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SFU researchers develop new syntactic operator
SFU cognitive scientists Jeff Pelletier, Jim Delgrande, and graduate student Matt Sunderson have come up with a more efficient way to pack information into large, computerized repositories of knowledge.
A classic problem with knowledge bases is that they have to be updated on the fly to reflect new facts and changes in the world. Sometimes, information combines in novel ways to form new beliefs, and other times, new information contradicts old information, requiring the computer to revise what it knows. Pelletier, Delgrande and Sunderson developed a syntactic operator for such systems that allows knowledge to be combined, updated, or replaced, in ways that are intuitive to everyday language users.
They presented their findings at the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society's 20th annual meeting in May (2007).
Professor James Hampton visits SFU City University London’s Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Dr. James Hampton, visited SFU during the end of the Spring 2007 semester. Dr. Hampton and SFU cognitive scientist Dr. Jeff Pelletier met to collaborate on a research project being developed investigating vagueness. In addition to working on new projects, Dr. Hampton presented previous findings from his lab in a series of two talks, entitled “Imagining the impossible” and |
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| “Paleolithic ostriches and uncomfortable handmade sofas.” During his first talk, Dr. Hampton discussed conceptual combinations. His studies looked at what people imagine when they are told to describe things like a shark that is also a daffodil or a bicycle that is also a stove. Dr. Hampton’s second talk focused on how the modification of a generic concept—a statement of knowledge or belief, like “birds fly,” that is not falsified by knowing about penguins, ostriches, or other counterexamples—affects the way a person perceives the likelihood of the generic statement. During his stay, Dr. Hampton made himself available in the Cognitive Science Lab. Students and faculty alike dropped by to discuss cognitive science, learn more about Dr. Hampton’s current and past research, and seek out opinions and feedback on their own research ideas. |
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New Courses Offered in Cognitive Science
The Cognitive Science Program has added two new courses beginning in the Fall of 2007. COGS 200: Foundations of Cognitive Science and COGS 310: Consciousness will be added to the SFU Calendar. See Course Descriptions for more information. Although these courses are a part of the cognitive science curriculum, they are open to anyone with an interest in cognitive science. Contact an advisor for more information.
COGS 300 (ST: Foundations of Cognitive Science) outline for Spring 2008.
If you have taken COGS 300 before, you CAN take different topics under COGS 300 for further credit! If you are thinking about a COGS minor, take this course this term. Contact an advisor for more info.
COGS 100 Fall 2007
Taught by Assistant Professor in Cognitive Science, Dr. Mark Blair. Did you know that COGS 100 has no prerequisites and is a breadth course (B) for all three areas: Science, Social Science and Humanities?
CMPT 150
CMPT150 is no longer needed for the Cognitive Science Major. Please see the new calendar (2006/7) for latest course checklist