Advanced Training In Mathematical And Computational Modeling For Psychological Science

Sponsored by the William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund. The Estes fund is jointly overseen by the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society.

Advanced Training In Mathematical And Computational Modeling For Psychological Science

Sponsored by the William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund. The Estes fund is jointly overseen by the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society.

William K. and Katherine W. Estes Fund

2024 Estes Fund Call for Proposals

ABOUT THE FUND

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The William K. & Katherine W. Estes Fund was established to extend the legacy of one of the most influential psychological scientists of the past century. Bill Estes was an intellectual force of nature whose pioneering work had a profound influence in psychological science and earned him the nation’s highest scientific honors, including the National Medal of Science.

Jointly overseen by the Association for Psychological Science and the Psychonomic Society, the Estes Fund supports a variety of activities aimed at strengthening methodology in mathematical, quantitative and experimental psychology and related areas. Bill Estes was a major contributor to both organizations: He served on the founding committee that established the Psychonomic Society and later chaired its Governing Board, and was a charter member of the Association for Psychological Science. Bill served as the founding editor of the APS journal Psychological Science, with Kay serving as managing editor.

See APS, Psychonomic Society Join Forces on Estes Fund for more on the initiation of the Estes Fund.

MISSION

The mission of the Estes fund is to support the advancement of mathematical psychology, construed broadly, including psychological statistics, experimental methodology, and formal approaches to psychological research.

Programs Supported by the Estes Fund

2023 FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Computational Cognitive Models of Learning and Development
    Organizers: Elizabeth Bonawitz, Tomer Ullman, and Kimele Persaud
  • Applications of Machine Learning for Measuring and Modeling Psychological Concepts via Different Methods of Communication
    Organizers: Adam Natoli and ABM Rezbaul Islam
  • Computational Summer School on Modeling Social and Collective Behavior (COSMOS) Konstanz 2023
    Organizers: Charley Wu and Wataru Toyokawa

2022 FUNDED PROJECTS

  • Mental Effort: One Construction, Many Faces?
    Organizers: Sebastian Musslick, Maria Wirzberger, and Ivan Grahek
  • Computational Summer school on Modeling Social and collective behavior (COSMOS) Konstanz 2022
    Organizers: Wataru Toyokawa and Charley M. Wu
  • Bayesian Longitudinal Data Modeling
    Organizers: Cynthia Tong and Han Du
  • PVEST as Meta Theory; The use of Bayesian Analysis to inform Educational Research
    Organizers: Cheryl Talley and Avis Jackson

2021 FUNDED PROJECTS

2020 FUNDED PROJECTS:

  • Summer Workshop on Model-Based Cognitive Electrophysiology
    Organizer: Michael Kahana
  • Cognitive Modeling for Language at UCI
    Organizer: Lisa Pearl

2019 FUNDED PROJECTS:

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2016 FUNDED PROJECTS:


Lecture Series

APS-Psychonomic Society W.K. & K.W. Estes Lectures and Symposia2016: Gordon H. Bower, Stanford University
Translating Clark Hull’s Learning Theory Into Estes’ Statistical Theory: A 60-Year Retrospective2015: Daphne Bavelier, University of Rochester and Université de Genève, Switzerland and Jeffrey Lin, Riot Games
This Is Your Mind on Technology2014: Janet Metcalfe, Columbia University, Richard C. Atkinson, University of California, San Diego, Henry L. Roediger, III, Washington University in St. Louis, Robert A. Bjork, University of California, Los Angeles, Daniel L. Schacter, Harvard University
From Principles of Cognitive Science to MOOCs