Publications

Journal Publications

2008

  • Lu, S., Harter, D. & Graesser, A. C. (in press). An empirical and computational study of perceiving and remembering event temporal relations. Cognitive Science. (PDF preprint)

2007

  • Harter, D., Kozma, R. & Achunala, S. (2007). Dynamical aspects of behavior generation under constraint. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 1(3), 213-223. (PDF) (Cognitive Neurodynamics Web)

2006

  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2006). Aperiodic dynamics and the self-organization of cognitive maps in autonomous agents. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 21(9), 955-971. (PDF) (IJIS Web)

2005

  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2005). Chaotic neurodynamics for autonomous agents. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 16(3), 565-579. (PDF) (IEEE Tran NN Web)
  • Harter, D. & Lu, S. (2005). A synthesis of many levels of constraints as a modern view of development. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(4), 498-499. (PDF) (BBS Web)

2001

  • Harter, D., Graesser, A. C. & Franklin, S. P. (2001). Bridging the gap: Dynamics as a unified view of cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(1), 45-46. (PDF) (Thelen & Smith BBS Article)
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2001). Task environments for the dynamic development of behavior. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2074, 300-306. (PDF) (LNCS Web)
  • Graesser, A. C., Person, N., Harter, D. & The Tutoring Research Group, (2001). Teaching tactics and dialog in AutoTutor. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 12(3), 257-279. (PDF) (AIEd Web)
  • Graesser, A. C., Vanlehn, K., Rose, C., Jordan, P. & Harter, D. (2001). Intelligent tutoring systems with conversational dialogue. AI Magazine, 22(4), 39-51. (PDF) (AI Mag)

2000

  • Graesser, A. C., Wiemer-Hastings, P., Wiemer-Hastings, K., Harter, D., Person, N. & The Tutoring Research Group, (2000). Using latent semantic analysis to evaluate the contributions of students in AutoTutor. Interactive Learning Environments, 8(2), 129-148. (ILE Web)

1998

  • Wiemer-Hastings, P., Graesser, A. C. & Harter, D. (1998). The foundations and architecture of autotutor. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1452, 334-340. (LNCS Web)

Conference Proceedings

2006

  • Harter, D. (2006). Time constraints and the evolution of scale-free properties in associative networks. In Proceedings of the NSF International Workshop on Large Scale Random Graph Methods for Modeling Mesoscopic Behavior in Biological and Physical Systems (LSRG’06), 25-35. Budapest, Hungary.
  • Harter, D. (2006). Complex systems approaches to emergent goal formation in cognitive agents. In Proceedings of the 2006 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN’06), 1682-1688. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2006). Nonconvergent dynamics and cognitive systems. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2006), 1446-1452. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Lu, S. & Harter, D. (2006). The role of overlap and end state in perceiving and remembering events. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2006), 1729-1835. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2005

  • Harter, D. (2005). Evolving neurodynamic controllers for autonomous robots. In Proceedings of the 2005 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN’05), 137-142. Montreal, Canada.
  • Harter, D. (2005). Discrete approximation of continuous k-set population model. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2005), 80-81. Madison, WI.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2005). Iterative model of mesoscopic neural populations displaying aperiodic dynamics. In Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (NOLTA’05), 231-235. Bruges, Belgium.
  • Lu, S. & Harter, D. (2005). Representing events using fuzzy temporal boundaries. In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2005), 1343-1348. Stresa, Italy.
  • Lu, S. & Harter, D. (2005). A recurrent neural network model of event temporal representations. In Proceedings of the 51st Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, 105-111. Memphis, TN.

2004

  • Harter, D. (2004). Biological limbic systems: A bottom-up model for deliberative action. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2004), 1569. Chicago, IL.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2004). Aperiodic dynamics for appetitive/aversive behavior in autonomous agents. In Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2147-2152. New Orleans, LA.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2004). Aperiodic dynamics and the self-organization of cognitive maps in autonomous agents. In Proceedings of 17th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS), 424-429. Miami Beach, FL.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2004). Navigation and cognitive map formation using aperiodic neurodynamics. In From Animals to Animats 8: The Eighth International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB’04}, 450-455. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2004). Complex systems approaches to the ontogenetic development of behavior. In 1st Intelligent Systems Technical Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 5-8. Chicago, IL.

2002

  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2002). Simulating the principles of chaotic neurodynamics. In Proceedings of the 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2002), 598-603. Orlando, FL.
  • Kozma, R., Harter, D. & Achunala, S. (2002). Action selection under constraints: Dynamic optimization of behavior in machines and humans. In Proceedings of the IEEE/INNS/ENNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN’02), 2574-2579. Washington, DC.

2001

  • Harter, D. (2001). Ontogenetic development of skills, strategies and goals for autonomously behaving systems. In Proceedings of the 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2001), 178-181. Orlando, FL.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2001). Models of ontogenetic development for autonomous adaptive systems. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 405-410. Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2001). Task environments for the dynamic development of behavior. In Proceedings of the Intelligent Systems Design and Applications 2001 Workshop (ISDA 2001), 300-309. San Francisco, CA.
  • Harter, D. & Kozma, R. (2001). Ontogenetic development of behavior for simple tasks. In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Conference (ASC 2001), 401-407. Cancun, Mexico.
  • Harter, D., Kozma, R. & Franklin, S. P. (2001). Models of ontogenetic development: The dynamics of learning. In Proceedings of the 2001 Learning Workshop, 37. Snowbird, UT.
  • Harter, D., Kozma, R. & Franklin, S. P. (2001). Ontogenetic development of skills, strategies and goals for autonomously behaving systems. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS 2001), 18. Boston, MA.
  • Kozma, R., Harter, D. & Franklin, S. P. (2001). Self-organizing ontogenetic development for autonomous adaptive systems (SODAS). In Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2001), 633-637. Washington, DC.

2000

  • Graesser, A. C., Person, N., Harter, D. & The Tutoring Research Group, (2000). Teaching tactics in AutoTutor. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Tutorial Dialogue at the Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2000 Conference, 49-57. University of Quebec, Canada.
  • Marineau, J., Wiemer-Hastings, P., Harter, D., Olde, B., Chipman, P., Karnavat, A., Pomeroy, V., Graesser, A. C. & The Tutoring Research Group, (2000). Classification of speech acts in tutorial dialog. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Tutorial Dialogue at the Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2000 Conference, 57-63. University of Quebec, Canada.

1998

  • Wiemer-Hastings, P., Graesser, A. C., Harter, D. & The Tutoring Research Group, (1998). The foundations and architecture of AutoTutor. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 334-343. San Antonio, TX.

Dissertation

2004

  • Harter, D. (May, 2004). Towards a model of basic intentional systems: Nonlinear dynamics for perception, memory and action in autonomous adaptive agents. Ph.D. University of Memphis, UMI Comprehensive Dissertation Indexing (CDI) and Publishing.