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Principal Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Bruza
Associate Supervisors: Prof Michael Rosemann, Dr. Kirsty Kitto
Expected Completion: December 2009
Title: Ecological Modelling of Socal Cognition in Contextualized Information Systems
Abstract:
Representational modelling approaches all fall into the trap of underemphasizing the relationship between interacting entities. This often leads to an inability of ontological models to incorporate effects such as contextual dependence and emergence. However, as designers take the perspective of people living with and alongside the information system to be modelled interaction becomes a primary concern. Ontologies are too prescriptive and do not account for concepts acquiring meaning on the fly. We propose a method to model interactions in a natural way. Starting from the perspective of social cognition we develop techniques to anticipate breakdowns and support trusted relations between actors. Furthermore, we want to account for a phenomenology of skill acquisition in complex intersubjective scenarios. In merging action-oriented modelling with quantum interaction we come up with an ecological approach to information systems design.
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