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PSYCOLOQUY   ISSN 1055-0143     Fri, 28 Aug 92       Newsletter Section
      (1) Employment: Tenure-track, Psychology, U  Otago, N Zealand
      (2) Employment: Chair of Psychology, U Tasmania, Australia
      (3) Employment: Cognitive Neuroscientist Position
      (4) Employment: 4 posts available, U. York & U. Sheffield
      (5) Announcement:  DISSERTATION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANTS
      (6) Announcement: New Electronic Journal
      (7) Announcement: PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE E-MAIL GROUP
      (8) Announcement: PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION/OBJECT RECOGNITION Workshop

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From: KGWHITE@otago.ac.nz
Subject: (1) Employment: Tenure-track, Psychology, U Otago, N Zealand

                Department of Psychology
                  UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
                 Dunedin - New Zealand
                  LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY

Applications are invited from suitably qualified women and men for a
newly established lectureship in the Department of Psychology
(equivalent to North American tenure track Assistant Professor). The
main criterion is distinction in research, provided that there is
flexibility in teaching. The area of research specialisation is open.

The Department supports productive research programmes in experimental
and applied psychology including cognition, social psychology,
psychobiology, developmental psychology, memory, comparative
psychology, behavioural processes, conflict management, language,
neuropsychology, clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, cognitive
neuroscience, perception, and human factors.  Well-established links
exist with other departments in the Divisions of Sciences, Humanities, and
Health Sciences. The teaching programme emphasises the development of
student research skills. In addition to undergraduate, Masters and PhD
degrees in Psychology, the Department offers a three-year diploma
course in Clinical Psychology and contributes to the MSc in Cognitive
Science and BSc(Hons) in Neuroscience. Excellent computing and
technical facilities support the teaching and research programmes in
the Department.

Enquiries may be made to the Head of Department,
Professor K. G. White, electronic mail kgwhite@otago.ac.nz,
facsimile +64 3 479 8335 or telephone +64 3 479 7644.

Salary:  Lecturer NZ$37,440 -  NZ$45,448 per annum.

Intending applicants should write for further particulars,
from the Registrar, Mr D. W. Girvan, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin,
New Zealand.

Applications quoting reference number A92/26 close in New Zealand
on 30 October, 1992.

Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.

D. W. Girvan, Registrar

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From: iain@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (Iain Montgomery)
Subject: (2) Employment: Chair of Psychology, U Tasmania, Australia

              THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA AT HOBART

                       CHAIR OF PSYCHOLOGY
                         (Ref.No.63/92)

Applications  are  invited  for  appointment  to  the  Chair   of
Psychology  from  candidates  with  an  experimental  orientation
towards any area of human psychology. Candidates should have  an
established  research   reputation,   extensive   experience   in
supervision   of   post-graduate   research   and    demonstrated
administrative and  organisational  skills.  The  Department  of
Psychology is  the  sole  provider of  professional  training  in
psychology  in   Tasmania,  and   has  established   links   with
professional  agencies,  practising   psychologists  and   allied
professionals in the community. The successful candidate will be
expected to maintain and develop these broad commitments, and  to
liaise effectively with the  profession and the wider  community.
The appointee will be  expected to serve  as Head of  Department,
initially for a term of five years.

Further details of the post, the Department's teaching,  research
and resources,  and of  the University,  are available  from  the
Staff  Office  secretary,   telephone  (002)  202013,   facsimile
(International) 61-02-202751.  enquiries about academic  aspects
of the post should be directed to the HEad of Department, Dr Iain
Montgomery, telephone (002) 202237 or

     email: IAIN@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au

The present  professorial  salary  is  AU$73,800  pa  (rising  to
AU$77,900 on 23 July  1992). In  addition, Heads of  Departments
receive a loading of 6% of a standard professorial salary for the
term of  their  appointment as  Head  of Department.   With  the
consent of the University, academic staff may undertake a limited
amount of consultative work.

Applications, quoting  reference number,  should give  particular
attention  to  the  selection  criteria  and  reach  the  A/Staff
Officer, University of Tasmania at Hobart, GPO Box 252C,  Hobart,
Tasmania 7001,  Australia, by  21 August  1992.  They should  be
enclosed in an envelope marked "Chair Appointment".

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment,  or
to appoint by invitation.

EQUAL EMPLYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND A SMOKE-FREE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
           IN SHARED WORKPLACES ARE UNIVERSITY POLICY.

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From: jane@eeg.eeg.com (Jane Zhu)
Subject: (3) Employment: Cognitive Neuroscientist Position

Excellent career opportunity for a recent PhD in COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
or PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. Entry level professional position specializing in
measuring human neurocognitive processes using computerized cognitive
testing and quantitative EEG, EP and other psychophysiological
signals.  Send resume to: SAM TECHNOLOGY, 51 Federal St., San
Francisco, CA  94107, FAX 415-546-7122 or email to jane@eeg.com

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From: PSYC4@VAXA.YORK.AC.UK (Annie Trapp)
Subject: (4)  Employment: 4 posts available, U. York & U. Sheffield

        COMPUTER-BASED RESOURCES FOR INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
  UFC Teaching & Learning Technology Programme

Department of Psychology                     Department of Psychology
University of York, UK                    University of Sheffield, UK

Four posts are available on this new three-year project, two based at
the University of York and two at the University of Sheffield. The
project will undertake a major national development of software and
of computer-based materials to support introductory undergraduate
psychology courses. Developments will be based on both Apple
Macintosh and IBM PC platforms. The work will be coordinated from
the University of York whilst Sheffield will be the lead technical
site. A further nine psychology departments will assist in
developing materials, and over 20 departments in evaluation of the
developments. The project has the active support of the British
Psychological Society. We are seeking applicants for a project
manager (York) and for three postgraduate or postdoctoral research
assistants (one at York, two at Sheffield).

The post of project manager is central to the project; he or she will
be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project and for
ensuring effective educational and technical coordination. The
successful candidate will be a psychologist with a broad view of
educational issues and expertise in the theory and practice of
computer-based learning. The appointment will be made on the
research grade 1A or grade II scale (starting salary in the range
14,359 to 18,572 pounds).

The three research assistants will be responsible for the development
of authoring facilities and of a variety of learning support
facilities, and for providing technical advice to the development
sites. We are seeking to cover a range of skills across these posts,
including: technical expertise in hypertext systems (such as
HyperCard and ToolBook), in authoring systems and in programming
languages (such as C++); experience in the development of computer-
based learning tools or materials; experience of multimedia and of
video technology; and experience in screen or graphical design.
Appointments will be made on research 1A scale (starting salary in
the range 12,129 to 14,936 pounds).

At both sites, the work will be conducted in the context of related
research and development projects. At York, the project will be
associated with the existing Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI)
Centre for Psychology and a number of research projects in HCI in the
departments of Psychology and Computer Science. At Sheffield, the
project will join the Learning Research Group which is involved in a
number of interdisciplinary projects in the areas of intelligent
tutoring and authoring.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 25th September.
Appointments will start on 1st November or as soon as possible
thereafter. Four copies of applications in the form of a CV
(including names of two referees) and a covering letter should be
sent to: Personnel Office, University of York, Heslington, York YO1
5DD, UK. Queries should be addressed to Dr Nick Hammond (0904-433146;
email NVH1@UK.AC.YORK).

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From: Rainer.Silbereisen@psychol.UNI-GIESSEN.DBP.DE
Subject: (5) Announcement:  DISSERTATION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANTS

   DISSERTATION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR
 GRANTS IN ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH RESEARCH

    The Johann Jacobs Foundation (JJF), a foundation devoted
to the study of youth in a changing world and to the
improvement of youth-related services, announces a three-year
(1992-1994) competitive grant program for empirical research
investigations conducted either in conjunction with
dissertation projects or as independent projects by young
investigators. Fields covered include the behavioral,
educational, and social sciences.
    The program is directed towards young investigators
particularly from Eastern European and from developing
countries in Asia, Africa, Middle and South America.

             Topical Emphases

    The JJF has identified six problem and opportunity areas
as its framework for support in research on youth and
adolescence.

         - Positive beliefs about self agency and the future
         - Social relations and generational nexus
         - Life skills and life planning
         - Cultural and individual diversity
         - Educational values
         - Match between institutions and individual development

           Dissertation Grants

    Dissertation grants are available to predoctoral students
whose dissertation proposal has the approval of a dissertation
mentor or a committee. Funds up to US $5,000 are available for
materials, subject fees, research assistance, personal costs
for field work, and other expenses required for conducting a
study, analyzing data, presenting the data at an international
conference, or for other forms of technical support. Personal
stipends (salaries) are not covered by the grant program.

        Young Investigator Grants

    This program is aimed at postdoctoral investigators
(normally within four to six years of award of the doctorate)
who are initiating their own research in the field of
adolescence and youth. Funds are available up to a maximum of
US $10,000. Personal stipends (salaries) are not covered by
the grant program. Institutions which administer or sponsor
grants can receive an overhead of 10%.

               Application

    The JJF requires that research grant applicants (except
for dissertation grants) hold a doctoral degree, earned in an
academic discipline, and have an affiliation with a college or
university, a research facility, or a cultural or educational
institution. The JJF does not issue formal grant application
forms. To initiate a proposal, grant applicants should contact:

      Johann Jacobs Foundation
      Administrative Assistant
      Seefeldquai 17
      P.O. Box 101
      CH-8034 Zurich
      Switzerland
      Tel (41)/1/3849823
      Fax (41)/1/3836550

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From: <GMP@PSUVM>
Subject: (6) Announcement: New Electronic Journal

         ANNOUNCING THE FOUNDING OF
                    IPCT
     Interpersonal Computing and Technology:
   An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century

    IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century is based on
the following premises:

     The electronic journal is the wave of the future. By
     the year 2000, the bulk of information will be exchanged
     electronically and the nature of print media will have
     changed drastically.
     There are, currently, several barriers to the use of
     electronic journals as outlets for scholarly research. These
     include: copyright problems, the problem of coordinating
     with print publication, and especially the validation of the
     electronic journal as a legitimate outlet for dissemination
     of scholarly studies, suitable for credit toward promotion and
     tenure in colleges and universities.

     IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century will attempt
     to address these three concerns.
    The first issue of the journal is planned for
         January, 1993. Depending on the quantity and quality
         of submissions, the decision will be made as to whether
         the journal will be issued twice yearly or quarterly.
         Each journal issue will be the equivalent of 64 print
         pages.
    The journal will be coordinated with and issued
         through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology
         Discussion List, a list maintained, moderated and
         operated at Georgetown University. This list will serve
         as the initial readership. Subscribers to the list will
         be considered charter subscribers. There will be no
         charge for the service for the first year. Subscribers
         will be urged to comment extensively on content and
         format of the journal. After an experimental year,
         we will commence library collaboration and may find it
         necessary to charge for the service.

 CALL FOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS AND REFEREES

     This is a formal call for volunteer readers and article
referees. Please read the editorial statement carefully. If you
feel you are qualified to serve as a referee, please notify the
editor and submit a brief vita listing major publications and
editorial experience. Please provide the names of person with whom
we can check these credentials. Persons selected as referees will
listed on the masthead as "associate editors."

    CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS

     This is also a formal call for submission of articles for
inclusion in the journal.

     Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with
     notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the
     following topics: use of electronic networks in the
     classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic
     networks and information exchange, library applications
     of electronic communication, professional relationships
     carried on via electronic communication, use of
     electronic communication in higher education, business,
     industry and government and related topics. Articles may
     have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological
     articles will be considered to the extent that they are
     intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not
     specific to any particular hardware configuration
         We regret that, at this time, we will be unable
     to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams
     and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum.
     Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to
     make the journal available to greatest number of
     potential subscribers.

     All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and
published articles will be selected by the editors.

   In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest
standards of reviewing used in the best print journals. Our
associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of
editorial experience and status in their field of expertise.

     Applications for associate editor positions and article
submissions should be sent to:

 GMP@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp@psuvm.psu.edu (internet).

     After two issues a decision will be made whether to coordinate
publication with a print publisher. Meanwhile endorsements will be
solicited from relevant organizations, e.g. organizations like
American Library Association, EDUCOM, Speech Communication
Association, etc. and requests will be made for lists of their
on-line subscribers. Announcements will be sent to other relevant
lists. We urge you to circulate this announcement to relevant
lists with which you may be familiar.

     Since the journal will be distributed by IPCT-L, subscription
to IPCT-L will be necessary for those desiring copies.

TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-L PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

Send the following one-line message in the body of an email message to
LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU

  SUBCRIBE IPCT-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME

     This project will be coordinated and edited by Gerald M.
Phillips (emeritus, Penn State), Zane Berge (Georgetown), Gerald
M. Santoro (Penn State), and Mauri Collins (Penn State). Technical
advisors will include Bradley Erlwein (Zenith Data Systems),
Morton Cotlar (Hawaii), Katy Silberger (Marist), and Mark
Evangelista (Georgetown).

     Once an editorial board is selected, formal announcement will
be made of the journal via all media including mail contact with
deans of major universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and
other relevant media. Solicitation of all available libraries will
also be made. We have already begun negotiations for a print
edition of the journal with academic publishers and find the
climate for collaboration quite favorable. There are technical
problems to be solved relevant to accessing the journals. We will
improve the technical sophistication of the journal to include
graphics and ftp retrieval as various distribution problems are
solved.

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From: Eric G  Freedman <FREEDMAN@MTUS5.cts.mtu.edu>
Subject: (7) Announcement: PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE E-MAIL GROUP

PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE E-MAIL GROUP

Eric G. Freedman       Email:  SCIENCE@MTUS5.bitnet

This notice is to announce the existence of the PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE
electronic group. This groups consists of psychologists, philosophers
computer scientists, and sociologists who are interested
in the psychological processes that underlie
science. An incomplete list of interests of current
group members include:  scientific reasoning, hypothesis testing
strategies, science and math education, scientific problem solving,
computational models of scientific discovery, anological
reasoning and scientific creativity.
This group is currently relatively informal.
The major goal of this group is to make the members aware
of each others' research and to provide a forum for discussion.
However, it is hoped that members will organize panels,
symposiums, etc.

If you are interested in participating, please send your email
address as well as your mailing address and tel# to Eric G Freedman
(E-Mail:  science@mtus5.bitnet).
If you know of other scholars who are actively conducting
research in this area, please share this information with them
or pass this information to me.

Eric G. Freedman
Dept of Humanities
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295

Tel#  906/487-2540

Email:  SCIENCE@MTUS5.bitnet

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From: Wagemans Johan <FPAAS10@BLEKUL11>
Subject: (8) Workshop: PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION AND OBJECT RECOGNITION

        PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION AND OBJECT RECOGNITION

       Workshop in Brussels, September 17 and 18, 1992
       at the Palace of the Royal Academy of Sciences

         Organized under the auspices of the Belgian
         National Committee of Psychological Science

Funded by the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium)
          N.F.W.O./F.N.R.S.  and their Contact Groups
              "Psychonomie"/"Psychologie Cognitive"

        Perceptual organization and object recognition are two
important achievements of the human visual system. Yet, they are
hard to implement in a computer vision system and they have been
treated quite disjointly in former psychological approaches (e.g.,
Gestalt versus cognitive psychology). Recent work, however,
suggests that perceptual organization may well be the process which
delivers the basic building blocks for object recognition.
        The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers
from a diversity of disciplines who are investigating basic problems
of perceptual organization, which have to be solved by vision
systems as intermediate processes before object recognition can be
achieved. Some of these problems include feature detection and
integration, perceptual grouping, figure-ground segmentation,
contour description, structural description, extraction of invariance,
etc. Our feeling is that considerable progress could be made by
cross-fertilization between these isolated research efforts.
        In this 2-day workshop, scientists in the broad field of
perceptual organization and object recognition are invited to
introduce the essence of their work in such a way that it is
understandable for researchers working on other subproblems in
vision. Sufficient time will be provided in the time-schedule for
discussion of individual presentations as well as emerging common
themes.

Invited Speakers

I. Biederman (Southern California, USA): Shape recognition in
        mind and brain.
F. Boselie (Nijmegen, NL): title to be announced.
M. Boucart (Paris, France): The computation of contour
        information: static and dynamic aspects.
M. Davi (Padova, Italy): The perceptual center of flat figures:
        Effects of orientation, figural characteristics, and symmetry.
M. Fahle (Tbingen, Germany): Parallel detection and learning of
        hyperacuity.
G. Humphreys (Birmingham, UK): Three-dimensional image coding
        and segmentation.
R. Kimchi (Haifa, Israel): Wholistic processing and perceptual
        organization.
J. Koenderink (Utrecht, NL): Smooth surfaces in depth: Local germs
        and global structure.
R. Kolinsky (Brussels, Belgium): Visual cognition in unschooled
        people: The processing of orientation.
R. Lawson (Birmingham, UK): View-specific procedures in the
        recognition of depth-rotated objects.
E. Leeuwenberg (Nijmegen, NL): Hierarchical pattern structure and
        models of perception.
A. Sekuler (Toronto, Canada): The perception of partly occluded
        objects: Evidence from the primed matching paradigm.
J. Theeuwes (Soesterberg, NL): title to be announced.
Y. Tsal (Tel-Aviv, Israel): Effects of attention on perception of
        features and figural organization.
T. Van Effelterre (Leuven, Belgium): Aspect graph representations
        of shape.
L. Van Gool (Leuven, Belgium). Multi-local shape description.
J. Wagemans (Leuven, Belgium): Intra- and inter-level activation
        spreading in perceptual organization and object recognition.
R. Watt (Stirling, UK): Insights about biological vision applied to
        real-world situations.

Practical Information

        Location: The workshop is held at the Palace of the Royal
Academy of Sciences (Hertogsstraat/Rue Ducale 1, B-1000 Brussels,
Belgium) and starts on Thursday morning (September 17, 9 a.m.)
and lasts till Friday night (September 18, 6 p.m.).
        Entrance will be free. Transport and accommodation will not
be arranged by the organizers. Please feel free to pass this
announcement to all who might be interested.
        Address: All correspondence should be addressed to Johan
Wagemans, Univ. Leuven, Lab Exp Psy, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000
Leuven, Belgium. tel. 32-16-28.59.69; fax. 32-16-28.60.99; E-mail:
FPAAS10@BLEKUL11.BITNET.

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