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I am a senior research fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. My main area of research is the Semantic Web, but I am also involved in research activities that sit at the interface of the network, web and cognitive sciences. I am particularly interested in the way in which our access to new network-enabled technologies and network-accessible information resources affects cognitive processes at both the individual and collective (social) levels. Some of my current research activities seek to understand the effect of network structures on collective problem-solving using computer simulations. I am also exploring some of the philosophical issues related to cognitive extension in contemporary and near-future network environments.
Recent Publications
Smart, P., Huynh, T., Braines, D., Sycara, K. and Shadbolt, N. (2010) Collective Cognition: Exploring the Dynamics of Belief Propagation and Collective Problem Solving in Multi-Agent Systems. In: Network-Enabled Cognition: The Contribution of Social and Technological Networks to Human Cognition, Lulu Press, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. (In Press)
Smart, P. R., Engelbrecht, P. C., Braines, D., Strub, M. and Giammanco, C. (2010) The Network-Extended Mind. In: Network Science for Military Coalition Operations: Information Extraction and Interaction, pp. 191-236, IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. ISBN 978-1615208555
Sieck, W., Rasmussen, L. and Smart, P. R. (2010) Cultural Network Analysis: A Cognitive Approach to Cultural Modeling. In: Network Science for Military Coalition Operations: Information Extraction and Interaction, pp. 237-255, IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. ISBN 978-1615208555
Smart, P., Bao, J., Braines, D. and Shadbolt, N. (2010) Development of a Controlled Natural Language Interface for Semantic MediaWiki. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Controlled Natural Language, pp. 206-225, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany. ISBN 978-3-642-14417-2
See my publications page for a full list of academic publications.
Research Interests
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