PERSONALName: Mark Steyvers Date of Birth: May 8, 1970. |
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 | Episodic Memory: predicting memory performance for
individual words with Bayesian memory models. |
| Semantic Memory: graph theoretic analyses of semantic networks to predict effects
in language acquisition, language development and semantic memory
disorders. |
| Causal Learning: experiments in human discovery of causal
structure and applying Bayesian network learning models. |
| Face Recognition: linking the physical similarity of faces to the
perceived similarity of faces. |
| Categorization & Concept Learning: learning of
perceptual structure of novel objects. |
| Multidimensional Scaling: nonlinear dimensionality reduction and
scaling for rectangular similarity matrices. |
| Online Experimentation: see website. |
EDUCATION
| Stanford University, postdoctoral fellow, Psychology Department.
Advisor: Josh Tenenbaum. |
| Indiana University, PhD (2000). Joint degree in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive
Science. Advisor: Richard M.
Shiffrin. Dissertation: "Modeling semantic and orthographic
similarity effects on memory for individual words". Formatted for 55 pages, PDF,
DOC, PS,
HTML |
| University of Amsterdam, B.A. & M.A. (1994) in Psychology, Cum Laude. |
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
| Research scientist in NTT funded project: theory and applications of Bayesian concept learning.
With Josh Tenenbaum and Naonori Ueda. 2001-present. |
| Research scientist in DARPA
Human ID at a distance project: navigating
perceptual spaces. With Josh Tenenbaum under coordination from Jonathon Phillips at
DARPA, 2000-2002. |
| Research Assistant, Richard M. Shiffrin, 1994 - 2000. |
| Associate Instructor, "Methods of Experimental
Psychology", 1998. |
| Research scholar at Indiana University, Bloomington 1994. |
JOURNAL ARTICLES
| Steyvers, M., & Tenenbaum, J. (submitted). Small worlds in
semantic networks.
PDF, PS. |
| Steyvers, M., Shiffrin, R.M., & Nelson, D.L. (submitted). Semantic spaces based on free
association that predict memory performance. PDF,
PS. |
| Steyvers, M., Malmberg, K.J., & Shiffrin, R.M. (almost
submitted). A
measure for contextual variability and its independent effect on
recognition memory. PDF,
PS
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| Steyvers, M. (1999). Morphing techniques for generating and
manipulating face images. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments,
& Computers, 31, 359-369. PDF. |
| Shiffrin, R.M. & Steyvers, M. (1997). A model for recognition
memory: REM: Retrieving Effectively from Memory. Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, 4 (2), 145-166. PDF. |
| Van Leeuwen, C., Steyvers, M., & Nooter, M. (1997). Stability
and intermittency in large-scale coupled oscillator models for
perceptual segmentation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 41,
319-344. PDF. |
| Goldstone, R.L., & Steyvers, M. (2001). The sensitization
and differentiation of dimensions during category learning. Journal
of Experimental Psychology, General, 130. 116-139. PDF,
HTML. |
| Wagenmakers, E.J.M., Steyvers, M., Raaijmakers, J.G.W., Shiffrin,
R.M., van Rijn, H., & Zeelenberg, R. (submitted). A Bayesian
model for lexical decision. PDF. |
| Malmberg, K.J., Steyvers, M., Stephens, J., & Shiffrin, R.M.
(submitted). Feature frequency effects in recognition memory. |
JOURNAL ARTICLES IN PREPARATION
| Steyvers, M. (invited article for special issue of cognitive
science). Retrieving structured information from memory. |
| Steyvers, M., Tenenbaum, J., & Wagenmakers, E.J.M. (in
preparation). Causal learning: distinguishing common cause and
common effect by covariation. |
| Steyvers, M., de Silva, V., & Tenenbaum, J. (in preparation). Exploiting sparseness in non-linear dimensionality reduction. |
BOOK CHAPTERS
| Steyvers, M. (in press). Multidimensional Scaling. In:
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Nature Publishing Group, London,
UK. PDF, PS |
| Steyvers, M., & Busey, T. (2000). Predicting Similarity
Ratings to Faces using Physical Descriptions. In M. Wenger, & J.
Townsend (Eds.), Computational, geometric, and process perspectives
on facial cognition: Contexts and challenges. Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates. PDF, DOC,
PS, HTML. |
| Goldstone, R., Steyvers, M., Kersten, A., & Spencer-Smith, J.
(2000). Interactions between perceptual and conceptual learning. In
Dietrich, E., & A. Markman (eds.) Cognitive Dynamics: conceptual
and representational change in humans and machines. Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press. PDF. |
| Shiffrin, R. M., & Steyvers, M. (1998). The effectiveness of retrieval from memory. In M. Oaksford & N. Chater (Eds.). Rational models of cognition. (pp. 73-95), Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. PDF. |
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
| Steyvers, M., Wagenmakers, E.J.M., Shiffrin, R.M., Zeelenberg, R.,
& Raaijmakers, J.G.W. (in press). A Bayesian model for the
time-course of lexical processing. Proceedings of the fourth
international conference on cognitive modeling (ICCM). PDF,
PS. |
| Steyvers, M. & Grunwald, P. (1996). A recurrent network that
performs a context-sensitive task. In Proceedings of the eighteenth
annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 335-339). La
Jolla, CA. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. PDF, PS |
| Goldstone, R.L., Steyvers, M. & Larimer, K. (1996). Categorical Perception of Novel Dimensions. In Proceedings of the eighteenth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 243-248). La Jolla, CA. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. PDF. |
INVITED TALKS
| Stanford University, Department of Psychology, informal
presentations, February 2000. |
| University of Washington, Department of Psychology, cognitive seminar. February 2000. |
CONFERENCE, SYMPOSIUM AND MEETING PRESENTATIONS
| Steyvers, M., & Tenenbaum, J. (2001). Small worlds in semantic
networks. Twenty-Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Teton
Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
| Steyvers, M., & Shiffrin, R.M. (2000). Creating Semantic
Spaces to Predict Memory Performance. Rocky Mountain Psychological
Association 2000 meeting, Tucson, Arizona. |
| Steyvers, M., & Shiffrin, R.M. (2000). Creating Semantic
Spaces to Predict Memory Performance. Hoosier Mental Life
Conference, Notre Dame, Indiana. |
| Steyvers, M., & Shiffrin, R.M. (2000). Creating Semantic
Spaces to Predict Memory Performance. Twenty-Fifth Annual
Interdisciplinary Conference, Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
| Steyvers, M., & Busey, M. (1999). Predicting Similarity
Ratings to Faces using Physical Descriptions. Twenty-Fourth Annual
Interdisciplinary Conference, Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. |
| Steyvers, M., & Wood, P.E. (1999). Elbowing out the
"Elbow" method: A modified cross-validation technique for
determining MDS dimensionality". 32nd Annual meeting of the
Society for Mathematical Psychology, Santa Cruz, California. |
| Steyvers, M. & Goldstone, R.L. (1996). Categorical perception
of novel dimensions. Hoosier Mental Life. Evanston, Illinois. |
| Steyvers, M. & van Leeuwen, C.C. (1994) . Use of synchronized
chaotic oscillations in perceptual grouping. Conference on
Oscillations in Neural Systems, Arlington, Texas. |
| Steyvers, M. & Shiffrin, R.M. (1994). On the processing of
unitized and non-unitized visual stimuli. Cognition Group,
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
| Goldstone, R.L., & Steyvers, M. (1998). Dimensionalization
during category learning. Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics
Society, Dallas, TX. |
| Shiffrin, R.M. & Steyvers, M. (1996). REM: Retrieving Effectively from Memory. International Conference on Memory, Abano Terme, Italy. |
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
ad hoc reviewer for: | Psychological Review |
| Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and
Cognition |
| Memory & Cognition |
| NIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems), 2000 & 2001 |
| Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2000 |
| Behavior Research Methods,
Instruments, & Computers |
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| J.R. Kantor Graduate Award for accomplished graduate careers. |
| Research Fellowship of Indiana University College of Arts and
Sciences, 1999 - 2000. |
| Commendation for first year of PhD program, Indiana University. |
| Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) travel grant award. |
