Patrick Belling, who is a PhD candidate in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors, received an Exceptional Graduate Student Leader merit award by the Graduate Student Government (GSG). The GSG Merit Award Winners were recognized at the 2014 Graduate Research Colloquium with a plaque presentation.
View the PHOTO GALLERY and ABSTRACT BOOK for the event.
2014 Graduate Research Colloquium
Memorial Union Building Ballroom
Wednesday, February 19th
Human Impact (A2)
Investigating Lexical Access of Crossword Solvers – Kejkaew Thanasuan, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Optimizing Risk Communication with Graphs – Margo M. Woller-Carter, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
The Effect of Skill and Viewpoint on Recognition of Dynamic Scenes in Soccer – Patrick Belling, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
“Listen2dRoom”: Helping Visually Impaired People Navigate Unfamiliar Spaces – Seyedeh Husseini, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
More Abstracts, Presenting Authors
Hierarchical Spatial Representations in Search and Pathfinding – Brandon S. Perelman, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Mapping Between Dancers’ Movements and Sonification Parameters in the Immersive Interactive Sonification Platform – Steven Landry, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Multifaceted Stakeholder Communications during Software Development Process for Citizen Science Applications – Wei Zhang, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Auditory Emoticons: Iterative Design and Acoustic Characteristics of Emotional Auditory Icons and Earcons – Jason Sterkenburg, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Assessing Cultural Groups via the Measure of Response Time Patterns – Yin-Yin Tan, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
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Saima Ghazal, who is a PhD candidate in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors, is a Spring 2014 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship. Saima was nominated by the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences based on her GPA, originality in research, professionalism, work ethic, and other selection criteria. Saima’s advisors are Edward T. Cokely and Rocio Garcia Retamero.
A certificate of recognition for this award will be presented at the Graduate Research Colloquium Banquet that is held in the spring.
View the PHOTO GALLERY and ABSTRACT BOOK for the event.
Finlandia University Gallery Exhibit
February 27 to March 19
Tony Orrico will present work from his Penwald Drawings and CARBON Series.
Penwald Drawings are a series of bilateral drawings in which Orrico explores the use of his body as a tool of measurement to inscribe geometries through movement. He uses a physical practice, symmetry practice (circa 2005), as point of entry into this work. In his termed “state of readiness”, he is interested in the application of a present body to a surface, object, or course. His gestures derive from the limitation of (or spontaneous navigation within) the sphere of his outstretched arms. Line density becomes record of his mental and physical sustain as he commits his focus to a greater concept of balance throughout extended durations of drawing. Centralizing on themes of cyclic motion and the generation and regeneration of material, the work draws on the tension between what is fleeting and what is captured. The master of each drawing is a conceptual score of which he only produces eight times on paper in his lifetime.
In the CARBON series, body, graphite, plane, time and space combine to become powerful reflections on life cycles, energetic flows and complementary opposites. His repetitious movements, often leading to exhaustion, become deep metaphors about life and death simultaneously.
Tony Orrico has performed/exhibited his work in the US, Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. His visual work is in collection at The National Academy of Sciences (Washington DC) and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City) as well as prominent private collections. He has recently been presented at SCAD: deFINE ART, Cranbrook Art Museum, New Museum, and Poptech 2011: The World Rebalancing. In June he will perform Penwald: 2: 8 circles: 8 gestures at Center Pompidou-Metz.
As a former member of Trisha Brown Dance Company and Shen Wei Dance Arts, Orrico has graced such stages as the Sydney Opera House, Teatro La Fenice, New York State Theater, and Théâtre du Palais-Royal. He was also one of a select group of artists to re-perform the work of Marina Abramovic during her retrospective at MoMA.
Orrico will be collaborating on research and an exhibition with Finlandia University Gallery and the International School of Art & Design, along with Michigan Technological University’s Visual and Performing Arts and Computer Science Departments. Students and faculty from both campuses will be involved as Orrico works in The Mind Music Machine (tri-M) Lab, an interdisciplinary research group based in Cognitive and Learning Sciences and Computer Science at Michigan Tech.
From Finlandia Future Gallery Exhibits.
Brandon S. Perelman, who is an PhD candidate in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors, is a Spring 2014 recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Brandon was nominated by the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and recognized for his accomplishments by the Graduate School at Michigan Tech. Brandon’s advisor is Shane T. Mueller.
A certificate of recognition for this award will be presented at the Graduate Research Colloquium Banquet that is held in the spring.
Saima Ghazal, Edward Cokely and Rocio Garcia-Retamero (CLS) published a paper in the journal Judgment and Decision Making entitled “Predicting Biases in Very Highly Educated Samples: Numeracy and Metacognition.”
From Tech Today.
Professor Rocio Garcia-Retamero, from the Department of Psychology at the University of Granada, Spain, will present “Where Are We Going Wrong?
The Evidence on Communicating Probabilistic Information,” Monday, Jan. 27, from 2 to 2:50 p.m., in Meese Center 109. Garcia-Retamero will be discussing research that focuses on the efficacy of simple messages containing visual aids to improve risk understanding and medical decision making that also investigates the psychological mechanisms mediating the effect of the visual aids.
From Tech Today.
An article by Edward Cokely (CLS), “The Making of an Expert,” has been reprinted in a special issue of the Harvard Business Review’s On Point Magazine.
HBR NEWSSTAND SPECIAL ISSUE
Find Your Focus: Get Things Done the Smart Way (HBR OnPoint Magazine)
Articles include “Extreme Productivity,” “Make Time for the Work That Matters,” “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?” “The Making of an Expert,” “Do You Play to Win–or to Not Lose?” “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs.” You’ll also find selected content from our website, such as “Will Focus Make You Happier?” “Train Your Brain to Focus,” and “Six Ways to Supercharge Your Productivity.”
Read more at the Harvard Business Review.
Candidate for chair of the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Susan Amato-Henderson, currently associate professor of psychology and graduate director, will present a synopsis of her research, teaching, and research accomplishments, lay out her vision for the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, and field questions from interested parties, from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in the Meese Center 110.
From Tech Today.
Kelly Steelman (CLS) has published the following article: Great expectations: Top-down attention modulates the costs of clutter and eccentricity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied®, 19(4), 403-419 (2013).
From Tech Today.