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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, Paul R. and Shadbolt, Nigel R. (2012) Modelling the Dynamics of Team Sensemaking: A Constraint Satisfaction Approach. In, Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations (KSCO'12), Pensacola, Florida, USA.
Smart, Paul R. (2012) The Web-Extended Mind. Metaphilosophy (In Press)
Smart, Paul R. (2012) Studying the impact of minority views in a computational model of collective sensemaking: the role of network structure. In, 4th International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications (COGNITIVE'12), Nice, France.
See my publications page for a full list of academic publications.
Research Interests
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