 We expect to have a wonderful meeting with excellent speakers, keynotes, papers, posters, and vendors. Thanks are due to the officers of the organization for their dedication to the organization and their efforts to improve its organization, Website, and its other activities. I am looking forward to learning of the new developments and discoveries that have been made in recent years and that will be presented at our meetings. An issue that has been a focus of discussion for several years is the size of the organization. Although the use of computers in psychological research has increased dramatically over the last decade, our organization remains about the same size from year to year. There is a belief that we have a lot to offer other psychologists who use techniques pioneered by our members and that they can also provide much of value to our organization. The officers welcome suggestions from the membership for this and other ways that we might improve the society. I am currently involved in an activity that I hoped will increase our accessibility to this wider audience of psychologists. I have secured a grant from the division of Decision Research and Management Science in National Science Foundation for the purpose of providing Advanced Training Institutes to active researchers who want to learn the techniques of On-line, Web-based research. Instructors who have taught in previous ATI institutes aimed at Social Psychologists include Anja Goeritz, John H. Krantz, Gary McClelland, Ken McGraw, Ulf Reips, William C. Schmidt, and John Williams. The next session will be held in January, 2010 following the Edwards Bayesian Research Conference in Fullerton, California and will feature instructor Ulf Reips, who will teach the techniques of logfile analysis. There will also be a day of preliminary instruction that I will teach. We are also planning for a session to be held in Summer of 2011. Please spread the word to your former students and colleagues who would profit by this instruction. I hope you will enjoy our meetings and your time in St. Louis Michael Birnbaum |
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The Society for Computers in Psychology is a non-profit organization of researchers interested in applications of computers in psychology. Its primary purpose is to "increase and diffuse knowledge of the use of computers in psychological research." Over the past several years the organization has set a special goal of aiding psychologists in using microcomputers in their teaching and research. We have also encouraged consideration of the psychological aspects of hardware and software development and design. Membership is open to any person who has an academic degree and who is active in scientific applications of computers to psychological research. |