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David Kirsh

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David Kirsh
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive science, Information architecture, Attention management. Human-computer interaction
Thesis Representation and rationality: foundations of cognitive science.
Academic advisorsGareth Evans
A. J. Ayer
Websitehttps://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/

David Kirsh (born 1950) is a Canadian cognitive scientist. He is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he heads the Interactive Cognition Lab.[1] From 2020-2023 he was the President of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA), where he remains on the Board of Directors.

Biography

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He received his BA from the University of Toronto in 1976 and his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford[2] in 1983 with the thesis Representation and rationality: foundations of cognitive science. At Oxford he studied under A.J. Ayer and Gareth Evans.

Prior to arriving at UCSD, he spent five years as a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1984 to 1989. Since 1989, he has been on faculty at the Department of Cognitive Science at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Since 1989, he has also been director of the Interactive Cognition Lab.

His research interests include cognitive and neuroscience of architecture, interactive design, cognitive aspects of multimedia design, thinking in the body and senses, embodied cognition, information architecture, and human-computer interaction.

Publications

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Kirsh published several books and articles. A selection:

  • 1983. Representation and rationality : foundations of cognitive science. Thesis D.Phil. University of Oxford
  • 1992. Foundations of artificial intelligence. Edited by David Kirsh Cambridge, Mass ; London : MIT Press.
  • 2003. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society : July 30-August 2, 2003, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. edited by Richard Alterman and David Kirsh. Cognitive Science Society (U.S.). Conference (25th : 2003 : Boston, Mass.)
Articles, a selection

Courses

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Recently Professor Kirsh has taught such courses as:

  • Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science 100: Cyborgs now and in the future
  • Cognitive Science 87: Designing Digital Environments
  • Cognitive Science 187A: Usability and Information Architecture
  • Cognitive Science 187B: Practicum in Professional Web Design
  • Cognitive Science 160: Creative Cognition, A Practicum in Ethnography
  • Cognitive Science 160: Cognitive and Neuroscience for Architecture
  • Cognitive Science 199: Undergraduate Research on various topics about Neuroscience for architecture, Creative Cognition, HCI, Embodied Cognition and Thinking in the senses.

References

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  1. ^ Interactive Cognition Lab
  2. ^ "David Kirsh". Retrieved 2007-09-24.
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