Kenneth D Forbus

Professor, Computer Science
Walter P Murphy Professor, Computer Science
Professor, School of Education and Social Policy
Computer Engineering PhD Program
Computer Science PhD Program
Electrical Engineering PhD Program
Technology and Social Behavior PhD Program

Phone847/491-7699
Emailforbus@northwestern.edu

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Research Interests

Professor Forbus research interests include qualitative reasoning, analogical reasoning and learning, spatial reasoning, sketch understanding, natural language understanding, cognitive architecture, reasoning system design, intelligent educational software, and the use of AI in interactive entertainment.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

… → 1984

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6 Active
24 Finished

Reasoning for Social Autonomous Agents
Forbus, K. D. & Hinrichs, T. R.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
7/15/20 → 7/14/25
Project: Research project
Towards Intelligent Agents that Learn by Multimodal Communication
Forbus, K. D.
Office of Naval Research
6/1/20 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
The Development of Relational Processing in Infancy
Forbus, K. D., Gentner, D. & Hespos, S. J.
National Science Foundation
8/15/17 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Learning Environments
Forbus, K. D. & Gentner, D.
WestEd, Institute of Education Sciences
8/1/17 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Towards Intelligent Agents that Learn to Reason and Communicate
Forbus, K. D.
Office of Naval Research
3/1/17 → 2/28/21
Project: Research project

5180 Citations
110 Conference contribution
60 Article
31 Chapter
19 Other report
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Anticipatory thinking in multi-agent environments: The role of theory of mind
Rabkina, I., Nakos, C. & Forbus, K. D., 2020, In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2558
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Sketch worksheets in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classrooms: Two deployments
Forbus, K. D., Garnier, B., Tikoff, B., Marko, W., Usher, M. & McLure, M., Mar 2020, In: AI Magazine. 41, 1, p. 19-32 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Expanding and Repositioning Cognitive Science
Rosenbloom, P. S. & Forbus, K. D., Oct 1 2019, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 11, 4, p. 918-927 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Human-like sketch object recognition v ia analogical learning
Chen, K., Rabkina, I., McLure, M. D. & Forbus, K. D., 2019, 33rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2019, 31st Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, IAAI 2019 and the 9th AAAI Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence, EAAI 2019. AAAI Press, p. 1336-1343 8 p. (33rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2019, 31st Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, IAAI 2019 and the 9th AAAI Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence, EAAI 2019).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Action recognition from skeleton data via analogical generalization over qualitative representations
Chen, K. & Forbus, K. D., Jan 1 2018, 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2018. AAAI Press, p. 638-645 8 p. (32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2018).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
1 Scopus citations