Jim Davies: ANNUAL REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
May 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010

Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings Papers

Davies, J. & Gagne, J. (2009). Analogical estimation of quantitative magnitudes. New
Frontiers of Analogy Research: Proceedings of Analogy 09, 155--164, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Thomson, R. & Davies, J. (2009). Distance estimation as a process of generating ad-
hoc metrical systems. Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2932--2937.

Davies, J. (2009). Experience-based Reasoning as the basis of a general artificial intelligence architecture. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence Workshop on Grand Challenges for Reasoning from Experiences. 1-6 July 11, Pasadena, California.

Articles in press or accepted for publication

Gagne, J. & Davies, J. (accepted). Visuo: A model of visuospatial instantiation of quantitative magnitudes. Knowledge Engineering Review: Special Issue on Visual Reasoning.

*Goel, A. K. & Davies, J. (forthcoming 2010). Artificial Intelligence. in S. B. Kaufman and R. Sternberg (Eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (3rd Edition).

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial board membership: 
The Open Artificial Intelligence Journal
Program committee membership: 
	Diagrams 2010 Conference
	Analogy 2009

Invited Papers Presented
At Learned Societies or before other Academic Bodies outside of  Carleton

Davies, J. (2010). A Vision for the Science of Imagination. A. Louis Medin Modeling &
Simulation Seminar Series and Cognitive Sciences Student Association at the University of Central Florida Visiting Scholar Series. Talk, panel discussion, student forum. February 16.

Davies, J., & Gagne, J. (2010). Visuo: A Model of Visuospatial Instantiation of Quantitative Magnitudes. National Research Council Canada Featured Speaker. January 22.

Papers Presented
At Learned Societies or before other Academic Bodies outside of  Carleton

Schoenherr, J. R. & Davies, J. (2009). Complexity Effects in Judgments
of Maps of Science. The 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and
Infometrics. Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

*Schoenherr, J.R., Davies, J., Burch, H., & Thomson, R. (2009). The believability of anthropomorphic explanations. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the Societe Quebecoise Pour La Recherche En Psychologie (SQRP09). Montreal, Quebec.

Schoenherr, J.R., Davies, J.,  & Burch, H. (2009). Regularities in human visuospatial imagination. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Conference of the Societe Quebecoise Pour La Recherche En Psychologie (SQRP09). Montreal, Quebec.

Non-Academic Talks

Davies, J. (2010). The Science of Imagination. TEDxCarletonU, March 30. 

Invited talks given at Carleton

Davies, J. (2010).  A vision for the science of imagination. A. Louis Medin Modeling & Simulation Seminar Series and Cognitive Sciences Student Association at the University of Central Florida Visiting Scholar Series. Talk, panel discussion, student Forum. February 16.

Davies, J. (2010). Visuo: A model of visuospatial instantiation of quantitative magnitudes. National Research Council Canada Featured Speaker. January 22.

Davies, J., Bicknell, J. (2010). The Microtheory Model of Belief Quarantine. Carleton
University Cognitive Science Colloquium Series. January 21.

Davies, J., Matheson, D. (2010). The Cognitive Importance of Testimony. Carleton Uni-
versity Philosophy Department Public Lecture. January 15.

Davies, J. (2009). Using Assignments for Web Educational Materials. Part of the Carleton University Educational Development Centre \Classroom Strategies: One Cool Thing I'm Doing..." December 8.

Davies, J. (2009). Don't waste student work: Using class assignments to further research
and wider educational goals. Carleton University Educational Development Centre Teaching Technology Roundtable, September 25. Talk available online at
http://granny.carleton.ca/media/edc/jimdavies.mp4

Schoenherr, J. & Davies, J. (2009). Dissociating Perceptual Complexity in Graphical Representations of Science. Carleton University Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, October 22.

Davies, J., & Gagne, J. (2009). Visuo: A Model of Visuospatial Instantiation of Quantitative Magnitudes. Carleton University Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, October 8.

Research Grants Received

Davies, J. (2010). Quanty Game. Carleton University Foundry Program. $5,000 CAD.

Service to the Profession
Manuscript appraisals for journals or publishers

5 papers for the Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
5 papers for the Diagrams 2010

Other forms of service to the profession

Editor of Cognitive Science Summaries website:
URL: http://www.jimdavies.org/summaries/

Academic Responsibilities
Graduate and undergraduate courses and seminars taught

[CGSC3001] Honours Seminar in Cognitive Science I
Carleton University
Instructor: 3 hours in class per week, co-taught with Ash Asudeh
Fall 2009

[CGSC4001] Artificial Intelligence for Cognitive Science
Carleton University
Instructor: 3 hours in class per week
Winter 2010

[CGSC6800] Proseminar in Cognitive Science
Carleton University
Instructor: 3 hours in class per week, co-taught with Andrew Brook
Fall 2009 and Winter 2010

[CGSC5001] Artificial Intelligence for Cognitive Science
Carleton University
Instructor: 3 hours in class per week
Fall 2009

[CGSC2002] Theories and Methods in Cognitive Science
Carleton University
Instructor: 3 hours in class per week
Winter 2010

Theses supervised
Completed Fourth-Year Honours Theses Supervised

             Jessica Cockbain. Completed Winter 2010. Institute of Cognitive Science. What if Da Vinci had a computer? Investigating the influence of technology on creativity.

Nicolas Di Noia. Completed Winter 2010. Institute of Cognitive Science. The categorical similarity mapping engine (CSME), the abstract relation mapping engine (ARME), and the direct structure mapping engine (DSME): Investigating category-based approaches to analogy mapping.

Geoffrey Johnson. Completed Winter 2010. Institute of Cognitive Science. The expansion of Galatea to include L12, L11, and L13.

Alexander Miller. Completed Summer 2009. Institute of Cognitive Science. Rethinking machine ethics: Functionally defined artificial intelligent agent ethics.

Connor Smith. Completed Winter 2010. Institute of Cognitive Science. The retrieval of images using spatial relationship detectors.

Innovative teaching methods employed

Assigned students to summarize papers for the Cognitive Science Summaries Website.
Assigned students to create mnemonics for remembering the functions of brain areas for eventual use on a website.
Assigned the writing questions and answers for an online flashcard program based on class subject matter.

Administrative Responsibilities and Committee Assignments
Departmental

Annual March Break Program, Pitch to high school students, speaker
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Cognitive Science Distinguished Lecture Series, coordinator, 
Fall 2006 – Fall 2009.

Member, Institute of Cognitive Science Graduate Admissions Committee (2009, 2010)

Member, Institute of Cognitive Science Graduate Committee (2010)