Computer Science Assistant

BENJAMIN N. GOERTZEL, PH.D.

Cognitive Scientist, Mathematician, Computer Scientist,

Software Development Manager, Software Engineer, Writer,

Business Executive,

General Utility Muffin

This is an Academic Curriculum Vita

which doesn't really discuss what I've been doing since 1997 at Intelligenesis

Ben Goertzel

161 Canfield Ave.

Randolph NJ 07869

phone: 973/252-0419

email: ***@********.***

WWW Homepage:

http://www.goertzel.org/

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: Dec. 8, 1966

Citizenship: USA

Permanent Resident Visas: Australia, New Zealand

Marital Status: Married; 3 children

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1997 - : Chief Technology Officer (and Chairman), IntelliGenesis Corp., New York

1997-98 : Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of

Staten Island, Staten Island, New York City, New York

1995-97: Research and Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology,

University of Western Australia

1994: Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New

Zealand

1989-1993: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Nevada, Las

Vegas, USA

1987-89: Teaching Assistant, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA

EDUCATION 1987-89: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia,

USA. Dissertation title: "A Multilevel Approach to Global

Optimization."

1985-86: Attended Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York

University, USA

1982-85: B.A. in Mathematics, Simon's Rock College, Great

Barrington MA, USA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research is interdisciplinary, spanning computing, psychology, mathematics,

biology and philosophy.

My central concern is with complex, self-organizing computational systems and

their relevance to natural and artificial intelligence.

At the present time I am supervising a team of many dozens of programmers, working on WebMind, a general purpose distributed AI architecture based on principles from

complex systems science and theoretical psychology, programmed in Java. We are building

AI code and applications based on this AI code, and I am also involved in various business

strategy decisions, negotiations with business partners, etc.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Research Supervision: 2 Ph.D. students, 2 Masters students

Graduate Courses (fourth-year or higher): computer graphics, neural

computation, Topics in Cognitive Theory, fractal geometry,

real analysis, dynamical systems theory, numerical analysis, functional

analysis, complex analysis, conformal mapping, advanced calculus

Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Cognitive Science, 'Artificial

Intelligence, Mind and Society', precalculus, finite math, college algebra, calculus, vector

calculus, statistics, linear algebra, mathematics of finance

COMPUTER SKILLS Fluent in: Java, C, C++, Basic

Skilled in: Haskell, Unix shell scripting

Some knowledge of: Pascal, Fortran, Visual Basic, Visual C++, MIDI, Prolog

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Chief Editor, Dynamical Psychology Electronic Journal

Assessing Editor, Journal of Mind and Behavior

Member, Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology RESEARCH FUNDING 1993: University of Nevada Research Initiatives Grant, $1500

to hire a programmer for work on computer music

1994: Waikato University Research Grant, $11,000 to buy

hardware for work on image compression

1996: Australian Research Council Grant, $7000 to hire a programmer

for work on a project involving cognitive modelling, artificial

life and computer graphics

1996-99: UWA University Initiatives Fund, $250,000 for computer

equipment and computer support personnel for the UWA Cognitive Science

Programme. I was one among a number of principal applicants on this grant proposal.

RESEARCH BOOKS Goertzel, Ben (1993). The Structure of Intelligence: A New

Mathematical Model of Mind . New York: Springer-Verlag.

Goertzel, Ben (1993). The Evolving Mind . New York: Gordon

and Breach.

Goertzel, Ben (1994). Chaotic Logic: Language, Thought and

Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science . New York:

Plenum Press.

Goertzel, Ben (1997). From Complexity to Creativity,

accepted by Plenum Press, to appear

Goertzel, Ben, Allan Combs and Mark Germine (Editors) (2000). Mind in

Time: The Dynamics of Thought, Reality and Consciousness, Hampden Press, to appear

Goertzel, Ben (2000). Wild Computing, New York: Plenum Press. To appear

EXPOSITORY BOOKS Goertzel, Ted and Ben Goertzel (1995). Linus Pauling: A Life in

Science and Politics . New York: Basic Books

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS Goertzel, Ben (1991). Expression and Simulation in the Rock Guitar Solo,

Popular Music and Society

Goertzel, Ben (1992). Measuring Static Complexity, Int. J. Math. and

Math. Sci. 15-1, p.161

Goertzel, Ben (1992). Global Optimization by Multilevel Search, J. of

Optimization Theory and Applications 77-2, p. 423

Goertzel, Ben (1992). What is Hierarchical Selection? Biology and

Philosophy 7-1, p. 27

Self-organizing Evolution, J. Social and Evolutionary Systems 15-1, p.

7

Goertzel, Ben (1992)Quantum Theory and Consciousness, J. of Mind and

Behavior 13-1, p. 29

Goertzel, Ben, Harold Bowman and Richard Baker (1993). Dynamics of the

Radix Expansion Map, J. Math. and Math. Sci. 17-1, p. 143

Goertzel, Ben (1993). Brain Function as Evolution, J. Soc. and Ev. Sys.

15-4, p. 399

Goertzel, Ben (1993). Some Thoughts on Akin's Spiteful

Computer, Minds and Machines 4-1, p. 75

Goertzel, Ben (1993). Self-Reference and Complexity: Component-Systems

and Self-Generating Systems in Biology and Cognitive Science, Evolution and

Cognition 2, p. 257

. Goertzel, Ben (1993). Psychology and Logic, J. Soc. and Ev. Sys. 16-4,

p. 439

Goertzel, Ben (1993). Phase Transitions in Associative Memory

Networks, Minds and Machines 3-3, p. 313

Goertzel, Ben (1994). Simulated Annealing on Uncorrelated Fitness

Landscapes, Int. J. Math. and Math. Sci. 17-4, p. 791

Goertzel, Ben (1994). Lagrange Interpolation on a Processor Tree with

Ring Connections, J. of Parallel and Distributed Computation 22-2,

p.321

Goertzel, Ben (1994). The Software Market as a Self- Organizing System,

J. Soc. and Ev. Sys. 17-1, p.9

Goertzel, Ben, Hiroo Miyamoto and Yoshimasa Awata (1994). Fractal Image

Compression with the Genetic Algorithm, Complexity International Electronic

Journal

Goertzel, Ben (1995). Rapid Generation of Chaotic Attractors with the

Eugenic Genetic Algorithm, Computers and Graphics 19-1, p. 151

Goertzel, Ben and Harold Bowman (1995). Self-Reference, Computation and

Mind, J. Soc. and Ev. Sys, 18-1, p. 95

Karabekian, Moses and Ben Goertzel (1995). Discriminant Analysis of

Hydrocollapse in Las Vegas Soils, Civil Engineering Systems

Goertzel, Ben and Gwen Goertzel (1995) Language as a Biological System.

ASSA Journal of System Science 3 (Electronic Journal)

Goertzel, Ben and Harold Bowman (1996). Walks on Random Digraphs,

Applied Mathematics Letters, 9-1, pp. 43-47

Goertzel, Ben (1996). Artificial Selfhood -- the Path

to True Artificial Intelligence, Informatica, to appear

Goertzel, Ben (1996). Mobile Activation Bubbles in Kohonen Networks,

Applied Mathematics Letters.

Goertzel, Ben (1996). Complex Systems and Hypercomplex Fractals, J. Soc.

and Evol. Sys., to appear

Goertzel, Ben (1997). The Complex Mind/Brain -- I. The Psynet Model of Mental

Structure and Dynamics, Complexity, to appear

Goertzel, Ben (1997). The Complex Mind/Brain -- II. A Theory of Cortical

Dynamics, Complexity, to appear

PAPERS IN REFEREED, EDITED VOLUMES Goertzel, Ben (1992). Structural Complexity of Sequences, Images and

Automata, in Finite Fields, Coding, and Advances in Communication and

Computing, ed. Shiue and Mullen, Marcel Dekker, p. 307

Goertzel, Ben (1995). Evolutionary and Chaotic Dynamics in Minds and

Immune Systems, in Chaos and Psychology, Edited by Fred Abraham and Roger

Gilgen, New York: Greenwood Press

Goertzel, Ted and Ben Goertzel (1995). The Dynamics of Belief in the

Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Trial, in Chaos and Society, Ed. by Pierre

Lemiux

Goertzel, Ben, Malwane Ananda and Matthew Ikle (1994). On the Dynamics

of the Genetic Algorithm (And Other Evolving Systems), Complex Systems:

Mechanisms of Adaptation, Ed. Stonier and Lin, Amsterdam: IOS Press

. Goertzel, Ben (1996). Belief Systems as Attractors, in A Chaos

Psychology Reader, Ed. by Combs and Robertson. Hilldale NJ: Erlbaum

Goertzel, Ben (1996). A Cognitive Equation, in A Chaos Psychology

Reader, Ed. by Combs and Robertson. Hilldale NJ: Erlbaum

Goertzel, Ben (1997). Chaos and Pattern in Complex Systems. In

Chaos in Society, to appear

Goertzel, Ben (1997). Chance and Consciousness. In Mind in Time,

Ed. by Goertzel et al. NY: Hampden Press

Goertzel, Ben (1997). On the Algebraic Structure of Consciousness. In

Mind in Time, Ed. by Goertzel et al. NY: Hampden Press

Goertzel, Ben (1997). Does Time Move Forward? In Mind in Time,

Ed. by Goertzel et al. NY: Hampden Press

Goertzel, Ben and Kalish, Mike (1999). Similarity as Transformation. In

Noetic Journal, Special issue on Mind as a Complex System

Goertzel, Ben (1997). Dream Dynamics: A Process Perspective. In

Noetic Journal, Special issue on Mind as a Complex System

Goertzel, Ben (1997). Faces of Complexity in Psychology. In

Noetic Journal, Special issue on Mind as a Complex System

Goertzel, Ben and Mike Kalish (1997). Mindspace Curvature.

In

Noetic Journal, Special issue on Mind as a Complex System

PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Goertzel, Ben (1994). Evolving Fractal Industrial Music, Proceedings of

SYNAESTHETICA94 Conference on Computer Animation and Computer Music, Canberra:

Australian Centre for Arts and Technology

Goertzel, Ben (1995). The Convergence Rate of the Simple GA as Population

Size Tends to Infinity, Proceedings of ICEC 1995

Goertzel, Ben and Gwen Goertzel 1995). The Markovian Language Algorithm:

Toward a Neural Network Architecture for Grammar Induction, Proceedings of

ANZIIS 1995

PAPERS IN NON-REFEREED JOURNALS Goertzel, Ben (1996). Musical Psychology and the Aesthetics of Computer

Music. Journal of ElectroAcoustic Music.

REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY ITEMS Goertzel, Ben (1995). Review of Douglas Hofstadter's book Fluid

Analogies,

in World Futures

Goertzel, Ben (1995). Images in Search of a Theory. Commentary on

Images of Mind by M. Posner and Raichle, Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Goertzel, Ben (1994). From Neurons to Neural Assemblies, Commentary

item in PSYCOLOQUY Electronic Journal

TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Note: This section of this resume is far out of date; I have not kept

track of my various talks at meetings lately

Information, Complexity and Meaning, American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Regional Conference, Irvine CA, November 1990

Multilevel Optimization, AMS-MAA Joint Conference, San Francisco CA,

January 1991

3. Structural Complexity of Sequences and Automata, Conference on Finite

Fields and Advances in Communication and Computing, Las Vegas NV, August 1991

Evolutionary Methods for Global Optimization, AMS-MAA Joint

Conference, Baltimore MD, January 1992

The Structure of Intelligence, Second Annual Conference

of Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology, Washington DC,

August 1992

Intelligence as Self-Organizing Evolution, ibid

The Evolving Mind, Third Annual Conference of the

Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology, Orillia, August 1993

Evolving Fractal Industrial Music, SYNAESTHETICA 94

Conference on Computer Graphics and Computer Animation,

Canberra, July 1994

The Dynamics of the Genetic Algorithm (And Other Evolving

Systems), COMPLEX94 -- Second Australian Complex Systems Conference,

Rockhampton, June 1994

Dischaos, Sequence Processing and Implicit Memory,

Workshop on Neural Modeling of Cognitive and Brain

Disorders, College Park MD, June 1995

The Convergence Rate of the Simple GA as Population Size

Tends to Infinity, ICEC -- IEEE International Conference

on Evolutionary Computation, Perth, November 1995

The Markovian Language Algorithm: Toward a Neural

Network Architecture for Grammar Induction, ANZIIS --

Australia/New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems

Conference, Perth, November 1995

A Complex Systems Model of Mind, and Its Computer Implementation,

Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference, Melbourne,

November 1995

REFERENCES Allan Combs, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at

Asheville, *****@****.***

Robert Gregson, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Australian National

University, Canberra, ******.*******@***.***.**

Matthew Ikle, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, El

Paso, ****@****.****.***

Malwane Ananda, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, University of Nevada,

Las Vegas NV 89154, ******@******.***

Clive Wynne, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Western

Australia, Nedlands WA 6009 Australia, *****@***.***.***.**

C.P. Tsang, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Computer Science,

UWA, *****@**.***.***.**

Lloyd Smith, Ph.D. (former Chairman), Department of Computer Science,

University of Waikato, Hamilton NZ, *****@**.*******.**.**

Peter Shiue, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UNLV,

Las Vegas NV 89154, 702/895-3567, *****@******.***

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