Frank Lee

Frank J. Lee's Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept., 2003 - Present

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science Dept., 2001 - 2003

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Psychology Dept., 1999-2001

EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Cognitive Psychology, Ph.D., 2000

U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Cognitive Science, summa cum laude, B.A, 1994

PUBLICATIONS

Kratz, L., Smith, M., Lee, F.J. (accepted). Wiizards: 3D Gesture Recognition for Game Play Input. to appear in Future Play Conference.

Cochran, R.E., Lee, F. J., & Chown, E. (2006). Modeling emotion: Arousal's impact on memory. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kumar, A.N., Farian, H., Haas, M., Kay, D.G., Lee, F.J., & Kushleyeva, Y. (2005). Innovation in undergraduate computer science education. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 20, 223-227.

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2005). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. Cognitive Systems Research, 6, 41-49.

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Salvucci, D. D., Chavez, A.K., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Modeling effects of age in complex tasks: A case study in driving. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Salvucci, D. D., Kushleyeva, Y., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Toward an ACT-R general executive for human multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 267-272). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Taatgen, N.A. and Lee, F.J. (2003). Production Compilation: A Simple Mechanism to Model of Complex Skill Acquisition. Human Factors. , 45, 61-76.

Lee, F.J. and Gamard, S.J. (2003). Hide and Seek: Using Computational Cognitive Models to Develop and Test Autonomous Cognitive Agents for Complex Dynamic Tasks. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Smith, V. and Lee, F.J. (2003). Cognitive Workload and Multitasking. The Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Cognitive Science.

Salvucci, D.D. and Lee, F.J. (2003). Simple Cognitive Modeling in a
Complex Cognitive Architecture. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: The Proceedings of CHI 2003. ACM Press

Lee, F.J. and Taatgen, N.A. (2002). Multitasking as Skill Acquisition. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lebiere, C. and Lee, F.J. (2002). Intention Superiority Effect: A Context-Switching Account. Cognitive Systems Research, 3, 57-65.

Lee, F.J. and Anderson, J.R. (2001). Does Learning a Complex Task Have to be Complex? A study in learning decomposition. Cognitive Psychology, 42, 267-316.

Lebiere, C. and Lee, F.J. (2001). Intention Superiority Effect: A Context-Sensitivity Account. In E.M. Altmann, A. Cleermans, C.D. Schunn, and W.D. Gray (Eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lee, F.J. and Anderson, J.R. (2000). Modeling Eye-Movements of Skilled Performance in a Dynamic Task. In N Taatgen and J. Aasman (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Modelling. Veenendaal, The Netherlands: Universal Press.

Kelley, T.D., Lee, F.J., and Wiley, P.W. (2000). Developing an ACT-R Model of Mental Manipulation. (Tech. Report No. ARL-TR-2179). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: Army Research Laboratory.

Lee, F.J. and Anderson, J.R. (1997). Learning to Act: Acquisition and Optimization of Procedural Skill. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lee, F.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matessa, M.P. (1995). Components of Dynamic Skill Acquisition. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

PRESENTATIONS

Lee, F.J. and Kushleyeva, Y., Alejandre, S., Renninger, A., & Frost,, A. (2005) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Course. TRAILS Winter Partner Meeting 2005. August 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

Lee, F.J. and Kushleyeva, Y. (2004) Drexel Plan as TRAILS Partner. TRAILS Summer Partner Meeting 2004. August 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

Lee, F.J. (2004) (Re)introducing Cognitive Modeling to Robotics. Invited Presentation given at the UKC (US-Korea Conference) 2004. August 2004, Durham, NC.

Lee. F.J. (2003). Psychological time within the ACT-R architecture. Presentation given at the Office of Naval Research Grantee Meeting on Cognitive Architectures. November 2003, Pittsburgh, PA.

Taatgen, N.A. and Lee, F.J. (2003). Production Compilation: A Simple Mechanism to Model of Complex Skill Acquisition. In the Proceedings of the 15th Belgian-Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Lee, F.J. and Gamard, S.J. (2003). Hide and Seek: Model and Data. Presentation given at the Tenth Annual ACT-R Workshop. July 2003, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lee, F.J. (2002). Understanding the Neural Substrates of Complex Skill Acquisition. Presentation given at the Office of Naval Research PI Meeting on Cognitive and Computational Models of the Cortex. September 2002, Gainesville, FL.

Lee, F.J. (2002). Psychological time: Implications for Theories of Skill Acquisition. Presentation given at the Office of Naval Research Workshop on Attention, Perception and Data Visualization. May 2002, Fairfax, VA.

Lee, F.J. (2002). Complex skills: Some Implications for Theories of Cognitive Skill Acquisition. Presentation given to the Psychology Department at Seoul National University. May, 2002. Seoul, Korea.

Lee, F.J. (2001). Cognitive Modeling and Its Applications. Presentation given to the HCI Lab Yonsei University. December 2001, Seoul, Korea.

Lee, F.J. and Douglass, S.D. (2001). Implications of a Unit-Task Based Intelligent Tutoring System. Research progress report. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. February 2001, Orlando, FL.

Lee, F.J., Anderson, J.R., Sohn, M.H., Douglass, S.D., and Chan, M.C. (2000). GT-ASP: A Progress Report. Seventh Annual ACT-R Workshop. August 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lee, F.J. and Anderson, J.R. (2000). Modeling GT-ASP in ACT-R. Office of Naval Research Cognitive Architectures Meeting. March 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.

Lee, F.J., and Anderson, J.R. (1999). Does Learning of a Complex Task Have to be Complex? Psychonomics Society Meeting. November 1999, Los Angeles, CA.

Lee, F.J. and Byrne, M.D. (1999). Modeling Dynamic Tasks: Implications for ACT-R/PM. Sixth Annual ACT-R Workshop. August 1999, Fairfax, VA.

Lee, F.J., Anderson, J.R., and Reder, L.M. (1997). Unit Task Decomposition of the Kanfer-Ackerman ATC Task: Evidence from Latency Profiles and Eye-Scanning Protocols. Office of Naval Research Hybrid Learning Meeting. August 1997, Portland, OR.

Lee, F.J. and Anderson, J.R. (1997). Learning to ACT: Acquisition and Optimization of Procedural Skill. Fourth Annual ACT-R Workshop. August, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA

Lee, F.J., Anderson, J.R., and Reder, L.M. (1995). An Overview of Modeling the Air Traffic Controller Task in ACT. Office of Naval Research Hybrid Learning Meeting. August 1995, Washington D.C.

Lee, F.J., Anderson, J.R., and Matessa, M.P. (1995). Modeling Dynamic Tasks with ACT-R. Second Annual ACT-R Workshop. July 1995, Pittsburgh, PA.

FUNDING

ITR: Rapid Evaluation of User Interfaces in Multitasking Environments. Salvucci and Lee (co-PI). National Science Foundation, $1M. 2004-2008.

TRAILS Course Development Award: A Course on Educational Game Design. Lee (PI). SRI (NSF-ITR), $44K. 2004-2005.

Assessing, Understanding, and Improving the Transfer of Learning in Undergraduate Math, Science, and Engineering. Lister, Connor, Cummings, Lee (co-PI), and Siegmann. National Science Foundation. $350K. 2002-2005

A Computational Theory of Psychological Time within a Cognitive Architecture Framework. Lee (PI) and Bringsjord. Office of Naval Research, $79K. 2002-2003.

Using Cognitive Architectures to Track Driver Cognitive State. Salvucci, Lebiere, and Lee (co-PI). Nissan North American Technical Center, $65K. 2002-2003.

The Mental Metalogic Research and Development Program: A New Comprehensive Approach into Human and Machine Reasoning. Bringsjord, Yang, Lee (co-PI), and van Heuveln. Exploratory Research Seed Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, $50K 2002-2003.