A transmitter antenna array has the ability to direct data simultaneously to multiple receivers within a wireless network, creating potential for a more integrated view of algorithmic system components. In this thesis, such a perspective informs the design of two…

Creating common ground in a community of people who do not all know each other is a chicken-and-egg problem: members do not share enough common ground to support the kinds of conversations that help build it. "Folk Computing" technology is…

In order to understand and create human-level intelligence I have developed the Polyscheme cognitive architecture to build systems that combine several representation and inference schemes when they think. Polyscheme is based on three principles. First, different (aspects of) situations that…

Competing claims about the level of ignorance, or knowledge, among the current Nexus generation are addressed. The core of the paper is a theoretical analysis of ignorance in the knowledge society. Specifically, the knowledge-ignorance paradox suggests that the intense specialization…

Se presenta una metodología simple y poderosa para modelar un agente
en LUPS, como evidencia de que dicho lenguaje es adecuado para representar
actualizaciones de conocimiento dinámico. En particular, esta
metodología introduce conceptos nuevos en los sistemas automáticos

his dissertation analyzes how local knowledge improves environmental decisions. The premise is that controlling pollution and addressing public health disparities are not problems that professionals alone can solve. Concerned lay publics, especially low-income populations and people of color that experience…

La aparición de los manuscritos de las dos canciones sobre textos de Pierre Loti, Crépuscule y Tristesse, permiten datar definitivamente dichas obras, ya que el lugar y fecha de composición aparecen indicados por Albéniz en cada una de las partituras:…

En este artículo tratamos de reconstruir la vida de Diego de Urrea, uno de los traductores e intérpretes de árabe más importantes de finales del s. XVI y principios del XVII en España. Sus actividades como catedrático en Alcalá de…

Currently, people involved in protection against disaster situations must
make the decisions about preparing and executing evacuation plans for potential
causes of disaster. Hence, it would be desirable to develop a system capable
of obtaining and analyzing evacuation plans…

In ocean acoustics, rapidly deployable, autonomous, bottom moored hydrophone arrays allow for quick, cost effective deployment, but result in poor knowledge of sensor positions. Because advanced array processing techniques, such as Matched Beam Processing, are highly sensitive to errors in…