as a poster. Posters: refereed poster abstracts of up to 2 pages. If accepted, the corresponding poster will be presented at the conference in a dedicated poster session. Symposia: refereed symposia abstracts of up to 2 pages. If accepted, the conference committee will contact the authors to help organize and schedule the symposium. Notification of acceptance by 6 May 2016. The website has further details. TUTORIALS The day before the conference (3 Aug 16) will be devoted to tutorials on various cognitive modelling techniques and approaches. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a tutorial, please see the tutorial page for more information. Tutorial proposals will be evaluated by the organising committee on the basis of their estimated benefit for prospective participants and on their fit within the tutorials program as a whole. If you are interested in organising a tutorial, please send us an email at frank.ritter(a)psu.edu by 8 Apr 2016 with the following information: - a 150 word description of the tutorial - duration (half-day or full-day) - who the tutors will be - any pre-requisites that participants need to follow the tutorial We will notify you of acceptance or rejection by 1 May 2016. **************************************************************** 2. Soar Workshop, June 2015, program up https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~soar/workshop/ The schedule is up, and you can see who spoke, and what tutorials were presented, including Soar and Lego. The Center for Cognitive Architecture (http://sitemaker.umich.edu/soarweb/home) at the U of Michigan and Soar Technology, Inc. (http://www.soartech.com/) are pleased to announce the 35th Soar Workshop will be held from Tuesday June 2, 2015 through Friday June 5, 2015 at the Bob and Betty Beyster Building at the U of Michigan in Ann Arbor. For those of you not familiar with the Soar Workshop, each year, members of the (http://soar.eecs.umich.edu/) Soar community--faculty, scientists, graduate students, technical staff and developers--gather together for several days of intensive interaction and exchange on Soar. The Soar community is widely distributed geographically, so these workshops provide an opportunity to have face-to-face conversations, learn about the current status of other participants' research and get previews of what will happen in the future. We will try to give as many members of the community as possible the opportunity to describe their research or discuss the Soar issues that are of concern to them. This means the time available per talk is quite short (typically either 5 or 15 minutes). Since workshop attendees are already entrenched in the Soar world, brief talks that concentrate on only the essentials work very well. The workshop format is presentations only -- no formal papers. There is no charge to attend the workshop although registration was required. You may sign up to give talks of various lengths as soon as you're registered. Please upload a copy of your presentation(s) by June 2th, 2015 via the Soar Workshop registration page. Note that this year's workshop will be over 4 days instead of 4.5. There will be two days of tutorials followed by two days of presentations. Questions and information regarding the workshop should be directed to John Laird via (laird(a)umich.edu) mail or phone: (734) 647-1761 **************************************************************** 3. Databrary, data library, is up and has sample data https://databrary.org/? The Databrary project (https://databrary.org/?) is up and running, and has sample data. It provides an NSF and NIH sponsored location to archive your data. Further details and the data for potential reuse are at that web site. **************************************************************** 4. MindModeling@Home: supercomputing for modeling http://MindModeling.org The MindModeling@Home project (http://MindModeling.org) strives to provide a simple, efficient and reliable resource for evaluating models of cognition. By uniting heterogeneous computational resources ranging from high performance computing systems to local grids to workstations of volunteers around the globe, the MindModeling@Home system avails large-scale computational power that enables exploration of models at a deeper level and across a larger number of contexts than is typically possible using a single research workstation. Over the past 5 years, the MindModeling@Home system has facilitated billions of cognitive model runs, using thousands of computers located in dozens of countries. With thousands of users contributing to the processing pool, the system has contributed to a broad spectrum of research initiatives, implemented in multiple languages (C, Java, Lisp, MATLAB, Python and R) recording job speed-ups of 3-orders of magnitude. Furthermore, this computational resource is being used now by research collaborators at universities including Indiana U, Michigan U, Michigan Technology U, Iowa, George Mason U, Rensselaer Polytechnic U, Tufts and Wright State U. **************************************************************** 5. AI Research funding: Making AI robust and beneficial http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees [this call went out in 2014, was awarded in early 2015. it is a fresh view of AI and other technologies, and wants to look at their use critically. I suspect that they will have a further funding program.] Background information: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2e3t77/i_am_max_tegmark_an_mit_physi… The Future of Life Institute, based in Cambridge, MA and headed by Max Tegmark (Physics prof, MIT), is seeking proposals for research projects aimed to maximize the future societal benefit of artificial intelligence while avoiding potential hazards. Projects may fall in the fields of computer science, AI, machine learning, public policy, law, ethics, economics, or education and outreach. This 2015 grants competition will award funds totaling $6M USD. This funding call is limited to research that explicitly focuses not on the standard goal of making AI more capable, but on making AI more robust and/or beneficial; for example, research could focus on making machine learning systems more interpretable, on making high-confidence assertions about AI systems' behavior, or on ensuring that autonomous systems fail gracefully. Funding priority will be given to research aimed at keeping AI robust and beneficial even if it comes to greatly supersede current capabilities, either by explicitly focusing on issues related to advanced future AI or by focusing on near-term problems, the solutions of which are likely to be important first steps toward long-term solutions. *** REFERENCES AND RESOURCES [1] Complete request for proposals and application form: http://futureoflife.org/grants/large/initial [2] Research Priorities document: http://futureoflife.org/static/data/documents/research_priorities.pdf [3] An open letter from AI scientists on research priorities for robust and beneficial AI: http://futureoflife.org/misc/open_letter [4] Initial funding announcement: http://futureoflife.org/misc/AI Questions about Project Grants: dewey(a)futureoflife.org Media inquiries: tegmark(a)mit.edu **************************************************************** 6. HCI Community Discussion of Proposed Revisions to (US) IRB Rules http://hci-discuss-irb-rules.groupsite.com/ Update your notification preferences to change the frequency or type of emails you receive from this group. Hello Everyone, [from: Marti Hearst (marti_hearst(a)yahoo.com) It's been about 2 years since my last post to this list. To remind you, this group put together a letter in response to HHS's call for comments on proposed IRB reform in 2011. You may have thought that that work was for naught, but it seems that 4 years later, some activity has occurred. As I have noted in earlier messages, I subscribe to an email list from HHS that promises to provide updates on this matter, and yesterday I received the encouraging email that I enclose below. It is yet another request for comments. What we have to decide now is if we want to comment on it or not. I have not yet read the full RFC, but the paragraphs I quote below are very encouraging, which makes me think we may want to chime in with support. Here are the most encouraging paragraphs, from my perspective: The NPRM also attempts to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the oversight system by making the level of review more proportional to the seriousness of the harm or danger to be avoided. Research that poses greater risk to subjects should receive more oversight and deliberation than less risky research. The NPRM seeks to avoid requirements that do not enhance protection and impose burden, which can decrease efficiency, waste resources, erode trust, and obscure the true ethical challenges that require careful deliberation and stakeholder input. Cumbersome and outdated regulatory standards overwhelm and distract institutions, IRBs, and investigators in ways that stymie efforts to appropriately address the real risks and benefits of research. The result of these types of changes, as the NPRM proposes to implement them, is that some studies that currently require IRB review would now become exempt. Some that are currently exempt would specifically be declared as outside the scope of the regulations ("excluded"), and thus would not require any administrative or IRB review. Further, in terms of determining when a study is exempt, a web-based "decision tool" will be created. That decision tool will provide a determination of whether or not a study is exempt. " So now this group needs to decide if we want to read the RFC and respond. [if you want to discuss, you should join the HCI group, or reply directly to the RFC using http://hci-discuss-irb-rules.groupsite.com/file_cabinet/files/774334/downlo… **************************************************************** 7. Obituary for Raja Parasumaman He was very well known in human factors. I did not know Raja directly, but I was touched by the notes in his obituary, his relationship to cognitive modeling, and thought knowing about him might help us all. http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/dignitymemorial/guestbook.aspx?n=raja-paras… **************************************************************** 8. Outstanding dissertation awards, expected Jan 2016 http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_awards_glushko.html The Cognitive Science Society and the Glushko-Samuelson Foundation seek nominations for up to five outstanding dissertation prizes in cognitive science. The Prize seeks to recognize research in all areas of cognitive science construed broadly and particularly research that crosses interdisciplinary boundaries. The deadline for nominations (for candidates receiving their PhD between January 15, 2013 and January 15, 2015 is 30 Jan 2015. [and probably same general dates for 2015] Each prize will be accompanied by a certificate and a $10,000 award to be used by the recipient without any constraints. Prize winners will also receive three years of complimentary membership in the Cognitive Science Society starting with the year in which they have won the prize. Information about the nomination procedure is attached and may also be found at Information on the prizes can be found at http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/about_awards_glushko.html Description of the Prizes Up to five Robert J. Glushko Dissertation Prizes in Cognitive Science will be awarded annually. Each prize will be accompanied by a certificate and a $10,000 award to be used by the recipient without any constraints. Prize winners will also receive three years of complimentary membership in the Cognitive Science Society starting with the year in which they have won the prize. Prize-winning dissertations are expected to transcend any one of the individual fields comprising cognitive science. They should centrally address issues of interest to multiple fields that comprise cognitive science, including: psychology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, and education. Prize-winners must have received a PhD degree no more than two years before the 30 Jan nomination deadline. For the 2015 prizes, dissertations will be considered from individuals who received their PhD degrees during the period from January 15, 2013 to January 15, 2015. The dissertation prizes are open to any student who has conducted dissertation research related to cognitive science, regardless of nationality or originating department. How to Submit The deadline for nominations is 30 Jan 2015. Awardees will be announced by 15 Apr 2016. All nomination materials should be sent electronically to cogscij(a)indiana.edu in ascii, PDF, or Word format. Please put Glushko Nomination in subject line with nominees name. A nomination dossier includes: Letters of support from 3 faculty members. The letters of support should explicitly describe how the dissertation research transcends a single field comprising cognitive science to address core issues of relevance to several fields. We recommend that these letters refer to particular sections of the dissertation to support claims for interdisciplinary importance as this is a critical component in committee decisions. A curriculum vitae for the nominee The dissertation itself A precis of no more than 4,000 words (references are not included in the word count) written by the nominee describing the dissertation research. This description should clearly express the interdisciplinary contribution of the dissertation, suitable for review by a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists. Glushko Prize Committee Linda B Smith (Chair), Dist Prof of Psyc & Brain Sci.s, Indiana U Kathleen Akins, Prof of Philosophy, Simon Fraser U Dedre Gentner, Prof of Psychology & of Ed & Social Policy, Northwestern Adele Goldberg, Prof of Linguistics, Princeton Tim Shallice, Prof of Neuropsychology, U College London Thomas Griffiths, Assoc Prof of Psyc, UC Berkeley John Laird, Prof of Engineering, U of Mich **************************************************************** 9. The Discipline of Organizing: Core Concepts Edition, 3rd Ed. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920045014.do The Discipline of Organizing: Core Concepts Edition, 3rd Edition By Robert J. Glushko [this is a print/online text book about information science with other substantial elements. Worth seeing at least for how it's published, used in numerous grad schools to teach about information. If you want an inspection copy, or a copy to write a review, email him, he's pretty helpful. It's used as numerous iSchools to teach intro courses.] We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue in many professional fields, but these fields have only limited agreement in how they approach problems of organizing and in what they seek as their solutions. We revised the TDO website to highlight the 3rd edition - see a description of the changes at http://disciplineoforganizing.org/third-editions-2015/ The price is lower than last year, and this time you get both an ebook and a pdf version as a bundle But if you want to use the 2nd editions, they are still available. We revised the TDO website to highlight the 3rd edition - see a description of the changes at http://disciplineoforganizing.org/third-editions-2015/ and at the bottom there's a comparison table so you can see how TDO has evolved over the last three years. **************************************************************** 10. Related book to review: Riveted http://www.jimdavies.org/riveted/ Jim Davies at Carleton U (jim.davies(a)gmail.com) has written a popular press book, Riveted: The science of why jokes make us laugh, movies make us cry, and religion makes us feel one with the universe (Palgrave, 2015). You can get a copy of it from him (or me) if you would like to write a review for publication. Otherwise, in fine stores everywhere. **************************************************************** 11. Review copies of the FDUCS book and the RBS books, for reviews http://www.frankritter.com/fducs http://www.frankritter.com/rbs Email if you would like to review or use as a textbook, either Foundations for designing user centered systems: What system designers need to know about people Running Behavioral studies with people: A practical guide Also, now email to get access to a small set of teaching materials for each book. And, the first is probably available through your library for $25, and the other has a discount page at http://www.frankritter.com/rbs/sage-30pc-flyer.pdf **************************************************************** 12. Computational Cognitive Science, first articles up http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexi… Computational Cognitive Science published its first articles (http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIo) I am happy to announce that Computational Cognitive Science (http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIp) has published its first articles and invite you to submit your next manuscript to this fully sponsored open access journal. Computational Cognitive Science provides you a forum for cross-disciplinary research contributions and debate relating to all aspects of the computational modelling of cognitive theories, and the implementation of intelligent systems that implicitly or explicitly draw on or inform research across multiple cognitive science disciplines. Read the first articles online! http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIs A critical time in computational cognitive science David M W Powers http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIt Computation in networks James K Peterson http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIu Exploratory analysis of semantic categories: comparing data-driven and human similarity judgments Tiina Lindh-Knuutila, Timo Honkela http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIv Time-order error and scalar variance in a computational model of human timing: simulations and predictions Maciej Komosinski, Adam Kups http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejIw Nodal computation approximations in asynchronous cognitive models James K Peterson Reasons to publish with us Open access publication Global visibility for your research Compliance with all open access mandates No article-processing charges (APC) I look forward to reading your work! Kind regards, David Powers Editor-in-Chief, Computational Cognitive Science PS The publication costs for Computational Cognitive Science are covered by the Centre for Knowledge & Interaction Technology, Flinders U, Australia, so you as an author do not need to pay an article-processing charge. Aims and Scope http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejI15 Editorial Board http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejI16 Submission http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5x1giI6hg61ejI18 **************************************************************** 13. New ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems [journal] http://tcps.acm.org ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems Editor-in-Chief Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan U and Academia Sinica, Taiwan Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) has emerged as a unifying name for systems where the cyber parts (i.e., the computing and communication parts) and the physical parts are tightly integrated, both at the design time and during operation. Such systems use computations and communication deeply embedded in and interacting with physical processes to add new capabilities to physical systems. These cyber-physical systems range from miniscule (pace makers) to large-scale (a national power-grid). There is an emerging consensus that new methodologies and tools need to be developed to support cyber-physical systems. ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS) is [will be?] the premier journal for the publication of high-quality original research papers and survey papers that have scientific and technological understanding of the interactions of information processing, networking and physical processes. TCPS will cover the following topics: * Computation Abstractions * System Modeling and Languages * System Compositionality and Integration * Design Automation and Tool Chains * Trustworthy System Designs * Resilient and Robust System Designs * Human in the Loop The application domains covered by TCPS include, but not limited to: Healthcare, Transportation, Automotive, Avionics, Energy, Living Space, and Robotics. For further information and to submit your manuscript, visit http://tcps.acm.org **************************************************************** 14. Journal of Interaction Science call for papers http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5ve4pI6hg61ejIa&req=%2F2194 [This is an HCI journal interested in the science behind HCI] Following a very exciting year for open access and Springer in 2014, I would like to share with you some of our 2015 plans for (http://news.springer.com/re?l=D0In5ve4pI6hg61ejIa&req=%2F2194) the Journal of Interaction Science, and encourage you to promote the journal to your network of research contacts. What are we doing? We plan to intensify the marketing activities for the Journal of Interaction Science in 2015. To this end, the SpringerOpen marketing team has been expanded to include new members in Singapore and New York. Their focus will be on an increased volume of call-for-paper campaigns, thematic series promotion and regional marketing efforts. How can you help? As ever, the most powerful tool for promoting a journal is word-of-mouth recommendations from respected colleagues. Accordingly, we hope you will continue to encourage your colleagues to submit their exciting research to the Journal of Interaction Science (http://www.journalofinteractionscience.com/manuscript) To help with this we have increased the number of article-processing charge waivers available for 2015. If you or your colleagues would like to apply for one of these waivers, simply enter the following code into the waiver request box when submitting your next manuscript. Waiver application code*: SPRINGEROPEN20152 If you have questions or if you would like more information about how to apply for an APC waiver, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes, John Fallows (info(a)springeropen.com) Senior Marketing Manager, SpringerOpen **************************************************************** 15. 2015-2016 ETS Fellowship and Internship Programs in R&D http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships [deadline passed for 2015, but will happen in 2016?] 2015-2016 ETS Fellowship and Internship Programs in R&D ETS Research & Development (R&D) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Educational Testing Service (ETS) Fellowship and Internship Programs in R&D The goal of the ETS R&D Fellowship and Internship Programs is to promote quality and distinction in educational assessment and related fields by supporting early-career scientists' and graduate students' participation in significant research and exposure to methodologies within the ETS environment. The programs also provide opportunities for talented scholars and students from diverse backgrounds ? especially those from traditionally underrepresented groups such as African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and American Indians ? to pursue scientific research under the guidance of ETS researchers and psychometricians. These programs encourage research in areas such as: Psychometrics Validity Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics Cognitive and Developmental Psychology Learning Sciences Linguistics, Second Language Learning, & Teaching English as a Foreign Language Speech Recognition and Processing Teaching and Classroom Research Statistics Educational Data Mining International Large-Scale Assessments The ETS R&D Fellowship and Internship Programs seek applicants who either hold a doctoral degree or who are enrolled in a doctoral program in one of the fields mentioned above and who are interested in research opportunities. We would like your help in getting this information out to your colleagues and your very best graduate students and alumni. We encourage you and your colleagues to identify strong candidates and ask them to apply. ETS is seeking graduate students for the Summer Internship Program [link with traceback removed] in Research for Graduate Students. The program focuses on major research activities that will occur in 2015. Selected interns conduct research under the guidance of ETS mentors in Princeton, N.J. Graduate students who are currently enrolled in full-time doctoral programs in the areas listed above and who have completed a minimum of two years of coursework toward their PhD or EdD prior to the program start date are eligible to apply. The Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship [link with traceback removed] Program seeks graduate students who have completed their doctoral coursework and are at the dissertation stage of their program, working on a dissertation related to statistics, psychometrics, educational/psychological measurement or quantitative methods. Selected fellows study at their universities and carry out research under the supervision of an academic mentor and in consultation with an ETS researcher or psychometrician. This program's goal is to increase the number of well-trained scientists in educational assessment, psychometrics, and statistics. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs are open to individuals who hold doctorates in specific disciplines of interest to ETS. This year we are seeking applications in the following areas of expertise: science cognition, teacher evaluation, K-12 language arts, math and science, and formative assessment and learning in English language learning assessment. The postdoctoral programs provide talented scholars an opportunity to conduct research under the mentorship of ETS researchers and psychometricians. Selected fellows work on ETS research projects and conduct their proposed independent research, which should be relevant to ETS's goals. ETS administers two postdoctoral programs the ETS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program [link with traceback removed], which supports scholars who have received their doctoral degrees within the last three years, and the Sylvia Taylor Johnson Fellowship in Educational Measurement [link with traceback removed], which supports those who received their doctoral degrees within the last 10 years. ETS is particularly interested in receiving applications for the Sylvia Taylor Johnson Fellowship in Educational Measurement [link with traceback removed] from members of groups typically underrepresented in the field of educational measurement/psychometrics. Please take a moment to consider which qualified individuals you believe would benefit from these opportunities and help ETS achieve the programs' goals. Please share this information with your colleagues. Information and application instructions for the programs are available on the ETS website at http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships [link with traceback removed] The application deadline(s) are: Summer Internship Program in Research for Graduate Students 1 Feb 2015 Gulliksen Psychometric Res Fellowship 1 Dec 2014 (preliminary) & 1 Feb 2015 (final) Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs 1 Jan 2015 (prel.) and 1 Mar 15 (final) If you have any questions about the programs, please email internfellowships(a)ets.org. If you are interested in joining our mailing list, please sign up [link with traceback removed] Copyright 2014 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. ETS, the ETS logo and LISTENING. LEARNING. LEADING. are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (ETS). [used with implied permission] **************************************** 16. 2015 Bio Inspired Cog Arch, Nov 2015, Lyons, France http://liris.cnrs.fr/bica2015 many deadlines past, except for late breaking 2015 Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2015) Sixth Annual Meeting of the BICA Society 6-8 Nov (Fri-Sun) 2015, Lyon, France http://liris.cnrs.fr/bica2015 Sponsored by: The BICA Society; The U of Lyon; LIRIS; Elsevier B.V. Points of contact: Amie Cordier (amelie.cordier(a)liris.cnrs.fr) Olivier Georgeon (olivier.georgeon(a)liris.cnrs.fr Alexei Samsonovich (alexei(a)bicasociety.org) Call for Papers Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICAs) are computational frameworks for building intelligent agents that are inspired by biological intelligence. These agents serve both as theoretical models (e.g., in cognitive science, neuroscience, economics and social sciences), and as intelligent controllers for autonomous systems (robots, games characters, smart human/machine interfaces, health applications, etc). Biological intelligent systems (animals, including humans) have many qualities that are often lacking in artificially designed systems; their purpose goes beyond interacting with a closed environment or solving predefined logical problems. At the time when our understanding of natural intelligence is exploding, thanks to modern brain imaging, ethological studies, and the development of cognitive models mapping brain structures with functions, our ability to learn lessons from nature and to build biologically inspired intelligent systems has never been greater. At the same time, the growth in computer science and technology has unleashed enough design creativity and computational power to generate an explosion of applications in multiple domains. Research in Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures contributes to the development of these applications by addressing the numerous questions raised by the problem of replicating natural intelligence, specifically, the complexity of higher cognitive abilities of the human mind, in an artificial system (widely known as the BICA Challenge). These questions are trans-disciplinary in nature and promise to yield multi-directional flow of understanding between all the involved disciplines. Scope With the scope of BICA 2015 covering all areas of BICA research listed below, this year's major thrust will be on learning from experience of sensorimotor interaction. Here, the key questions are: Learning: how a system that has no direct ontological access to reality can construct knowledge about reality based on regularities of interaction? Self-motivation: what key motivational drives (e.g., emotions, behavioral preferences, social interactions) should we incorporate in models of self-motivated cognitive systems? Methodology: how to assess active open-ended learning? What methods can we draw from biology to define and assess intelligent behaviors beyond predefined tasks and pre-modeled problems? Models of interaction with the environment: can we define models of interaction alternative to the traditional perception-cognition-action cognitive cycle? What emergent mathematical foundations can support sensorimotor and other forms of learning? In addition to these focus topic areas of BICA 2015, we encourage submission of papers in all areas relevant to BICA research, especially in the following areas: Neuroscience: B in BICA: useful biological constraints for cog architectures Bridging the gap between artificial & natural info processing Cognitive and learning mechanisms informed by neuroscience Neural correlates of cognitive and meta-cognitive processes Robustness, scalability and adaptability in neuromorphic systems Neurophysiological underpinnings of reinforcement learning Physiological mechanisms of memory formation and (re)consolidation Representation of contextual & conceptual knowl. in neural sys Social, Economic and Educational Sciences: Mixed-initiative systems based on inspirations from biology Agents possessing human-level social, narrative, & emot. intell. BICA in pedagogy, learning, and tutoring technologies & ed BICA models of self and their application to self-awareness Reps, perception, understanding, processing, & emotion expression Virtual characters & narratives, artif. personalities & human-compatibility of BICA Agent-based modeling of intelligent social phenomena (are there any?) Application of BICA technologies in elderly care Cognitive Science: Perception, reasoning, decision making and action in BICA Combining natural and artificial approaches to cognition Comparison of different forms of learning, memory, & cog devel. Theory-of-Mind, episodic & autobiographical memory in cog. sys. Introspection, metacognitive reasoning and self-awareness in BICA Models of learning & memory: robustness, flexibility, transferability Natural and body language & its role in intelligence, cog. & interaction Unifying frameworks and constraints for cog archit.s: grand unification Artificial Intelligence: Creativity, goal reasoning and human-level autonomy in artifacts Embodied vs. ambient intelligence: embedding or embodiment? Natural language capabilities and social competence of BICA Learning by reading, by observation, by reasoning and by analogy Robust and scalable machine learning mechanisms in BICA Self-regulated learning, bootstrapped & meta-learning The place for BICA in tomorrow's textbook of AI General: Math. basis for BICA & fundamental theoretical questions in BICA research Alternative substrates for implementation of BICA: smart materials, quantum and biocomputing Alternative approaches to the develop. of BICA: evolutionary, system-theoretic, educational Fundamental academic, practical & theoretical questions in BICA Cognitive Decathlon & Grand Challenges for BICA as components of the BICA Challenge Critical mass for a universal human-level learner & a roadmap to solving the BICA Challenge Metrics, tests, proximity measures & roadmap to human-level/ human-compatible AI Leveraging the cloud, world-wide-web, & social-media: possible role for BICA? Cybersecurity and secure authentication methods based on BICA Interdisciplinary research opportunities involving BICA Intnl. trends & opportunities in funding BICA related research Format The format of the conference is a 2.5 day meeting including paper presentations, panel discussions, invited talks, and technology demonstration showcases. Symposia and other mini-events (including special sessions, breakout groups, brainstorms, think-tanks, socials, and more) as part of the conference will be added as needed (proposals are solicited). We additionally solicit proposals for panel topics. The working language is English. As part of our rich social and cultural program included in the registration, we are planning a Welcome Reception and a boat trip on the Rh?e and Saone rivers with a banquet on the boat. Publication Venue and Submission All the BICA 2015 papers and abstracts will be included in the electronic volume of proceedings distributed to the conference participants (this volume will not constitute a separate publication). Additionally, each article will be published in one of the two official BICA 2015 venues: A special volume of Elsevier's Procedia Computer Science (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-computer-science) indexed by Web of Science CPI and Scopus. The BICA Journal (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biologically-inspired-cognitive-architectu…) an Elsevier journal indexed in Scopus, submitted for indexing in Web of Science. Submission Categories: In accordance with the publication venues, there are the following categories of submission: 1. Papers for the special volume of Procedia Computer Science: 2 page abstract. 6 page paper. Every additional page in excess of this limit should be covered by a fee of 50 E at registration 2. Papers for the BICA Journal (no extra-page charge): Letters (brief communications of new findings): 3k to 6k words. Full Research Articles: approximately 8k to 12k words. Reviews or vision papers may be submitted by invitation only. 3. Stand-alone abstracts (500 words) considered unpublished but included in the conference program brochure and in the electronic volume. Preparation of Submissions: Templates and complete instructions for preparation of submission are available on the BICA2015 website http://liris.cnrs.fr/bica2015/wiki/doku.php/submission None of the initial submission is required to be camera-ready. However, all final paper submissions must be in a camera-ready form prepared based on the provided Procedia templates and must conform to the http://www.elsevier.com/journals/procedia-computer-science/1877-0509/guide-… Core Organizing and Scientific Committee Amie Cordier (Lyon 1, France) General Chair. http://liris.cnrs.fr/amelie.cordier/ Olivier Georgeon (Lyon 1, France) Program Chair http://www.oliviergeorgeon.com/ Salima Hassas (Lyon 1, France) http://liris.cnrs.fr/membres?idn=shassas Laetitia Matignon (Lyon 1, France), Organizing committee member http://liris.cnrs.fr/membres?idn=lmatigno Frederic Armetta (Lyon 1, France), Organizing committee member. http://liris.cnrs.fr/membres?idn=farmetta"> Alexei Samsonovich (GMU, USA) Co-Chair. http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Easamsono Kamilla R. Johannsdoetir, scientific committee Member http://stefania.unak.is/stefania/moja-starfsmadurenska.asp?starfsm=kamilla&… Antonio Chella (U of Palermo, Italy), sci. comm. Member. http://www.antoniochella.it/Antonio/Home.html Christian Lebire (CMU, USA), scientific committee Member. http://www.psy.cmu.edu/people/lebiere.html Paul Robertson, (DOLL Inc, USA), organizing committee member http://www.dollabs.com/drpaulrobertson.htm Important Dates and Deadlines Deadline for proposals of sub-events* 1 May 2015 Paper and abstract submission opens 10 May Deadline for initial submission of papers & abstracts 1 Jun Paper review feedback and notification of acceptance 10 Jul Final paper due 1 Aug Early-bird registration due 10 Aug Regular registration due 20 Aug Late-breaking stand-alone abstract due 1 Oct Conference 6-8 Nov 2015 * (including symposia, workshops, socials, technology demos, panels, etc.) **************************************************************** 17. SBP/BRiMS Conference program and proceedings http://sbp-conference.org/sbp2015/program/ http://sbp-conference.org/sbp2015/downloads/ [held in the spring, will be held again: http://sbp-conference.org/sbp2016/about/ ] I am honored to announce the release of the Behavior Representation in Modeling & Simulation (BRiMS) conference. This year, it re-joined the Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, Prediction (SBP) conference for their SBP2015 in Washington, DC from March 31-April 3, 2015. We're thrilled to get rejoin with SBP as our conferences melded so well together last year. Like last year, the conference fee for SBP will also allow you to attend BRiMS, so it truly is two conferences for the price of one. For us Department of Defense workers still under conference restriction, you should note that this is a unique opportunity for you to present your modeling and simulation work at a conference. We will once again offer video teleconferencing (VTC) to present your accepted papers. For the past three years, we have been unable to attend most conferences and from first-hand knowledge, this has restricted our publication opportunities. Using the VTC option will allow you to get back to presenting your findings to the modeling and simulation community. daniel.n.cassenti.civ(a)mail.mil **************************************************************** 18. Advances in Cognitive Systems, Proceedings http://www.cogsys.org/proceedings/2015 29-31 May 2015 The purpose of the meeting is to bring together researchers with interest in building cognitive systems that are distinguished by a focus on high-level cognition and decision making, reliance on rich, structured representations, a systems-level perspective, use of heuristics to handle complexity, and incorporation of insights about human thinking. The Conference provides a venue for dissemination of research results pertaining to the original, yet unanswered, questions of Artificial Intelligence: to produce computational artifacts that reproduce a broad range of human cognitive abilities. The conference welcomes work on any topic related to the representation or organization of complex knowledge structures, their use in multi-step cognition, or their acquisition from experience or instruction. Some functional capabilities that arise in this context include, but are not limited to: Conceptual Inference and Reasoning Memory Storage and Retrieval Language Processing Social Cognition and Interaction High-level Execution and Control Problem Solving and Heuristic Search Cognitive Aspects of Emotion and Personality Metacognition and Meta-level Reasoning Structural Learning and Knowledge Capture We especially encourage participation from researchers working in these and other areas who are interested in complex cognition, human-level intelligence, and related topics. Accepted long papers will be included in the conference proceedings and also may be invited to appear in the online journal, Advances in Cognitive Systems. The conference aims to be as inclusive as possible while still fostering innovative research on the computational nature of intelligence. The conference FAQ (http://www.cogsys.org/faq) attempts to clarify the scope of the event. Authors who have questions about whether their research is appropriate for the meeting should contact the Program Co-Chairs, Ashok Goel (goel(a)cc.gatech.edu) and Mark Riedl (riedl(a)cc.gatech.edu) for additional information. General Chairs Ashok Goel GIT (goel(a)cc.gatech.edu) Mark Riedl GIT (riedl(a)cc.gatech.edu) Organizing Committee Paul Bello Office of Naval Research Kenneth Forbus Northwestern U John Laird U of Michigan, Ann Arbor Pat Langley U of Auckland / Carnegie Mellon Sergei Nirenburg Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute **************************************************************** 19. Call for Papers and Special Issues, Trans. on Comp. Social Sys. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6570650 Transactions on Computational Social Systems Co-Sponsored by IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society and IEEE Computer Society IEEE Transaction on Computational Social Systems began publication in 2014 and welcomes paper submissions that fall within its scope. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems focuses on such topics as modeling, simulation, analysis and understanding of social systems from the quantitative and/or computational perspective. "Systems" include man-man, man-machine and machine-machine organizations and adversarial situations as well as social media structures and their dynamics. More specifically, the transactions publishes articles on modeling the dynamics of social systems, methodologies for incorporating and representing socio-cultural and behavioral aspects in computational modeling, analysis of social system behavior and structure, and paradigms for social systems modeling and simulation. The journal also features articles on social network dynamics, social intelligence and cognition, social systems design and architectures, socio-cultural modeling and representation, and computational behavior modeling, and their applications. Transactions website: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/aboutJournal.jsp?punumber=6570650 Recent articles: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org\xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6570650 Paper submission information: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcss For more information: Co-Editor-in-Chief George Cybenko, gvc(a)dartmouth.edu Prof of Engineering, Dartmouth **************************************************************** 20. 19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology Sept 2015 http://www.escop2015.org/ [this is another group of cognitive psychologists from what typically attends cognitive science conference, I think. announcement late, but it is recurring.] **************************************************************** 21. Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science http://www.bscs-us.org/ BSCS-US announces a regular and a new study abroad program [next announcement] in Budapest for 2015. Our regular program: BSCS - Budapest Semester in Cognitive Science Philosophy to Neuroscience will be held in the Fall of 2015, see: http://www.bscs-us.org/ . **************************************************************** 22. 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, July 2016, due: 6 Dec 2015 http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk First announcement / call for abstracts for the 6th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference 19 - 22 July 2016, Bangor U, Wales, UK http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk We invite the submission of abstracts (for paper or poster presentations) addressing all aspects of cognitive linguistics. The conference aims to cover a broad range of research concerned with language and cognition. We are especially interested in promoting empirical work pertaining to cognitive semantics, embedded discourse, and applied cognitive linguistics. Thematic sessions will be organised around the following topics: *Functional approaches to cognitive linguistics *Cognitive linguistic approaches to language teaching *Lexicology and lexical concepts *Language and space *Embodiment *Analogy and conceptual transfer *Situated cognition and language In addition to these themes, other relevant topics include: *Domains and frame semantics *Categorisation, prototypes and polysemy *Mental spaces and conceptual blending *Language evolution *Linguistic variation and language change *Gesture *Typology and constructional analyses of the languages of the world *Acquisition *Corpora and statistical methods *Metaphor and discourse *Cognitive computational models Cognitive linguistics is by definition highly interdisciplinary, and so in addition to primarily linguistic research, we also invite language related submissions that are based on disciplines such as (cognitive and social) psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, anthropology, biology, artificial intelligence, and discourse and communication studies. Bangor is widely recognised as one of the most scenic university settings in the UK [England], set between the famous Snowdonia Mountains and the sea. The location, the scenery and the surrounding area are amongst the reasons why Bangor U enjoys rising student numbers and continuously attracts researchers from around the world for conferences and extended research visits, spanning many disciplines and research areas. This provides an ideal setting for an intense and thought provoking interdisciplinary conference, following the spirit of previous UK-CLCs. The cathedral and university city of Bangor is easily reached through excellent road and railway networks, with easy connections to London, Manchester, and Liverpool airports. It is situated between the historical cities of Conwy and Caernarfon, with their famous castles and many further attractions close by for social events and conference outings. Confirmed plenary speakers: *Penelope Brown (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, NL) *Kenny Coventry (U of East Anglia, UK) *Vyv Evans (Bangor U, UK) *Dirk Geeraerts (U of Leuven, BE) *Len Talmy (U at Buffalo, NY, USA) *Dedre Gentner (Northwestern U, IL, USA) Key dates *Abstract deadline: 6 Dec 2015 *Decisions communicated by: 15 Feb 2016 *Pre-conference workshops: Mon Jul 18, 2016 *Main conference: Tue July 19 - Fri Jul 22, 2016 Talks will be 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. There will also be a poster session. The language of the conference is English. Abstracts of no more than 300 words (excluding references) will be submitted using EasyChair (please check the conference website at http://ukclc2016.bangor.ac.uk for updates). Participants will be allowed to present at most one talk (as a single or first author) and one poster, but can be co-authors on other work. Please indicate on your abstract if you intend the submission for a poster. All abstracts will be subject to double-blind peer review by an international scientific committee. Since 2012 UK-CLA has published selected conference presentations in the series 'Selected Papers from UK-CLA Meetings' (ISSN 2046-9144); UK-CLC6 will continue this tradition. Registration fees will be on a par with previous UK-CLC conferences. In addition to the benefits of the conference, registration will now also include membership in the UK-CLA (Cognitive Linguistics Association) including free online access to the Language & Cognition journal for a year. Chair: Thora Tenbrink (t.tenbrink(a)bangor.ac.uk) Co-chairs: Christopher Shank, Alan Wallington Local management: Javier Olloqui Redondo, Josie Ryan Queries: ukclc2016(a)bangor.ac.uk **************************************************************** 23. Study abroad summer program: Systems Neuroscience in Budapest http://sysneuro-semester.org/ [passed, but may re-occur] We open also a new program: Systems Neuroscience: a study abroad summer program Program dates: June 8th- Aug 7th, 2015 The BSCS Systems Neuroscience Program takes place at and academically supervised by the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis U Medical School, Budapest. For details, see: http://sysneuro-semester.org/ **************************************************************** 24. NASA calls for proposals http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/ [I have not worked with these calls, but have been on a review panel. Cognitive modeling may be applied or used for several of these calls. You may wish to examine the funding rate and the calls online.] A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), entitled, "Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO)" (NRA NNJ15ZSA001N), will be [was?] released on July 31, 2015. This NRA will solicit research in support of NASA's Human Research Program (HRP). The solicitation will be available at http://nspires.nasaprs.com. The HRP contains six Elements: Space Radiation, Human Health and Countermeasures, Exploration Medical Capability, Behavioral Health and Performance, Space Human Factors and Habitability, and International Space Station Medical Project. Fourteen disciplines or areas support the Program: Behavioral Health and Performance, Bone, Cardiovascular, Extravehicular Activity, Immunology, Medical Capabilities, Muscle, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Radiation, Sensorimotor, Advanced Food Technology, Advanced Environmental Health, and Space Human Factors Engineering. **************************************************************** 25. Postdoc in Team Decision Dynamics at RPI until filled https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/2587 *Postdoc in Team Decision Dynamics at RPI* A 12-month, full-time postdoctoral scholar position in team decision making is available beginning on or after 1 September 2015 in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The position is associated with an NSF-supported project on post-disaster distributed decision making (NSF CMMI-1363513, PI David Mendonca, Co-PI Martha Grabowski), as described here: http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1363513. Applicants should have a PhD in an appropriate field (including but not limited to Industrial Engineering, Human Factors, Information/Computer Science, and Cognitive Systems) at the time of their appointment. Programming and data management experience are a plus. Opportunities of this position include collaborative publishing, shared management of project personnel, professional presentations, and development of proposals for follow-up research. Renewal beyond the initial 12-month appointment is dependent upon performance and the availability of funds. To apply, interested applicants should submit the following items in PDF format: (1) a cover letter, including the applicant's qualifications and career plans, (2) a current CV, and (3) contact information for three professional references. Please see https://rpijobs.rpi.edu/postings/2587 for specific instructions. Review of applications will begin immeidately and continue until the position is filled. Please direct any questions about this position to David Mendonca (mendod(a)rpi.edu) **************************************************************** 26. Postdoc ACS Lab, Penn State [Reitter] http://acs.ist.psu.edu/ Postdoc position @ Applied Cognitive Science Lab, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State. We're beginning new, NSF-funded research in the areas of linguistics and computational social science. Generally, we seek to model cognitive processes using large-scale datasets and experimentation. Our recent core contributions have been in psycholinguistic models of natural-language dialogue and in decision making. Our work in cognitive science is fueled by advances in computing. In turn, we translate progress in cognitive science to contributions in computer science, recently in cybersecurity and machine learning. We are looking for a postdoc with training in one or more of the following areas: cognitive science (e.g., compt. psycholinguistics & data-driven modeling), deep connectionist representations, and natural language processing and information retrieval. While the successful applicant is likely to focus on some areas, strong practical computational skills and a research interest in cognition or linguistics are required. Duties will include contributing to a project that combines crowd-sourcing and natural language processing to curate a dataset for peace research. Beyond that, the post-doc is primarily expected to build a strong research agenda, but may also collaborate in the graduate students' projects and teach. The initial appointment would be for one year and is renewable. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in a relevant area (or be in the final stages of obtaining one) and a strong record of publications. The PI's group currently consists of four Ph.D. students engaged in research on corpus-based cognitive linguistics, decision-making, and machine learning. Penn State provides a strong environment for work in the area, with its Center for Language Science, Departments of Psychology and Computer Science, and IST (Penn State's "iSchool"), which is home to the ACS Lab. IST is collaborative and can provide interaction with researchers in psychology, data mining, AI/machine learning, computational social science, security, and more. Penn State is located in central Pennsylvania, within driving distance to Pittsburgh, New York, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Please direct informal inquiries to David Reitter, reitter(a)psu.edu. Job ad and formal applications: https://psu.jobs/job/58861 **************************************************************** 27. Programmer in biology for simulation and analysis Penn State I spoke with Prof. Katriona (Kat) Shea in July, a prof in biology at Penn State. She found me because one of my students applied for the position below. She's having trouble filling this position. It is modeling aspects of Ebola on a behavioral level. Some modeling, some analysis, some R. It looks interesting, timely, societyly important, and her support has a short fuse -- it is a one-year NSF grant that has already started. She can cover post-doc, grad student, or UG hours. Or contract programmer. Open until filled. Salary is competitive with university salaries. =---------------------- A Programmer/Analyst position is available in the Dept of Biology, to develop stochastic simulations of a range of published epidemiological models of Ebola. The ideal candidate will need strong programming skills and experience in stochastic simulation of dynamic systems; will demonstrate strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; and be able to work well both independently and as part of a collaborative team. An interest in epidemiology and co-authoring publications is desirable, but not essential. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in R, JavaScript, C, C++, and Python OR a combination - to translate PI's previous work on the in R and the ability to translate from R to the chosen project language will be essential. The programmer will work with: Dr. Katriona Shea (http://www.bio.psu.edu/People/Faculty/Shea/) Dr. Matthew Ferrari (http://www.cidd.psu.edu/people/mjf283) and Dr. Ottar Bjornstad (http://www.cidd.psu.edu/people/onb1) in the Department of Biology (www.bio.psu.edu) and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (www.cidd.psu.edu) at the Pennsylvania State U. All applications must be submitted electronically (email initially) and should include a cover letter stating relevant experience and interests, a current CV or resume, and contact information for three references. For additional information about the position, contact Katriona Shea (k-shea(a)psu.edu; 814-321-4809). Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. This job will be filled as a level 2, or level 3, depending upon the successful candidate's competencies, education, and experience. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with possibility of re-funding. **************************************************************** 28. Chaired profs in Math Psych/Cog sciences https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03041 1 dec 15 until filled U of California, Irvine Chaired Profs in Mathematical Psychology/Cognitive Sciences The Department of Cognitive Sciences (www.cogsci.uci.edu) at the U of California, Irvine (UCI) invites applications for faculty positions associated with the Falmagne Endowed Chairs in Mathematical Psychology/Cognitive Sciences. Applicants should have an exemplary track record of implementing innovative mathematical approaches to important questions in psychology or cognitive science. We are especially interested in candidates at the advanced Associate or Full Prof level whose research focus is in either human cognition or visual perception, and related areas of specialization. Information about the Chairs at: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/falmagnechairs.php. The online application includes: A cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, 3 major publications, and contact information for 3-5 referees. Interested candidates can apply for the position at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03041. Application review will commence on 1 Dec 2015 and continue until filled. ---------- Jeff Krichmar, jkrichma(a)uci.edu Department of Cognitive Sciences U of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-5100 http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~jkrichma comp-neuro@neuroin **************************************************************** 29. Florida International, open rank and instructor in CS due 31 dec 15 The School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) seeks exceptionally qualified candidates for tenure-track and tenured faculty positions at all levels as well as non-tenure track faculty positions at the level of Instructor, including visiting instructor appointments. SCIS is a rapidly growing program of excellence at the University, with 30 tenure-track faculty members and over 2,000 students, including over 80 PhD students. SCIS offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science, an M.S. degree in Telecommunications and Networking, an MS degree in Cybersecurity, and BS, BS, and MS degrees in Information Technology. SCIS has received over $22M in the last four years in external research funding, has six research centers/clusters with first-class computing and support infrastructure, and enjoys broad and dynamic industry and international partnerships. Open-Rank Tenure Track/Tenured Positions (Job ID# 508676) SCIS seeks exceptionally qualified candidates for tenure-track and tenured faculty positions at all levels. We seek well-qualified candidates in all areas; researchers in the areas of computer systems, cybersecurity, cognitive computing, data science, health informatics, and networking are particularly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates who will enhance or complement our existing research strengths. Ideal candidates for junior positions should have a record of exceptional research in their early careers. Candidates for senior positions must have an active and proven record of excellence in funded research, publications, and professional service, as well as a demonstrated ability to develop and lead collaborative research projects. In addition to developing or expanding a high-quality research program, all successful applicants must be committed to excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. An earned PhD in CS or related disciplines is required. Non-tenure track instructor positions (Job Opening 507474) We seek well-qualified candidates in all areas of Computer Science and Information Technology. Ideal candidates must be committed to excellence in teaching a variety of courses at the undergraduate level. A graduate degree in CS or related disciplines is required; significant prior teaching and industry experience and/or a PhD in CS is preferred. Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8B annually to the local economy. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/. HOW TO APPLY: Qualified candidates for open- rank faculty positions are encouraged to apply to (Job Opening ID #508676); and candidates for instructor positions are encouraged to apply to (Job Opening ID # 507474). Submit applications at facultycareers.fiu.edu and attach cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, research statement, etc as individual attachments. Candidates will be required to provide names and contact information for at least 3 references who will be contacted as determined by the search committee. To receive full consideration, applications and required materials should be received by 31 dec 2015. Review will continue until position is filled. If you are interested in a visiting appointment please contact the department directly by emailing Dr. Mark Weiss at Weiss(a)cis.fiu.edu. All other applicants should apply by going to facultycareers.fiu.edu. **************************************************************** 30. Postdoctoral researcher needed, Wright State U POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW Human Neuroscience and Visual Cognition & ASTECCA Laboratories, Department of Psychology, Wright State U We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to take a leading role in our research on the neurocognitive correlates of attentional control and lapses of attention in semi-structured ecological settings. The goal of this project is to rigorously characterize the relationship between laboratory measures of attentional control and failures of attention in realistic task contexts. We specifically aim to combine cognitive behavioral studies, ERP experiments, and computational modeling to test the extent to which laboratory measures can predict individual differences in susceptibility to attentional failures. We will investigate how these combined measures can be used to identify which individuals are most likely to benefit from a cognitive training paradigm aimed at enhancing attentional control. The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for designing the studies, programming the experimental paradigms, recruiting participants, and collecting the data. In addition, the fellow will be responsible for data analysis and reporting the research findings in peer-reviewed journals. The position is fully funded for three years. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, or any other related discipline by the start date of the position. Experience in computer programming, especially with Matlab, and familiarity with fMRI or EEG research are required. Experience in computational cognitive modeling will be considered a strong advantage. The Department of Psychology is housed in the College of Science and Mathematics, offers a PhD in Human Factors and Industrial/ Organizational Psychology, and has 3 undergraduate concentration areas: (1) Cognition and Perception, (2) Industrial/ Organizational, and (3) Behavioral Neuroscience. Wright State U was recently ranked among the "Best in the Midwest" universities by The Princeton Review, listed among 260 Best National Universities in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by US News & World Report, and ranked 4rth nationally among universities with limited numbers of doctoral programs in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. Wright State U is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. For more information on this position contact Assaf Harel, PhD assaf.harel(a)wright.edu or Ion Juvina, PhD ion.juvina(a)wright.edu. Applicants should visit the following link to upload CV and statement of research: http://jobs.wright.edu/postings/9380 . In addition, please have three letters of reference sent directly to Ion Juvina, Assistant Prof, Psychology, 313G Fawcett Hall, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Wright State U, Dayton, OH 45435. Review of complete applications will begin 8 Aug 2015, and continue until the position is filled. All new hires must go through a criminal background check before they can be hired. **************************************************************** 31. Postdoctoral researcher, CMU email John Anderson I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher. The work in our laboratory involves developing ACT-R models of the learning of complex skills and relating these models to the temporal structure of fMRI, EEG, and MEG data. An appropriate candidate would have relevant background in some aspects of such work and an interest in learning other aspects. Interested candidates should email their CV to me (ja(a)cmu.edu) and contact me with any questions about the position. John R. Anderson, ja(a)cmu.edu Prof of Psychology and Computer Science Carnegie Mellon U Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-417-7008 http://act.psy.cmu.edu/ **************************************************************** 32. Postdoc ACS Lab, Penn State [Ritter] Postdoc position @ Applied Cognitive Science Lab, College of IST, Penn State. We've started a 5-year project on learning, tutoring, and maintenance funded by ONR. It related to the D2P project, Herbal, and work on measuring and modeling learning. We anticipate hiring a post-doc in the summer of 2016. If you are interested, please stay in touch. Work will be with the D2P system (http://acs.ist.psu.edu/projects/d2p) Please direct informal inquiries to Frank.ritter(a)psu.edu Job ad and formal applications to follow in Summer 2016. **************************************************************** 33. Post-doc, Rice U, due 1 oct 2015 https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/4748 From: Mike Byrne (byrne(a)rice.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:24:45 -0500 To: act-r-users(a)act-r.psy.cmu.edu The Computer-Human Interaction Laboratory (CHIL) at Rice U is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to take a leading role in an NSF-funded project on using ACT-R to assess the usability of voting systems, particularly the design of ballots. The position starts October 1, 2015. The position is fully funded for two years, with possible continuation contingent on additional funding. The ideal candidate has (or will have) a PhD in cognitive psychology, cognitive science or computer science, with experience in ACT-R modeling and a strong programming background. Further details can be found at Rice U's jobs web site, https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/4748 . Please direct questions to Mike Byrne(a)rice.edu. **************************************************************** 34. Postdoc in Games, Play, and Motivational Design @ Northeastern U https://neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/36635 , posted July 2015 Apologies for cross-posting: I you are or know someone who might want to work with me and the fab faculty at the Northeastern U on game design, gameful design, embarrassment, motivation, and all that fun stuff: I have a postdoc position open immediately. Of course, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. # General Info Position Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Requisition Number: STFR002325 Division/College: College of Arts, Media and Design Location: Boston Main Campus Full-time/Part-time: Full Time Posting Date: 07/13/2015 Link: https://neu.peopleadmin.com/postings/36635 # Responsibilities The Playable Innovative Technologies (PLAIT) Lab at Northeastern U is seeking a Post Doctoral Research Associate (Post Doc) to join our fast-growing game research group (http://www.northeastern.edu/games) The position involves assisting in quantitative and qualitative empirical studies, helping in the design of applied games and playful experiences, and writing research papers around designing for engagement and enjoyment in and beyond game play. Additional responsibilities include grant proposal preparation and laboratory management. Game play is a subject-environment ecology purposefully designed to create enjoyment, motivation, and engagement. The Post Doc will be involved in advancing the state of knowledge of how design features and contextual circumstances together afford motivation and enjoyment in and beyond games, and how to translate such knowledge into a form useful for designers. The Post Doc will help in writing review articles and grant proposals on particular motives. The main responsibilities will be to help set up and run research studies and publish about these. The Post Doc will get the opportunity to become involved in the development of motivational systems and to supervise graduate and undergraduate students. Current example projects are developing a system for automatic difficulty balancing of citizen science games (http://j.mp/1KvX7Ae) identifying how embarrassment acts as a hurdle to engagement and how to reduce it (http://j.mp/1RUOKgu) or understanding how the context of serious games in schools affects their experience and effectiveness. Work will be performed under the guidance of Dr. Sebastian Deterding, an Assistant Prof of Game Design. As most projects will involve collaborations with other PLAIT members and faculty across Northeastern U and around the globe, the Post Doc will have the opportunity to interact with and become visible to a wide variety of researchers and industry partners. # Qualifications We seek candidates who hold a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Cognitive Science, Learning Science, Psychology, Sociology or related areas at the time of starting their position. Successful candidates will have an interdisciplinary background, an clear research interest in games, and expertise in quantitative and qualitative empirical research. Candidates should ideally have experience with game or user experience design, the development of interactive systems, and grant preparation. # Additional Information This is a 1-year position with the possibility of 1 year renewal contingent on funding and performance. We hope to fill this position as soon as possible and we will review applications as they arrive. The position is open until filled. For more information, please contact Dr. Sebastian Deterding (deterding(a)neu.edu) http://codingconduct.cc **************************************************************** 35. School of Information Tech, Carleton U - Assistant Prof URL too long! Tenure Track Position in HCI, games or Digital Media at Carleton U from CHI-JOBS(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG School of Information Technology - Assistant Prof Carleton U http://carleton.ca/facultyrecruitment/2015/school-of-information-technology… (Applications will be considered until the position has been filled) The School of Information Technology invites applications from qualified candidates for a Tenure Track appointment at the rank of Assistant Prof beginning 1 Jul 2015. We are interested in candidates with expertise in the area of interactive digital media with a focus on computer games, HCI, multimedia systems and networks. Relevance to big data is desirable. Successful candidates are expected to pursue an active research program, perform both graduate and undergraduate teaching and supervise graduate students (at the Master's and PhD levels), and undergraduate senior projects. Participation in the development and operation of the School is an integral element of the position. The School has 8 full time faculty and offers a Bachelor of Information Technology degree in three distinct programs: Interactive Multimedia and Design, Network Technology, and Photonics and Laser Technology. All programs provide an innovative mix of courses drawing on a variety of disciplines and combine a strong foundation in academic theory with hands-on training. The School also participates in the multidisciplinary graduate program in HCI. New Graduate programs in Digital Media, and Networking; and an undergraduate program in Information Resource Management are under development. Further information on the School of Information Technology can be obtained at www.csit.carleton.ca. More information on the U is available at the Faculty Recruitment and Support Web site: www.carleton.ca/facultyrecruitment. Information about the undergraduate programs can obtained at www.bitdegree.ca A PhD in a field relevant to interactive digital media, multimedia systems, games, HCI or networks is required. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate an existing record of research with publications at top-tier international forums; have evidence of strong teaching ability or potential; present a plan to develop an externally-funded program offering exceptional training opportunities and pursue dynamic partnerships with industry and government organizations Applications, including a curriculum vitae and statements of teaching and research interests, should be emailed in one single PDF document to: hiring(a)csit.carleton.ca. Applicants should also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent either directly or by email. Email letters should include contact information of the author for verification purposes. Applications will not be considered complete until the letters are received. Initial screening of complete applications will begin on May 15, 2015 and continue until an applicant is chosen and the position is filled. Please indicate in your application if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. -- Carleton U -- Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Carleton U is a dynamic and innovative research and teaching institution committed to developing solutions to real world problems by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and understanding. Its internationally recognized faculty, staff, and researchers provide academic opportunities in more than 65 programs of study to more than 27,000 full- and part-time students, from every province and more than 100 countries around the world. Carleton's creative, interdisciplinary, and international approach to research has led to many significant discoveries and creative work in science and technology, business, governance, public policy, and the arts. Those applicants that are selected for an interview will be requested to contact the Chair of the Search Committee as soon as possible to discuss any accommodation requirements. Arrangements will be made to accommodate requests in a timely manner. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. All positions are subject to budgetary approval. --- Audrey Girouard, PhD Audrey.Girouard(a)CARLETON.CA School of Information Technology, AP 230 D Carleton U http://cil.csit.carleton.ca/ **************************************************************** 36. 4 postdocs and RAs in AI consciousness, Tokyo http://www.araya.org/eng 4 Postdoctoral and/or RA positions at Araya Brain Imaging, Tokyo, Japan. Four postdoctoral positions (or RA positions) are available to work on a JST (Japan Science and Technology) funded CREST research project on "Towards constructing artificial consciousness based on the integrated information theory (IIT)" (PIs: Kanai, Kawanabe and Maekawa, Co-PIs: Tsuchiya and Oizumi), which will run for 5.5 years from Oct 2015. The initial appointment will be for one year, with renewal based upon satisfactory performance and evaluation. Salary will be commensurate with experience. We are looking for young researchers (i.e., RAs, late-stage candidates for MSc or PhD degrees, or postdoctoral fellows) whose main research interest is the neuronal basis of consciousness, artificial intelligence, and/or the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness. There are 4 main projects: 1. Evolving artificial intelligent systems in complex game environments 2. Constructing systems with flexible sensory, cognitive and motor capability using deep neural networks (DNN) 3. Evaluation of integrated information in artificial systems 4. Empirical tests of IIT in real neural systems You will be employed at Araya Brain Imaging (CEO: Kanai) in Japan for all projects, but the actual location of work depends on the project. Projects 1 and 2 will mainly take place within Araya Brain Imaging in Tokyo, Japan, whereas Projects 3 and 4 will be conducted at Monash University, Australia. All projects will be supervised by Ryota Kanai (Araya), Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash) and Masafumi Oizumi (Monash and RIKEN, Japan). Researchers in all projects are expected to travel between Japan and Australia frequently (at least twice a year) to maximise interactions within the team. For each project, the exact requirement for experience and skills differ, but excellent programming and mathematical skills (especially familiarity in advanced statistics, machine learning and information theory) will be essential in all projects. Research Assistants are expected to learn those skills upon appointment. Excellence in written and oral English communication skills, as supported by objective publication recorded, is essential for postdoctoral applicants. Most importantly the enthusiasm to solve consciousness is mandatory. Araya Brain Imaging is a rapidly growing start-up located in Tokyo. While being a private company, our priority is the quality in research that drives innovation in neurotechnology. Many of the Araya members have been trained abroad (UK and US) and we are aiming to build an international hub for artificial consciousness. http://www.araya.org/eng Monash University, one of the eight top universities in Australia (G8), is forming a strong cluster of consciousness researchers, ranging from philosophers, neurophysiologists, and psychologists with excellent cognitive neuroscience tools available (simultaneous EEG & fMRI experiments and EEG/TMS & fMRI experiments at Monash Brain Imaging facility, which hosts a research-only MRI scanner, EEG, TMS and eye tracking. http://mbi.monash.edu.au/ Interested candidates are encouraged to send a CV, statement of research accomplishments and interests, PDF copies of representative publications, and contact information for 2 reference letters to: Yoshiko Tan (postdoc(a)araya.org) for questions and application. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Ryota Kanai CEO of Araya Brain Imaging **************************************************************** 37. CS@Virginia Tech, tenure track http://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch Virginia Tech's Department of Computer Science is hiring Tenure-Track Faculty positions in areas related to HCI. An Interactive Computing position includes human-computer interaction, graphics, intelligent user interfaces, visualization, visual analytics, human interaction with big data, augmented reality, tangible interfaces, human-robot interaction, game design, creativity support, or computing in the arts and humanities. There are also open positions in Data Analytics and Cyber Security. See details below. Please forward on to others who may be interested. Thanks, -Chris North -------------------- Faculty Search - 2015/16 FACULTY POSITIONS DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, http://www.cs.vt.edu/FacultySearch VIRGINIA TECH The Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech http://www.cs.vt.edu/ seeks applicants for tenure-track faculty positions in three areas: interactive computing, cyber security, and data analytics. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field at the time of appointment, a rank-appropriate record of scholarship and collaboration in computing and interdisciplinary areas, sensitivity to issues of diversity in the campus community, and will be required to teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. The position requires occasional travel to professional conferences and meetings. Tenure-track Assistant Prof in Interactive Computing - Blacksburg, VA Strong candidates from any area related to interactive computing are encouraged to apply. Exceptional candidates at higher ranks will also be considered. Candidates who complement existing strengths in human-computer interaction, graphics, intelligent user interfaces, visualization, visual analytics, human interaction with big data, augmented reality, tangible interfaces, human-robot interaction, game design, creativity support, or computing in the arts and humanities are especially encouraged. Candidates have opportunities for collaboration in the interdisciplinary Center for Human-Computer Interaction (http://hci.vt.edu/) that includes 30 faculty across campus, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (http://icat.vt.edu/) housed in the new Moss Center for the Arts, and the Discovery Analytics Center (http://dac.cs.vt.edu/) Applications must be submitted online to (http://jobs.vt.edu/) for posting # TR0150108. Applicant screening will begin on November 20, 2015 and continue until each position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Chris North, Search Committee Chair, north(a)vt.edu. Tenure-track Assistant Prof in Cyber Security - Blacksburg, VA Candidates with expertise in cyber security, including technologies for and applications in information security, network security, and trustworthy computing are encouraged to apply. Candidates focusing on security issues of cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, sensor networks, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), etc. are especially encouraged. The candidate will join the CS department and also participate in an interdisciplinary team of five faculty in Advanced Manufacturing and share common space and equipment, leveraging established labs and the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (http://www.ccam-va.com/>www.ccam-va.com/) a public-private partnership in Virginia. There is an active group of cyber security faculty in CS and ECE departments collaborating in research as well as graduate and undergraduate education (see: http://www.cyber.vt.edu/) Applications must be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu/ for posting # TR0150107. Applicant screening will begin on November 20, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Ali Butt, Search Committee Chair, butta(a)cs.vt.edu Associate/Full Prof in Data Analytics - National Capital Region (NCR) Candidates with research depth and breadth in data analytics, data mining, "big data", or data science are encouraged to apply. Candidates working at the intersection of data analytics and cyber-security and at the intersection of data analytics and urban computing are especially encouraged. Candidates should present a proven ability to initiate and sustain collaborations within computing as well as with application specialists. The department is home to the Discovery Analytics Center (http://dac.cs.vt.edu/) that leads "big data" research on campus. The successful candidate will contribute to the research and graduate programs in the NCR and collaborate with faculty at Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg, VA. The NCR campus (http://www.ncr.vt.edu/) is located near the Washington D.C./Falls Church area and houses the Virginia Tech Research Center (http://www.ncr.vt.edu/arlington) in Arlington, VA. Applications must be submitted online to http://jobs.vt.edu/ for posting # TR0150106. Applicant screening will begin on November 20, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Naren Ramakrishnan, Search Committee Chair, naren(a)cs.vt.edu. The Department of Computer Science has 40 research oriented tenure-track faculty and ~10 postdocs/research faculty. There are a total 12 NSF/DOE CAREER awardees in the department. Research expenditures for FY2015 were $412 thousand per tenure-track faculty member (i.e., a total of $15.5 million); total research funding at the beginning of FY2015 was $43.4 million. BS, MS, and PhD degrees are offered, with a growing enrollment of over 610 undergraduate majors (14% women) and over 270 PhD/MS students. In 2010, CS@VT was ranked 5th in the country in recruiting quality of CS undergrads by the Wall Street Journal. The department is in the College of Engineering, whose undergraduate program was ranked 8th and graduate program was ranked 12th among public engineering schools in 2014 by U.S. News & World Report. Early applications are encouraged. We welcome applications from women or minorities. Salary for suitably qualified applicants is competitive and commensurate with experience. Selected candidates must pass a criminal background check prior to employment. **************************************************************** 38. Lecturer/SL in games, U. of Lincoln, England http://games.lincoln.ac.uk/. The U of Lincoln, UK, is looking for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (equiv. Asst / Assoc Prof in the US & Canada) in Games Computing, possibly with a research background in HCI. The full posting is available via https://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=COS235, and more info on our more recent games research is available at http://games.lincoln.ac.uk/. **************************************************************** 39. Information Science, UC/Boulder, due 2 Nov 2015 http://www.jobsatcu.com:80/postings/107999, position number F02925. U of Colorado Boulder Dept of Information Science The newly established Department of Information Science in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) seeks outstanding candidates for multiple tenure-track positions at all ranks. Successful candidates will help shape the future of Information Science--as a Department and as a discipline--and support the growth trajectory of the new College. The Department takes a progressive approach to the discipline of Information Science, focusing on human-data interaction in all its diverse forms and contexts. The College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) is the first new college at CU in 53 years. CMCI is at the forefront of the revolution in communication and digital technology, and is a distinctive, collaborative, interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial enterprise where students engage with world-class faculty to learn, create and analyze media content in its many forms. CMCI is establishing a new standard for teaching and scholarship in communication, media and information. The roster of the Department's founding faculty reveals a diversity of backgrounds and interests that constitutes a shared commitment to progressive visions of Information Science. Our current faculty have training in multiple disciplines that include Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Data Science, Education, Human-Computer Interaction, Humanities, Informatics, Law, Media Studies, and Psychology. Furthermore, the Department sits in a College that includes faculty with whom we have close relationships in Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design; Communication; Critical Media Practices; Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance; Journalism; and Media Studies. In addition, the Department's research and educational missions are enhanced by multiple cross-disciplinary relationships across the university at large. Finally, the Department of Information Science collaborates extensively with the Department of Computer Science and is a member of the campus-wide Human-Centered Computing community. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Information Science, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Candidates must show evidence of or an ability to develop an independent research program; a commitment to teaching and creating a diverse educational environment; and a desire to contribute to a rapidly expanding institutional environment. Applications will be evaluated beginning 2 Nov 2015. The search will continue until positions are filled. Applications must include a letter of interest specifying an area of specialization and how that relates to the broader mission of information science; curriculum vitae; statements of research and teaching; and contact information for at least three references. CU Boulder is a research university with about 25,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students. The city of Boulder is a high-tech hub, with the highest concentration of tech startups in the US at 2.5 times the density of Silicon Valley, according to the Kauffman Foundation. Boulder is also home to 4 national labs--NCAR, NIST, NOAA, and NREL--which support additional opportunities for scientific and technical collaboration. Located at the base of the Rocky Mountains yet only 27 miles from Denver, Boulder is frequently named one of the most desirable places in the US to live. The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Alternative formats of this ad can be provided upon request for individuals with disabilities by contacting the ADA Coordinator at hr-ada(a)colorado.edu. Applications must be submitted online at http://www.jobsatcu.com:80/postings/107999, position number F02925. ============================ Leysia Palen Prof of Computer Science Prof and Founding Chair of Information Science University of Colorado, Boulder http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~palen/ **************************************************************** 40. CS@U Central FL, tenure track https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/43185 The Computer Science Division in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UCF invites applications for three tenure-track (or tenured) positions at the assistant or associate prof level, starting Fall 2016. Successful candidates will have a record of high-quality publications and be recognized for their expertise and the impact of their research. We welcome exceptional applicants from all CS research areas though we are particularly interested in applicants in the following areas: cyber security, algorithms and the theory of computing, and human-computer interaction. Computer Science (CS) at UCF has a rapidly-growing educational and research program with over $4.5 million in research contracts and expenditures annually and over 215 graduate students. Computer Science has strong areas of research in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Virtual and Mixed Reality, Big Data, and HCI. The CS division is also well-known for the success of its two-time defending National Champion Cyber Defense team and the exceptional record of its programming teams in regional, national, and world competitions. More information about the Computer Science division can be found at http://www.cs.ucf.edu/. UCF has the top-tier Carnegie Foundation designation of a "very high research activity" university. Research sponsors include NSF, NIH, NASA, DOT, DARPA, ONR, and other agencies of the DOD. Industry sponsors include AMD, Boeing, Canon, Electronic Arts, General Dynamics, Harris, Hitachi, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, SAIC, Symantec, Toyota USA, and Walt Disney World, as well as local startups. UCF is the nation's second largest university and is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the third most up-and-coming university in terms of innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, and student life. Located in Orlando, UCF is at the center of the I-4 High Tech Corridor. The corridor has an excellent industrial base that includes software, defense, space, simulation and training, and a world-renowned entertainment industry. Adjacent to UCF is a thriving research park that hosts more than 100 high-technology companies and the UCF Institute for Simulation and Training. The Central Florida area is designated by the state of Florida as the Center of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation. UCF also features the College of Medicine (COM) which opened in 2009 and is fully accredited. Great weather, easy access to the seashore, one of the largest convention centers in the nation, and one of the world's best airports are just a few features that make Orlando an ideal location. To apply: https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/43185 **************************************************************** 41. Assoc/Full Prof, Learning Science/EDM/LAK at New York U http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_positions/alt/ect_associate_tenured Assoc/Full Prof, Learning Science/Education Communication and Technology, Tenured/Tenure-Track View ad online: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_positions/alt/ect_associate_tenured The (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect) Educational Communication and Technology program in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University invites applications and nominations for an open rank, tenured/tenure-track position in the area of learning, measurement, and assessment with digital media with primary responsibilities in the graduate program. The ECT programs--the Ph.D. in Educational Communication and Technology (ECT), the M.A. and Advanced Certificate in Digital Media Design for Learning (DMDL), and M.S. in Games for Learning (G4L)--offer graduate instruction in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a broad range of digital media-based learning environments, including simulation and games, mobile apps, and online experiences. The programs aspire to contribute to the ideals of social equity and an informed and participatory citizenry through design and scholarship. Qualifications An earned doctorate is required in Learning Sciences, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Science, Educational Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. Candidates should have a strong program of theory-based research on the design or use of digital media for learning, measurement, or assessment that advances the field. Research specializations that include new and emerging learning-related areas, such as educational data mining, learning analytics, or visual analytics, are of particular interest. The ECT programs are interested in theoretical and applied research on learning in traditional and nontraditional settings and learning outcomes. Responsibilities In addition to service at the program, school, and university levels, responsibilities will include: (1) engagement in an active program of scholarly research related to the design, use, and study of digital media for learning, teaching, or assessment; (2) design and teaching of courses primarily at the graduate level; (3) advisement and supervision of undergraduates and of graduate student masters theses and doctoral dissertations; (4) development of research grant proposals to appropriate federal agencies, foundations, and private donors. NYU's dynamic Global Network University includes NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai, and international programs and academic centers around the world. NYU Steinhardt faculty may have the opportunity to engage in research and teaching at these global study and research sites. New York University is an equal opportunity employer. NYU does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, unemployment status or any other legally protected basis, and to the extent permitted by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. Applications Please apply online with a letter of application, curriculum vitae, up to three research manuscripts or journal articles, and the names and contact information of three references: http://www.nyuopsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=52653 Inquiries and requests for further information should be directed to Jan L. Plass, ECT Program Director and Search Committee Chair, jan.plass(a)nyu.edu Information about the ECT Programs can be found at: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect Reviewing of applications will begin on November 1, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. The starting date for the position is September 1, 2016, and the appointment is on a nine-month schedule. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. NYU provides a competitive benefits package. __________________________________________________________________________________ Jan L. Plass, Paulette Goddard Prof of Digital Media and Learning Sciences Director, Programs in (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect/ms) Games for Learning (MS) (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect/ma) Digital Media Design for Learning (MA) (http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect/phd) Educational Communication and Technology (PhD) Director, (http://create.nyu.edu/) CREATE Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education Co-Director, G4LI Institute for Games for Learning MAGNET (Media and Games Network) Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University Access our simulations and games using (http://create.nyu.edu/dream) DREAM **************************************************************** 42. Open-Rank Faculty Position in Quan Psy, U of Mich https://psychology-lsa.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2s9hqlu3cgv The Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. The expected start date is 1 Sep 2016. The primary criterion for appointment is excellence in research and teaching. We are especially interested in candidates whose research program contributes to the development of new quantitative methods. Although the specific research area is open, we are especially interested in applicants for whom quantitative theoretical modeling, which could include computational models, analytic models, statistical models or psychometric models, is an essential part of their research program. The successful candidate will participate in the teaching rotation of graduate-level statistics and methods. Quantitative psychologists from all areas of psychology and related disciplines are encouraged to apply. This is a university-year appointment. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline (e.g. Bio-statistics, Psychology) by the time the position starts, and a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching. New faculty hired at the Assistant Prof level will be expected to establish an independent research program. Please submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, and evidence of teaching excellence (if any). Applicants should also request at least three letters of recommendation from referees. All materials should be uploaded by September 30, 2015 as a single PDF attachment to https://psychology-lsa.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2s9hqlu3cgv. For inquiries about the positions please contact Richard Gonzalez (gonzo(a)umich.edu) The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual-career couples. Richard L. Lewis rickl(a)umich.edu Prof http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rickl/ Department of Psychology (734) 763-1466 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 **************************************************************** 43. Senior Neuroscientists, Virginia Tech Senior Neuroscientist. Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech (http://www.psyc.vt.edu) seeks a senior neuroscientist to complement recent growth in neuroscience in the department, college, and throughout the university. Exceptional advanced and senior candidates with a focus on human systems are encouraged to apply. Appointment will be made at the Assoc Prof or Prof level, with tenure. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a vigorous research program, teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and participate in professional and university service. Candidates will have opportunities for collaboration with many other established neuroscientists on campus and at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (http://research.vtc.vt.edu) There is also the potential to collaborate with new neuroscientists who will be hired by the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience (launch date expected in 2016; http://www.science.vt.edu/ais/neuro) Questions regarding the Senior Neuroscientist in Psychology position can be directed to Prof. Martha Ann Bell, Chair of Neuroscience Search, Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (540) 231-2546, mabell(a)vt.edu. More detail and the application process can be found at http://www.jobs.vt.edu (reference posting #TR0150115). Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. **************************************************************** 44. Comp. neuroscience positions at Sandia National Labs [this has passed, but there seem to commonly be positions there] http://www.sandia.gov/careers/ From: Chance, Frances S. (fschanc(a)sandia.gov) comp-neuro(a)neuroinf.org We are seeking computational neuroscientists to join our interdisciplinary research program in understanding cognitive function at the neural circuit level. Example research topics of interest include understanding neural circuit function, neural basis of perception, decision-making, learning and memory, and the development and validation of large-scale high-fidelity neural simulations. Multiple positions for varying levels of experience are available. To apply, visit http://www.sandia.gov/careers/ and click 'View All Jobs'. Type the indicated Job ID into the Keywords box to find the appropriate posting. For questions please contact Frances Chance (fschanc(a)sandia.gov) Brad Aimone (jbaimon(a)sandia.gov) or Glory Emmanuel (gremman(a)sandia.gov) Technical Staff (Job ID 647552): The successful applicant for our technical staff position should have a strong background in neuroscience (as evidenced by a PhD in neuroscience, cognitive science, machine learning, or a related field), and experience with current neuroscience research methods and data analysis. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to ongoing projects as well as to develop new lines of research and pursue new funding opportunities. Experience should be commensurate with a beginning assistant prof or higher. Postdoctoral Position in Computational Neuroscience (Job ID 647564): An advanced degree (PhD or equivalent) in computational neuroscience or a related area is required for this position, as is a strong record of academic performance and publications. Other required qualifications include competence in C, C++, Matlab, Python, or a related programming language, and excellent written- and oral-communication skills. Postdoctoral Position in Machine Learning/Computer Science (Job ID 647563): An advanced degree (PhD or equivalent) in mathematics or computer science or related area is required for this position; with a preference for those with experience in examining neural computation or developing machine learning approaches based on neural inspiration. Those with focus on mathematics research areas pertinent to neural systems, such as studies of large dynamical systems, high-dimensional statistics, and dimensionality reduction, are particularly encouraged to apply. A strong record of academic performance and publications is required. Other required qualifications include competence in C, C++, Matlab, Python, or a related programming language, and excellent written- and oral-communication skills. **************************************************************** 45. Academic Fellow in Machine Learning, Leeds, due 30sep15 https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1012 University Academic Fellow in Machine Learning (Tenure Track) -- 250 Great Minds https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1012 (DEADLINE: 30:09:2015, note more positions will be open) The University of Leeds wants to recruit 250 University Academic Fellows by 2017 who have the potential to make a major contribution to the University's academic performance and standing -- see http://250greatminds.leeds.ac.uk/. Join us and you will be supported by a structured five year fellowship development programme leading to an Associate Prof role. We are currently advertising for a UAF in Machine Learning. The School of Computing's interests in Machine Learning range from the foundations of learning to applications in data analytics; health, commerce, biology, engineering; and robotics; control, smart factories, security, biological systems. The School has established an international leadership in aspects of machine learning, most notably through spatial reasoning, ontological alignment, and cognitive vision. We are seeking to strengthen our expertise in this field, through an outstanding researcher with the drive and ambition to eventually assume leadership of this activity in the School. We welcome applicants from all aspects of machine learning, but in particular candidates whose research aligns with the major strategic areas of robotics or data analytics. Grade: 8 Salary: ?38k to ?45k Closing Date: 30 Sep 2015 Reference: ENGCP1012 Please apply via: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=ENGCP1012 **************************************************************** 46. Tenure Track Asst Prof in Cog Psychology at Syracuse https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/61035 As part of our multiyear hiring plan, the Dept of Psychology at Syracuse U invites applications for a full time tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology to join the Cognition, Brain, & Behavior (CBB) area. The successful candidate is expected to pursue an exceptional program of research using rigorous methods and driven by a strong theoretical foundation to understand fundamental mechanisms underlying cognition. Candidates with a program of research utilizing outstanding quantitative skills will receive special consideration. Applicants for the position should have a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field. Successful candidates will show evidence of (1) high quality scholarship and the potential to build a vigorous program of funded research (2) teaching promise at the undergraduate and graduate levels and (3) promise of excellence in engaging graduate and undergraduate students in research. Responsibilities include maintaining an active program of research, teaching and advising at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and contributing to the CBB program. Information about the department may be found at http://psychology.syr.edu/. CBB has collaborations with the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience program http://neuroscience.syr.edu/index.html. Review of applications will begin 1 Nov 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. The university and department have a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff. Syracuse U is an equal opportunity, affirmative-action institution. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from members of underrepresented groups and strongly encourage women and persons of color to apply for these positions. The Dept of Psychology and broader Syracuse community provides a rich and supportive environment for inclusive research involving ethnically and economically diverse populations. Syracuse is located in beautiful Upstate New York. The city and surrounding areas offer outstanding school systems, a modest cost of living, proximity to nature (Adirondack Mountains, Thousand Islands, Lake Ontario, and the Finger Lakes) and easy access to major eastern cities. Several major medical centers, including SUNY Upstate Medical Center and the Syracuse VA Medical Center, are in close proximity to Syracuse University and offer opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Applicants must complete a brief online faculty application at https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/61035. Attach electronic copies of your curriculum vitae and a cover letter describing your research and teaching accomplishments and interests and one representative paper. Three letters of recommendation are required. Detailed instructions for uploading their confidential recommendation letter into the system will be sent to references identified in your application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and will continue until the position is filled. **************************************************************** 47. Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36230 Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study George Mason U, a public research university located in Fairfax County, Va., is seeking the next Director for the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study. The Krasnow Institute seeks to expand understanding of mind, brain, and complex adaptive systems by conducting advanced interdisciplinary research. The Krasnow Institute plays a key role in achieving the university's goal of increased prominence through research. For additional information, please see https://krasnow.gmu.edu/. Responsibilities: The Director of the Krasnow Institute provides overall research and administrative leadership for the institute and reports directly to the Executive Vice President/Provost. The Director is responsible for working closely with faculty in setting the research agenda for the institute--maintaining and enhancing the quality of the institute, working collaboratively with faculty and staff to continuously improve research programs, developing and sustaining relationships between other academic units on campus and in the community, enhancing the reputation of the institute to national and international constituencies, and maintaining sound fiscal management. The Director also will oversee the generation of external resources, including sponsored research funding, philanthropic support, and major gifts. The Krasnow Institute is part of George Mason, which has grown in size, stature and national rankings since its birth less than a half-century ago. Mason is currently the largest and most diverse public university in Virginia, with over 33,000 students from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William counties with more than 1,400 faculty members. George Mason University is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with global distinction in a range of academic fields. Mason's reach is both deep and broad. Its location near Washington, D.C., affords unique resources and opportunities for partnership with external organizations. The university is within 20 miles of over 30 universities and premiere research institutions, and federal agencies and federal laboratories. Fairfax also boasts some of the finest public schools in the country, such as Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, numerous performing arts and health care facilities, and over 30,000 acres of public parklands to provide a unique quality of life. Qualifications: Applicants must have the ability to lead and manage an interdisciplinary organization that successfully integrates cutting edge research and academic activities relevant to the institute's mission. Applicants should also have demonstrated experience facilitating productive partnerships and a positive reputation with the external community. Applicants for the position must: Hold an earned terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D.); Have significant research accomplishments; and Have academic experience in a scientific field connected to the mission of the institute. The ideal candidate will also have: A strong record of accomplishments consistent with tenure at the rank of full prof at a research university; Excellent interpersonal skills; and Demonstrated experience in academic program leadership, and university program development and fundraising. **************************************************************** 48. Computational Social Science, GMU, Junior position https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36295 Tenure-Track Assistant Prof, Computational Social Science George Mason U's Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) Department in the College of Science invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Prof level. Responsibilities: Beginning Fall 2016, this position is intended to primarily support the Computational Social Science (CSS) Program within CDS, including support of the Ph.D. degree in CSS, a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies, and a CSS certificate. This position will also support undergraduate programs that are currently under development. Qualifications: Potential for success in both research and teaching are the primary criteria for this position. Applicants should have a promising research record, with a deep knowledge of and interest in computation as applied to one or more of the social sciences. While we are open to expertise in all areas of computational social science, we are particularly interested in social network specialists interested in both theory and data. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by Aug 2016 is acceptable) from an accredited institution. About the Program: Methodologically, the CSS Program focuses on data-driven social science models using social network and agent-based computational approaches from a complexity perspective. Current faculty members have domain expertise in economics and finance, political science and international relations, geography and geographic information systems, land use and cover change, and public policy. As one of the first programs of its type in the world, CSS has had significant success in both research and professional placement. Our students come from all over the world (the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia) and have been placed at a variety of top universities (e.g., University of Oxford, University College London), at government agencies, as well as in the private sector, including start-up companies. **************************************************************** -30- If you have read this far, try out this podcast on Canadian news: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/thisisthat_20151008_27451.mp3

Nov. 2, 2015

Focus session on sensorimotor circuits at 2016 APS March Meeting

by Tatyana Sharpee

Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract for the next APS March Meeting, and i n particular, for the Focus Session "Physics of Sensorimotor Neural Circuits .” The meeting will take place in Baltimore, MD, on March 14-18, 2016. Abstract submission deadline: November 6, 2015, 5:00pm EST You can submit abstracts for CONTRIBUTED TALKS for this Focus Session and ot hers (see below for a list of session especially relevant to neuroscience). As a session organizer, I’d like to invite you to submit exciting new work o n sensory and/or motor neural systems. The focus session will consist of 2 i nvited talks and ~8 contributed talks. Submission and relevant information is through the APS site: http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/scientific/index.cfm Please note that only APS members (or members of reciprocal societies) can s ubmit the abstracts. You can obtain your membership online. Invited and Focus sessions of relevance to neuroscience will include, among others, 1. Large Scale Neuroscience Projects 2. Theoretical physics and networks of real neurons 3. Inference in Biophysics 4. Principles of Cell-to-Cell communication 5. Brain Morphology and Mechanics: From Cortex Folding to Neuronal Growth to Compression Stiffening 6. Robophysics: physics meets robotics 7. Physics of sensorimotor neural circuits 8. Neural control of behavior 9. Maximum entropy models: a promising link between statistical physics, inf erence, and biology 10. Critical transitions in biological systems Some of the invited speakers include: Vijay Balasubramanian (U Pennsylvania) William Bialek (Princeton U) Gwyneth Card (Janelia Farm) David van Essen (Washington U, St. Loius) Adrienne Fairhall (U Washington) Surya Ganguli (Stanford U) Mark Goldman (UC Davis) Alexei Koulakov (CSHL) Thierry Mora (ENS) Stephanie Palmer (U Chicago) Hanchuan Peng (Allen Institute) Elad Schneidman (Hebrew U) Terry Sejnowski (Salk Institute) Naftali Tishby (Hebrew U) Gasper Tkacik (IST Austria) and others. We are now accepting abstract submissions for contributed talks on a broad range of topics on the intersection of physics and neuroscience, such as quantitative experimental protocols, modeling of neural dynamics, analysis of collective computation in neural circuits, and others. Best Regards, Tatyana Tatyana O. Sharpee, PhD Associate Professor Helen McLoraine Developmental Chair Computational Neurobiology Laboratory Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA 92037

Oct. 30, 2015

Graduate training in Perception, Brain, & Behavior at UT Austin

by Mary Hayhoe

Graduate training in Perception, Brain, & Behavior at UT Austin The program in Perception, Brain & Behavior at The University of Texas at Austin is encouraging applications for interdisciplinary graduate study in vision sciences, with emphasis on naturalistic tasks and stimuli. Housed in the Department of Psychology, the Institute for Neuroscience, and the Center for Perceptual Systems, our program is a vibrant, growing, and highly-collaborative collection of research laboratories boasting world-class facilities for conducting research in visual perception, visually guided actions, and the underlying neural mechanisms. These facilities include fMRI, eye tracking, head and body tracking, face and facial expression tracking, virtual reality, the collection of 3D time-varying natural scene statistics, computationally-intensive modeling and computer graphics, psychophysics, 2 photon microscopy, optical imaging, and electrophysiology. Funding opportunities are available through an NIH training grant, Research Assistantships, Fellowships, and Teaching Assistantships. Faculty actively engaging in interdisciplinary research in the program include: Dana Ballard: computational neuroscience, machine learning, visuo-motor control Larry Cormack: natural tasks and psychophysics; 3D motion perception Ila Fiete: computational neuroscience, neural coding Bill Geisler: vision and natural scene statistics; computational modeling Mary Hayhoe: eye movements, attention, virtual environments. Alex Huk: sensory-motor decisions, neural mechanisms of motion and depth perception Ian Nauhaus: neural coding, cortical organization, computational neuroscience Nicholas Priebe: neural coding in early visual cortex, intracellular recording Eyal Seidemann: optical imaging and electrophysiology of early visual cortex Max Snodderley: retina and early visual cortex, retinal disease. More information on our research can be found at www.cps.utexas.edu, and we encourage you to contact investigators directly if you are interested in their research. You can apply via the Ph.D. programs in Neuroscience http://neuroscience.utexas.edu/program/ 512-471-3640, neuroscience(a)mail.clm.utexas.edu and Psychology http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/GradProgram/gradhome.html 512-471-6398, gradoffice(a)psy.utexas.edu Mary Hayhoe Center for Perceptual Systems University of Texas Austin 108 E. Dean Keeton Blvd, Stop A8000 Austin TX 78712-1043 hayhoe(a)utexas.edu

Oct. 30, 2015

Cognitive and Information Sciences Ph.D. Program - University of California, Merced

by David Noelle

The Cognitive and Information Sciences graduate program at the University of California, Merced has positions available for Ph.D. students entering Fall 2016. We offer interdisciplinary training in human neural, behavioral, and social processes and their dynamics. The program is research-intensive, and a wide range of projects and collaborations are available for students to join, and take on leading roles as they progress through the program. Topics include language, speech, communication, movement coordination, interpersonal interaction, human-computer interaction, philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, memory, executive control, search, neural networks, learning, and dynamical and complex systems. The word “information” in CIS denotes our emphases on data science and engineering, computational modeling, and technological applications that support and even emulate intelligent behaviors. Students who graduate from our Ph.D. program have career opportunities in academia as well as technology industries. Please visit our program website for information about CIS: http://cogsci.ucmerced.edu/ Applications may be submitted through the graduate division website: http://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/ For full consideration, applications should be received by December 15, although we will continue to accept applications until January 15. Top candidates will be invited and reimbursed to visit the campus February 5-6, to meet with our faculty and students and learn more about the program. Multi-year offers of financial support are available, which include full tuition and competitive stipends. If you have any further questions, please email the faculty member(s) who most closely align with your research interests.

Oct. 29, 2015

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