Tutorial on the Icarus Cognitive Architecture

This tutorial will introduce attendees to Icarus, a computational theory of the human cognitive architecture. The framework makes claims about the nature of cognition that distinguish it from more established architectures like ACT-R and Soar, and that we believe many conference participants will find intriguing. The presentation will cover the motivations behind Icarus, the theoretical assumptions it shares with other architectures and those on which it differs, and the types of cognitive phenomena it aims to cover. The tutorial will also introduce attendees to a programming formalism that embodies Icarus’ theoretical commitments, present some example cognitive models, and illustrate their use in synthetic environments.