International Business Machines Corporation

Ernest Grady Booch

Joanna W Ng

Anni Rosa Coden

David W Levine

Michael A Tanenblatt

Raphael P Chancey

Provided are techniques for unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant. A personal cognitive agent creates an association with an entity and a personalized embodied cognition manager that includes an entity agent registry, wherein the personal cognitive agent comprises a virtual personal cognitive assistant. Selection of a first cognitive assistant agent from a first domain and a second cognitive assistant agent from a second domain are received. Input from the entity is received. A goal based on the input is identified. Unified cognition is provided by coordinating the first cognitive assistant agent of the first domain and the second cognitive assistant agent of the second domain to generate one or more actions to meet the goal. A response is provided to the input with an indication of the goal.

Unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant of an entity when consuming multiple, distinct domains at different points in time

Provided are techniques for unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are coupled to a cognitive model, wherein the cognitive model includes a cognitive classifier, and wherein the cognitive classifier includes a cognitive dimension map and a recognition process. Input from one or more of the IoT devices is received. The cognitive dimension map is used to identify rules based on the input. The recognition process is used to identify events based on the rules. Then, the events are issued to one or more of the IoT devices, wherein the one or more IoT devices execute actions in response to the events.

Multi-dimensional cognition for unified cognition in cognitive assistance

Provided are techniques for unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant. A personal cognitive agent creates an association with an entity and a personalized embodied cognition manager that includes an object instance registry, wherein the object instance registry stores embodied cognition object instances. A cognitive assistant agent for a domain that is associated with the embodied cognition object instances stored in the object instance registry is provided. Input is received from the entity for a first object instance and for a second object instance of the embodied cognition object instances. Interaction is coordinated between the cognitive assistant agent, the first object instance, and the second object instance by: identifying a goal based on the input and providing the first object instance and the second object instance with instructions to meet the goal based on the input. A response is provided to the input with an indication of the goal.

Unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant when cognition is embodied across multiple embodied cognition object instances

One embodiment provides an apparatus, including: a sensor subsystem comprising i) a plurality of sensors that collect information about the apparatus' immediate environment and ii) at least one agent that fuses and interprets the collected information; a model subsystem comprising i) a plurality of models, including a model for each of the apparatus' immediate environment, sentient beings, and the apparatus itself, the models receiving the collected information and storing other information and ii) at least one agent that uses the collected information and the stored other information to deduce information about the apparatus' immediate environment; an actuator subsystem comprising a plurality of actuators that interact with the apparatus' immediate environment based upon the collected information and the information deduced by the model subsystem; and an agency subsystem comprising a plurality of agents that carry out plans according to goals identifying at least one desired outcome in relation to the apparatus' immediate environment.

Embodied cognition platform for use in and control of a device

A hybrid simulation system to model cascading events within a black box system may include a tessellated field operable to allow a plurality of black box components to execute on a processor and communicate without needing a direct connection between the black box components. The black box components have transfer functions defined over a common coordinate system and time.

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Ernest Grady Booch