Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments

Symbolic Model of Perception in Dynamic 3D Environments
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Release: 2006
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Computational models of human cognition have been applied to many complex real-world tasks including air traffic control, human-computer interaction, learning arithmetic, traversing the World Wide Web, intelligent tutors, instrument-based flight, and vehicle driving. There are numerous additional applications for these computational models including integration with models of human motion, military simulation of enemy agents in virtual environment training, testing of new vehicle designs or machine interfaces, and analysis of cognitive components of tasks. However, most of these models exist in limited two-dimensional (2D) environments. In order to apply computational models to tasks in a dynamic three-dimensional world, extensions to current cognitive architectures must provide the capability for models to perceive, process, and act in the threedimensional environments. The current research will seek to extend the vision components of a cognitive architecture to support computational models capable of simulating human vision in a dynamic three-dimensional (3D) environment.

Digital Human Modeling

Digital Human Modeling
Author: Vincent G. Duffy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 775
Release: 2009-07-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642028098

The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of the design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Posthuman Dialogues in International Relations

Posthuman Dialogues in International Relations
Author: Erika Cudworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317041917

Posthumanism represents a significant new research direction both for International Relations and the social sciences. It emerges from questions about inter-species relations which challenge dominant perceptions of what it means to be human. Rather than seeing the human species as ‘in nature’ posthumanist thinking considers the species as ‘of nature’. The work of posthumanist thinkers has sought to dispute accepted notions of what it means to be human, raising profound questions about our relations with the rest of nature. The volume commences with an overview of the influence thinkers have had on the development of posthumanist thinking. Key ideas in International Relations are interrogated and reconceptualised and specific case studies are presented with a focus on inter-species relations. The work allows for a consideration of the limits of the posthumanist move and provides space for critics to argue that such an approach opens the discipline up to a biological determinism, and that a focus on inter-human relations should mark the boundaries of the discipline. The essays collected in this volume provide an overview of contributions from posthumanist thinkers with the particular intention of providing a succinct introduction to the area and should appeal to scholars and students in Politics, IR and philosophy.

Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Author: Ildar Batyrshin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2011-11-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642253245

The two-volume set LNAI 7094 and LNAI 7095 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2011, held in Puebla, Mexico, in November/December 2011. The 96 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The first volume includes 50 papers representing the current main topics of interest for the AI community and their applications. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: automated reasoning and multi-agent systems; problem solving and machine learning; natural language processing; robotics, planning and scheduling; and medical applications of artificial intelligence.

Times of Convergence. Technologies Across Learning Contexts

Times of Convergence. Technologies Across Learning Contexts
Author: Pierre Dillenbourg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2008-09-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3540876049

The European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2008) was the third event of a series that started in 2006. The two first editions were organized by Pro- Learn (http://www.prolearn-project.org/), a European Network of Excellence. In 2008, several members of Kaleidoscope, the other European Network of Excellence (http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/), joined as co-chair, committee members, reviewers and authors. These two networks are no longer funded, but our aim was to turn EC-TEL into a sustainable series of high-quality events and thereby to contribute to the scientific landscape of technology-enhanced learning. A new network, named STELLAR, will be launched in 2009, with members from both existing networks as well as new members and will support the future editions of this conference. The scope of EC-TEL 2008 covered the different fields of learning technologies: e- cation, psychology, computer science. The contributions in this volume address the - sign of innovative environments, computational models and architectures, results of empirical studies on socio-cognitive processes, field studies regarding the use of te- nologies in context, collaborative processes, pedagogical scenarios, reusable learning objects and emerging objects, groups and communities, learning networks, interaction analysis, metadata, personalization, collaboration scripts, learning adaptation, collabo- tive environments, resources, tangible tools, as well as learning management systems.

Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development

Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development
Author: Gudwin, Ricardo
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1599040654

"This book assembles semiotics and artificial intelligence techniques in order to design new kinds of intelligence systems; it changes the research field of artificial intelligence by incorporating the study of meaning processes (semiosis), from the perspective of formal sciences, linguistics, and philosophy"--Provided by publisher.

Digital Human Modeling

Digital Human Modeling
Author: Vincent D. Duffy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1083
Release: 2007-08-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540733213

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, DHM 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007. The papers thoroughly cover the thematic area of digital human modeling, addressing the following major topics: shape and movement modeling and anthropometry, building and applying virtual humans, medical and rehabilitation applications, as well as industrial and ergonomic applications.

Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom

Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom
Author: Vincenti, Giovanni
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1616928239

Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom highlights the work of educators daring enough to teach in these new frontiers of education. This timely publication is a must-read for all educators and practitioners, of any subject and at any level, who wish to incorporate a dynamic online element to their classroom. It is also meant for researchers of education, computer science, and instructional technologies. Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom is a one-stop resource for practices, as well as research activities, within the domain on Multi-User Virtual Environments.

Probabilistic Approaches to Robotic Perception

Probabilistic Approaches to Robotic Perception
Author: João Filipe Ferreira
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319020064

This book tries to address the following questions: How should the uncertainty and incompleteness inherent to sensing the environment be represented and modelled in a way that will increase the autonomy of a robot? How should a robotic system perceive, infer, decide and act efficiently? These are two of the challenging questions robotics community and robotic researchers have been facing. The development of robotic domain by the 1980s spurred the convergence of automation to autonomy, and the field of robotics has consequently converged towards the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Since the end of that decade, the general public’s imagination has been stimulated by high expectations on autonomy, where AI and robotics try to solve difficult cognitive problems through algorithms developed from either philosophical and anthropological conjectures or incomplete notions of cognitive reasoning. Many of these developments do not unveil even a few of the processes through which biological organisms solve these same problems with little energy and computing resources. The tangible results of this research tendency were many robotic devices demonstrating good performance, but only under well-defined and constrained environments. The adaptability to different and more complex scenarios was very limited. In this book, the application of Bayesian models and approaches are described in order to develop artificial cognitive systems that carry out complex tasks in real world environments, spurring the design of autonomous, intelligent and adaptive artificial systems, inherently dealing with uncertainty and the “irreducible incompleteness of models”.

Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics

Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics
Author: M. Matthies
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642565859

At the start of the new millennium, mankind is challenged by a paradox: the more we know about the world the more uncertain we become in understanding and predicting how it works. This book presents an outline of a new basis for Systems Science, and a methodology for its application in complex environmental, economic, social, and technological systems.