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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Computer Science D-index 34 Citations 16,802 169 World Ranking 7790 National Ranking 3634

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Awards & Achievements

2005 - David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition

1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Linguistics
  • Programming language

Paul Smolensky mainly focuses on Artificial intelligence, Linguistics, Connectionism, Optimality theory and Cognitive science. His Artificial intelligence research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Machine learning, Relevance and Natural language processing. His Natural language processing research incorporates themes from Mathematical economics and Syllable, Metrical phonology, Syllable weight.

He combines subjects such as Epistemology, Cognitive architecture and Symbolic computation with his study of Connectionism. His Optimality theory study improves the overall literature in Constraint. He works mostly in the field of Cognitive science, limiting it down to concerns involving Information processing and, occasionally, Set, Cognitive model and Dynamicism.

His most cited work include:

  • Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar (3299 citations)
  • On the proper treatment of connectionism (1613 citations)
  • Information processing in dynamical systems: foundations of harmony theory (1354 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Artificial intelligence, Natural language processing, Linguistics, Connectionism and Theoretical computer science. The study incorporates disciplines such as Optimality theory, Constraint and Grammar in addition to Artificial intelligence. The Optimality theory study combines topics in areas such as Algorithm and Learnability.

In his research, Branching is intimately related to Theoretical linguistics, which falls under the overarching field of Natural language processing. His work carried out in the field of Connectionism brings together such families of science as Variable, Cognitive science, DUAL, Harmonic Grammar and Symbolic computation. Paul Smolensky has included themes like Sequence, Representation, Tensor product and Formal language in his Theoretical computer science study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Artificial intelligence (43.41%)
  • Natural language processing (26.92%)
  • Linguistics (20.88%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Artificial intelligence (43.41%)
  • Theoretical computer science (21.43%)
  • Natural language processing (26.92%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Paul Smolensky spends much of his time researching Artificial intelligence, Theoretical computer science, Natural language processing, Artificial neural network and Tensor product. His Artificial intelligence study often links to related topics such as Grammar. His studies deal with areas such as Parsing, Formal language, Knowledge base, Property and Sequence as well as Theoretical computer science.

His Natural language processing research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Theoretical linguistics and Symbolic computation. The concepts of his Artificial neural network study are interwoven with issues in Speech recognition, Speech production, Structure and Principle of compositionality. His Principle of compositionality research integrates issues from Structure, Training set, Numeral system, Cognitive science and Decomposition.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • RNNs implicitly implement tensor-product representations (22 citations)
  • RNNs implicitly implement tensor-product representations (22 citations)
  • Enhancing the Transformer with explicit relational encoding for math problem solving (19 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Linguistics
  • Programming language

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Theoretical computer science, Natural language processing, Artificial intelligence, Sequence and Tensor product. His Theoretical computer science research includes themes of Relational encoding and Natural language. His work carried out in the field of Natural language processing brings together such families of science as Deep learning, Theoretical linguistics and Symbolic computation.

His biological study focuses on Transformer. His Sequence study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Tuple, Formal language, Encoder, Relation and Lisp. His research investigates the connection between Tensor product and topics such as Autoencoder that intersect with problems in Sentence and Synthetic data.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

Alan S. Prince;Paul Smolensky.
(2004)

6098 Citations

On the proper treatment of connectionism

Paul Smolensky.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1993)

3082 Citations

Information processing in dynamical systems: foundations of harmony theory

P. Smolensky.
Parallel distributed processing: explorations in the microstructure of cognition, vol. 1 (1986)

2507 Citations

Learnability in Optimality Theory

Bruce Tesar;Paul Smolensky.
(2000)

1294 Citations

Tensor product variable binding and the representation of symbolic structures in connectionist systems

P. Smolensky.
Artificial Intelligence (1990)

1216 Citations

Skeletonization: A Technique for Trimming the Fat from a Network via Relevance Assessment

Michael C. Mozer;Paul Smolensky.
neural information processing systems (1988)

842 Citations

On the comprehension/production dilemma in child language

Paul Smolensky.
Linguistic Inquiry (1996)

454 Citations

The harmonic mind: From neural computation to optimality-theoretic grammar (Cognitive architecture), Vol. 1

Paul Smolensky;Géraldine Legendre.
(2006)

452 Citations

Optimality: From Neural Networks to Universal Grammar

Alan Prince;Paul Smolensky.
Science (1997)

440 Citations

Using Relevance to Reduce Network Size Automatically

Michael C. Mozer;Paul Smolensky.
Connection Science (1989)

388 Citations

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