Kristinn R. Thórisson
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Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson is an Icelandic artificial intelligence researcher, and co-founder of Mindmakers.org and CADIA. Thórisson is one of the leading proponents of artificial intelligence systems integration
. Other proponents of this approach are researchers such as Marvin Minsky
, Aaron Sloman
and Michael A. Arbib
.
Kristinn R. Thórisson is co-founder of semantic web
startup company Radar Networks
, and served as chief technology officer in 2003.
, or CDM, was pioneered by K.R. Thórisson and his students at Columbia University
and Reykjavik University
for use in the development of cognitive robotics
, communicative humanoids and broad AI systems. The creation of such systems requires integration of a large number of functionalities that must be carefully coordinated to achieve coherent system behavior. CDM is based on iterative design steps that lead to the creation of a network of named interacting modules, communicating via explicitly typed streams and discrete messages
A collection of selected publications can be found on K.R. Thórisson's MIT website, including an online version of the A.I. Magazine publication detailing the Constructionist design methodology
for large-scale A.I. systems integration. See also Kristinn's selected publication on AI systems integration at the AI@50
meeting, celebrating 50 years since the original Dartmouth conference.
Artificial intelligence systems integration
The core idea of A.I. systems integration is making individual software components, such as speech synthesizers, interoperable with other components, such as common sense knowledgebases, in order to create larger, broader and more capable A.I. systems...
. Other proponents of this approach are researchers such as Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Lee Minsky is an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence , co-founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy.-Biography:...
, Aaron Sloman
Aaron Sloman
Aaron Sloman is a philosopher and researcher on artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He is the author of several papers on philosophy, epistemology and artificial intelligence...
and Michael A. Arbib
Michael A. Arbib
Michael A. Arbib is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, as well as a Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Southern California...
.
Kristinn R. Thórisson is co-founder of semantic web
Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a collaborative movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium that promotes common formats for data on the World Wide Web. By encouraging the inclusion of semantic content in web pages, the Semantic Web aims at converting the current web of unstructured documents into a "web of...
startup company Radar Networks
Radar Networks
Radar Networks is a San Francisco based company developing semantic web applications for the general public. The company was founded in 2003 by Nova Spivack and Kristinn R. Thórisson .- History :...
, and served as chief technology officer in 2003.
Constructionist Design Methodology
The Constructionist Design MethodologyConstructionist design methodology
The Constructionist Design Methodology was developed by artificial intelligence researcher Kristinn R. Thórisson and his students at Columbia University and Reykjavik University for use in the development of cognitive robotics, communicative humanoids and broad AI systems...
, or CDM, was pioneered by K.R. Thórisson and his students at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and Reykjavik University
Reykjavík University
Reykjavík University is a private university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and is chartered by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries, and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers....
for use in the development of cognitive robotics
Cognitive robotics
a robot is a robot device that is built from inanimate matter. Its behavior in response to the environment is deterministic, based on how the robot was designed. Cognition is the process of acquiring and using knowledge about the world for goal-oriented purposes, such as survival...
, communicative humanoids and broad AI systems. The creation of such systems requires integration of a large number of functionalities that must be carefully coordinated to achieve coherent system behavior. CDM is based on iterative design steps that lead to the creation of a network of named interacting modules, communicating via explicitly typed streams and discrete messages
A collection of selected publications can be found on K.R. Thórisson's MIT website, including an online version of the A.I. Magazine publication detailing the Constructionist design methodology
Constructionist design methodology
The Constructionist Design Methodology was developed by artificial intelligence researcher Kristinn R. Thórisson and his students at Columbia University and Reykjavik University for use in the development of cognitive robotics, communicative humanoids and broad AI systems...
for large-scale A.I. systems integration. See also Kristinn's selected publication on AI systems integration at the AI@50
AI@50
AI@50, formally known as the "Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years" , was a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Dartmouth Conferences which effectively inaugurated the history of artificial intelligence...
meeting, celebrating 50 years since the original Dartmouth conference.
External links
- Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents
- Kristinn R. Thórisson's MIT page
- Kristinn R. Thórisson's Reykjavík University page
- Mindmakers.org, an online community for A.I.Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
systems integrationArtificial intelligence systems integrationThe core idea of A.I. systems integration is making individual software components, such as speech synthesizers, interoperable with other components, such as common sense knowledgebases, in order to create larger, broader and more capable A.I. systems...
.