Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Computing Science (CS)

Dr. Tei LAINE

• Title: Scientist
• Tel: 64191305
• Email: lainet@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• Complex systems, agent-based models
• Decision making and learning
• Language evolution and language change

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Cognitive Science, School of Informatics, Indiana University, 1999-2006.
• M.Sc., Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1991-1996.

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

• Rieskamp, J., Busemeyer, J. & Laine, T. (2003), How do people learn to allocate resources? Comparing two learning models. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, Vol. 29, No. 6.
• Saariluoma, P., Laine, T. (2001), Novice construction of chess memory. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 137-146.
• Kurhila, J., Laine, T. (2000), Individualized special education with cognitive skill assessment. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 163-170.

Conferences

• Laine, T., Monroe, B., & Gupta, S. (2010), "Making a good impression (-formation model). poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Portland, Oregon.
• Laine, T. (2007), Learning and Decision Model Selection for a Class of Complex Adaptive Systems. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. July 26-29, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Laine, T. (2005), A Selection Criterion for a Class of Agent-Based Spatial Decision Models. Presentation in the NAACSOS (North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science) Conference. Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, June 26-28.
• Laine, T. & Busemeyer, J. (2004), Comparing Agent-Based Learning Models of Land-use Decision Making. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, ICCM 2004 (Marsha Lovett, Christian Schunn, Christian Lebiere, Paul Munro, eds.), pp. 142-147.
• Laine, T. & Busemeyer, J. (2004), Agent-Based Model of Land-use Decision Making. In the NAACSOS (North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Science) Conference 2004 Proceedings. CMU, Pittsburgh, PA, June 27-29.
• Laine, T., Gasser, M. (2003), How Communicative Pressure Affects Phonology: Modelling Sound Change in a Population of Communicators. Presentation in the 8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Logrono, Spain, July 2003.
• Laine, T., Kalakoski, V. (2001), Modelling Taxi Drivers" Learning and Exceptional Memory of Street Names. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, ICCM-2001 (Erik M Altman, Axel Cleeremans, Christian D Schunn, Wayne D Gray, eds.), pp. 133-138.
• Kurhila, J., Laine, T. (1999), Individualized special education with cognitive skill assessment. In Proceedings of the 9th International PEG Conference, Intelligent Computer and Communication Technology: Teaching & Learning for the 21th Century (Linda Baggot and Jon Nichol, eds.). University of Exeter, School of Education, England,
• Laine, T., Hyotyniemi, H., Saariluoma, P. (1998), The Foundations of Simulative Theorizing. Proceedings of the 13th Biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI"98 (Henri Prade, ed.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 109-113.

Other(s)

Honors and Awards:

• First Place Outstanding Research Award in Technology Category at Women in Science Program Research Day, IndianaUniversity, March 2005.

• Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies, academic year 1999 - 2000.

• Young Researcher’s Fellowship, University of Helsinki Research Foundation, academic year 1997-1998.

• Pro-gradu stipend for writing the Master’s thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, 1995.