Tutorial participants bringing a lap top should download and check 
the EPIC software used for the tutorial ahead of time if possible. 
Download either the Windows or Macintosh files listed below.

Please follow the instructions in the TutSoftwareReadme file, and contact 
kieras@eecs.umich.edu 
if you have any problems with getting the suggested checks to run successfully.

The QuickStart documents provide an overview of the EPIC application windows
and controls. These differ somewhat between the Mac and Windows versions.

You may also want to download the reference manual on the EPIC architecture;
this is the EPICPrinOP.pdf file in this directory.

There are also four papers that you might find useful:

TR-EPIC-5.pdf
Kieras & Meyer technical report containing a good overview and summary of EPIC.  

Revised version appears in Kieras, D. & Meyer, D.E. (1997). An overview of 
the EPIC architecture for cognition and performance with application 
to human-computer interaction. Human-Computer Interaction., 12, 391-438.

TR-EPIC-12.pdf
Kieras, D.E., Meyer, D.E., Ballas, J.A., Lauber, E.J. Modern computational 
perspectives on executive mental processes and cognitive control. Where to from here?  

Final version appears in Kieras, D. E., Meyer, D. E., Ballas, J. A., & Lauber, E. J. (2000). 
Modern computational perspectives on executive mental control: Where to from here?  
In S. Monsell & J. Driver (Eds.), Control of cognitive processes: Attention and 
performance XVIII (pp. 681-712).  Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press.


HCI_04.pdf
Hornof, A. J. (2004, in press). Cognitive strategies for the visual search of 
hierarchical computer displays. Human-Computer Interaction, 19(3), 183-223.

This paper shows EPIC applied to a visual search task.  The project 
demonstrates how an exploration of plausible search strategies can 
lead to interesting insights about how people search computer layouts.


CHI_03.pdf
Hornof, A. J., & Halverson, T. (2003). Cognitive  strategies and eye movements 
for searching hierarchical computer  displays. ACM CHI 2003: Conference on 
Human Factors in  Computing Systems, New York: ACM, 249-256.

This paper presents eye tracking data that validate the visual search models in Hornof (2004).


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The following is the contents of this directory as of July 26, 2004 2:00 PM EDT

README_Mac.txt
README_Windows.txt

TutSoftwareReadmeWin.txt
EPICAppSetup.exe
EpicApplicationFiles.zip
TutorialModelsWindows.zip
WinQuickStart.pdf

TutSoftwareReadmeMac.txt
TutorialModelsMac.sitx
MacQuickStart.pdf

EPICPrinOP.pdf
TR-EPIC-5.pdf
TR-EPIC-12.pdf
HCI_04.pdf
CHI_03.pdf