The Cognitive Mechanisms and Formal Models of Consciousness

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Internal States ◽  
Rigorous Mathematical Model

Consciousness is the sense of self and the sign of life in natural intelligence. One of the profound myths in cognitive informatics, psychology, brain science, and computational intelligence is how consciousness is generated by physiological organs and neural networks in the bran. This paper presents a formal model and a cognitive process of consciousness in order to explain how abstract consciousness is generated and what its cognitive mechanisms are. The hierarchical levels of consciousness are explored from the facets of neurology, physiology, and computational intelligence. A rigorous mathematical model of consciousness is created that elaborates the nature of consciousness. The cognitive process of consciousness is formally described using denotational mathematics. It is recognized that consciousness is a set of real-time mental information about bodily and emotional status of an individual stored in the cerebellums known as the Conscious Status Memory (CSM) and is processed/interpreted by the thalamus. The abstract intelligence model of consciousness can be applied in cognitive informatics, cognitive computing, and computational intelligence toward the mimicry and simulation of human perception and awareness of the internal states, external environment, and their interactions in reflexive, perceptive, cognitive, and instructive intelligence.

Perspectives on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
George Baciu ◽  
Yiyu Yao ◽  
Witold Kinsner ◽  
Keith Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Intelligent Computing ◽  
Internal Information ◽  
Processing Mechanisms ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Science Information ◽  
Intelligence Science

Cognitive informatics is a transdisciplinary enquiry of computer science, information sciences, cognitive science, and intelligence science that investigates the internal information processing mechanisms and processes of the brain and natural intelligence, as well as their engineering applications in cognitive computing. Cognitive computing is an emerging paradigm of intelligent computing methodologies and systems based on cognitive informatics that implements computational intelligence by autonomous inferences and perceptions mimicking the mechanisms of the brain. This article presents a set of collective perspectives on cognitive informatics and cognitive computing, as well as their applications in abstract intelligence, computational intelligence, computational linguistics, knowledge representation, symbiotic computing, granular computing, semantic computing, machine learning, and social computing.

Perspectives on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
George Baciu ◽  
Yiyu Yao ◽  
Witold Kinsner ◽  
Keith Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Social Computing ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Intelligent Computing ◽  
Internal Information ◽  
Processing Mechanisms ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Science Information

Cognitive informatics is a transdisciplinary enquiry of computer science, information sciences, cognitive science, and intelligence science that investigates the internal information processing mechanisms and processes of the brain and natural intelligence, as well as their engineering applications in cognitive computing. Cognitive computing is an emerging paradigm of intelligent computing methodologies and systems based on cognitive informatics that implements computational intelligence by autonomous inferences and perceptions mimicking the mechanisms of the brain. This article presents a set of collective perspectives on cognitive informatics and cognitive computing, as well as their applications in abstract intelligence, computational intelligence, computational linguistics, knowledge representation, symbiotic computing, granular computing, semantic computing, machine learning, and social computing.

On Cognitive Computing

2012 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Autonomic Computing ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Intelligent Computing ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Inspired by the latest development in cognitive informatics and contemporary denotational mathematics, cognitive computing is an emerging paradigm of intelligent computing methodologies and systems, which implements computational intelligence by autonomous inferences and perceptions mimicking the mechanisms of the brain. This article presents a survey on the theoretical framework and architectural techniques of cognitive computing beyond conventional imperative and autonomic computing technologies. Theoretical foundations of cognitive computing are elaborated from the aspects of cognitive informatics, neural informatics, and denotational mathematics. Conceptual models of cognitive computing are explored on the basis of the latest advances in abstract intelligence and computational intelligence. Applications of cognitive computing are described from the aspects of autonomous agent systems and cognitive search engines, which demonstrate how machine and computational intelligence may be generated and implemented by cognitive computing theories and technologies toward autonomous knowledge processing.

scholarly journals Abstract Intelligence

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Lotfi A. Zadeh ◽  
Bernard Widrow ◽  
Newton Howard ◽  
Françoise Beaufays ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Basic Studies ◽  
Cognitive Robots

Basic studies in denotational mathematics and mathematical engineering have led to the theory of abstract intelligence (aI), which is a set of mathematical models of natural and computational intelligence in cognitive informatics (CI) and cognitive computing (CC). Abstract intelligence triggers the recent breakthroughs in cognitive systems such as cognitive computers, cognitive robots, cognitive neural networks, and cognitive learning. This paper reports a set of position statements presented in the plenary panel (Part II) of IEEE ICCI*CC'16 on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing at Stanford University. The summary is contributed by invited panelists who are part of the world's renowned scholars in the transdisciplinary field of CI and CC.

scholarly journals Cognitive Informatics

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Newton Howard ◽  
Janusz Kacprzyk ◽  
Ophir Frieder ◽  
Phillip Sheu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Robotics ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Basic Studies ◽  
Intelligence Theories ◽  
The Brain

Cognitive Informatics (CI) is a contemporary field of basic studies on the brain, computational intelligence theories and underpinning denotational mathematics. Its applications include cognitive systems, cognitive computing, cognitive machine learning and cognitive robotics. IEEE ICCI*CC'17 on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing was focused on the theme of neurocomputation, cognitive machine learning and brain-inspired systems. This paper reports the plenary panel (Part I) at IEEE ICCI*CC'17 held at Oxford University. The summary is contributed by invited keynote speakers and distinguished panelists who are part of the world's renowned scholars in the transdisciplinary field of CI and cognitive computing.

Perspectives on Cognitive Computing and Applications

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Witold Pedrycz ◽  
George Baciu ◽  
Ping Chen ◽  
Guoyin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Knowledge Processing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Intelligent Computing ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Computing Methodologies ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Intelligent Computer

Cognitive Computing (CC) is an emerging paradigm of intelligent computing theories and technologies based on cognitive informatics, which implements computational intelligence by autonomous inferences and perceptions mimicking the mechanisms of the brain. The development of Cognitive Computers (cC) is centric in cognitive computing methodologies. A cC is an intelligent computer for knowledge processing as that of a conventional von Neumann computer for data processing. This paper summarizes the presentations of a set of 6 position papers presented in the ICCI’10 Plenary Panel on Cognitive Computing and Applications contributed from invited panelists who are part of the world’s renowned researchers and scholars in the field of cognitive informatics and cognitive computing.

Abstract Intelligence

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-69
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Lotfi A. Zadeh ◽  
Bernard Widrow ◽  
Newton Howard ◽  
Françoise Beaufays ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Basic Studies ◽  
Cognitive Robots

Basic studies in denotational mathematics and mathematical engineering have led to the theory of abstract intelligence (aI), which is a set of mathematical models of natural and computational intelligence in cognitive informatics (CI) and cognitive computing (CC). Abstract intelligence triggers the recent breakthroughs in cognitive systems such as cognitive computers, cognitive robots, cognitive neural networks, and cognitive learning. This paper reports a set of position statements presented in the plenary panel (Part II) of IEEE ICCI*CC'16 on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing at Stanford University. The summary is contributed by invited panelists who are part of the world's renowned scholars in the transdisciplinary field of CI and CC.

Formal Descriptions of Cognitive Processes of Perceptions on Spatiality, Time, and Motion

2011 ◽  
pp. 201-213
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Autonomous Agent ◽  
Biological Clocks ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Time And Motion ◽  
Sense Of Time ◽  
The Mathematical Model

Recent researches in both cognitive informatics and computational intelligence are interested in the human perceptual senses of spatiality, time, and motion, which are fundamental cognitive life functions according to the Layered Reference Model of the Brain (LRMB). This paper presents the cognitive process of human perceptual senses on spatiality, time, and motion. The sense of spatiality is investigated into the coordinate system, orientations, and cognitive maps, followed by the development of the mathematical model and the cognitive process of human spatial senses. The sense of time with the biological clocks, cognitive clocks, and their mathematical models are analyzed in order to explain the cognitive process of human time sense. On the basis of the formal models of senses of spatiality and time, the sense of motion is modeled as a complex sense incorporating both of spatiality and time. Then, the cognitive, mathematical, and process models of the sense of motion are rigorously established. This work provides a theoretical framework for the rigorous implementation of the intelligent behaviors of cognitive computers, autonomous agent systems, and robots in cognitive informatics and computational intelligence.

Cognitive Informatics and Computational Intelligence

2018 ◽  
pp. 278-295
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Edmund T. Rolls ◽  
Newton Howard ◽  
Victor Raskin ◽  
Witold Kinsner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Cognitive Computing ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Cognitive Informatics ◽  
Intelligent Computing ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Science Information

Cognitive Informatics (CI) is a contemporary multidisciplinary field spanning across computer science, information science, cognitive science, brain science, intelligence science, knowledge science, cognitive linguistics, and cognitive philosophy. Cognitive Computing (CC) is a novel paradigm of intelligent computing methodologies and systems based on CI that implements computational intelligence by autonomous inferences and perceptions mimicking the mechanisms of the brain. This paper reports a set of position statements presented in the plenary panel of IEEE ICCI*CC'14 on Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing. The summary is contributed by invited panelists who are part of the world's renowned researchers and scholars in the transdisciplinary field of cognitive informatics and cognitive computing.

The Cognitive Process of Comprehension

2012 ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxu Wang ◽  
Davrondzhon Gafurov
Keyword(s):  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Abstract Thought ◽  
Comprehension Process ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Object Attribute

Comprehension is an ability to understand the meaning of a concept or an action. Comprehension is an important intelligent power of abstract thought and reasoning of humans or intelligent systems. It is highly curious to explore the internal process of comprehension in the brain and to explain its basic mechanisms in cognitive informatics and computational intelligence. This paper presents a formal model of the cognitive process of comprehension. The mechanism and process of comprehension are systematically explained with its conceptual, mathematical, and process models based on the Layered Reference Model of the Brain (LRMB) and the Object-Attribute-Relation (OAR) model for internal knowledge representation. Contemporary denotational mathematics such as concept algebra and Real-Time Process Algebra (RTPA) are adopted in order to formally describe the comprehension process and its interaction with other cognitive processes of the brain.

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