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Georgi Stojanov

Professor

  • Department: Computer Science, Math and Environmental Science
  • Complementary Department(s): Communication, Media and Culture
  • Graduate Program(s): Global Communications
  • Office: 
    PL-1

Professor Stojanov received his MSc (in bio-signals processing: EEG, EMG, EOG) in 1993 and his PhD degree in Computer Science and AI from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia in 1997. In 2000, he founded the Cognitive Robotics Group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje. In 2001, he was appointed as associate professor at the same faculty. Between 2001 and 2004,聽 Stojanov has been a visiting scholar at the University of Trieste, Italy, Les Archives Jean Piaget in Geneva, Universit茅 de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Paris, and at the Institute for Non-linear Science, University of California in San Diego. As of Fall 2005, he is associate professor at The American University of Paris.

Stojanov is co-founder of the Institute for and member of organizing committee of the bi-annual Interactivist Summer Institute (ISI). He is a member of EUCog (European network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics), AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), ISAB (International Society for Adaptive Behavior), and JPS (Jean Piaget Society). He has been a member of the program committees of numerous conferences, symposia, and workshops in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and developmental robotics.



Education/Degrees

  • PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (1997), University聽 SS Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia
  • MSc in聽 Computer Science (1992), Thesis title: 'Recognition and Modeling of Evoked Brain Potentials' (in Macedonian), University SS Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia
  • BS in Electrical Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (1988), University 'Sts. Cyril and Methodius' in Skopje, Computer Science major

Publications

  • Stojanov, G., 鈥淐omputational Models of Creativity: Taking Early Cognitive Development Seriously鈥� to appear in Indurkhya, B. and Manjalay, J. (eds.) Cognition, Experience and Creativity, Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., 2012.
  • Stojanov, G., Kulakov, A., 鈥淢odeling attention within a complete cognitive architecture鈥�, in C. Roda (ed.) Attention Support in Digital Environments, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • Stojanov, G, 鈥淢etaphor and Analogy Research in AI: A Personal Overview鈥�, invited chapter in C. Morabito (ed.) Metaphors and Analogy in Cognitive Science, McGraw-Hill Italy, pp. 119-160,聽 2002.

Refereed journal papers

  • Poprcova, V., Stojanov, G., Kulakov, A.聽 鈥淚nductive Logic Programming (ILP) and Reasoning by Analogy in Context of Embodied Robot Learning鈥�, in Proceedings of IJATS, pp. 64-73. 2010.
  • Kulakov, A., Laukkanen, J., Mustafa, B., Stojanov, G., 鈥淚nductive Logic Programming and Embodied Agents: Possibilities and Limitations鈥�, International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems, Vol. 1, pp. 34-49, 2009.
  • Stojanov, G., Trajkovski, G., Kulakov, A., 鈥淚nteractivism in artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent robotics鈥�, New Ideas in Psychology, Volume 24, pp. 163-185 Issue 2, 2006.
  • Stojanov, G., Angelovska-Galevska, N., 鈥淭he Higher Education System in Macedonia: Overview, Reforms, and Prospects鈥�, European Education, Vol. 38, pp. 44-59, M. E. Sharpe, 2006.
  • Stojanov, G., Bickhard, M., 鈥淩epresentation: Emulators and Anticipators鈥�, invited commentary to Rick Grush鈥檚 paper The emulation theory of representation: motor control, imagery, and perception, Journal of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 27, pp. 418-419, 2004.
  • Stojanov, G, Stojanoski, K, 鈥淐omputer Interfaces: From Communication to Mind-Prosthesis Metaphor鈥�, in Meurig Beynon, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Kerstin Dautenhahn (Eds.): Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind CT2001 Conference Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 2117, pp. 301-310, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
  • Stojanov, G., 鈥淓mbodiment as Metaphor: Metaphorizing-in The Environment鈥� in C. Nehaniv (ed.) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 1562, pp. 88-101, Springer-Verlag, 1999.
  • Stojanov, G., Bozinovski, S., Trajkovski G. 鈥滻nteractionist-Expectative View on Agency and Learning,鈥� IMACS Journal on Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, N. 44, pp. 295-310,聽 1997.

Refereed international conference papers

  • Stojanov, G., Indurkhya, B. (2013) 鈥淐reativity and Cognitive Development: the role of Perceptual Similarity and Analogy鈥�, AAAI Spring Symposium on Creativity and (Early) Cognitive Development, Stanford University, March 25-27, 2013.
  • Stojanov, G., Indurkhya, B. (2012) 鈥淧erceptual Similarity and Analogy in Creativity and Cognitive Development鈥�, 1st International Workshop on Similarity and Analogy-based Methods in AI, within European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), Montpellier, France, August 27th 2012.
  • Stojanov, G. (2009) 鈥淗istory of Usage of Piaget鈥檚 Theory of Cognitive Development in AI and Robotics: a Look Backwards for a Step Forwards鈥�, in proceedings of the 9th Int鈥檒 Conference on Epigenetic, Lund University Cognitive Science Series, 146 (pp. 243-244)
  • Laukkanen, L., Stojanov. G., Poprcova, V. (2009)聽 鈥淪ome Improvements of the ILP System HYPER Used in the Context of Robotic Learning鈥�, In Poster Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition, MLDM 2009, Leipzig, Germany, July 23-25, 2009.
  • Stojanov, G. (2009) 鈥淎rtificial Scientist: Why are we not there yet?鈥�, presented at the 5th Interactivist Summer Institute held on June 9-12, 2009, at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. - ISI 2009.
  • Stojanov., G. (2009) 鈥淩obots as children, children as scientists, robots as scientists? Paper presented at the Symposium From developmental psychology to robotics and back organized within the The 39th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, June 4-6, Park City, USA 2009.
  • Poprcova, V., Kulakov, A., Stojanov, G. (2009) 鈥淚nductive Logic Programming (ILP) and Reasoning by Analogy in Context of Embodied Robot Learning鈥�, presented at聽 ICT ACT Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia, September, 2009. - ICT-ACT 2009.
  • Stojanov, G., Kulakov, A. (2007) 鈥淓mergence of Higher Order Motivational Systems in Artificial Agents鈥�, presented at the 4th Interactivist Summer Institute, Paris, 2007.
  • Kulakov, A., Stojanov, G. (2007) 鈥淎n Autonomous Mental Development Architecture Implemented in a Scalable Database System鈥�, 4th Interactivist Summer Institute, Paris, 2007.
  • Stojanov, G., Kulakov, A., & Clauzel, D. (2006) 鈥淥n Curiosity in Intelligent Robotic Systems鈥�, Proceedings AAAI 2006 Fall Symposium on Interaction and Emergent Phenomena in Societies of Agents, Arlington, Virginia, 2006.
  • Roda, C., Stojanov, G., Clauzel, D. (2006) 鈥淢ind-prosthesis metaphor for design of human-computer interfaces that support better attention management鈥�, Proceedings AAAI 2006 Fall Symposium on Interaction and Emergent Phenomena in Societies of Agents, Arlington, Virginia, 2006.
  • Kulakov, A., Davcev, D., Stojanov, G.聽 (2005) 鈥淟earning Patterns in Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Wavelet Neural-Networks鈥�, 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Fukuoka, Japan, June 20-22, 2005.
  • Stojanov, G., Kulakov, (2003) A. 鈥淚nteractivist approach to representation in epigenetic agents鈥� Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 106, 2003.
  • Kulakov, A., Stojanov, G. (2002) 鈥淪tructure, Inner Values, Hierarchies, and Stages: Essentials for聽 Developmental Robot Architecture鈥�, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 94, 2002.
  • Kulakov, A., Stojanov, G., Davcev, D. (2002) 鈥淎 model of an expectancy-driven and analogy-making actor鈥�, Proceedings of the The 2nd International Conference on Development and Learning, Cambridge MA 2002, published by IEEE Computer Society, 2002.
  • Stojanov, G. (2001) 鈥淧etitag茅: A case study in developmental robotics鈥�, Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 85, Lund, Sweden, 2001.
  • Stojanov, G. Gerbino, W. (1999) 鈥淚nvestigating Perception in Humans Inhabiting Simple Virtual Environments鈥�, European Conference on Visual Perception 1999, Trieste, abstract published in Perception Vol. 28 supplement 1999.

Conferences & Lectures

  • "Intelligence Artificielle: Langage Naturel, Grammaires Formels, Analogies et M茅taphores," invited lecture for the students of Master 2 Sciences du Langage Recherche, Parcours 1,聽 UE 5, Universit茅 Montpellier 3, November, 2008. (invited lecture)
  • "Constructivisme et psychologie du d茅veloppement au sein de l'Intelligence Artificielle et de Robotique Cognitive,"聽 invited lecture for the members of the research group CRAC: Compr茅hension, Raisonnement, et Acquisition de Connaiscances, Universit茅 Paris-8, December, 2007 (invited lecture).
  • "Cognitive Robotics: The return of the body in the sciences of mind," 14th International Summer School in Cognitive Science, New Bulgarian University, July, 2007 (invited course co-taught with Prof. Bipin Indurkhya)
  • "Interactivism in AI and cognitive robotics", Invited talk for the Hyderabad ACM chapter, November 3rd, 2010.
  • "Computational models of creativity: taking development seriously", Conference on Creativity, Experience, and Cognition, Ahmedabad, India, October 29-31, 2010.
  • Invited participation and talk at the Schloss Dagstuhl Seminar on Mechanisms of Ongoing Cognitive Development, February 10-15th 2013
  • This year (2013)聽Stojanov is organizing an AAAI sponsored symposium on Creativity and (Early) Cognitive Development, within the Spring Symposia Series at Stanford University, March 25-27th.
  • Stojanov is organizing a workshop, "Creativity and Attention in the age of the Web", to be held within the ACM Web Science 2013 conference, to be held in Paris, May 1st.

Affiliations

  • Professor Stojanov is co-founder of the and member of organizing committee of the bi-annual Interactivist Summer Institute (ISI).
  • He is a member of EUCog (European network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics),
  • AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
  • ISAB (International Society for Adaptive Behavior), and
  • JPS (Jean Piaget Society).聽

Research Areas

Cognitive development and creativity; analogy and metaphor; learning in artificial and natural agents; modeling cognitive phenomena with robotic systems; radical constructivism; languages and translation.聽