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Lyon,January2017
OlivierL.GeorgeonPhD
Currentaffiliation
Institution:UniversitéClaudeBernardLyon1(UCBL).
Lab/Department:LIRIS:Laboratoired’InfoRmatiqueenImagesetSystèmesd’information.
Researchgroup:TWEAK(Traces,Web,Education,Adaptation,Knowledge)(formerSILEXteam).
http://liris.cnrs.fr/equipes?id=75.
Address:BâtimentNautibus,23-25avenuePierredeCoubertin,69622Villeurbanne,France.
Contact
OlivierGeorgeon
19rueClémentMichut
69100Villeurbanne
France
Cell +33688106859
[email protected]
http://www.oliviergeorgeon.com
PersonalData
Birth Nationality
Favèrges,Haute-Savoie(France).
French
LanguageSkills
French English
Native language
Fluentspokenandwritten
ResearchInterests
Keywords
DevelopmentalartificialIntelligenceinartificialagentsandrobots,biologicallyinspiredcognitive
architectures(BICAs),constructivistlearning,trace-basedreasoning,intrinsicmotivation,bottom-up
sensorimotorself-programming,embodiedcognition.
Trace-BasedReasoning
We,theTWEAKresearchgroup,developedthenewfieldofresearchcalledTrace-BasedReasoning
(TBR,e.g.,Cordier,Lefevre,Champin,Georgeon,&Mille2013).TBRpertainstothedomainof
DynamicalKnowledgeEngineering.Morespecifically,TBRisasortofCase-BasedReasoningapplied
tolearningfrominitiallyunsegmentedandpossiblyuninterpretedsequencesofeventsof
interaction.ATBRsystemincrementallydiscovers,records,hierarchicallyabstracts,andreuses
interestingepisodesofinteractionatdifferentlevelsofabstraction.
TBRhasmanypracticalapplicationsincludingautonomousrobotadaptation,co-evolutionofhumanmachineinteraction,andbehavioralanalysisandmodeling.TBRalsobringstheoreticalinsightsfor
implementingconstructivistlearninganddevelopmentalartificialintelligence.ThisisbecauseTBR
providesatechnicalframeworkforimplementingintrinsically-motivatedbottom-upselfprogrammingagents.Intrinsically-motivatedbottom-upself-programmingcontributestoachieving
constitutiveautonomy,whichtheoreticiansofénactionconsideramongstthemajorchallengesof
strongAI(e.g.,Froese&Ziemke2009).Inessence,theagent(e.g.,robot)self-developsby
“sedimentationofhabitudes”,assomephilosophersofmindhaveintuitedsincetheenlightenments
(e.g.,DavidHume).
BiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitecturesandDevelopmentalArtificialIntelligence
IamdrawinginspirationfromTBR,epistemology,andneurosciencetodesignarchitectures,
algorithms,andmethodstoreplicatesituatedcognition(i.e.,inwhich,“knowledgedevelopsasa
meansofcoordinatingactivitywithinactivityitself”,Clancey1997).MycolleaguesandIproposed
theEnactiveCognitiveArchitecture(ECA,Georgeon,Marshall,&Manzotti,2013).ECAavoids
makingcommonassumptionsmadebyothercognitivearchitectures,forexamplethatthe
environmentisstationary,deterministic,ordiscrete,orthatinputdataisMarkovianor
representativeofapredefinedmodeloftheenvironment.ECAaddressesthesymbol-grounding
problem(Harnad1992)byallowingarobottoengageintheconstructionofitsownproto-ontology
ofrealitybasedonitsindividualexperienceofinteraction.ECA’simplementationrestsuponthe
RadicalInteractionismdesigncommitment(Georgeon&Aha2013)inspiredbyTrace-Based
Reasoning,whichendowsECAwithconstitutiveautonomy.
Formore,IrecommendmyImplementationofDEvelopmentalLearningMassiveOpenOnlineCourse
(IDEALMOOC)asanentrypointtomywork:http://liris.cnrs.fr/ideal/mooc.
Awards
WinneroftheANR-RPDOCFellowship(theFrenchgovernment’s“Retourpost-doctorant”program).
IDEALproject:576k€.Seethe2011-2014ResearchExperiencesectionbelow.
Trans-disciplinaryscientificbackground
Ihaveatrans-disciplinarybackgroundincomputerscienceandcognitivescience.IhaveaMaster
degreeofcomputer/softwareengineering,anindustrialexperienceasasoftwaredeveloperandasa
projectmanager(industrialprocessesandrobotics),andaPhDincognitivescience(psychology).This
trans-disciplinarybackgroundallowsmetoimaginenewapproachestoartificialcognitioninspiredby
theneurosciencesandepistemology,and,simultaneously,tomanagetherapidimplementationof
prototypes.Italsoallowsmetoentertainthedialoguebetweenthesescientificcommunities,asIdid
duringtheorganizationofBICA-2015inLyon.
ResearchExperience
Since2015
PEDAGOGICALENGENEER.Departmentofinnovativepedagogicaltechniques
(ICAP/NUMEDUC)attheUniversityClaudeBernardLyon1(UCBL).My2014
experiencecreatingtheIDEALMOOCmademeaMOOCspecialist,andnowI
2011–2014
(3years)
2008–2010
(2.5years)
2004–2007
(3years)
2003–2004
(1year)
amhelpingprofessorstodesignMOOCsbasedupontheircourses.
IorganizedandchairedthesixthInternationalConferenceonBiologically
InspiredCognitiveArchitectures(BICA2015-Lyon,https://liris.cnrs.fr/bica/).In
parallel,IamdoingresearchasanassociateresearcheroftheLIRISLab.
ASSOCIATERESEARCHERattheUCBL/LIRISLab/SILEXteaminLYON.
ANR-RPDOCFellow.FulltimeprincipalinvestigatoroftheIDEALproject
(ImplementationofDEvelopmentAlLearning).
TheIDEALprojectinvestigatesmechanismsofautonomouscognitive
developmentthroughbottom-upself-programmingdrivenbyexperienceof
interactionandintrinsicmotivation.http://liris.cnrs.fr/ideal.
POSTDOCTORATEattheACSLab,InformationSciencesandTechnology
Department,PennStateUniversity,inpartnershipwiththeInternational
CenterfortheStudyofTerrorism.Adviser:Pr.FrankE.Ritter.
Idevelopedtechniquesforinteractiveanalysisandabstractionofactivity
traces(basedonTBR)withapplicationstoterrorismintelligence.Ireceived
traininginthedomainofcognitivearchitecturesandtheirapplicationsto
learningfrominteraction(initiallywithSoar).
PHDSTUDENT.UniversitéLumièreLyon2,incollaborationwiththeFrench
institutefortransportationresearch(IFSTTAR).MultidisciplinaryPhDthesisin
thedomainsofpsychologyandcomputersciences.Advisers:Pr.RobertMartin
(psychology)andPr.AlainMille(Computerscience).Title:“ActivityTrace
AnalysisforCognitiveModeling:ApplicationtothecarDriver”.Honors
(felicitationsdujury).
MASTEROFPSYCHOLOGY.UniversitéLumièreLyon2.Cardrivingactivityanalysis
forroadsafety.
IndustrialExperience
1995–2003
(8years)
1990–1994
(4years)
1988–1990
(2years)
ENGINEERatNovaxiomSA,Lyon.
Programmerandprojectmanagerforthedevelopmentofindustrialsoftware
systems(ManufacturingExecutingSystems),forclientssuchas:Renault,
Alstom,Snecma,Sidel,Merck,Gambro
ENGINEERatFrappazSA,Lyon.
Programmerofindustrialrobotsforchemicalsurfaceprocessing.
PROJECTMANAGERatAFVP(associationforinternationalsolidarity).
In the framework of the French national service: manager of a water-well
developmentprograminSenegal.
BackgroundEducation
1985–1988
(3years)
MASTEROFENGINEERING(Diplômed’ingénieur)atEcoleCentraledeMarseille
(formerEcoleSupérieured’IngénieursdeMarseille,ESIM).Option:industrial
computerengineering.
ADVANCEDMATHEMATICS(Mathématiquessupérieuresetspéciales,sérieM).
LycéeBerthollet,Annecy.
1984–1985
(2years)
1983
BACCALAUREATESCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY
(SérieE).LycéeBerthollet,Annecy.
Honors(mentionTrèsBien).
Teaching
Year
Coursedesignation
Level,institution
Hours
2016/2017
DevelopmentalAI
Master2,UniversitéLyon1
8
2013/2014
DevelopmentalAI
Master1,UniversitéLyon1
10
2013/2014
Dynamicknowledge
engineering
Master2,UniversitéLyon1
4
2012/2013
Javaprogramming
Elèveingénieur2èmeannée,INSA
18
2012/2013
DevelopmentalAI
Master1,UniversitéLyon1
10
2012/2013
Dynamicknowledge
engineering
Master2,UniversitéLyon1
4
2011/2012
DevelopmentalAI
Master1,UniversitéLyon1
4
2008-2010
OrganizationandDesignof
InformationSystems:User
andSystemPrinciples
Asateacher(2009-2010):
Asateachingassistant(2008):
Undergraduate3.Collegeof
InformationSciencesandTechnology,
PennState.
2006/2007
Activityanalysis
Master2.UniversitéLyon2.
3
2005-2007
Knowledgeengineering
License2,UniversitéLyon2.
13
1988
Generalsoftware
engineering
Elèvesingénieur,EcoleCentralede
Marseille.
20
Total
184
90
(45)
Inaddition,ItaughttheIDEALMOOCin2014(seetheDisseminationsectionbelow).
MyDevelopmental-AIlectures(audio+slides)areat:http://www.oliviergeorgeon.com/radicalinteractionism/developmental-learning.htm(morethan10000views).
StudentMentorship(selection)
2015:FlorianBernard.Masterdegree.UniversitéLyon1.Constructingphenomenalknowledgefrom
experienceofinteraction.5months.
2015:RémiCasado.Masterdegree.UniversitéLyon1.Modelingbiologicalagentsbeyondthe
reinforcement-learningparadigm.5months.
2011-2014SimonGay.PhDstudentincomputerscience.UniversitéLyon1.Mechanismsof
developmentallearningandintrinsicmotivation.3years.
2013JosephGarnier.Masterdegreeincomputerscience.UniversitéLyon1.Discoveryofpersistent
entities(proto-ontology)byanintrinsicallymotivatedagent.6months.
2011Pierre-YvesRonot.Masterdegree.UniversitéLyon1.Designandimplementationofsoftware
toolsforrepresentationandanalysisofthebehaviorofartificialagents.6months.
2011OlivierVoisin.Masterofengineering.EcoleNationaleSupérieured’IngénieurdesEtudeset
Techniquesd’Armement(ENSIETA).Designandimplementationofasimulationplatformfor
developmentalagents.5months.
2005-2006.BenoitMathern.Masterofengineering,EcoleCentraleLyon/Master2intelligence
artificielle,UniversitéLyon1.Desinganimplementationofsoftwaretoolsforactivityanalysisforcar
driving.6months.
2004-2005.Jean-MarcTrémeaux.Master2informatique.UniversitéLyon1.UniversitéClaude
Bernard.Activitytraceanalysissystem.4months.
Publications
Mostofmypaperscanbedownloadedfromhttps://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/olivier-georgeon.
Researchpapersinpeer-reviewedinternationaljournals
Gay,S.,Mille,A.,Georgeon,O.,Dutech,A.(2016).Autonomousconstructionandexploitationofa
spatialmemorybyaself-motivatedagent.CognitiveSystemsResearch,41:1-35.
GeorgeonO.,MarshallJ.,&ManzottiR.(2013).ECA:Anenactivistcognitivearchitecturebasedon
sensorimotormodeling.BiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures6:46-57.
GeorgeonO.&MarshallJ.(2013).Demonstratingsense-makingemergenceinartificialagents:A
methodandanexample.InternationalJournalofMachineConsciousness5(2):131-144.
GeorgeonO.&RitterF.(2012).Anintrinsically-motivatedschemamechanismtomodelandsimulate
emergentcognition.CognitiveSystemsResearch15-16:73-92.
GeorgeonO.,Mille,A.,Bellet,T.,Mathern,B.,andRitterF.(2012).Supportingactivitymodelingfrom
activitytraces.ExpertSystems29(3):261-275.
Shortpapersinpeer-reviewedinternationaljournalsandbulletins
GeorgeonO.&BoltucP.(2016).Circularconstitutionofobservationintheabsenceofontological
data.ConstructivistFoundations12(1):pp17-19.
GeorgeonO.(2014).Learningbyexperiencingversuslearningbyregistering.Constructivist
Foundations,9(2)211-213.
Georgeon,O.&AhaD.(2013).TheRadicalInteractionismConceptualCommitment.Journalof
ArtificialGeneralIntelligence4(2):pp31-36.
Georgeon,O.&Hassas,S.(2013).SingleAgentsCanBeConstructivisttoo.ConstructivistFoundations
9(1):40-42.
Georgeon,O.(2008).Analyzingtracesofactivityformodelingcognitiveschemesofoperators.
ArtificialIntelligenceandSimulationofBehaviour(AISB)QuarterlyBulletin127:pp1-3.
ResearchpapersinpeerreviewedFrenchjournals
GeorgeonO.,MilleA.,GayS.(2016).Intelligenceartificiellesansdonnéesontologiquessurune
réalitépresupposée[Artificialintelligencewithoutusingontologicaldataaboutapresupposed
reality].Intellectica65:143-168.
A.Cordier,M.Lefevre,P-A.Champin,A.Mille,O.Georgeon,B.Mathern(2014).Connaissanceset
raisonnementsurlestracesd'interaction[Knowledgeandreasoninguponinteractiontraces].Revue
d'IntelligenceArtificielle28(3):pp1-15,Lavoisier,Hermès.
Papersinpeerreviewedinternationalconferences
GeorgeonO.,BernardF.,&CordierA.(2015).Constructingphenomenalknowledgeinanunknown
noumenalReality.ProcediaComputerScience,71:11-16.TheSixthinternationalconferenceon
BiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures.Lyon,France.
GeorgeonO.,CasadoR.,&MatignonL.(2015).Modelingbiologicalagentsbeyondthe
reinforcement-learningparadigm.ProcediaComputerScience,71:17-22.TheSixthinternational
conferenceonBiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures.Lyon,France.
GeorgeonO.&CordierA.(2014).Invertingtheinteractioncycletomodelembodiedagents.Procedia
ComputerScience,41:243-248.TheFifthinternationalconferenceonBiologicallyInspiredCognitive
Architectures.Boston,MA.
Gay,S.,Georgeon,O.,&Wolf,C.(2014).Autonomousobjectmodelingbasedonaffordancesfor
spatialorganizationofbehavior.FourthJointInternationalConferenceonDevelopmentandLearning
andonEpigeneticRobotics,IEEEed.Genoa,Italy,pp.1-6.
GeorgeonO.,WolfC.,&GayS.(2013).AnEnactiveApproachtoAutonomousAgentandRobot
Learning.ThirdJointInternationalConferenceonDevelopmentandLearningandonEpigenetic
Robotics,IEEEed.Osaka,Japan,pp.1-6.
Mille,A.,Champin,P.-A.,Cordier,A.,Georgeon,O.,&Lefevre,M.(2013).Trace-BasedReasoning—
Modelinginteractiontracesforreasoningonexperiences.26thannualconferenceoftheFloridaAI
ResearchSociety(FLAIRS2013).
Gay,S.,Georgeon,O.,&Kim,J.(2012).Implementingspatialawarenessinanenvironment-agnostic
agent.21stAnnualConferenceonBehaviorRepresentationinModelingandSimulation(BRIMS
2012).AmeliaIsland,Florida,pp.62-69.
GeorgeonO.&MarshallJ.(2012).TheSmallLoopProblem:AChallengeforArtificialEmergent
Cognition.InternationalConferenceonBiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures(BICA2012).
Palermo,Italy,pp.137-144.
OlivierGeorgeon,JamesMarshall&Pierre-YvesRonot(2011).Early-stagevisionofcompositescenes
forspatiallearningandnavigation,inproc.FirstJointIEEEConferenceonDevelopmentandLearning
andonEpigeneticRobotics(ICDL-EPIROB2011),Frankfurt,Germany,pp.224-229.
OlivierGeorgeon,MarkCohen&AmélieCordier(2011).Amodelandsimulationofearly-stagevision
asadevelopmentalsensorimotorprocess,InternationalConferenceonArtificialIntelligence
ApplicationsandInnovations(AIAI2011)Corfu,Greecepp.11-16.
OlivierGeorgeon,JonathanH.Morgan,&FrankE.Ritter(2010).Analgorithmforself-motivated
hierarchicalsequencelearning.10thInternationalConferenceonCognitiveModeling(ICCM2010),
pp.73-78.
OlivierGeorgeon,JonathanH.Morgan,JohnHorgan,&K.Braddock(2010).Processmodelingforthe
studyofnon-statepoliticalviolence.19thAnnualConferenceonBehaviorRepresentationin
ModelingandSimulation(BRIMS2010),Charleston,NC:BrimsSociety,pp.240-247.
OlivierGeorgeon,FrankE.Ritter,&StevenR.Haynes.(2009)ModelingBottom-UpLearningfrom
ActivityinSoar.18thAnnualConferenceonBehaviorRepresentationinModelingandSimulation
(BRIMS2009).Sundance,Utah,pp.65-72.
OlivierGeorgeon,MatthiasJ.Henning,ThierryBellet&AlainMille.(2007).CreatingCognitiveModels
fromActivityAnalysis:AKnowledgeEngineeringApproachtoCarDriverModeling.International
ConferenceonCognitiveModeling(ICCM2007).AnnArbor,MI,pp.43-48.
MatthiasJ.Henning,OlivierGeorgeon&JosefKrems(2007).Thequalityofbehavioraland
environmentalindicatorsusedtoinfertheintentiontochangelanes,4thInternationalDriving
SymposiumonHumanFactorsinDriverAssessment.Stevenson,WashingtonUSA,pp.231-237.
Positionpapersandworkshoppapers
Georgeon,O.,Barbier-Gondras,C.&Morgan,J.(2016).Developmental-AIMOOCAssessment.Fourth
EuropeanMOOCsStakeholdersSummit(EMOOCS2016).Graz,Austria.pp.539-543.
JosephGarnier,OlivierGeorgeon,&AmélieCordier(2013).Inferringactionsandobservationsfrom
interactions.GoalDrivenAutonomyWorkshop(GDA)atAdvancedCognitiveSystems(ACS2013),
Baltimore,ML,pp.26-35.
SimonGay&OlivierGeorgeon(2013).Interaction-basedspacerepresentationfor
environment-agnosticagents.AdaptiveLearningAgentsworkshop(ALA2013),atthe12th
InternationalConferenceonAutonomousAgentsandMultiagentSystems(AAMAS2013),SaintPaul,
Minnesota.
Georgeon,O.&Sakellariou,I.(2012).Designingenvironment-agnosticagents.AdaptiveLearning
Agentsworkshop(ALA2012)atthe11thInternationalConferenceonAutonomousAgentsand
MultiagentSystems(AAMAS2012).Valencia,Spain,pp.25-32.
GeorgeonO.,MarshallJ.&GayS.(2012).Interactionalmotivationinartificialsystems:Between
extrinsicandintrinsicmotivation.SecondInternationalConferenceonDevelopmentandLearning
andonEpigeneticRobotics(ICDL-EPIROB2012),pp.1-2.
OlivierGeorgeon,AlainMille&ThierryBellet(2006).Analyzingbehavioraldataforrefiningcognitive
modelsofoperator.2ndInternationalWorkshoponPhilosophiesandMethodologiesforKnowledge
Discovery,intheSeventeenthinternationalworkshoponDatabaseandExpertSystemsApplications
(DEXA2006).Krakow,Poland:IEEEComputerSocietyPress.ISBN9780769526416,pp.588-592.
Bookchapters
Bellet,T.,Bailly,B.,Mayenobe,P.,&GeorgeonO.(2007).Cognitivemodellingandcomputational
simulationofdrivers’mentalactivities.CriticalIssuesinAdvancedAutomotiveSystemsandHumanCentredDesign.P.C.CacciabueandC.Re.London:SpringerVerlag,pp.317-345.
Editor
Georgeon,O.(2015).ProceedingsoftheSixthInternationalConferenceonBiologicallyInspired
CognitiveArchitectures.LyonNovember7-92015.
Invitedtalks
Georgeon,O.(2016).Fromeventstoobjects:investigatingAlfredN.Whitehead'sprocessof
abstractioninartificialintelligence.FirstInternationalWorkshoponCognitionandOntologiesatthe
NinthInternationalConferenceonFormalOntologyinInformationSystems(CAOS/FOIS-2016).
Annecy,July6.
Georgeon,O.(2016).ImplementingTrace-BasedReasoninginacognitivearchitecturewiththeaim
ofachievingdevelopmentallearning.FirstInternationalEarlyResearchCareerEnhancementSchool
onBiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures(FiercesonBICA-2016).Moscow,April21-24.
Research-RelatedActivities
ConferenceGeneralChair
SixthInternationalConferenceonBiologicallyInspiredCognitive
Architectures(BICA2015-Lyon)https://liris.cnrs.fr/bica2015/.
ChairoftheDevelopmentalLearningTutorialatBICA2015.
Reviewerforinternationaljournals
CognitiveSystemsResearch,BiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitectures,ConstructivistFoundations.
Programcommittee
AAAICognitiveTrack2013.
BiologicallyInspiredCognitiveArchitecture(Conference).
Tutorialprogramcommittee
ICCM(InternationalConferenceonCognitiveModeling)2011,2012,2013.
Dissemination
Mycolleagues,students,andIdesignedandtaughttheIDEALMOOCfromOctobertoDecember
2014(Georgeon,Barbier-Gondras,&Morgan,2016).Wewona1300€supportfromtheCNRS’s
“ConnaissancesOuvertesàTous”(COAT)Program,andanassistancefromthedepartmentof
innovativepedagogicaltechniques(ICAP)ofUCBL.TheIDEALMOOCgatheredmorethan900
participants.Itremainsavailableasa"permamooc"athttp://liris.cnrs.fr/ideal/mooc.
IcreatedLittleIA,apedagogicalgameforiPhoneandiPadtoillustrateconstructivistlearningand
developmentalartificialintelligence.ItisusedinclassandintheIDEALMOOCasapedagogical
resource.Moreinformationisavailableathttp://little-ai.com/.Pleasetryit;it’sfree!
Myteamwonthejury’sspecialprize(“coupdecoeurdujury”-4thprize)attheLyonStartup
Weekend(21-23February2014,http://www.up.co/communities/france/lyon/startupweekend/3065).
Referrers
ProfessorAlainMille(PhDadviser)
LaboratoireLIRIS/UMR5205
UniversitéClaudeBernardLyon1
BâtimentNautibus,23-25avenuePierredeCoubertin
69622Villeurbanne,France
ProfessorJamesMarshall(MentorinthedomainofDevelopmentalAI)
ComputerScienceDepartment
SarahLawrenceCollege,OneMeadWay
Bronxville,NY10708,USA
ProfessorFrankRitter(post-doctoraladviser)
[email protected]
CollegeofIST
PennState/UniversityPark
UniversityPark,PA16802,USA
Otherreferrerswhoknowmywork,alphabeticallysorted
AgnarAamodt(NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology),DavidAha(NavalResearch
Laboratory),PeterBoltuc(UniversityofIllinois),AntonioChella(UniversitadePalermo),AlainDutech
(INRIA),PierreDeLoor(ENIB/LABSTICC),PhilippeGaussier(ENSEA/ETIS),SalimaHassas(Université
Lyon1),RiccardoManzotti(IULMUniversity,Milan),Pierre-YvesOudeyer(INRIA).Alexei
Samsonovich(GeorgeMasonUniversity,chairoftheBICASociety).