The authors introduce an ontology for the study of how animals think, as well as a comprehensive model of human and animal cognition utilizing the ontology. The IDA (Intelligent Distribution Agent)...
Consciousness is computational: The LIDA model of global workspace theory. (2009)
Baars, Bernard J., Franklin, Stan
We argue that the functions of consciousness are implemented in a bio-computational manner. That is to say, the conscious as well as the non-conscious aspects of human thinking, planning, and...
Evolutionary pressures for perceptual stability and self as guides to machine consciousness. (2009)
Franklin, Stan, D'Mello, Sidney, Baars, Bernard J., Ramamurthy, Uma
The currently leading cognitive theory of consciousness, Global Workspace Theory (Baars 1988, 2003), postulates that the primary functions of consciousness include a global broadcast serving to...
Realizing Forgetting in a Modified Sparse Distributed Memory System (2008)
Uma Ramamurthy, Sidney K. D’mello, Stan Franklin
This paper presents research on the development of effective forgetting mechanisms for the Sparse Distributed Memory (SDM) system, to computationally model Transient Episodic Memory (TEM), a...
Franklin et al., The Role of Consciousness in Memory The Role of Consciousness in Memory (2008)
Stan Franklin, Bernard J. Baars, Uma Ramamurthy, Matthew Ventura
Abstract: Conscious events interact with memory systems in learning, rehearsal and retrieval (Ebbinghaus 1885/1964; Tulving 1985). Here we present hypotheses that arise from the IDA computional model...
Learning High Quality Decisions with Neural Networks in “Conscious ” Software Agents (2008)
Arpad Kelemen, Yulan Liang, Stan Franklin
Abstract: Finding suitable jobs for US Navy sailors periodically is an important and everchanging process. An Intelligent Distribution Agent (IDA) and particularly its constraint satisfaction module...
ConAg: A Reusable Framework for Developing “Conscious ” Software Agents (2008)
Myles Bogner, Jonathan Maletic, Stan Franklin
ConAg is a reusable framework, written in Java, for creating “conscious ” software agents. Its particular focus is on these agents ’ “consciousness ” mechanism. A “conscious ” software...
An Emotion-Based “Conscious” Software Agent Architecture (2008)
Lee Mccauley, Stan Franklin, Myles Bogner
Abstract Evidence of the role of emotions in the action selection processes of environmentally situated agents continues to mount. This is no less true for autonomous software agents. Here we are...
Abstract Building Life-Like "Conscious " Software Agents (2008)
Here we'll briefly describe action selection and language generation mechanisms in two "lifelike" software agents, CMattie and IDA, and discuss issues that bear on the topics...
Abstract An Action Selection Mechanism for “Conscious ” Software Agents 1 (2008)
Aregahegn S. Negatu, Stan Franklin
In this paper we describe an action selection mechanism for a "conscious" software agent. We discuss briefly the main cognitive modules of our agent architecture. Our focus is on...
Funding requested — $67,495 Duration of effort — Fiscal Year 1998 (2008)
Stan Franklin, Principal Investigator
Like the Roman god Janus, this project has two faces, its science face and its engineering face. Its science side will flesh out the global workspace theory of consciousness, while its engineering...
IDA: A Cognitive Agent Architecture 1, (2008)
Stan Franklin, Arpad Kelemen, Lee Mccauley
For most of its four decades of existence artificial intelligence has devoted its attention primarily to studying and emulating individual functions of intelligence. During the last decade,...
IDA: A Cognitive Agent Architecture 1, (2008)
Stan Franklin, Arpad Kelemen, Lee Mccauley
For most of its four decades of existence artificial intelligence has devoted its attention primarily to studying and emulating individual functions of intelligence. During the last decade,...
ConAg: A Reusable Framework for Developing Conscious Software Agents (2007)
Myles Bogner, Jonathan Maletic, Stan Franklin
ConAg is a reusable framework, written in Java, for creating conscious software agents. Its particular focus is on these agents' "consciousness" mechanism. A conscious software agent...
Chapter # Interacting with IDA (2007)
Abstract: This chapter describes IDA, an autonomous and “conscious ” software agent, and how she interacts with humans. IDA’s purpose is to converse with sailors in the U.S. Navy using natural...
ConAg: A Reusable Framework for Developing “Conscious ” Software Agents (2007)
Myles Bogner, Jonathan Maletic, Stan Franklin
ConAg is a reusable framework, written in Java, for creating “conscious ” software agents. Its particular focus is on these agents ’ “consciousness ” mechanism. A “conscious ” software...
An Emotion-Based "Conscious" Software Agent Architecture (2007)
Lee Mccauley, Stan Franklin, Myles Bogner
Evidence of the role of emotions in the action selection processes of environmentally situated agents continues to mount. This is no less true for autonomous software agents. Here we are concerned...
How Minds Work: A Cognitive Theory of Everything - a Tutorial on the IDA Model of Cognition (2007)
The IDA model of cognition is a fully integrated artificial cognitive system reaching across the full spectrum of cognition, from low-level perception/action to high-level reasoning. Extensively...
Baars, Bernard J, Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma
“And as soon as I had recognized the taste of the piece of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-blossom which my aunt used to give me ... immediately the old grey house upon the street, where...
Baars, Bernard J., Ramamurthy, Uma, Franklin, Stan
“And as soon as I had recognized the taste of the piece of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-blossom which my aunt used to give me ... immediately the old grey house upon the street, where...
LIDA: A computational model of global workspace theory and developmental learning. (2007)
Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma, D'Mello, Sidney K., McCauley, Lee, Negatu, Aregahegn, Silva, Rodrigo L., ...
In this paper, we present LIDA, a working model of, and theoretical foundation for, machine consciousness. LIDA’s architecture and mechanisms were inspired by a variety of computational paradigms...
Exploring the complex interplay between AI and consciousness. (2007)
D'Mello, Sidney K., Franklin, Stan
This paper embodies the authors’ suggestive, hypothetical and sometimes speculative attempts to answer questions related to the interplay between consciousness and AI. We explore the theoretical...
Computational models of consciousness: A taxonomy and some examples. (2007)
This chapter aims to provide an overview of existing computational (mechanistic) models of cognition in relation to the study of consciousness, on the basis of psychological and philosophical...
How Minds Work: A Cognitive Theory of Everything - a Tutorial on the IDA Model of Cognition (2007)
The IDA model of cognition is a fully integrated artificial cognitive system reaching across the full spectrum of cognition, from low-level perception/action to high-level reasoning. Extensively...
Motivations, Values and Emotions: 3 sides of the same coin (2006)
Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma
This position paper speaks to the interrelationships between the three concepts of motivations, values, and emotion. Motivations prime actions, values serve to choose between motivations, emotions...
Motivations, Values and Emotions: 3 sides of the same coin (2006)
Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma
This position paper speaks to the interrelationships between the three concepts of motivations, values, and emotion. Motivations prime actions, values serve to choose between motivations, emotions...
A Cognitive Science Based Machine Learning Architecture (2006)
D'Mello, S.K., Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma, Baars, Bernard J.
In an attempt to illustrate the application of cognitive science principles to hard AI problems in machine learning we propose the LIDA technology, a cognitive science based architecture capable of...
Cognitive Science Based Machine Learning Architecture (2006)
D'Mello, S.K., Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma, Baars, Bernard J.
In an attempt to illustrate the application of cognitive science principles to hard AI problems in machine learning we propose the LIDA technology, a cognitive science based architecture capable of...
Motivations, Values and Emotions: 3 sides of the same coin (2006)
Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma
This position paper speaks to the interrelationships between the three concepts of motivations, values, and emotion. Motivations prime actions, values serve to choose between motivations, emotions...
LIDA: A Working Model of Cognition (2006)
Ramamurthy, Uma, Baars, Bernard J., S. K., D'Mello, Franklin, Stan
In this paper we present the LIDA architecture as a working model of cognition. We argue that such working models are broad in scope and address real world problems in comparison to experimentally...
Motivations, Values and Emotions: 3 sides of the same coin (2006)
Franklin, Stan, Ramamurthy, Uma
This position paper speaks to the interrelationships between the three concepts of motivations, values, and emotion. Motivations prime actions, values serve to choose between motivations, emotions...
LIDA: A Working Model of Cognition (2006)
Ramamurthy, Uma, Baars, Bernard J, D'Mello, S.K., Franklin, Stan
In this paper we present the LIDA architecture as a working model of cognition. We argue that such working models are broad in scope and address real world problems in comparison to experimentally...
An Ontology for Comparative Cognition: A Functional Approach (2006)
The authors introduce an ontology for the study of how animals think, as well as a comprehensive model of human and animal cognition utilizing the ontology. The IDA (Intelligent Distribution Agent)...
The Role of Consciousness in Memory (2005)
Franklin, Stan, Baars, Bernard J., Ramamurthy, Uma, Ventura, Matthew
Conscious events interact with memory systems in learning, rehearsal and retrieval (Ebbinghaus 1885/1964; Tulving 1985). Here we present hypotheses that arise from the IDA computional model...
The Role of Consciousness in Memory (2005)
Franklin, Stan, Baars, BJ, Ramamurthy, U, Ventura, M
Conscious events interact with memory systems in learning, rehearsal and retrieval (Ebbinghaus 1885/1964; Tulving 1985). Here we present hypotheses that arise from the IDA computional model...
The Role of Consciousness in Memory (2005)
Franklin, Stan, Baars, BJ, Ramamurthy, Uma, Ventura, M
Conscious events interact with memory systems in learning, rehearsal and retrieval (Ebbinghaus 1885/1964; Tulving 1985). Here we present hypotheses that arise from the IDA computional model...
Evolutionary Pressures and a Stable World for Animals and Robots: A Commentary on Merker (2005)
In his article on The Liabilities of Mobility, Merker (this issue) asserts that ‘‘Consciousness presents us with a stable arena for our actions—the world . . .’’ and argues for this...
A ”consciousness” based architecture for a functioning mind (2005)
Here we describe an architecture for an autonomous software agent designed to model a broad spectrum of human cognitive and affective functioning. In addition to featuring “consciousness ” the...
Integrating affect sensors in an intelligent tutoring system (2005)
Sidney K. D’mello, Scotty D. Craig, Barry Gholson, Stan Franklin
This project augments an existing intelligent tutoring system (AutoTutor) that helps learners construct explanations by interacting with them in natural language and helping them use simulation...
The Role of Consciousness in Memory (2005)
Franklin, Stan, Baars, Bernard J., Ramamurthy, Uma, Ventura, Matthew
Conscious events interact with memory systems in learning, rehearsal and retrieval (Ebbinghaus 1885/1964; Tulving 1985). Here we present hypotheses that arise from the IDA computional model...
How conscious experience and working memory interact (2003)
Baars, Bernard J, Franklin, Stan
Active components of classical working memory are conscious, but traditional theory does not account for this fact. Global Workspace theory suggests that consciousness is needed to recruit...
How conscious experience and working memory interact (2003)
Franklin, Stan, Baars, Bernard J
Active components of classical working memory are conscious, but traditional theory does not account for this fact. Global Workspace theory suggests that consciousness is needed to recruit...
A Large-Scale Multi-Agent System for Navy Personnel Distribution (2002)
In the US Navy, at the end of each sailor's tour of duty, he or she is assigned to a new job. The Navy employs some 280 people, called detailers, full time to effect these new assignments. The...
A Comparative Study of Different Machine Learning Approaches for Decision Making (2002)
Arpad Kelemen, Yulan Liang, Stan Franklin
Abstract:- In this paper, several neural network and statistical learning approaches are proposed that learn to make human like decisions for the job assignment problem of the US Navy. Comparison...
Modeling Cognition with Software Agents (2001)
We propose the use of autonomous software agents as cognitive models that generate testable hypotheses about human cognition. While such agents are typically produced to automate practical human...
Evolutionary Economic Agents (1999)
Fergus Nolan Jarek, Jarek Wilkiewicz, Dipankar Dasgupta, Stan Franklin
An empirical work is described which compares the optimization levels produced by a group of economic agents versus those of a similar group of economic agents which additionally employ a genetic...
Models of consciousness (1999)
Evolutionary pressures and a stable world for animals and
An Architecture for Emotion (1998)
The addition of emotions may be the key to producing rational behavior in autonomous agents. For situated agents, a different perspective on learning is proposed which relies on the agent's...
IDA: A Cognitive Agent Architecture (1998)
Stan Franklin, Arpad Kelemen, Lee McCauley
Here we describe an architecture for an intelligent distribution agent being designed for the Navy. This autonomous software agent will implement global workspace theory, a psychological theory of...
Conscious Learning In An Adaptive Software Agent (1998)
Uma Ramamurthy, Myles Bogner, Stan Franklin
This paper describes the \conscious" learning mechanism of an adaptive software agent, Conscious Mattie (CMattie). This conscious software agent takes the role of a departmental seminar...
Simulating Smooth Tutorial Dialogue with Pedagogical Value (1998)
Art Graesser, Stan Franklin, Peter Wiemer-Hastings
This paper describes the design of AutoTutor, a fully automated computer tutor that simulates dialogue moves of normal human tutors and that will eventually incorporate sophisticated tutoring...
Conceptual Intelligent Distribution Agents (1997)
Stan Franklin, Principal Investigator, Sally Johnson, Business Contact
Like the Roman god Janus, this project has two faces, its science face and its engineering face. Its science side will flesh out the global workspace theory of consciousness, while its engineering...
Is it an agent, or just a program?: A taxonomy for autonomous agents (1996)
The advent of software agents gave rise to much discussion of just what such an agent is, and of how they differ from programs in general. Here we propose a formal definition of an autonomous agent...
Is it an Agent, or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents (1996)
The advent of software agents gave rise to much discussion of just what such an agent is, and of how they differ from programs in general. Here we propose a formal definition of an autonomous agent...
SUMPY: A Fuzzy Software Agent (1996)
Hongjun Song, Stan Franklin, Aregahegn Negatu
SUMPY is a software agent "living" in and helping to maintain a UNIX file system for better disk space utilization by compressing and backing up. Built using subsumption architecture, SUMPY...
"Consciousness" And Conceptual Learning In A Socially Situated Agent
Myles Bogner Uma, Uma Ramamurthy, Stan Franklin
this paper we will describe CMattie, a "conscious," socially situated, software agent, paying particular attention to her "consciousness" and conceptual learning mechanisms.