Cognitive Modeling Volunteer Computing Symposium 2007

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The Cognitive Modeling Volunteer Computing Symposium was held at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Mesa, AZ on May 17, 2007. This meeting kicked off the initial phases of the MindModeling@home project (http://www.mindmodeling.org/). The symposium consisted of a collection of cognitive scientists and computer scientists working together to discuss the potential research advantages of volunteer computing for undertaking computationally complex problems in cognitive science. This collaborative event between academia, industry and USAF was divided into two sessions followed by a working group meeting about the MindModeling@home project. The first session focused on undertaking computationally complex problems in cognitive science and consisted of five presentations discussing different techniques used to overcome these challenges. The second session targeted volunteer computing [BOINC] and the pursuit of utilizing this resource for cognitive science. The presentations were given by representatives from University California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Penn State, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Adaptive Cognitive Systems (ACS) and the Air Force Research Lab Human Effectiveness Directorate. The keynote presentation was given by Dr. David Anderson, architect of the world’s largest (virtual) super computer infrastructure.

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Dr. David Anderson (Berkeley)
Eric Dimperio (Indiana University, AFRL)
Dr. Wayne Gray (Rennselaer)
Sue Kase (Penn State)
Dr. Christian Lebiere (CMU)
Dr. Matthias Scheutz (Notre Dame, AFRL)

Dr. Brad Best (ACS)
Dr. Michael Fleetwood (ACS)
Christopher Myers (CERI)
Dr. Steve Shope (CERI)

Col. Daniel Walker (AFRL)
Dr. Dee Andrews (AFRL)
Dr. Jerry Ball (AFRL)
Dr. Herb Bell (AFRL)
Dr. Kevin Gluck (AFRL)
Dr. Glenn Gunzelmann (AFRL)
Jack Harris (AFRL)
Dr. Tiffany Jastrzembski (AFRL)
Michael Krusmark (AFRL)
Rick Moore (AFRL)