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L. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S)Friedman, Morton P.

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The equipment purchased under this grant is nov being used in the following research projects:

1) Visual pattern decection and recognition research focusing 0n Intensity requirsemets,

2) Hearing and speech reseatch concerning intelligibility of Chinese Mandarin phonemes sand

Cftftsct'ýonist **del# for haarino,3) 004nitive processing rasearch in which neural couponC.1ts of attencioa #witching behaviorAand PuPilisry responses are being analyzed in studies of acoory,

I.) Language processing research focusing on :he problem of the serial order of behavior in

language Perception atud speech production,

5) Kwrnoy and learnitig strategies research concerning techniques for enhancing memry andthe problem of information overload.6) Intelligent instructional systems research focusing on the Interaction of humans withlarge database@ and the development of an intelligent query system.

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#19 continuedT- The DoD avard provided the impeCus for several Important cai;pu-s developments relating toNumatn InfonmcLo

0 Processing. 1%ee8 developments have greatly amplified the impact of theaward.1) An undergraduate Cqgnltive Sclence Program has been developed. Students are receivingtrainirg in state-of-cte-art systemss The program Is a useful model for other lnstitutionsak•ld national scientific eanpower r urces in this important new area are being enthanced."The hiring of additional culty in Huaan Information Processing has been completed'The excellent laboratory facilities funded by the DoV award and the additional universe y )contributL_"Jave made UC.A a very attractive place for faculty end graduate students in,.:rjlLh -rea -.V• • - . .. $'t td n -L• 3) TRe u iveit is funding the development of a campus-wide interdisciplinary program inCognitive Scienced This program will soon be receiving a sizeable award of a network ofadvanced workst¶+ s from a major computer company. The Initial contact with this companyregarcing the aa ?was in connection with purchase of workstatlons tor the DoD grant.

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September 1, 1986(Amended March t5, 1987)

Final Report AFOSR.TU- 87-0 431HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING

US Air Force, Office of Scientific ResearchAFOSR 84-0299

Morton P. Friedman, Professor of PsychologyPrincipal Investigator

Attached is a listing of the budgeted and actual costs forthe items specified in the award. Considering that a verylarge number of items were purchased for several separatelaboratories, the deviations from the budgeted costs were notsignificant.

The equipment is now being used in a number of researchprojects. These will be briefly outlined. However, of equal orgreater signficance are the "spinoffs" from the a.-d that will o.•multiply the impact of the award. .d

1. Research projects. .a. Visual Pattern Detection and Recognition (J. -

Thomas). This research concerns visual detection andrecounition focusing on intensity requirements. A templatemodei for describing contrast effects is being developed andtested.

b. Hearing and Speech (E. Carterette). Research is e*4underway concerning intelligability of Chinese Mandarinphonemes. Another project is beginning to look in detail aconnectionist models for hearing.

c. Cognitive Processing (E. Bjork and D. Kaye). Twoareas of research interest are cognitive processing limitationsand ability assessment. The neural components of attentionswitching behavior and pupillary responses are being analyzedin studies of memory.

d. Language Processing (D. MacKay). This researchfocuses on the problem of the serial order of behavior,particularly in language perception and speech production. Oneresarch project is concerned with attention and performance insituations involving conflicting information. A second projectdeals with the mechanisms underlying mental and physicalpractice effects.

e. M'mory and Learning Strategies (R. Bjork). Thisresearch concerns techniques for enhancing memory and theproblem of information overload. One particular lines ofresearch concerns the study of failures in the memory updatingtask. 7'.

f. Intelligent Instructional Systems (M. Friedman). Aresearch pro ect is underway that focuses on the interaction ofhumans with large databases, and the development of anintelligent query system.

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2. *Spinoffs" from the award.

The DoD award provided the impetus for several importantcampus developments relating to Human Information Processing.These developments have greatly amplified the impact of the DoDaward.

a. An Undergraduate Cognitive Science Program. Alongwith the DOD proposal, the Cognitive Psychology facultyproposed an undergraduate Cognitive Science curriculum. (Wedefine Cognitive Science as the study of intelligence -biological and artificial.)

Based on the outcome of the DOD award, the universityfunded the development of this new curriculum with an award of$140,000 in equipment costs for a new laboratory in HumanInformation Processing, $90,000 in developent funds, apermanent personnel increment of two graduate teachingassistants, considerable additional space, and facilitiesrennovation. The new Cognitive Science major is turning out tobe popular, and students are receiving training instate-of-the-art systems. The program is a useful model forother institutions, and national scientific manpower resourcesin this important new area are being enhanced.

b. The DoD award also led to the hiring of twoadditional faculty in Human Information Processing. The awardled the university to see some strength in this area anddecided to add to that strength. A senior "star" level person(Keith Holyoke), and an junior person (Patricia Cheng) havejoined our faculty. Both are resarcher in the new CognitiveScience tradition. It also should be noted also that we are inthe process of recruiting another very high-level researcher inCognitive Psychology. The excellent laboratory facilitiesfunded by the DOD award and the additional univeristycontributions have made UCLA a very attractive place forfaculty and graduate students in this area.

c. A Campu3-wida Cognitive Science Program. Partly dueto impetus provided by the DOD award, the university is fundingthe development of a campus-wide interdisciplinary program inCognitive Science. The faculty group include, in addition toCognitive Psychology faculty, researchers from Linguistics,Neuroscience, Computer Science, Library Science, Anthropology,and Philosophy.

The Cognitive Science program will soon be receiving asizeable award of a network of advanced workstations from amajor computer company. The initial contact with this companyregarding the award was in connection with purchase ofworkstations for the DoD grant. Through this, the companylearned of UCLA's competence and commitment in this area.

It Is our view that, in addition to providing importantresearch instrumentation, the DOD award seeded additional localcampus developments that will be very beneficial to thenational scientific effort.

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