VO 501.022, SE 501.025: Computer Models of "The Mind" (SS2009)

Index

• Organisational matters (last change: 2009-06-17)
• Materials
  • Presentation materials
  • Background literature (local copies)
• Other relevant web sites

Organisational matters

• All students are required to register with the Medical University
  See: "MUW:Mitbelegung" -- there is a short information in English ("Co-Registration") at the very bottom of that page.
  Hard deadline: Thursday, April 30, 2009
   
• VO Units:
  1. 20090304, 14 c.t.
  2. 20090311, 14 c.t.
  3. 20090318, 14 c.t.
  4. 20090325, 14 c.t.
  5. 20090422, 14 c.t.
  6. 20090513, 14 c.t.
  7. 20090520, 14 c.t.
  8. 20090527, 14:00 (along with 2 Seminar presentations)
  9. 20090617, 14 c.t. (along with 1 Seminar presentation)
      
• Exams:
  1. 20090624 (first exam date)
      
• SE Meetings and Deadlines:
  • This edition of the SE uses [Sun R. 2008] as reference
  • 20090304, 14 c.t.: Presentation of candidate topics during the VO
  • 20090309: Submission of chosen candidate topics
  • 20090311: Assignment of SE topics during the VO (numbers refer to chapters in [Sun R. 2008])
    1. S.B., Micro-Process Models of Decision Making (10)
    2. N.C., Computational Modeling of Visual Information Processing (23)
    3. R.C., Evaluation of computational modelling in CogSci (25)
    4. R.D., The Principle of Slowness (3)
    5. P.F., Computational models of semantic memory (8)
    6. C.M., Creativity, Novelty and Aesthetics
    7. J.S., Computational models of developmental psychology (16)
    8. L.Sza., Computational models of psycholinguistics (17)
    9. L.Szu., Models of scientific explanation (20)
    10. D.Z., Computational models of implicit learning (14)
  • 20090422: Materials collection reports
    Please provide (=email) an informal overview (text file) of how desktop research was carried out:
    • Starting from the seed paper (and what other information), what information sources were consulted with what expectations? Did the results (not) match (exceed,...) expectations? Where did you look next, for what reason?
    • Which papers did you look into, which out of these did you weed out, which are you considering to keep for the definition of your topic? (provide two bibliographic lists of "Weeded out" and "Kept" papers --- of course these lists are up to revision during your upcoming work)
    • What other informative materials (e.g. topical web portals, media for inclusion in the presentation,...) did you find?
    Received:
    1. S.B., Micro-Process Models of Decision Making (10)
    2. N.C.: Computational Modeling of Visual Information Processing (23)
    3. R.C.: Evaluation of computational modelling in CogSci (25)
    4. R.D.: The Principle of Slowness (3)
    5. P.F.: Computational models of semantic memory (8) (excused 2009-05-06)
    6. C.M.: Creativity, Novelty and Aesthetics
    7. L.Sza.: Computational models of psycholinguistics (17)
    8. L.Szu.: Models of scientific explanation (20)
    Pending:
    1. D.Z.: Computational models of implicit learning (14)
  • 20090506: Brief presentation and discussion of topics
  • 20090520: Delivery of Presentation drafts (including bibliography)
  • 20090527: Presentations: S.B., L.Sza.
  • 20090603: Presentations: C.M., N.C., R.D.
  • 20090610: Presentations: P.F., L.Szu., D.Z.
  • 20090617: Presentation: R.C.
  • 20090630 20090706: Write-ups must be received
     
• Access to materials offered on this web site

  To obtain access to the materials for this course, a personal application for permission is required.
  This should state full name, Studienkennzahl and immatriculation number (Matrikelnummer).
  Please address requests to: compmind2009 (AT( ofai.at.

   

Materials

Presentation materials

(made available during the course)

20090304: Preliminary discussion on logistics, Introduction

• When: 14:00 (c.t.)
• Where: Seminar Room of IMKAI

Presentation Materials:

PDF (568 KiB)

References:

Theory of Mind, Theory Theory, Simulation

Leslie et al. 2004, Grush 2004, Heit 2005, Adolphs 2006

 

20090311: Seminar assignments, Computational cognitive modelling

Presentation Materials:

see 20090304

References:

Computational cognitive modelling

Fum et al. 2007

 

20090318: Model types, Cognitive architecture

Presentation Materials:

PDF (748KiB)

References:

Fitts' Law: [Fitts 1954], Dedicated session at HCI 2008

 

20090325: Early Computational Cognitive Systems

Presentation Materials:

see 20090318

References:

Cognitive Architecture

NewellSimon 1963, Byrne 2002, Lehman et al. 2006

 

20090422: Cognitive Architectures: Modelling Approaches/Paradigms of Cognition

Presentation Materials:

see 20090318

References:

Cognitive Architecture

Byrne 2002, Lehman et al. 2006, Minsky et al. 2004

Example Programme:

Nilsson: Teleo-Reactive Towers (Java, ZIP archive, 537KB), see:
Nilsson's A Web Page for Teleo-Reactive Programs, [Nilsson 2001]

 

20090513: VO: Paradigms of Cognition

Presentation Materials:

see 20090318

References:

Vernon et at. 2007

 

20090520: VO: Paradigms of Cognition (ctd.)

Presentation Materials:

PDF (76KiB)

References:

Vernon et at. 2007

Recommended Reading (re: Cognitivism, PSS):

Lehman et al. 2006

 

20090527: SE:

S.B.: Decision Making

• Presentation slides: PDF (803 KiB)
• Video clip: Scientific American Frontiers: Tough Choices (in particular the second half).

L.Sza.:

• Presentation slides: PDF (138 KiB)
• Lexigrams: Language of bonobos
• Video clip: YouTube Video: Interview with Angelo Cangelosi

 

20090603: SE:

C.M.: Creativity, Novelty and Aesthetics

• Presentation slides: PDF (967KiB)

N.C.: Computational Modelling of Visual Information Processing

• Presentation slides: PDF (353KiB)

R.D.: The Principle of Slowness

• Presentation slides: PDF (671KiB)

 

20090610: SE:

P.F.: Computational models of semantic memory

• Presentation slides: PDF (762KiB)

L.Szu.: Models of scientific explanation

• Presentation slides: PDF (424KiB)

 

20090617: SE, VO:

SE: R.C.M.: Evaluation of computational modeling in cognitive science

• Presentation slides: PDF (3.1MiB)

VO:  Paradigms of Cognition (continued), wrap-up

Presentation Materials: see 20090520

 

20090624: First exam

Location: IMKAI, Seminar room

Time: 14 (c.t.)

Please do not forget to bring your Student ID!

Policy: written exam, use of materials is not allowed!

 

Background literature (local copies)

• Adolphs R. (2006).
  How do we know the minds of others? Domain-specificity, simulation, and enactive social cognition,
  Brain Research, 1079(1):25-35.
  (PDF (190KiB))

• Anderson M.L. (2003).
  Embodied Cognition: A field guide.
  Artificial Intelligence, 149:91-130, 2003.
  (PDF (301KiB))

• Agre P. (1995)
  Computation and Embodied Agency
  Informatica, special issue on computational theories of mind, Gams M. (ed.), 19(4):527-535
  (HTML (39KiB))

• Agre P. (1995b)
  Computational Research on Interaction and Agency
  Artifcial Intelligence 72(1-2):1-52
  (HTML (188KiB))

• Bargh J.A., Chartrand T.L. (1999).
  The Unbearable Automaticity of Being,
  American Psychologist, 54(7):462-479
  (PDF (245KiB))

• Byrne, M.D. (2002).
  Cognitive Architecture,
  in: Jacko J.A., Sears A. (eds.): The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging applications, Mahwah, NJ, USA:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  (PDF (174 KiB))

• Chrisley R.: (2003).
  Embodied Artificial Intelligence.
  Artificial Intelligence, 149:131-150.
  (PDF (168KiB))

• Clancey W.J., Sierhuis M., Damer B., Brodsky B. (2006).
  Cognitive Modeling of Social Behaviors,
  in Sun R. (ed.), Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction,
  Cambridge University Press, New York/Melbourne/Madrid, 151-185.
  (PDF (5.3 MiB))

• Dewey J. (1896).
  The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology
  (First published in Psychological Review, 3:357-370)
  (HTML (35KB))

• Fitts P.M. (1954).
  The Information Capacity of the Human Motor System in Controlling the Amplitude of Movement
  (First published in Journal of Experimental Psychology 47:381-391)
  (PDF (1.132 MiB))

• Fum D., Missier F.D., Stocco A. (2007).
  The cognitive modeling of human behavior:
  Why a model is (sometimes) better than 10,000 words,
  Cognitive Systems Research, 8(3), pp.135-142 (Editorial).
  (PDF (152 KiB))

• Gat E. (1997).
  On Three-Layer Architectures.
  In Kortenkamp D., Bonasso R.P., Murphy R. (eds.):
  Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots, MIT/AAAI Press.
  (PDF (112KiB))

• Georgeff M., Pell B., Pollack M., Tambe M., Wooldridge M.J. (1999).
  The Belief-Desire-Intention Model of Agency
  In Müller J.P., Singh M.P., Rao A.S. (eds.):
  Intelligent Agents V. Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages, 5th International Workshop, ATAL'98, Paris, France, July 4-7, 1998, Proceedings, LNApdfI 1555, Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg.
  (PDF (84KiB))

• Granger R. (2006).
  Engines of the Brain: The Computational Instruction Set of Human Cognition,
  AI Magazine, 27(2):15-32
  (PDF (874KiB))

• Grush R. (2004).
  The emulation theory of representation: Motor control, imagery, and perception,
  Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(3):377-396
  (PDF (160KiB))

• Heit E. (2005)
  Should we abandon the theory theory?
  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(5):215-216. (PDF (70KiB))

• Johnson-Laird P.N. (1980)
  Mental Models in Cognitive Science
  Cognitive Science, 4(1):71-115.
  (PDF (5.7MiB))

• Lehman J.F., Laird J., Rosenbloom P. (2006)
  A gentle introduction to SOAR, an architecture for human cognition: 2006 update,
  University of Michigan
  (PDF (171KiB))

• Leslie A.M., Friedman O., German T.P. (2004).
  Core mechanisms in 'theory of mind',
  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(12):528-533.
  (PDF (181KiB))

• Minsky M., Singh P., Sloman A. (2004).
  The St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium: Designing Architectures for Human-Level Intelligence,
  AI Magazine, 25(2):113-124.
  (PDF (140KiB))

• Newell, A., Simon, H. A. (1963).
  GPS, a program that simulates human thought.
  In Feigenbaum E.A., Feldman J. (eds.): Computers and thought, pp. 279-293.
  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  (PDF (381KiB))

• Nilsson N.J. (1994).
  Teleo-Reactive Programs for Agent Control,
  Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 2:139-158.
  (PDF (259KiB))

• Nilsson N.J. (2001).
  Teleo-Reactive Programs and the Triple-Tower Architecture,
  Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5 (2001), Section B, pp. 99-110.
  (PDF (321KiB))

• Niedenthal P.M., Barsalou L.W., Winkielman P., Krauth-Gruber S., Ric F. (2005).
  Embodiment in Attitudes, Social Perception, and Emotion.
  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 9(3):184-211
  (PDF (178KiB))

• Pfeifer R. (2000).
  On the role of embodiment in the emergence of cognition and emotion.
  13th Toyota Conference, Affective Minds, November/December 1999
  revised version, January 2, 2000.
  (PDF (1095KiB))

• Roy D. (2005)
  Grounding words in perception and action: computational insights,
  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(8):389-396.
  (PDF (387KiB))

• Schurr N., Okamoto S., Maheswaran R.T., Scerri P., Tambe M. (2006).
  Evolution of a Teamwork Model,
  In Sun R. (ed.): Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation.
  Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA, 397-327.
  (PDF (433 KiB))

• Sun R. (ed.) (2008).
  The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology.
  Cambridge University Press, New York / Melbourne / Madrid.

• Vernon D., Metta G., Sandini G. (2007).
  A Survey of Artificial Cognitive Systems - Implications For The Autonomous Development of Mental Capabilities in Computational Agents,
  IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 11(2):151-180.
  (PDF (1.6 MiB))

Other relevant web sites

Suggestions for additions are always welcome!

• EUCog II: 2nd European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics
   
• AAAI Topics: Cognitive Science, Mind/Philosophy
• Cognitive Science Society
• Journal of Cognitive Systems Research
• Controversies in Cognitive Systems Research (UKCRC - UK Computing Research Committee - Grand Challenges)
• KLI Theory Lab - COGS
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Classics in the History of Psychology
   
• Science Magazine, 306(5695), 2004: Cognition and Behavior
• Science Magazine, 314(5796), 2006: Modeling the Mind
   
• IEEE Spectrum: The Singularity

• The Cognitive Architectures Page maintained by Ron Sun
• ACT-R home page
• SOAR home page
   
• Predicting Cognitive Performance in Open-ended Dynamic Tasks: A Modeling Comparison Challenge, Dynamics Stocks and Flows (DSF) scenario, ICCM 2009

• Association for Rational Psychology
• BR Alpha: Geist und Gehirn
• PBS Scientific American Frontiers
   
• Volterra replication prize of the ESSA in social simulation

• Literature/Scientific Web Portals:
  • ACM Digital Library
  • arXiv.org e-Print archive
  • Cogprints
  • informaworld
  • iCogSci
  • ingentaconnect
  • JournalSeek
  • Scaruffi, Piero: Annotated Bibliography of Mind-related Topics
  • ScienceDirect
     
  • Wiley (including acquired Blackwell Synergy)
• Videos...
  • Intute
  • ScienceHack

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