David Kirsh (born 1950) is a
Canadian
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cognitive scientist, and Professor / Past Dept. Chair of Cognitive Science at
University of California, San Diego
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(UCSD), where he heads the Interactive Cognition Lab.
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Biography
He received his BA from the University of Toronto
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in 1976 and his D.Phil.
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from the University of Oxford
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A.J. Ayer
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and Gareth Evans.
Prior to arriving at UCSD, he spent five years as a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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from 1984 to 1989. Since 1989, he has been on faculty at the Department of Cognitive Science at University of California, San Diego
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(UCSD). Since 1989, he has also been director of the Interactive Cognition Lab.
His research interests include interactive design, collaborative environments, cognitive aspects of multimedia design, information architecture
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, attention management Attention management refers to models and tools for supporting the management of attention at the individual or at the collective level (cf. attention economy), and at the short-term (quasi real time) or at a longer term (over periods of weeks or mo ...
and human-computer interaction.
Publications
Kirsh published several books and articles. A selection:
* 1983. ''Representation and rationality : foundations of cognitive science''. Thesis D.Phil. University of Oxford
* 1992. ''Foundations of artificial intelligence''. Edited by David Kirsh Cambridge, Mass ; London : MIT Press.
* 2003. ''Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society : July 30-August 2, 2003, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA''. edited by Richard Alterman and David Kirsh. Cognitive Science Society (U.S.). Conference (25th : 2003 : Boston, Mass.)
;Articles, a selection
* 1990
When is Information Explicitly Represented?
In: ''The Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science''. (1990) pp. 340–365.
*1991
In: Artificial Intelligence. (1991).
*1995
On Distinguishing Epistemic from Pragmatic Actions
(written with P. Maglio). Cognitive Science. (1995).
*1995
The Intelligent Use of Space
Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 73, Number 1-2, pp. 31–68, (1995).
*1995
In Johanna D. Moore and Jill Fain Lehman (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. pp. 212–217. 1995.
*1996
Adapting the Environment instead of Oneself
Adaptive Behavior 4(3-4):415-452, 1996
*1999
In: Proceedings of the European conference on Cognitive Science. 1999 pp 1–11.
*2000
A Few Thoughts on Cognitive Overload
Intellectica, 2000 pp 19–51
* 2003
Implicit and Explicit Representation
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, 2003]
* 2001
The Context of Work
In: ''Human computer Interaction'', 2001 Vol 16(2-4), pp. 305–322
Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual DesignMulti-tasking and Cost Structure: Implications for Design
In, Bruno G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli Mahwah (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 1143–1148) Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
* 2006
Distributed Cognition, A Methodological Note
Pragmatics & Cognition, 14:2 (2006), 249-262.
*2009
Interaction, External Representations and Sense Making
In N. A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1103–1108). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society
*2009
Projection, Problem Space and Anchoring
In N. A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2310–2315). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
*2009
Knowledge, Explicit vs Implicit
In, The Oxford Companion to Consciousness. Bayne, T., Cleeremans, A., Wilken, P. (Eds.) (pp. 397–402). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
* 2009
Problem Solving and Situated Cognition
In, Philip Robbins & M. Aydede (Eds.) (pp. 264–306) The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
* 2009
Explaining Artifact Evolution
To appear in, Cognitive Life of Things: Recasting the Boundaries of the Mind. Malafouris, L. (Ed.). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, April 7–9, 2009. Cambridge: Cambridge University press.
Courses
Recently Professor Kirsh has taught such courses as:
* Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
* Cognitive Science 100: Cyborgs now and in the future
Cognitive Science 87: Designing Digital Environments
Cognitive Science 187A: Cognitive Aspects of Multimedia Design
Cognitive Science 187B: Cognitive Aspects of Multimedia Design, Projects
* Cognitive Science 160: Creative Cognition, A Practicum in Ethnography.
* Cognitive Science 199: Undergraduate Research on various topic about Creative Cognition and HCI.
References
External links
David Kirsh
at UCSD
Interactive Cognition Lab
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1950s births
Living people
20th-century Canadian scientists
Canadian cognitive scientists
University of Toronto alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
University of California, San Diego faculty
Stanford University faculty
21st-century Canadian scientists