Brendan is a PhD candidate at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton and a member of the Cognitive Modeling Lab. He is a teacher of undergraduate cognitive science.
Brendan has just returned from speaking at the 1st Meta-Reasoning Conference in Jerusalem. In November he presented at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Presently he is building a metacognitive model for the Medical University of Graz, in Austria.
Brendan received an MA in cognitive science from Carleton (2020). His thesis focused on the computational modeling of metacognition.
Research interests
• Metacognition
• Cognitive modeling
• Artificial intelligence
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VIDEO PRESENTATIONS
TEDx 2022
Meta-Reasoning and the Influence of Culture
Brendan presents at the 1st Meta-reasoning conference in Jerusalem.
AAAI 2022 Fall Symposium
Brendan presents a paper published at AAAI in Virginia, U.S.A.
Class lecture: metacognition (part 1)
Class lecture: metacognition (part 2)
Class lecture: metacognition (part 3)
ICCM 2022 presentation:
Clarifying system-1 & 2 through the common model of cognition
Video lecture archive:
Theories in Cognitive Science (CGSC 2001B):
Metacognition lecture:
CogSci 2021 conference:
The proceduralization of metacognitive skills
GRADflix – 1 min. video contest:
CogSci conference 2020:
A hierarchical model of metacognition
Carleton Colloquium :
Introduction to Cognitive Modeling & ACT-R:
Brief History of Cognitive Science:
CONTACT
brendan.conwaysmith@carleton.ca
github.com/BrendanCS
linkedin.com/in/brendan-conway-smith-458067aa/
Brendan is the winner of the 2018 TA award for excellence,
and the creator of the cognitive science logo
