Highlights for SCiP

The program will include papers, tutorials, and symposia dealing with the use of computers in all areas of psychological research, including (but not limited to):

• computer-based research tools
  
• computer-mediated communication
  
• diagnostic and assessment tools
  
• eye tracking tools and applications
  
• experimental methodology
  
• human-computer interaction
  
• imaging methods and analysis
  
• instructional software
  
• modeling cognitive and neural processes
  
• statistics and modeling
  
• virtual environments
  
• Web-based research and instruction

Keynote Speech - For Better and Worse: Marrying Humans and Technology Under the Cognitive Huppa

We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for SCiP 2008 is Frank Durso.

Frank received his B.S. in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University, his Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook, and then spent 20 years at the University of Oklahoma where he served as founding director of the Human-Technology Interaction Center. He moved to Texas Tech University in 2001, and this fall he moves to the Georgia Institute of Technology as a professor in the School of Psychology. Frank’s research has looked at cognitive processes in complex environments like air traffic control. He is recipient of the Regents’ Award for Research and the Kenneth E. Crook award for instruction. He is associate editor of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, and is on the editorial boards of Human Factors and Air Traffic Control Quarterly. His research has been funded by the FAA, NSF, and DOE. He is senior editor of Wiley’s Handbook of Applied Cognition, an upcoming volume of the HFES annual review series, and co-author of Stories of Modern Technology Failures and their Cognitive Engineering Solutions. He is president of Division 21 of the APA and the Aerospace technical group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Frank also founded the Oklahoma Psychological Society and produces a psychology podcast series on iTUNES.

Presidential Address

I believe that powerful forces are in play that will shortly lead to the demise of the printed textbook in favor of an electronic textbook. To truly be effective, electronic textbooks need to fully exploit the ability of computers to deliver dynamic and interactive content with a user-friendly writing style and interface. I will discuss the factors that contribute to the extinction of the printed text and then will review ePsych, a developing electronic text that serves as an demonstration of an electronic text. Although ePsych is incomplete and under development, it includes more than 2000 .html > pages, several hundred video clips, nearly a hundred java applets, and a fast and convenient user-interface. ePsych draws heavily upon developments and findings reported at SCiP, including factors such as display timing, experimental program development, user interface designs, intelligent tutor design, and the like: The talk will pay homage to many SCiP giants on whose shoulders I stand.

Awards and Recognitions

The Society sponsors The Castellan Student Paper Award for the outstanding student paper. Student papers on the application of computers to any area of psychology (theoretical, experimental, applied) are welcome. Eligibility is open to work done by a student currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate courses, or work done as part of a course, thesis, or other student research by a person who graduated within the last year. The student must be the primary author and the presenter of the paper. The winning author will receive a one-year membership in the Society, a one-year subscription to BRM, and a $100 cash prize. Students who wish to have their papers considered for the award should indicate their desire at the time of submission, and are required to submit the complete manuscript for evaluation for the competition by September 1, 2008. The award for the outstanding student paper will be presented at the conference during the business meeting.

Logistics

SCiP 2008 will be held at the Chicago Hilton hotel in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, November 13, 2008. More details will be provided soon!