Cognitive Modeling and Eye-tracking

Proposals

We have submitted several proposals to NSF related to cognitive modeling.

• September 2015 proposal
• Proposals prior to 2015 that were not funded

Resources

Eye-tracking resources:

• Cogain.org --- gaze-tracking community site: seems geared toward tool-building for mobility-impaired etc.
• Tobii client info --- Andrew Duchowski's Tobii client libary at Clemson

Modeling resources:

• CogTool --- visual cognitive modeling tool for UI prototyping from Bonnie John's group at CMU
• ACT-R overview --- tutorial and links from "Theories in HCI" course at Maryland
• ACT-R -- CMU ACT-R research group, with links to Lisp architecture
• Python ACT-R --- Python alternative to CMU's CLisp ACT-R environment

Reading:

• CMU CogModeling Reading List --- starting point for a collection of modeling papers, scroll down for list of pdfs
• Real Time Eye Tracking for Human-Computer Interfaces --- Amarnag et al., 2003
• CAEVA: Cognitive Architecture to Evaluate Visualization Applications --- Juarez-Espinosa, 2003

Device Manufacturers

Manufacturer	URLs	Notes
Tobii	tobii.com demos: glasses demo, usability testing with Tobii, gaze interaction	products include: glasses, sensor integrated into 17" displays, and independent sensors. They actually have an app store for disseminating projects built with the Tobii API.
Mirametrix	mirametrix.com demos: set-up, overview+web browsing demo	webcam-style sensor
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI)	smivision.com demos: Head-mounted, multi-user heatmaps, devices set-up	head-mounted and webcam-style tracking devices
LC Technologies	eyegaze.com demos: overview	not clear to me whether this is a combined sensor-display

Other:

• List of eye-trackers compiled at COGAIN

Agenda Items

Things to decide:

1. Enthusiasm for investing in eye-tracking...
   • Can we enumerate some experiment ideas? Are they useful and novel?
   • David's is high, but we all know how much he'll do...
     • Proposed experiments by Radu (nudging) and Caroline (multiview) might produce new hypotheses faster/better if collected data includes eye focus
     • Cognitive modeling to estimate performance with brain diagram use is likely to have more to work with if data acquired includes eye tracking
2. Head-mounted system, or a device that will sit in front of the display?
   • Will we use this in the CAVE or for mobile devices, or just desktops?