Georgi Petkov

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Georgi Petkov

Education

MSc in Mathematics, Sofia University
MSc in Cognitive Science, NBU
PhD in Congnitive Science, NBU

Research areas

Cognitive architecture DUAL
Situated cognition, Context and context-sensitivity of human cognition
Analogy-making
Decision-making and judgment
Constructive memory
Concepts and categorization
Integration of memory and thinking
Computational modeling of vision

Position

Assistant Professor in Statistics, NBU

Contact information

Cognitive Science Department,
New Bulgarian University,
21, Montevideo St.,
Sofia, 1618,
Bulgaria

Phone: ++ 359 2 8110 401
Fax: ++ 359 2 8110 421 gpetkov@cogs.nbu.bg

Publications

Kokinov, B., Feldman, W., Petkov, G. (2009) Analogy-making automatically produces false memories in the both situations. In K. Holyoak, D. Gentner, & B. Kokinov (Eds.): New Frontiers in Analogy Research, Sofia: NBU Press, pp. 249-258.

Petkov, G., (2009) Is it possible to manipulate the strength of the structural consistency pressure? In K. Holyoak, D. Gentner, & B. Kokinov (Eds.): New Frontiers in Analogy Research, Sofia: NBU Press, pp. 365-382.

Petkov, G., Vankov, I, (2009) Evidence for one-to-one mapping constraint in object categorization. In K. Holyoak, D. Gentner, & B. Kokinov (Eds.): New Frontiers in Analogy Research, Sofia: NBU Press, pp. 374-380.

Petkov, G.,Kokinov, B. (2009) Modeling cued recall and memory illusions as a result of structure mapping. Proceedings of the 30 Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, pp. 863-868.

Vankov, I., Petkov, G., & Kokinov. B. (2008). The interplay between schematic functional knowledge and geometry in a model of spatial relations. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Spatial Language in Context, Freiburg, Germany: Spatial Cognition Conference.

Kostadinov, S., Petkov, G., Grinberg, M. (2008) Embodied conversational agent based on the DUAL cognitive architecture. In: Cordeiro, J., Filipe, J., Hammoudi, S. (Eds.): WEBIST 2008: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 2, Funchal, Madeira, pp. 325-328.

Shahbazyan, L., Petkov, G. (2007) RecMap: Towards Modeling Recognition at Multiple Levels. In Schwering, A., Krumnack, V., Kuhnberger, K, Gust, H. (Eds): Analogies: Integrating Multiple Cognitive Abilities. Publications of the Institute of Cognitive Science, 5, pp. 77-82

Petkov, G, Shahbazyan, L. (2007) The RecMap Model of Active Recognition Based on Analogical Mapping. In Lewis, R, Polk, T, Laird, J (Eds): Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 293 – 298

Petkov, G, & Shahbazyan, L. (2007) Modeling Active Recognition as a Result of Analogical Mapping and Transfer. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.): Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, p. 1837

Hristova, P., Petkov, G., Kokinov, B. (2007) Objective vs Subjective Scales: The Challenge that the Scale Type Poses to the JUDGEMAP Model of Context Sensitive Judgment. In Kokinov, B, Richardson, D, Roth-Berghofer, Th., Vieu, L. (Eds): CONTEXT 2007, LNAI 4635, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 263 - 276

Kokinov, B., Petkov, G., Petrova, N. (2007) Context-Sensitivity of Human Memory: Episode Connectivity and its Influence on Memory Reconstruction. In Kokinov, B., Richardson, D, Roth-Berghofer, Th., Vieu, L. (Eds): CONTEXT 2007, LNAI 4635, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 317 – 329

Kiryazov, K., Petkov, G., Grinberg, M. , Kokinov, B., and Balkenius, C. (2007) The Interplay of Analogy-Making with Active Vision and Motor Control in Anticipatory Robots. In Butz, M. et al. (Eds.): Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems: From Brains to Individual and Social Behavior. LNAI 4520, Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp. 233 - 253

Petkov, G., Kiryazov, K., Grinberg, M., & Kokinov, B. (2007) Modeling Top-Down Perception and Analogical Transfer with Single Anticipatory Mechanism. In Vosniadou, S. et al (Eds.): Proceedings of EuroCogSci07: The European Cognitive Science Conference. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 395 – 400

Petkov, G. (2006a) JUDGEMAP – Integration of Analogy-Making, Judgment, and Choice. In Proceedings of the 28 Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, 2006, pp. 1950-1955.

Petkov, G. (2006b) Modeling Analogy-Making, Judgment, and Choice with Same Basic Mechanisms. In Fum, D. et al (eds.): Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Edizioni Goliardiche, pp. 220-225.

Petkov, G. (2006c) Integration of the Processes of Analogy-Making, Judgment, and Choice in a Single Model – JUDGEMAP. In Welichkowskii, B. & co (eds.): The Second Biennial Conference on Cognitive Science. (vol.2) Saint Petersburg, pp. 604-605.

Petkov, G., Naydenov, Ch., Grinberg, M., Kokinov, B. (2006). Building Robots with Analogy-Based Anticipation. C. Freksa, M. Kohlhase, and K. Schill (eds.) In Proceedings of the 29th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2006), LNAI 4314, Bremen, Germany, 2007. Springer, pp. 72-86.

Petkov, G. (2005a) Judgment as Mapping (JUDGEMAP2). In Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium at the Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context. Technical Report LIP 2005/007 of the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6, URL http://www.lip6.fr, pp. 95-104

Petkov, G. (2005b) JUDGEMAP2 – Cognitive Model for Judgment. Scientific Researches of the Union of Scientists Plovdiv .Series D: Medicine, Pharmacy, and Stomatology, vol. VI. Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, pp 404-409

Petkov, G. , Hristova, P., Kokinov, B. (2005) How Irrelevant Information Influences Judgment? In Proceedings of the Brevia and Demonstrations Presentations at the Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context. Technical Report LIP 2005/007 of the Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6,URL http://www.lip6.fr, pp. 75-78

Hristova, P., Petkov, G., Kokinov, B. (2005) Influence of Irrelevant Information on Price Judgment. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Economics. NBU Press, Sofia, pp. 95-104

Kokinov, B., Hristova, P., Petkov, G. (2004) Does Irrelevant Information Play a Role in Judgment? In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ., pp. 720-725

Mailing address:

Central and East European Center for Cognitive Science
Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology,
New Bulgarian University
21, Montevideo Str.
Sofia 1635, Bulgaria

Tel.: (+359) 2-8110-401
Fax: (+359) 2-8110-421