The fourth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Subrata Dasgupta It is well known that Herbert Simon was a 20th century scientific polymath who made seminal contributions to the social sciences, behavioral sciences, design theory, computer science, and the philosophy of science (Dasgupta, 2003a, 2003b).…
A collaborator of mine, Ted Lewis, has a new book out. Computer Scienceinformation agemathematicssignal processingTed Lewis
Born on this day in 1912. Alan TuringArtificial intelligenceComputer ScienceTuring machineTuring test
Simon Award winner Marcin Milkowski speaking at the International Association for Computing And Philosophy 2016. A vast majority of theoretical papers in cognitive science today describe computational models of cognitive processes. My focus in this talk will be on attempts to integrate separate computational models of the mind. Most models describe just how human and non-human subjects…
The eighth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Marco Castellani and Marco Novarese In 1960 Herbert Simon proposed the use of computer simulations in order to enrich and improve economic modelling (Clarkson and Simon, 1960). Computer science was among the many fields to…
The fourth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Subrata Dasgupta It is well known that Herbert Simon was a 20th century scientific polymath who made seminal contributions to the social sciences, behavioral sciences, design theory, computer science, and the philosophy of science (Dasgupta, 2003a, 2003b).…
As reported in the Brains Blog we are most chuffed to have Marcin’s participation in Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon Cognitive sciencecomputational intelligenceComputer ScienceHerbert SimonMarcin MiłkowskiMinds Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert SimonPhilosophy of mind
Coming soon in Cognitive Systems Research 1. Francis Heylighen Stigmergy as a Universal Coordination Mechanism I: Definition and Components 2. Francesco Bolici, James Howison and Kevin Crowston Stigmergic Coordination in FLOSS Development Teams: Integrating Explicit and Implicit Mechanisms 3. Ted G. Lewis and Richard Begin Imitation and Novelty in Product Development 4. Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez Stigmergy at the…
John Holland’s obituary by Scott Page (H/T Melanie Mitchell) John Holland’s complexity studies helped us understand what this complex bacterial colony has in common with your brain, political theory, ants, computers, urban life and more. antsComplex adaptive systemcomplexitycomplexity studiesComputer Sciencejohn hollandMelanie MitchellScott PageSpontaneous orderStigmergy
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