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Measuring Skill Stability And Integration In Developing Robots
2007-1.MeasuringSkillStabilityAndIntegrationInDevelopingRobots-Reply.pdf (11k)
2007-1.MeasuringSkillStabilityAndIntegrationInDevelopingRobots-Newsletter.pdf (15,718k)

Citation:
Prince, C.G., Helder, N. A. (2007). Measuring skill stability and integration in developing robots. Reply to dialog: How can we assess open-ended development? in the Newsletter of the Autonomous Mental Development Technical Committee, 4(1), 2007.


Are We Really Serious About Environmental Interaction And Dynamics?
2006-1.AreWeReallySeriousAboutEnvironmentalInteractionAndDynamics-SymposiumAbstracts.pdf (35k)
2006-1.AreWeReallySeriousAboutEnvironmentalInteractionAndDynamics-SymposiumPresentation.pdf (1,031k)

Citation:
Prince, C.G., Gogate, L.J., Helder, N. A., & Hollich, G. J. (2006). Presented as part the "Epigenetic Robotics and Environmental Interactions and Dynamics" symposium at the International Conference for Infant Studies, held at Kyoto, Japan, June 19-23, 2006.


Ongoing Emergence: A Core Concept In Epigenetic Robotics
2005-3.OngoingEmergence-ACoreConceptInEpigeneticRobotics-Paper.pdf (181k)
2005-3.OngoingEmergence-ACoreConceptInEpigeneticRobotics-Presentation.pdf (4,738k)
2005-3.OngoingEmergence-ACoreConceptInEpigeneticRobotics-PresentationReferences.pdf (74k)

Citation:
Prince, C. G., Helder, N. A., Hollich, G. J. (2005). Ongoing emergence: a core concept in epigenetic robotics. Proceedings of The Fifth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 123, (pp. 63-70).


Ontogenetic Design: Infant Robots Crying Out For Causal Mechanisms And Variables
2005-2.OntogeneticDesign-Abstract.pdf (93k)
2005-2.OntogeneticDesign-ContentPoster.pdf (74k)
2005-2.OntogeneticDesign-ExamplesPoster.pdf (82k)
2005-2.OntogeneticDesign-References.pdf (25k)

Citation:
Helder, N. A., Mislivec, E. J., Prince, C. G., Hollich, G. J. (2005). Ontogenetic design: infant robots crying out for causal mechanisms and variables. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development 2005 Biennial Meeting, held at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 7-10, 2005.


Infants' Use Of Audiovisual Synchrony In Learning Language
2005-1.InfantsUseOfAudiovisualSynchronyInLearningLanguage-Abstract.pdf (108k)
2005-1.InfantsUseOfAudiovisualSynchronyInLearningLanguage-SymposiumPresentation.pdf (15,426k)

Citation:
Hollich, G. J., Prince, C. G., Mislivec, E. J., Helder, N. A. (2005). Infants' use of audiovisual synchrony in learning language. Presented as part the "Core Computational Principles of Language Acquisition" symposium at the Society for Research in Child Development 2005 Biennial Meeting, held at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 7-10, 2005.


Taking Synchrony Seriously: A Perceptual-Level Model Of Infant Synchrony Detection
2004-3.APerceptualLevelModelOfInfantSynchronyDetection-Paper.pdf (893k)
2004-3.APerceptualLevelModelOfInfantSynchronyDetection-Presentation.pdf (1,709k)
2004-3.APerceptualLevelModelOfInfantSynchronyDetection-PresentationReferences.pdf (10k)

Note: video content from the presentation (and a .ppt document with that content integrated) is available upon request.

Citation:
Prince, C. G., Hollich, G. J., Helder, N. A., Mislivec, E. J., Reddy, A., Salunke, S., & Memon, N. (2004). Taking synchrony seriously: a perceptual-level model of infant synchrony detection. Proceedings of The Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic System, (pp. 89-96). Lund University Cognitive Studies 117, 2004.


Are You Synching What I'm Synching?: Modeling Infants' Real-Time Detection Of Audiovisual Contingencies Between Face And Voice
2004-2.ModelingInfantsDetectionOfContingenciesBetweenFaceAndVoice-Abstract.pdf (139k)
2004-2.ModelingInfantsDetectionOfContingenciesBetweenFaceAndVoice-Poster.pdf.pdf (164k)

Citation:
Hollich, G. J., Mislivec, E. J., Helder, N. A., Prince, C. G. (2004). Are you synching what I'm synching?: modeling infants' real-time detection of audiovisual contingencies between face and voice. Poster Presented at the Third International Conference on Development and Learning, held at La Jolla, CA, USA, October 20-22, 2004.


The AV-Detect Project - UMD Software Development (CS2511) Project Specification
2004-1.TheAVDetectProject-ProjectSpecification.pdf (96k)
2004-1.TheAVDetectProject-ProjectSpecificationPresentation.pdf (710k)

Citation:
Prince, C. G., Helder, N. A., (2004). The AV-Detect Project. University of Minnesota Software Development Project, CS2511, Fall 2004.


Taking Contingency Seriously In Sensory-Based Models Of Learning In Infants
2003-2.TakingContingencySeriouslyInSensoryBasedModelsOfLearningInInfants-Abstract.pdf (5k)
2003-2.TakingContingencySeriouslyInSensoryBasedModelsOfLearningInInfants-Poster.pdf (1017k)

Citation:
Prince, C. G., Helder, N. A., Mislivec, E. J., Ang, B. J., Lim, M. S., & Hollich, G. J. (2003). Taking contingency seriously in sensory-based models of learning in infants. Poster presented at the 2003 Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, held at Park City, Utah, USA, October 24-25, 2003.


A Real-Time, Computational Model Of Perceptually-Based Contingency Detection
2003-1.AComputationalModelOfPerceptuallyBasedContingencyDetection-Paper.pdf (146k)
See also: The Detect Project

This is the report that was created at the end of my CS honors project with Chris Prince, and represents my first academic writing effort. While this paper tends to be rather light on details, it does offer a useful explanation of the motivation behind why we were interested in researching contingency detection and provides a rough description of the methods that were used to pursue that research.

Citation:
Helder, N. A. (2003). A real-time, computational model of perceptually-based contingency detection. Undergraduate Honors Project Final Report. Self-published.