The CLARION Project -- Prof. Ron Sun

The CLARION Project Home Page

Introduction

CLARION is a project investigating fundamental structures of the human mind. In particular, it aims to explore the interaction of implicit and explicit cognition, emphasizing bottom-up learning (i.e., learning that involves acquiring first implicit knwoledge and then acquiring explicit knowledge on its basis). The project is aimed at the synthesis of many interesting intellectual ideas into a coherent model of cognition. The goal is to form a (generic) cognitive architecture that captures a variety of cognitive processes in a unified way and thus to provide unified explanations of a wide range of data.

The current objective of this project is two-fold: (a) developing artificial agents in certain cognitive task domains and (b) understanding human learning and reasoning in similar domains. The project is led by Prof. Ron Sun. . The project has been supported by ONR and ARI.

List of Participants (past and present)

  • Ron Sun
  • Sebastien Helie
  • Nick Wilson
  • Bob Mathews
  • Sean Lane
  • Xi Zhang
  • Yizchak Naveh-Benjamin (Isaac Naveh)
  • Paul Slusarz
  • Todd Peterson
  • Chad Sessions
  • Chris Terry
  • Pierson Fleischer
  • Ryan Allison
  • Dehu Qi
  • Ed Merrill

    • CLARION tutorials slides

  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5

    • A Sketch of CLARION

    List of Publications

    Software for the CLARION System

  • Clarion 4.0 (an old version)
  • Clarion 5.0 (an old version)
  • Clarion 5.0 (an old Mac version, source files only)
  • Clarion 5.0 (an old Window version, source files only)
  • Clarion 6.0 (the new version): coming soon (but don't hold your breath) . Well, here is the beta version.

  • planning
  • partitioning
  • segmentation

    • Related Sites

  • Cognitive Architectures
  • Hybrid Models
  • Hybrid Reinforcement Learning
  • Rich Sutton's reinforcement learning FAQ page (or here )

  • ACT-R , ACT-R in Java , old ACT , and ACT-R/PM
  • BBS

  • Cognitive Science Society
  • Cognitive Science research
  • Minds, Brains & Science at unifr.ch
  • the MIND page at Virginia Tech
  • Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: An Annotated Bibliography
  • CogPrint
  • Cognitive and Psychological Sciences on the Internet. An index to Internet resources relevant to research in cognitive science and psychology. Good files on academic programs, conferences, discussion lists, and software. A special feature is a searchable index of all their files.
  • Embodied Cognition
  • Cognitive Science -- yahoo

  • The 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling -- Ann Arbor, Michigan (ICCM 2007). July 27-29, 2007.
  • The 2006 Cognitive Science Society Conference -- Vancouver
  • The 2005 Cognitive Science Society Conference -- Stresa, Italy
  • The 2004 Cognitive Science Society Conference -- Chicago
  • The 2004 Cognitive Modeling Conference -- Pittsburgh, PA.
  • The 2003 Cognitive Science Society Conference -- Boston
  • The 2003 Cognitive Modeling Conference -- Bamberg, Germany
  • The 2002 Cognitive Science Society Conference -- Fairfax, VA.
  • The 2001 Cognitive Modeling Conference -- Fairfax, VA.

    • Additional Information

  • For additional information on CLARION, see Prof. Ron Sun's home page .
  • See also the consciousness page.