University Of Birmingham

Faculty Member, Computer Science

Honorary Professor (officially retired, but working full time)

Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS)

About

First degree mathematics and physics, then seduced by philosophy. DPhil in philosophy of mathematics (1962).
Then learnt that the best way to do philosophy is to design working minds, starting with working fragments of minds.
Led to research on architectures, vision, cognition and affect, nature-nurture issues, theoretical biology, software tools, and a view of toddlers as young mathematicians. Now working with roboticists and biologists.

My doings are summarised here:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs/my-doings.html

Online presentations (mainly PDF):
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/talks/

Papers:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/

More papers/discussion notes:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/misc/AREADME.html

More papers: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cosy/papers/

Views on education and the great missed opportunity to use computers to *educate*, not *train* children: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/misc/gc-ed.html

http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/poplog/examples/ (Examples of Pop-11 as a teaching language.)

Contact: see my web page.

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