Mike Kalish

Vita

Updated Dec 1 2008

                                               

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, 2005 – present.  Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, 2002 – 2005.  Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Senior Lecturer of Psychology, 2002.  Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth.

Lecturer of Psychology, 1995 – 2002. (Tenured, 2000) Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Perth.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mathematical Psychology, 1993 – 1995. Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Degrees

Ph.D.   Cognitive Science, University of California at San Diego, 1993.

M.S.     Cognitive Science, University of California at San Diego, 1991.

B.Sc.    Cognitive and Linguistic Science, with Honors, Brown University, 1983.

Research

Refereed Publications:

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Trigg, J. & Kalish, M. (2009). Explaining how the mind works: on the relation between cognitive science and philosophy. Paper submitted for publication.

Lewandowsky, S., Griffiths, T. & Kalish, M. (2009). The wisdom of individuals: Exploring people's knowledge about everyday events using iterated learning. Cognitive Science, 33, 969-998.

Griffiths, T., Lucas, C., Williams, J. & Kalish, M. (2009). Modeling human function learning with Gaussian processes. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 21.

Griffiths, T., Kalish, M. & Lewandowsky, S. (2008). Theoretical and empirical evidence for the impact of inductive biases on cultural evolution.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B. 363, 3503–3514.

Griffiths, T.L., Christian, B.R., & Kalish, M.L. (2008). Using category structures to test iterated learning as a method for revealing inductive biases. Cognitive Science, 32, 68-107.

Kalish, M., Griffiths, T. & Lewandowsky, S. (2007). Iterated learning: Intergenerational knowledge transmission reveals inductive biases.  Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14, 288-294.

Griffiths, T. & Kalish, M. (2007). Language evolution by iterated learning with Bayesian agents.  Cognitive Science, 31, 441-480.

Griffiths, T., Christian, B. & Kalish, M. (2006).  Revealing priors on category structures through iterated learning.  Proceedings of the 28th annual cognitive science society.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S. & Davies, M. (2005).  Error-driven knowledge restructuring in category learning.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 31, 846-861.

Griffiths, T., & Kalish, M. (2005).  A Bayesian view of language evolution by iterated learning.  In B. G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual conference of the cognitive science society (p. 827-832). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S., & Kruschke, J. (2004).  Population of Linear Experts: Knowledge Partitioning and Function Learning.  Psychological Review, 111, 1072-1099.

Griffiths, T. L. & Kalish, M. (2002). A multidimensional scaling approach to mental multiplication. Memory and Cognition, 30, 97-106.

Lewandowsky, S. L, Kalish, M. & Ngang, S. K. (2002). Simplified learning in complex situations: Knowledge partitioning in function learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 163-193.

Kalish, M. (2001). An inverse base rate effect with continuously valued stimuli. Memory and Cognition, 29, 587-597.

Kalish, M. & Kruschke, J. (2000). The role of attention shifts in categorization of continuous dimensioned stimuli. Psychological Research, 64, 105-116.

Lewandowsky, S. L, Kalish, M. & Griffiths, T. L. (2000). Categorization using context: Expedient errors and resistance to knowledge restructuring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 26, 1666-1684.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S. & Dennis, S. (1999). Remote delivery of cognitive science laboratories: A solution for small disciplines in large countries. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 31, 270-274.

Wynne, C.D. & Kalish, M. (1999). Effects of occasional short interfood intervals on temporal control in pigeons. Behavioral Processes, 45, 207-218.

Goertzel, B. & Kalish, M. (1998). Similarity as compression. The Noetic Journal, 1, 174-182.

Henmi, T., & Kalish, M. (1998). Dynamics of iterated perception. Complexity International, 6. Available on line at http://life.csu.edu.au/complex/ci/vol6/henmi/.

Goertzel, B. & Kalish, M. (1998). Mindspace curvature: The non-Euclidian geometry of perception and illusion. The Noetic Journal, 1, 207-230.

Kalish, M. & Kruschke, J. (1997). Decision boundaries in one dimensional categorization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 23, 1362-1377.

Kalish, M. (1994). Idiosyncratic errors in visually directed reaching. Journal of Motor Behavior, 26, 296-300.

Kalish, M. (1994). Adaptive learning of Gaussian categories leads to decision bounds and response surfaces incompatible with optimal decision making. Proceedings of 16^th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 479-484.

Kalish, M. (1993). Affordance learning as a problem of information integration. In S. Valenti & J. Pittenger (Eds.) Studies in Perception and Action II, (pp. 130-134). Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.

Kalish, M. (1991). Human performance in visually directed reaching results in systematic, idiosyncratic error. Proceedings of 13^th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 770-774.

Warren, W., Blackwell, A., Kurtz, K., Hatsopoulos, N. & Kalish, M. (1991). On the sufficiency of the velocity field for perception of heading. Biological Cybernetics, 65, 770-774.

Warren, W., Morris, M. & Kalish, M. (1988). Perception of translational heading from optical flow. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 14, 646-660.

Other Publications:

Smith, K., Kalish, M., Griffiths, T. & Lewandowsky, S. (2008). Introduction. Cultural transmission and the evolution of human behaviour.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 363, 3469–3476.

Lewandowsky, S. Little D. R., & Kalish, M. (2007).  Knowledge and expertise.  In F. T. Durso, R. Nickerson, S. Dumais, S. Lewandowsky & T. Perfect (Eds.).  Handbook of applied cognition (2nd Ed.).  Chichester: Wiley.  In Press.

Kalish, M. & Barousse, C. (2006).  Review of Michael R.W. Dawson, Connectionism: A Hands-On Approach.  Trends in Cognitive Science, 10, 6-8.

Doyle, M. & Kalish, M. (2004).  Stigmergy: Indirect communication in multiple mobile autonomous agents.  In M. Pechoucek & A. Tate (Eds.) Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operation (151-158). Prague: Czech Technical University.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S. and Dennis, S. (1999). The remote delivery of cognitive science. In K. Martin, N. Stanley & N. Davison (Eds.), Teaching in the Disciplines / Learning in Context: Proceedings of the 8^th Annual Teaching Learning Forum (178-183). Perth: UWA.  

Rhodes, G. & Kalish, M. (1999). Cognitive penetration: Would we know it if we saw it? Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 22, 390-391.

Roberts, B., Kalish, M., Hird, K., & Kirsner, K. (1999). Decontextualized data in, decontextualized theory out. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 22, 54-55.

Hird, K., Hennessey, N. W., & Kalish, M. (1997). Speech access to computer technology for people with physical disabilities. National Disability Research Agenda Report No. 1.

Kalish, M. & Nygaard, L. (1994). Modeling the effect of learning voices on the perception of speech. Research on Spoken Language Processing, Progress Report No. 19, Speech Research Laboratory, Indiana University.

Kalish, M. (1992). Limitations on what reaching can tell us about sensorimotor transformations. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 15, 344.

Presentations:

Kalish, M. & Griffiths, T. (2006).  Iterated learning reveals inductive biases in categorization and function learning.  Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society,  Houston.

Kalish, M. (2006).  Iterated learning reveals inductive priors.  Paper presented at the 2006 Conference of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Vancouver.

Kalish, M. (2006).  Iterated categorization reveals inductive priors.  Paper presented at the 1st Memory and Concept Formation Workshop,  Margaret River, West Australia.

Kalish, M. (2005).  Iterated learning so far.  Paper presented at the 5th Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference, Briancon, France.

Kalish, M. (2004).  Iterated function learning.  Paper presented at the 4th Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference, Cavalese, Italy.

Kalish, M. (2002).  Error driven knowledge restructuring in category learning.  Paper presented at the 43^rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Kansas City.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S. & Kruschke, J. K. (2001).  POLE: A model of function learning.  Paper presented at the 42^nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Orlando.

Dunn, J. & Kalish, M. (2000). Comparing models of categorization using signed difference analysis. Paper presented at the 33^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Kingston, Ontario.

Lewandowsky, S., Kalish, M. & Griffiths, T. (2000). ANKR: An associative network model of knowledge restructuring. Paper presented at the 33^rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Kingston, Ontario.

Kalish, M., & Lewandowsky, S. (2000). Attention in learning and the learning of attention. Paper presented at the 20^th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, Jackson, Wyoming.

Kalish, M. & Lewandowsky, S. (1999). Strong and weak knowledge partitioning. Paper presented at the Ninth Australian Mathematical Psychology Society Conference, Brisbane.

Lewandowsky, S., Kalish, M. & Phang, J. (1998). Missing the forest after planting all the trees: expertise-assisted error. Paper presented at the 39^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Dallas.

Kalish, M., Lewandowsky, S., & Dennis, S. (1998). The flexible delivery of cognitive science: Overcoming the tyranny of distance. Paper presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Society for Computers in Psychology, Dallas.

Kalish, M. (1997). Shifting attention within continuous dimensions. Paper presented at the Eighth Australian Mathematical Psychology Society Conference, Perth.

Kalish, M. & Lewandowsky, S. (1997). Teaching cognitive science at UWA. Paper presented at the Fourth Australian Cognitive Science Society Conference, Newcastle.

Rhodes, G. and Kalish, M. (1997). An ecological approach to face perception: What would it look like? Paper presented to a forum on “Direct vs. representational approaches to perception and cognition”, Department of psychology and applied cognitive studies group, University of Wollongong, 20 June 1997.

Kalish, M. (1996). Categorization in one dimension. Paper presented at the Experimental Psychology Conference, Perth. Abstract available in Australian Journal of Psychology, 48 (supplement), 41.

Kalish, M. (1995). A Cascaded Dynamical Systems Model of Biases in Blind Reaching. Paper presented to the Australian Mathematical Psychology Society, Melbourne.

Nygaard, L. & Kalish, M. (1994). Modeling the effect of learning voices on the perception of speech. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Abstract available in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95, 2873.

Kalish, M. & Fikes, T. (1994). The dynamics of learning and performance in blind reaching. Paper presented at the 35^th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society, St. Louis.

Kalish, M. & Elman, J. (1993). Human category learning is non-optimal, but still adaptive. Paper presented at the 4^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Chicago.

Kalish, M. & Harris, C. (1991). An empirical study of the ability of back propagation to approximate posterior probabilities. Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, (2454-2457).

Kalish, M. & Warren, W. (1988). The effects of probabilistic environments on a perceptual mechanism. Paper presented at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Boston. Abstract available in Neural Networks, 1, (Suppl. 1), 505.

Grants and Fellowships:

National Science Foundation, 2007-2010.  Principle Investigators: M. Kalish, T. Griffiths.  Direct Costs: $250,000.  Title: Iterated learning with Bayesian agents.

Louisiana Board of Regents Special Fund, 2004-2006.  Principle Investigator: M. Kalish. Direct costs: $98,910.  Title: Knowledge restructuring during concept learning.

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2002-2005.  Chief Investigators: S. Lewandowsky & M. Kalish.  $150,000.  Title:  Models of knowledge restructuring.

UWA Research Grant, 2001. Chief Investigators: S. Lewandowsky & M. Kalish. $12,489. Title: Facilitation of knowledge restructuring: training better experts, faster.

ARC International Research Exchange Grant, 2000. Chief Investigators: M. Kalish, S. Lewandowsky.  Partner Investigator: J. Kruschke. Associate Investigator: R. Kliegl. $14,400. Title: Knowledge partitioning: models of the limits of expertise.

Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing, Merit Allocation Scheme, 2000. Chief Investigators: M. Kalish & G. Zemunik. Title: A neural model of insect olfaction.

ARC Large Grant, 1999–2001. Chief Investigators: M. Kalish, S. Lewandowsky. Partner Investigator: J. Kruschke. Associate Investigator: R. Kliegl. $124,000. Title: Knowledge partitioning: models of the limits of expertise.

ARC Small Grant, 1999. Chief Investigator: M. Kalish. $19,000. Title: Initial testing of an inclusive model of concept acquisition.

ARC Small Grant, 1997. Chief Investigator: M. Kalish. $10,915. Title: Reaching without visual feedback.

Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Office of Disabilities Grant, June 1996–Dec 1997. $62,164. Project Team: K. Hird, N. Hennessey, M. Kalish. Title: Speech access to computer technology for people with physical disabilities.

Department of Psychology, UWA Research Initiative Grant, 1996. $6,000. Investigator: M. Kalish. Title: Infrastructure for Motor Control Research.

NIH Training Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993–1995

National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, 1989–1992

Brown University Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 1987