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| Gregory Dyke  || CMU/LTI || Carolyn Rosé || [[Social_And_Communicative_Factors_In_Learning | SC Thrust]] || gregdyke@gmail.com || I am interested in the creation of tools to help humans analyse data of computer mediated collaboration (and learning). My PhD resulted in the creation of [[http://code.google.com/p/tatiana | Tatiana]] (Trace Analysis Tool for Interaction ANAlysts), a flexible, extensible tool particularly well suited for the analysis of small group face to face and computer mediated interaction. My current work involves examining and assisting the discovery of how interaction unfolds over time.|| N/A || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Davy_%26_MacWhinney_-_Spanish_Sentence_Production Spanish Sentence Production]
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| [[Suzanne Adlof]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| [[Matthew Bernacki]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
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| [[Fan Cao]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| [[Min Chi]] || CMU/MLD || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?  
== Meeting Notes==
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'''Cognitive Factors'''
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| [[Sherice Clarke]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
 
''September 24, 2010''
 
 
 
Welcome to the new members!
 
 
 
Send Ruth email if you (or any new collaborators, post-docs, grad students) need to be added to the cognitive factors d-list
 
 
 
Send Jo email if you need to be added to the general PSLC d-list
 
 
 
Advisory board dates - January 20 & 21, 2011 (Thur and Fri)
 
 
 
Speaker Series - Rob Goldstone has agreed to come (probably before the AB)
 
 
 
Handout: Cognitive Factors Thrust Plan, if see you see errors send them to Chuck (link to document coming soon)
 
 
 
In general for Annual Report and Strategic Plan it is important to have non-text contributions; send screenshots/pictures of interventions and/or graphs of results as they come up
 
 
 
Also as a general reminder, it is never too early to send bullets of exciting findings, usually collected at least once a year
 
 
 
Talk: How does learning to write help learning to read Chinese (fMRI study) - Fan Cao Abstract Two types of instructions were given to a group of English speakers who learn Chinese as a L2. One is character writing and the other is pinyin writing. The hypothesis is that writing will facilitate the integration of orthographic, phonological and semantic representations by involving both perception and production and by emphasizing the special features of Chinese characters. fMRI scans found that sensory-motor cortex and visual-spatial representation cortex are more involved if the subject had writing experience. We also found that writing training produced more elaborated representations of orthography, phonology and semantics in the brain as compared to pinyin training.
 
 
 
Slides here: Media:PSLC_Sep_24_1.pdf
 
 
 
Next up: Colleen Davy will speak at the October meeting, likely the last week of Oct at CMU
 
 
 
'''Grad student meeting notes: 11/15/2010'''
 
 
 
1) Discussion of iSLC Conference: March 25th-27th, 2011
 
 
 
Theme: researching communication and communicating language
 
 
 
If you are interested in giving a talk or a poster, e-mail Colleen Davy at cdavy1@andrew.cmu.edu. You might also be interested in some of the workshops at iSLC. Current proposals for workshops include sessions on CLAN and the R statistical package.
 
 
 
Colleen needs organizers to help decide on the placement/division of themes for poster sessions and symposia.
 
 
 
Graduate students need to discuss their role in the Ultimate Block Party at the iSLC.
 
 
 
2) Advisory board meeting: January 20th -21st
 
 
 
Theme: PSLC sustainability
 
 
 
Graduate students and post-docs will present a SWOT analysis.
 
 
 
Grad students and post docs can present posters at the session. Grad students and post-docs from all thrusts are encouraged to present posters.
 
 
 
3) Meeting with post-docs: December 6th, 2010
 
 
 
We will prepare a joint post-doc/grad SWOT analysis to present at the advisory board meeting.
 
 
 
== FAQs==
 
 
 
'''1.  What does it take to be a PSLC grad student?'''
 
 
 
Well, there are basically three ways you can be considered a PSLC grad student.
 
 
 
a.  You work on a project that receives funding from the PSLC.
 
 
 
b.  Your advisor or collaborator receives funding from the PSLC and asks you to be involved.
 
 
 
c.  You want to be a PSLC grad student.
 
 
 
 
 
'''2.  What types of opportunities does the PSLC have for a grad student like me?''' 
 
 
 
There are a variety of different levels of involvement and types of activities that the PSLC offers. 
 
 
 
For the casual grad student, the PSLC organizes a speaker series with talks that may be of interest to students interested in the learning sciences.  These are open to whomever wishes to go.  There are also monthly lunch meetings where people associated with the PSLC can give a talk on their work. 
 
 
 
The grad student community also hopes to organize events catered toward grad students, with topics like applying for grants, finding jobs, collaboration with people at other universities, etc.  These are also open to the public. 
 
 
 
For those who wish to get more involved, the grad student community also has monthly meetings to discuss center-wide issues, read and discuss articles we believe are relevant, plan future events, etc.  Again, these are open to the public. 
 
 
 
Finally, each thrust has regular or semi-regular meetings to discuss the thrust's theoretical framework, set the research agenda, and discuss the progress of projects within that thrust.  While these are open to anyone, they're probably of limited interest unless you currently have or have had a project affiliated with the thrust. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''3.  What is expected of me as a PSLC grad student?'''
 
 
 
If you receive funding from the PSLC, you are expected, to the extent it is possible, to attend the thrust meetings for your relevant thrust, and attend the monthly PSLC lunches.  The grad student community also encourages you to come to the grad student monthly meetings, of course.
 
 
 
If you don't receive funding from the PSLC, but still wish to be a part of the grad student community, your level of involvement is up to you. 
 
 
 
 
 
'''How do I find out about upcoming talks/meetings/events?'''
 
 
 
One option is to check the Announcements section of this page.  A possibly better option would be to get on our mailing list.  To do that, e-mail Jo Bodnar at jobodnar AT cs.cmu.edu and ask to be put on the PSLC general mailing list and grad student mailing list. 
 
 
 
There is also a regularly updated calendar at our [http://www.learnlab.org main webpage] that is updated regularly and gives a fairly complete account of most PSLC events.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.  '''I already consider myself a PSLC grad, and want to be included on this page!  What do I have to do?'''
 
 
 
Well the great thing about the wiki page is that anybody can update it whenever they want!  So, if you have an account here, and you know how to edit tables, you can just log in and add yourself! 
 
 
 
The table formatting is a bit weird and hard to follow, so if you want to add yourself, the easiest thing to do is just copy this text:
 
 
 
<pre>
 
 
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| Name  || University || Advisor || e-mail address || Bio  || Personal Webpage || Link to PSLC project page  [Project page URL Project page title]
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| [[John Connelly]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?  
</pre>
 
 
 
and paste it into the appropriate place on the table.  With your own information, of course. 
 
 
 
If you don't have an account already, you can easily request one (NOTE:  I forget how to do it- I'll need to add that).  Once you have an account, you can just click "Edit" above the table, and you can add yourself.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5.  '''But that's such a pain!  Isn't there an easier way?!'''
 
 
 
There sure is!  If you don't want to make all that effort just to have your name and e-mail address on a page, just send your info (you could even put it in the format given above!) to our Wikimaster (yep, we made that word up!), Ben Friedline, at bef25 AT pitt.edu, and he'll put it on here.
 
 
 
== Who are the PSLC grads? ==
 
 
 
{| border=1  cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align: left;"
 
 
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| [[Amy Crosson]] || Pitt/LRDC || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
! University/Department
 
! Advisor
 
! E-mail
 
! Bio
 
! Personal Webpage
 
! PSLC Projects
 
 
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| Colleen Davy || Carnegie Mellon/Psychology || Brian MacWhinney || cdavy1@andrew.cmu.edu || I am interested in how adult second language learners develop fluent speaking skills in their second language. || N/A || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Davy_%26_MacWhinney_-_Spanish_Sentence_Production Spanish Sentence Production]
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| [[Gregory Dyke | http://www.emse.fr/~dyke]] || CMU/LTI || Carolyn Rosé || [[Social_And_Communicative_Factors_in_Learning | SC Thrust]] <br /> 9th grade Biology|| gregdyke@gmail.com || I am interested in the creation of tools to help humans analyse data of computer mediated collaboration (and learning). My PhD resulted in the creation of [[http://code.google.com/p/tatiana | Tatiana]] (Trace Analysis Tool for Interaction ANAlysts), a flexible, extensible tool particularly well suited for the analysis of small group face to face and computer mediated interaction. My current work involves examining and assisting the discovery of how interaction unfolds over time.
 
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| Susan Dunlap  || University of Pittsburgh || Charles Perfetti || sud4@pitt.edu || My research areas include second language learning, reading, and spelling  || n/a || [http://www.learnlab.org]
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| [[Seiji Isotani]] || CMU/HCII || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Benjamin Friedline  || University of Pittsburgh || Alan Juffs || bef25@pitt.edu || I am interested in how adult second language learners acquire morphology in a second language.  || N/A || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Juffs_-_Feature_Focus_in_Word_Learning Feature Focus in Word Learning]
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| [[Laura Halderman]] || Pitt/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Ruth Wylie || Carnegie Mellon, HCII || Ken Koedinger & Teruko Mitamura || rwylie@cs.cmu.edu || I'm interested in second language learning and self-explanation. || [http://ruthwylie.wordpress.com/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rwylie] || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Wylie_-_Intelligent_Writing_Tutor Self-Explanation and ESL]
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| [[Ido Roll]] || UBC/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Mary Lou Vercellotti || University of Pittsburgh || Dr. Nel de Jong || marylou.vercellotti@gmail.com || My research looks at complexity, accuracy, and fluency in the oral production of English as a second language. || N/A || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Fostering_fluency_in_second_language_learning Refinement and Fluency]
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| [[Oscar Saz]] || CMU/LTI || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Turadg Aleahmad || Carnegie Mellon, HCII || Ken Koedinger & John Zimmerman || turadg@cmu.edu || My research is in design methods for theory-driven educational technology. || [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~taleahma] ||  
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| [[Stephanie Siler]] || CMU/Psychology || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Nora Presson  || Carnegie Mellon, Psychology || Brian MacWhinney || presson@cmu.edu || I am studying how practice conditions can improve learning of second language grammar, especially testing the effects of explicit instruction. || || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Presson_%26_MacWhinney_-_Second_Language_Grammar Second Language Grammar Instruction]
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| [[Zelha Tunc-Pekkan]] || CMU/HCII || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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| Daniel Belenky || University of Pittsburgh || Timothy Nokes || dmb83@pitt.edu || I am interesting in issues of motivation and cognition. Specifically, I have been studying how achievement goals influence transfer.  || N/A || [http://www.learnlab.org/research/wiki/index.php/Nokes_-_Dialectical_Interaction_and_Robust_Learning Dialectical Interaction and Robust Learning]
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| [[Candace Walkington]] || UTexas/? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
 
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== Science of Learning Relevant Courses ==
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== Meeting Notes and Schedule ==
The PIER program offers three courses -- see the [http://www.cmu.edu/pier PIER Web page]
 
  
See also the courses taught be any of the PSLC faculty.
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=== Nov 29 2010 ===
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* Prepared SWOT for AB
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* Matt will attend the Grad Student SWOT meeting on Dec 6.
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* Decided to setup a wiki page modeled on the Grad Student wiki page (Greg)
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* Matt will set up a doodle to plan meetings
  
(Please add the names of relevant courses and web pointers if possible!)
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== FAQs==
  
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''What lists should I sign up for?''
  
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''What do the PSCL docs do as an entity?''
05832 / 05432 Cognitive Modeling & Intelligent Tutoring Systems
 
3:00pm-4:20pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Fall 2010
 
Room 3002, Newell-Simon Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
 
9 units
 
Dr. Vincent Aleven, aleven@cs.cmu.edu
 
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Students in this course will learn about the Cognitive Tutor technology that has been demonstrated to dramatically enhance student learning in domains like math, science, and computer programming. This type of tutoring software is currently in use in 2,700 schools around the country and is used extensively as platform for learning sciences research. The technology is grounded in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and cognitive task analysis. Students will learn data-driven and theoretical methods for analyzing human problem solving and will learn to use such data to inform the design of intelligent tutoring systems. Course projects will focus on the development of an intelligent tutor using CTAT, the Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools (see http://ctat.pact.cs.cmu.edu). Some assignments will focus on creating cognitive models in the Jess production rule modeling language.
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''I'm a new PostDoc. Can you give me a quick overview of PSLC?''
  
Students should either have programming skills, or experience in the cognitive psychology of human problem solving, or HCI / design skills, or permission from the instructor.
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''I'm a new PostDoc. What should I do and who should I talk to?''

Revision as of 23:18, 30 November 2010

This page contains

  • Information about PSLC PostDocs
  • Information which is relevant to them and to new PostDocs

It is "maintained" by GregDyke, but anyone should feel free to edit it.

Who are the PSLC PostDocs?

Name University/Department Working With PSLC Thrust and Projects E-mail Research Interests
Suzanne Adlof Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
Matthew Bernacki Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
Fan Cao Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
Min Chi CMU/MLD ? ? ? ? ?
Sherice Clarke Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
John Connelly Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
Amy Crosson Pitt/LRDC ? ? ? ? ?
http://www.emse.fr/~dyke CMU/LTI Carolyn Rosé SC Thrust
9th grade Biology
gregdyke@gmail.com I am interested in the creation of tools to help humans analyse data of computer mediated collaboration (and learning). My PhD resulted in the creation of [| Tatiana] (Trace Analysis Tool for Interaction ANAlysts), a flexible, extensible tool particularly well suited for the analysis of small group face to face and computer mediated interaction. My current work involves examining and assisting the discovery of how interaction unfolds over time.
Seiji Isotani CMU/HCII ? ? ? ? ?
Laura Halderman Pitt/? ? ? ? ? ?
Ido Roll UBC/? ? ? ? ? ?
Oscar Saz CMU/LTI ? ? ? ? ?
Stephanie Siler CMU/Psychology ? ? ? ? ?
Zelha Tunc-Pekkan CMU/HCII ? ? ? ? ?
Candace Walkington UTexas/? ? ? ? ? ?

Meeting Notes and Schedule

Nov 29 2010

  • Prepared SWOT for AB
  • Matt will attend the Grad Student SWOT meeting on Dec 6.
  • Decided to setup a wiki page modeled on the Grad Student wiki page (Greg)
  • Matt will set up a doodle to plan meetings

FAQs

What lists should I sign up for?

What do the PSCL docs do as an entity?

I'm a new PostDoc. Can you give me a quick overview of PSLC?

I'm a new PostDoc. What should I do and who should I talk to?