Ashok K. Goel Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science

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Ashok K. Goel Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science School of Interactive Computing Coordinator, Ph.D. Program in Human-Centered Computing Coordinator, Cognition, Learning & Creativity Group Contact: [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Research Faculty Postdoctoral Research Scientists

Rugaber Helms Kunda McGreggor

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Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive Science

Human-CenteredComputing

Cognitive Systems

1985 1995 2005

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Technological Invention;Computational Design

Scientific Discovery;Discovery Informatics

STEM Education:Learning Technology

ComputationalCreativity

1985 1995 2005

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Research: Computational Creativity in Technological Inventions and Scientific Discoveries

Questions: (1) CogSci: What are the information processes of human

creativity?(2) HCC: What computational tools may aid human creativity?(3) AI: What computational techniques might make for creative

systems?

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Project: Biologically Inspired Design

Frank Fish, Liquid Life Laboratory, West Chester University

(1) CogSci: What are the information processes of human creativity in biologically inspired design? Design thinking, analogical thinking, systems thinking, visual thinking, meta-thinking …

(2) HCC: What computational tools may aid human creativity in biologically inspired design? A search engine for finding analogies on the web, an evaluation engine for evaluating an analogy, …

(3) AI: What computational techniques might make for creative systems for biologically inspired design? A technique for abstracting design patterns from biological analogies to design problems, a technique for transferring abstract patterns to design problems, …

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Project: Ecological Modeling

Frank Fish, Liquid Life Laboratory, West Chester University

(1) CogSci: What are the information processes of human creativity in ecological modeling? Abductive thinking, analogical thinking, systems thinking, visual thinking, meta-thinking …

(2) HCC: What computational tools may aid human creativity in ecological modeling? An interactive modeling tool that can help make sense of data through explanation and prediction; an interactive environment that can scaffold the processes of model generation and evaluation, …

(3) AI: What computational techniques might make for creative systems for ecological modeling? A qualitative modeling technique that can automatically spawn numerical simulations, …

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ComputationalCreativity

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Teaching: Cognitive Systems, Computational Creativity

Fall: CS 4635/7637 - Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence GT 2803 – InventingSpring: CS 6795 – Cognitive Science CS 8803 Computational Creativity

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