Recent Publications

Cognitive Architecture

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2006).  A cognitive odyssey: From the power law of practice to a general learning mechanism and beyond. Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 2, 43-51. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2009). Towards a new cognitive hourglass: Uniform implementation of cognitive architecture via factor graphs.  Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2009). pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2009).  A graphical rethinking of the cognitive inner loop.  Proceedings of the IJCAI International Workshop on Graphical Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2009).  Towards uniform implementation of architectural diversity.  Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Multi-Representational Architectures for Human-Level Intelligence (pp. 32-33). pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). An integrated implementation of rule, semantic, episodic and constraint memories via factor graphs and a Bayesian decision cycle.  Unpublished. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). An architectural approach to statistical relational AI.  Proceedings of the AAAI-10 Workshop on Statistical Relational AI. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). Speculations on leveraging graphical models for architectural integration of visual representation and reasoning.  Proceedings of the AAAI-10 Workshop on Visual Representations and Reasoning. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). Combining procedural and declarative knowledge in a graphical architecture.  Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). Implementing first-order variables in a graphical cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the First International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). From Cognitive Architectures to Virtual Humans.  YouTube video of presentation from Humanity+ @ Caltech. video

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). Rethinking cognitive architecture via graphical models.  Cognitive Systems Research, 12, 198-209. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). From memory to problem solving: Mechanism reuse in a graphical cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf  Winner of the 2011 Kurzweil Award for Best AGI Idea.

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). Mental imagery in a graphical cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. pdf

Chen, J., Demski, A., Han, T., Morency, L-P., Pynadath, D., Rafidi, N. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). Fusing symbolic and decision-theoretic problem solving + perception in a graphical cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). Bridging dichotomies in cognitive architectures for virtual humans.  Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Advances in Cognitive Systems. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012). Graphical models for integrated intelligent robot architectures. Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Designing Intelligent Robots: Reintegrating AI.  pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012). Towards a 50 msec cognitive cycle in a graphical architecture.  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012). Deconstructing reinforcement learning in Sigma.  Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf video Winner of the 2012 Kurzweil Award for Best AGI Paper.

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012). Extending mental imagery in Sigma.  Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf video

Pynadath, D. V., Rosenbloom, P. S., Marsella, S. C. & Li, L. (2013). Modeling two-player games in the Sigma graphical cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf video

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2013). The Sigma cognitive architecture and system. AISB Quarterly, 136, 4-13. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S., Demski, A., Han, T. & Ustun, V. (2013). Learning via gradient descent in Sigma.  Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. pdf

Rosenblooom, P. S. (2014). Deconstructing episodic memory and learning in Sigma. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. pdf

Lebiere, C. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2014) Editorial on Integrated Cognition. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures. pdf

Pynadath, D. V., Rosenbloom, P. S. & Marsella, S. C. (2014).  Reinforcement learning for adaptive Theory of Mind in the Sigma cognitive architecture. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf

Ustun, V., Rosenbloom, P. S., Sagae, K. & Demski, A. (2014).  Distributed vector representations of words in the Sigma cognitive architecture. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf

Joshi, H., Rosenbloom, P. S. & Ustun, V. (2014).  Isolated word recognition in the Sigma cognitive architecture.  Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 10, 1-9. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S., Demski, A. & Ustun, V. (2014). Efficient message computation in Sigma’s graphical architecture.  Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 11, 1-9. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2015). Supraarchitectural capability integration: From Soar to Sigma.  Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S., Gratch, J. & Ustun, V. (2015).  Towards emotion in Sigma: From appraisal to attention.  Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf

Ustun, V. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2015).  Towards adaptive, interactive virtual humans in Sigma.  Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. pdf

Kommers, C., Ustun, V., Demski, A. & Rosenbloom, P. (2015). Hierarchical reasoning with distributed vector representations.  Proceedings of the the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. pdf

Ustun, V., Rosenbloom, P. S., Kim, J. & Li, L. (2015).  Building high fidelity human behavior models in the Sigma cognitive architecture.  Proceedings of the 2015 Winter Simulation Conference.  pdf

Ustun, V. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2016).  Towards truly autonomous synthetic characters with the Sigma cognitive architecture.  In J. O. Turner, M. Nixon, U. Bernardet, S, DiPaola (Eds.), Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design (pp. 213-237). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Rosenbloom, P. S., Demski, A. & Ustun, V. (2016).  Rethinking Sigma’s graphical architecture: An extension to neural networks.  Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Artificial General Intelligence. pdf video

Rosenbloom, P. S., Demski, A. & Ustun, V. (2016).  The Sigma cognitive architecture and system: Towards functionally elegant grand unification. Journal of Artificial General Intelligence, 7, 1-103. pdf

Joshi, H., Rosenbloom, P. S. & Ustun, V. (2016). Continuous phone recognition in the Sigma cognitive architecture.  Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecture, 18, 23-32. pdf video

Rosenbloom, P. S., Demski, A. & Ustun, V. (2017). Toward a neural-symbolic Sigma: Introducing neural network learning.  Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2017).  Lessons from Mapping Sigma onto the Standard Model of the Mind: Self-Monitoring, Memory/Learning, and Symbols.  Proceedings of the AAAI 2017 Fall Symposium on A Standard Model of the Mind (pp. 449-454). pdf

Joshi, H., Rosenbloom, P. S. & Ustun, V. (2018). Exact, tractable inference in the Sigma cognitive architecture via sum-product networks. Advances in Cognitive Systems, 7, 39-55. pdf

Ustun, V., Rosenbloom, P. S, Sajjadi, S. & Nuttall, J. (2018). Controlling synthetic characters in simulations: A case for cognitive architectures and Sigma. Proceedings of I/ITSEC 2018. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. & Ustun, V. (2019).  An architectural integration of Temporal Motivation Theory for decision making.  In Proceedings of the 17thAnnual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelingpdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2022). Thoughts on architecture.  In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (pp. 364-373). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2023). Rethinking the Physical Symbol Systems Hypothesis.  In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (pp. 207-216).  Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pdf Winner of the Springer Prize for Best Paper.

Common Model of Cognition (née Standard Model of the Mind)

Laird, J. E., Lebiere, C. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2017).  A Standard Model for the Mind: Toward a Common Computational Framework across Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Robotics. AI Magazine, 38, 13-26. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. , Laird, J. E., & Lebiere, C. (2017). Précis of ‘A Standard Model of the Mind’. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems. Invited abstract. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2017).  Lessons from Mapping Sigma onto the Standard Model of the Mind: Self-Monitoring, Memory/Learning, and Symbols.  Proceedings of the AAAI 2017 Fall Symposium on A Standard Model of the Mind.  In press. pdf

Stocco, A., Laird, J., Lebiere, C., & Rosenbloom, P. (2018). Empirical evidence from neuroimaging data for a standard model of the mind. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pdf

Larue, O., West, R., Rosenbloom, P. S., Dancy, C. L., Samsonovich, A. V. & Petters, D. (2018). Emotion in the Common Model of Cognition. Procedia Computer Science, 145, 730-739. (written for AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on a Common Model of Cognition) pdf

Kralik, J. D., Lee, J. H., Rosenbloom, P. S., Jackson, P. C., Epstein, S. L., Romero, O. J., Sanz, R., Larue, O., Schmidtke, H. R., Lee, S. W. & McGreggor, K. (2018). Metacognition for a Common Model of Cognition. Procedia Computer Science,145, 740-746. (written for AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on a Common Model of Cognition) pdf

Stocco, A., Laird, J., Lebiere, C. & Rosenbloom, P. (2019). Testing and refining cognitive ontologies: From cognitive Architectures to large scale analysis of the human connectome.  Proceedings of the Conference on the Problem of Cognitive Ontology: Implications for Scientific KnowledgeAbstract.

Sibert, C., Hake, H., Laird, J. E., Lebiere, C., Rosenbloom, P. S. & Stocco, A. (2021).  The Role of The Basal Ganglia in the Human Cognitive Architecture: A Dynamic Causal Modeling Comparison Across Tasks and Individuals.  In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 418-424). online.

Stocco, A., Steine-Hanson, Z., Koh, N., Laird, J. E., Lebiere, C. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2021).  Analysis of the human connectome data supports the notion of a “Common Model of Cognition” for human and human-like intelligence. Neuroimage, 235, 118035. journal page

Rosenbloom, P. S., Lebiere, C. & Laird, J. E. (2022). Cross-pollination among neuroscience, psychology and AI research yields a foundational understanding of thinking.  The Conversation. online.

Cognitive Dichotomies

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2011). Bridging dichotomies in cognitive architectures for virtual humans.  Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Advances in Cognitive Systems. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2019).  (A)symmetry × (non)monotonicity: Towards a deeper understanding of key cognitive di/trichotomies and the Common Model of Cognition.  In Proceedings of the 17thAnnual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelingpdf

Rosenbloom, P. S., Joshi, H. & Ustun, V. (2019). (Sub)symbolic × (a)symmetric × (non)combinatory: A map of AI approaches spanning symbolic/statistical to neural/ML.  Advances in Cognitive Systems, 8, 113-131. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2022).  A dichotomic analysis of artificial intelligence.  In preparation.

Understanding Computing Science

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2004).  A new framework for Computer Science and Engineering.  IEEE Computer, 37, 31-36. pdf

Denning, P. J. & Rosenbloom, P. S. (2009).  Computing: The fourth great domain of science.  Communications of the ACM, 52, 27-29. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2009). The great scientific domains and society: A metascience perspective from the domain of computing.  The International Journal of Science in Society, 1 (1), 133-144. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2010). Computing and computation.  ACM Ubiquity Symposium: ‘What is Computation?’, 2010. online

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012) Towards a conceptual framework for the digital humanities.  Digital Humanities Quarterly, 6 (2). online

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2012). Computing and computation.  The Computer Journal, Special Focus on the Centenary of Alan Turing, 55, 820-824.  Updated reprint of Rosenbloom, 2010, in ACM Ubiquity. pdf

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2013). Towards a conceptual framework for the digital humanities.  In J. Nyhan, M. M. Terras & E. Vanhoutte (Eds.), Defining Digital Humanities: A Reader. Farnham, England: Ashgate.  Reprint of Rosenbloom, 2012, in Digital Humanities Quarterly, 6.

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2013) On Computing: The Fourth Great Scientific Domain.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. listing

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2014). The computing sciences and STEM education.  ACM Ubiquity Symposium: The Science in Computer Science. pdf

Understanding Cognitive Science

Rosenbloom, P. S. & Forbus, K. D. (2019). Expanding and repositioning cognitive science.  Topics in Cognitive Science, 11, 918-927. pdf

Memoir

Rosenbloom, P. S. (2022). From designing minds to mapping disciplines: My life as an architectural explorer.  Prepublication Public Draft. pdf