Steve Battle's Outputs (31)

Simulated autopoiesis in liquid automata (2024)
Journal Article

We present a novel form of Liquid Automata, using this to simulate autopoiesis, whereby living machines self-organise in the physical realm. This simulation is based on an earlier Cellular Automaton described by Francisco Varela. The basis of Liquid... Read More about Simulated autopoiesis in liquid automata.

Artificial life as controlled disequilibrium (2023)
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Artificial Life can be modeled using simulated au-topoiesis. Liquid Automata are used to define simulated chemical reaction systems; particle systems with rules governing how particles are transformed on collision with each other. Unlike cellular aut... Read More about Artificial life as controlled disequilibrium.

Problem classification for tailored help desk auto replies (2022)
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IT helpdesks are charged with the task of responding quickly to user queries. To give the user confidence that their query matters, the helpdesk will auto-reply to the user with confirmation that their query has been received and logged. This auto-re... Read More about Problem classification for tailored help desk auto replies.

Task-oriented dialogue systems: Performance vs. quality-optima, a review (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Task-oriented dialogue systems (TODS) are continuing to rise in popularity as various industries find ways to effectively harness their capabilities, saving both time and money. However, even state-of-the-art TODS are not yet reaching their full pote... Read More about Task-oriented dialogue systems: Performance vs. quality-optima, a review.

Inter-annotator agreement using the Conversation Analysis Modelling Schema, for dialogue (2022)
Journal Article

We present the Conversation Analysis Modeling Schema (CAMS), a novel dialogue labeling schema that combines the Conversation Analysis concept of Adjacency Pairs, with Dialogue Acts. The aim is to capture both the semantic and syntactic structure of d... Read More about Inter-annotator agreement using the Conversation Analysis Modelling Schema, for dialogue.

Sentence encoding for dialogue act classification (2021)
Journal Article

In this study, we investigate the process of generating single-sentence representations for the purpose of Dialogue Act (DA) classification, including several aspects of text pre-processing and input representation which are often overlooked or under... Read More about Sentence encoding for dialogue act classification.

The natural connectivity of autonomous systems (2020)
Journal Article

The principle of biological autonomy, introduced by Francisco J. Varela, addresses the dilemma of Cartesian mind-body dualism by re-casting mind and body, or subject and object, observer and observed, not as irreconcilable categories, but as compleme... Read More about The natural connectivity of autonomous systems.

Investigating the feasibility of using wearable technologies and machine learning techniques to recognise distress and agitation in people living with dementia (2020)
Journal Article

The natural connectivity of autonomous systems (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The concept of enaction, or embodied cognition, de- scribed by Varela et al., aims to resolve the the dilemma of Cartesian mind-body dualism by re-casting these categories as complementary explanations of the same phenomena. This paper explores Varel... Read More about The natural connectivity of autonomous systems.

A smart contract model for agent societies (2018)
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This paper presents a solution to the exchange of services within an agent society. We explore an open delivery chain scenario in which autonomous drones offer and subcontract delivery services to each other. Such agents are able to self-organize acc... Read More about A smart contract model for agent societies.

Conversation analysis structured dialogue for multi-domain dialogue management (2018)
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Dialogue state tracking is a vital component of task-oriented dialogue systems. Often, dialogue states are constrained by their target domains entity's, slots and values. Adding new domains and knowledge may require laborious hand-crafting or retrain... Read More about Conversation analysis structured dialogue for multi-domain dialogue management.

Probabilistic word association for dialogue act classification with recurrent neural networks (2018)
Book Chapter

The identification of Dialogue Acts (DA) is an important aspect in determining the meaning of an utterance for many applications that require natural language understanding, and recent work using recurrent neural networks (RNN) has shown promising re... Read More about Probabilistic word association for dialogue act classification with recurrent neural networks.

Principles of robot autonomy (2018)
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This paper is an exploration of the theory of autonomy as set out by Francisco J. Varela in his groundbreaking book, “Principles of Biological Autonomy.” Varela argues that autonomy is an expression of a pervasive circularity, or indeed complete orga... Read More about Principles of robot autonomy.

Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents (2018)
Book

Second International Symposium, ALIA 2016, Birmingham, UK, June 14-15, 2016

Governing narrative events with tropes as institutional norms (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. A narrative world can be viewed as a form of society in which characters follow a set of social norms whose collective function is to guide the characters through (the creation of)... Read More about Governing narrative events with tropes as institutional norms.

A modal logic analysis of a line-following robot (2018)
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018. The behaviour of a reactive, line-following robot is analysed using modal logic. This provides an approach that is complementary to numerical simulation, allowing us to explore the... Read More about A modal logic analysis of a line-following robot.

LoRaWAN Bristol (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Bristol LoRaWAN Network is a low power radio network for the Internet of Things, based on LoRaWAN and utilising The Things Network. LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification intended for wireless battery operated Things in re... Read More about LoRaWAN Bristol.

Understanding learning strategy as conversation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The goal of this research is to understand the learning strategies employed by students using so called Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), with the aim of supporting efforts to improve the effectiveness of this type of educational technology. An exp... Read More about Understanding learning strategy as conversation.

A mobile homeostat with three degrees of freedom (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the foundational cybernetics text, Design for a Brain, W. Ross Ashby introduces an adaptive system called the homeostat, and speculates about the possibility of creating a mobile homeostat “with its critical states set so that it seeks situations... Read More about A mobile homeostat with three degrees of freedom.

Droid geometry (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An introduction to the geometry and inverse kinematics of robot arms. Suitable for beginners (as are most things worth learning), covering basic Python and trigonometry.

Governing narrative events with institutional norms (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A narrative world can be viewed as a form of society in which characters follow a set of social norms whose collective function is to guide the characters through (the creation of) a story arc and reach some conclusion. By modelling the rules of a na... Read More about Governing narrative events with institutional norms.

An interactive, generative Punch and Judy show using institutions, ASP and emotional agents (2015)
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A narrative world can be viewed as a form of society in which characters follow a set of social norms whose collective function is to guide the characters through (the creation of) a story arc and reach some conclusion. By modelling the rules of a na... Read More about An interactive, generative Punch and Judy show using institutions, ASP and emotional agents.

Telling non-linear stories with interval temporal logic (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Authoring a consistent interactive narrative is difficult without exhaustively specifying all possible deviations from the main path of a story. When automatically generating new story paths, it i... Read More about Telling non-linear stories with interval temporal logic.

Squishy logic (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Based on the idea of ‘Squishy Circuits’ from the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), we’re using conductive play dough to create simple logic circuits – AND, OR, and NOT gates – from which computers are built.

Ashby’s mobile homeostat (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In Design for a Brain, W. Ross Ashby speculates about the possibility of creating a mobile homeostat " with its critical states set so that it seeks situations of high illumination. " This paper explores an embedding of Ashby's homeostat within a sim... Read More about Ashby’s mobile homeostat.

Turtle geometry the Python way (2014)
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An introduction to coding using Python’s on-screen ‘turtle’ that can be commanded with a few simple instructions including forward, backward, left and right. The turtle leaves a trace that can be used to draw geometric figures. This workshop is aimed... Read More about Turtle geometry the Python way.

Beginners' brushbots (2014)
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Upcycling trash into toys. Suitable for absolute beginners and aspiring makers. Parents should accompany young children. This is a practical hands-on workshop. Where we will be building simple brush-bots from recycled toothbrushes. We will add a smal... Read More about Beginners' brushbots.

ArtFinder: A faceted browser for cross-cultural art discovery (2014)
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Exploring art from a different culture without prior knowledge of the domain is difficult. Though traditionally experts are required to guide people through the unknown knowledge base, the use of linked data can help consumers to explore for themselv... Read More about ArtFinder: A faceted browser for cross-cultural art discovery.

Autaptic circuits for neural vehicles (2014)
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This paper develops models for single recurrent neural circuits, known as autapses, where the axon of a neuron forms synapses onto its own dendrites. Once thought to be curiosities or artefacts of growing cells in vitro, autapses play a key role in t... Read More about Autaptic circuits for neural vehicles.

The animated android: Graphical animation in processing 2 (2014)
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Processing is an approach to programming through interactive graphics. In this workshop we will create a simple animated toy robot by applying transformations to the graphical coordinate system. By mixing and matching graphical parts, participants wi... Read More about The animated android: Graphical animation in processing 2.

Blitz resurrection: Re-creating a classic 80’s video game in Processing 2.0 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Blitz video game was released in 1981 by Commodore for the VIC-20 and later the Commodore-64 personal computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_(video_game). We will re-create this classic game in the Processing 2.0 language as a way of teachi... Read More about Blitz resurrection: Re-creating a classic 80’s video game in Processing 2.0.