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TERRENCE C. STEWART

abqo1c@r.postjobfree.com * Churchill St.

http://terrystewart.ca Waterloo, Ontario

519-***-**** N2L 2X2

RESEARCH Bridging high-level cognitive theory and low-level neuroscience

INTERESTS Building complex cognitive algorithms using realistic neural models

Adapting psychological theories into a control-theoretic framework

Using neural models to evaluate theories of cognition

POSTDOCTORAL University of Waterloo, Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, 2008 present

Large-scale neural models of perception, action, and cognitive control,

EXPERIENCE

including motor control, planning, memory, and structured representation

Development of Nengo neural compiler and simulator

EDUCATION PhD Carleton University, Institute of Cognitive Science, 2007

Thesis: A Methodology for Computational Cognitive Modelling

Developed research process for rigorously evaluating models of

cognitive functions, integrating methods across disciplines

MPhil University of Sussex, Computer Science and A.I., 2000

Thesis: Learning in Artificial Life: Conditioning, Concept

Formation, and Sensorimotor Loops

BASc University of Waterloo, Systems Design Engineering, 1999

Option in Cognitive Science

HONORS AND Most Promising New Neuromorph Award, 2011

Telluride Neuromorphic Cognition Engineering Workshop

AWARDS

SHARCNET Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009 2010

Winner of Technion Prediction Tournament (repetition condition), 2008

predictions of human performance in repeated binary choice task

Derbyshire Graduate Scholarship in Cognitive Science, 2004 2006

NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship, 1999 2003

British Council Chevening Scholarship, 1999 2000

Colonel Hugh Heasley Engineering Scholarship, 1994 1999

Canada Scholarship, 1994 1999

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RESEARCH Carleton University, Institute of Cognitive Science, 2003 2007

EXPERIENCE Lab Coordinator, Carleton Cognitive Modelling Lab

Developed toolkit for implementing and evaluating cognitive models

Carleton University, School of Linguistics, 2005 2007

Research Assistant, Dr. Marie-Odile Junker

Created on-line tools for teaching written Cree, linguistic atlas

University of Waterloo, Systems Design Engineering, 1999

Research Assistant, Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Lab

Redesigned motor control and visual system for soccer-playing robots

TEACHING Carleton University, Institute of Cognitive Science, Ottawa, Canada

EXPERIENCE Sessional Lecturer, Fall 2005

Sessional Lecturer, Fall 2004

Sessional Lecturer, Winter 2004

Developed and taught Cognition and Artificial Systems course

Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Cognitive Architectures

6 to 14 graduate and upper year undergraduate students, some with no

programming experience and some with extensive experience

Average teaching evaluation: 4.5 out of 5

Sessional Lecturer, Fall 2003

Taught Introduction to Computers for the Arts and Social Sciences

150 students; average teaching evaluation 4.35 out of 5

Teaching Assistant, Developmental Psychology, Winter 2005

Teaching Assistant, English for Engineers, Winter 2003

Teaching Assistant, First Year Seminar on Cognition, Fall 2002

INDUSTRY Software Developer, Sweet Caesar. 2007 2012 (occasional)

Lead software architect for BlackBerry, Android, & iOS applications

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Programmer, Google, Inc. Summer 2007

Creation of on-line repository for academic computational models

Consultant, Ambient Vector, Inc. Fall 2005

Consultant, Terrados. Winter 2005

Software Engineering, American Android, NJ. Summer 2003, 2004

Verbal control of bipedal robots for NASA

Research and Development, Hummingbird, Summer 2001

Automatic document classification

Software Engineering, Array Systems Computing, Fall 1997, Summer 1998

Neural-network object recognition in airport X-ray images

DSP Research Engineering, Genesis Microchip, Summer 1996, 1997

Algorithm evaluation, implementation for real-time video processing

Software Developer, Alias Wavefront, Fall 1995

API development for Maya 3D animation software

Hardware/Software Engineering, Applied AI Systems, Winter 1995

First robotic implementation of SAGA evolutionary algorithm

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WORK IN Schroder, T., Stewart, T.C., and Thagard, P. (submitted) Neural Dynamics of

PROGRESS Intention, Emotion, and Action. Cognitive Science.

JOURNAL Eliasmith, C., Stewart, T.C., Choo, X., Bekolay, T., DeWolf, T, Tang, Y.,

ARTICLES Rasmussen, D. (in press). A large-scale model of the functioning brain.

Science.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (in press). Realistic neurons can compute the

operations needed by quantum probability theory and other vector

symbolic architectures. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Commentary

on: Pothos, E. and Busemeyer, J. Can quantum probability provide a new

direction for cognitive modeling?

Stewart, T.C., Bekolay, T., and Eliasmith, C. (2012) Learning to select

actions with spiking neurons in the basal ganglia. Frontiers in

Neuroscience, 6:2, 1-14.

Stewart, T.C. (2012) The Neural Engineering Framework. AISB Quarterly,

135.

Stewart, T.C., Bekolay, T., and Eliasmith, C. (2011) Neural representations

of compositional structures: Representing and manipulating vector spaces

with spiking neurons. Connection Science: Special issue on

Compositional Connectionism. 23(2), 145-153.

Stewart, T.C., Tang, Y., and Eliasmith, C. (2011) A biologically realistic

cleanup memory: Autoassociation in spiking neurons. Cognitive Systems

Research, 12, 84-92.

Thagard, P. and Stewart, T.C. (2011) The AHA! experience: Creativity

through emergent binding in neural networks. Cognitive Science, 35(1).

Stewart, T.C. and West, R.L. (2010) Testing for equivalence: A methodology

for computational cognitive modelling. Journal of Artificial General

Intelligence, 2(2), 69-87.

Erev, I., Ert, E., Roth, A., Haruvy, E., Herzog, S., Hau, R., Hertwig, R.,

Stewart, T., West, R., and Lebiere, C. (2010). A choice prediction

competition for choices from experience and from description. Journal

of Behavioral Decision Making: Special Edition on Decisions from

Experience. 23(1), 15-47.

Stewart, T.C., Tripp, B., and Eliasmith, C. (2009) Python scripting in the

Nengo simulator. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics: Special edition on

Python in Neuroscience. 3(7), 1-9.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R.L. (2007) Deconstructing and reconstructing

ACT-R: Exploring the architectural space. Cognitive Systems Research.

8(3), 227-236.

Chandrasekharan, S. and Stewart, T.C. (2007) The origin of epistemic

structures and proto-representations. Adaptive Behaviour. 15(3) 329-359.

Stewart, T. C., West, R. L., and Coplan, R. (2007) Multi-agent models of

social dynamics in children. Cognitive Systems Research. 8(1), 1-14.

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BOOK CHAPTERS Eliasmith, C., Rasmussen, D., and Stewart, T.C. (in press). Biological

cognition: Syntax. In C. Eliasmith, How to build a brain: A neural

architecture for biological cognition. Oxford University Press.

Eliasmith, C., Stewart, T.C., and Bobier, B. (in press). Biological cognition:

Control. In C. Eliasmith, How to build a brain: A neural architecture for

biological cognition. Oxford University Press.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2012). Compositionality and biologically

plausible models. In M. Werning, E. Machery, and W. Hinzen (Eds.),

Oxford Handbook of Compositionality. Oxford University Press.

Stewart, T.C. (2006) Embodied decisions: Models of decision making within

a larger cognitive framework. In B. Hardy-Vall e (Ed.), Cognitive

Decision-Making: Empirical and Foundational issues. Cambridge:

Cambridge Scholars Press Ltd.

REFEREED Stewart, T.C., Choo, X., and Eliasmith, C. (2012). Spaun: A perception-

cognition-action model using spiking neurons. 34th Meeting of the

CONFERENCE

TALKS Cognitive Science Society.

(WITH FULL Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2011) Neural planning and reasoning using

the synaptic connections of the basal ganglia and thalamus. 2nd

PROCEEDINGS

PUBLICATION) International Conf. on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures.

Junker, M-O. and Stewart, T.C. (2011). A linguistic atlas for endangered

languages. 3rd annual International Conference on Education and New

Learning Technologies. Barcelona, Spain.

Stewart, T.C., Choo, X., and Eliasmith, C. (2010). Symbolic reasoning in

spiking neurons: A model of the cortex/basal ganglia/thalamus loop. 32nd

Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Stewart, T.C., Choo, X., and Eliasmith, C. (2010). Dynamic behaviour of a

spiking model of action selection in the basal ganglia. 10th International

Conference on Cognitive Modelling.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2010) Neural symbolic decision making: A

scalable and realistic foundation for cognitive architectures. 1st

International Conf. on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2009) Spiking neurons and central

executive control: The origin of the 50-millisecond cognitive cycle. 9th

International Conference on Cognitive Modelling.

Stewart, T.C., Tang, Y., and Eliasmith, C. (2009) A biologically realistic

cleanup memory: Autoassociation in spiking neurons. 9th International

Conference on Cognitive Modelling.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R.L. (2007) Equivalence: A novel basis for model

comparison. 29th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Junker, M-O. and Stewart T.C. (2007) Building search engines for

Algonquian languages. 39th Algonquian Conference.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R. L. (2006) Deconstructing ACT-R. 7th International

Conference on Cognitive Modelling.

Stewart, T.C. (2006) Tools and techniques for quantitative and predictive

cognitive science. 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

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West, R., Stewart, T.C., Lebiere, C., and Chandrasekharan, S. (2005)

Stochastic resonance in human cognition: ACT-R versus game theory,

associative neural networks, recursive neural networks, Q-learning, and

humans. 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Chandrasekharan, S. and Stewart, T.C. (2004) Reactive agents learn to add

epistemic structures to the world. First Joint Conference of the Society

for Philosophy and Psychology and the European Society for Philosophy

and Psychology.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R. (2001) Levels of description: A role for robots in

cognitive science education. PHICS Graduate Student Conference,

Carleton University.

Stewart, T.C. (2001) Extrema selection: Accelerated evolution on neutral

networks. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation.

Stewart, T.C. and Wood, S. (2001) Conditioning and concept formation in

embodied agents. AAAI Spring Symposium.

REFEREED Galluppi, F., Davies, S., Stewart, T., Eliasmith, E., and Furber, S. (2012).

CONFERENCE Real Time On-Chip Implementation of Dynamical Systems with Spiking

POSTERS Neurons. 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.

(WITH FULL Dethier, J., Nuyujukian, P., Stewart, T.C., Eliasmith, C., Shenoy, K., and

Boahen, K. (2011) A brain-machine interface operating with a real-time

PROCEEDINGS

spiking neural network control algorithm. 25th Annual Conference on

PUBLICATION)

Neural Information Processing Systems.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2011) Neural cognitive modelling: A

biologically constrained spiking neuron model of the Tower of Hanoi

task. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Stewart, T.C., West, R., and Lebiere, C. (2009) Applying cognitive

architectures to decision-making: How cognitive theory and the

equivalence measure triumphed in the Technion prediction tournament.

31st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Gormley, A. and Stewart, T.C. (2009) Errors in speech production:

Explaining mismatch and accommodation. 31st Annual Meeting of the

Cognitive Science Society.

Stewart, T.C. and Eliasmith, C. (2008) Building production systems with

realistic spiking neurons. 30th Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R.L. (2007). Cognitive redeployment in ACT-R:

Salience, vision, and memory. 8th International Conference on Cognitive

Modelling.

Stewart, T.C. (2004) Teaching computational modelling to non-computer

scientists. 6th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling.

Stewart, T.C., West, R., and Coplan, R. (2004) A dynamic, multi-agent

model of peer group formation. 6th International Conference on Cognitive

Modelling.

Stewart, T.C. and Chandrasekharan, S. (2004) Simple agents learning to add

useful structures to the world. 6th International Conference on Cognitive

Modelling.

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TECHNICAL Stewart, T.C. (2012) A technical overview of the Neural Engineering

REPORTS Framework. Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience Technical Report,

University of Waterloo.

Stewart, T.C. (2005) Notes for the development of a philosophy of

computational modelling. Carleton University Cognitive Science

Technical Report 2005-04.

Stewart, T.C. and Chandrasekharan, S. (2005) Two cognitive descriptions of

Q-learning. Carleton University Cognitive Science Technical Report

2005-03.

Stewart, T.C. and Brook, A. (2003) Four forms of information. Carleton

University Cognitive Science Technical Report 2003-06.

Stewart, T.C. (2000) Neural models of concept formation and conditioning:

A literature review. Technical Report, CSRP-524, School of Cognitive

and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex.

CONFERENCE Galluppi, F., Conradt, J., Stewart, T.C., Eliasmith, C., Horiuchi, T., Tapson,

DEMOS J., Tripp, B., Etienne-Cummings, R., Furber, S. (2012) Spiking ratSLAM:

Rat Hippocampus Cells in Spiking Neural Hardware. Biomedical

Circuits and Systems Conference.

CONFERENCE Stewart, T. C., Tripp, B., and Eliasmith, C. (2008) Supplementing neural

modelling with ACT-R. 15th Annual ACT-R Workshop.

TALKS

(ABSTRACT-ONLY Stewart, T. C. and Eliasmith, C. (2008) Implementing the ACT-R production

system in spiking Neurons. 15th Annual ACT-R Workshop.

PUBLICATION)

Stewart, T. C. and West, R. L. (2006) ACT-R versus not-ACT-R:

Demonstrating cross-domain validity. 13th Annual ACT-R Workshop.

West, R. L., Stewart, T. C., Pyke, A., and Emond, B. (2006) Modeling

emotion in ACT-R. 13th Annual ACT-R Workshop

Stewart, T.C. (2005) Embodied decisions: Models of decision making within

a larger cognitive framework. Cognitio 2005: Graduate Student

Conference in Cognitive Science.

Stewart, T.C. and West, R. L. (2005) Python ACT-R: A new implementation

and a new syntax. 12th Annual ACT-R Workshop.

CONFERENCE Bobier, B., Stewart, T.C., and Eliasmith, C. (2011) The attentional routing

POSTERS circuit: receptive field modulation through nonlinear dendritic

interactions. 8th Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting.

Bobier, B., Stewart, T.C., and Eliasmith, C. (2010) The dynamic routing

model of visuospatial attention. 7th Computational and Systems

Neuroscience Meeting.

Eliasmith, C., Stewart, T.C., Rasmussen, D., and Choo, X. (2010) How

brains think. Canada Research Chair Recognition Event, Toronto,

Ontario.

Stewart, T.C. (2009) Spiking neurons and cognitive decisions at the 50-

millisecond time scale. SHARCNET Research Day, University of

Waterloo.

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Stewart, T.C. (2005) The philosophy of cognitive modelling: When to do it,

Why to do it, and How to do it. Cognitive Science Spring Conference

2005, Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University.

CONFERENCE Stewart, T. C. (2006) Dealing with complexity: The analysis of embodied

TALKS (NO behaviour. Cognitio 2006: Graduate Student Conf. in Cognitive Science.

PUBLICATION) Junker, M-O. and Stewart, T. C. (2005) Building a search that allows

spelling mistakes for the EastCree dictionary on the web. Algonquin

Dictionaries Round Table at the 37th Algonquin Conference.

INVITED Tutorial, Nengo and the Neural Engineering Framework: From spikes to

cognition, 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2012

LECTURES,

TUTORIALS, Tutorial, Nengo and the Neural Engineering Framework: Connecting

cognitive theory to neuroscience, 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive

WORKSHOPS

Science Society, 2011

Workshop, Vision and the Brain: What we see and what we think we see,

Waterloo Unlimited high school enrichment, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Workshop, Designing Virtual Worlds, Waterloo Unlimited high school

enrichment, 2009, 2010, 2011

Colloquium Talk, How Brains Think, Carleton University Cogntiive

Science Colloquium, 2010

Colloquium Talk, The Neural Engineering Framework: Bridging cognitive

science and neuroscience, Franklin & Marshall College, Department of

Psychology, 2010.

Workshop, The Mind: What it is, what it does, and how to study it, Shad

Valley high school enrichment program, 2010

Tutorial, Nengo and the Neural Engineering Framework: Connecting

cognitive theory to neuroscience, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive

Science Society, 2010

Sole Presenter, Cognitive Modelling 2-Day Workshop, University of

Basel, Department of Psychology, Switzerland, 2009

Sole Presenter, Python ACT-R Workshop, Ben-Gurion University of the

Negev, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Israel, 2009

Tutorial, Cognitive modelling with the Neural Engineering Framework,

9th International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, 2009

Colloquium Talk, Evaluating cognitive theories via neurological evidence:

Working memory and compositionality, Carleton University Institute of

Cognitive Science Distinguished Lecture Series, 2008

PROFESSIONAL Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecture Society, 2010 present

Founding Member

AFFILIATIONS

Behavioral & Brain Sciences Associate, 2005 present

Cognitive Science Society Member, 2002 present

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PROFESSIONAL Conference Co-Chair

International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, 2013

SERVICE

Workshop and Tutorial Committee

Cognitive Science Society Annual Meeting, 2011, 2012

Program Committee

Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 2010, 2011

Awards Committee

International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, 2010

Peer-Reviewed Articles for Journals

Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 2012

Cognitive Science, 2011 2012

Philosophical Psychology, 2011

Games, 2011

Minds and Machines, 2010

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2008

Peer-Reviewed Submissions for Conferences

Cognitive Science Society, 2005 2012

International Conference on Cognitive Modelling, 2009, 2010, 2012

Cognitio student conference, 2006, 2007

European Cognitive Science Society, 2007

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