Fodor and Pylyshyn on connectionism

Fodor and Pylyshyn (1988) have argued that the cognitive architecture is not Connectionist. Their argument takes the following form: (1) the cognitive architecture is Classical; (2) Classicalism and Connectionism are incompatible; (3) therefore the cognitive architecture is not Connectionist. In this essay I argue that Fodor and Pylyshyn's defenses of (1) and (2) are inadequate. Their argument for (1), based on their claim that Classicalism best explains the systematicity of cognitive capacities, is an invalid instance of inference to the best explanation. And their argument for (2) turns out to be question-begging. The upshot is that, while Fodor and Pylyshyn have presented Connectionists with the important empirical challenge of explaining systematicity, they have failed to provide sufficient reason for inferring that the cognitive architecture is Classical and not Connectionist.     

Computers and translation: integrating IT into undergraduate foreign language learning

Abstract There are still many institutions of higher education in the UK, both universities and polytechnics, that have not taken on board the application of information technology to foreign language learning. Apart from considerations of cost, there is also the problem of time—deciding how best to use the limited time at one's disposal for exploring computer applications to foreign language learning. Both problems may be compounded by the mistaken belief that effective use of this 'new' technology necessarily involves learning one or more programming languages. This paper endeavours to show that recent advances in both software and hardware have produced computing tools of particular interest to translation and the translator, and that, since translation is a reality for large numbers of undergraduates in the UK, such tools represent an obvious starting point for the introduction of IT into the undergraduate curriculum.     

一种基于树形结构显示关联数据的设计

论述了在程序设计过程中 ,使用树形控件、SQL 语句、临时表等多种手段 ,达到多个关联数据库的数据由一个可视化树形结构控件显示的方法和技巧     

基于电报编码的"电子喉"系统

本文介绍一种能够解决有语言障碍的人汉语发音问题的计算机软件系统，此系统采用电报和五笔画编码方案作为汉字输入方法，自建了一套汉字录入和检索体系，并利用Microsoft公司的Speech SDK4.0和Concatenated Text-to-Speech Engine建立了专用的语音库，本系统使得有语言障碍的人可以与其他正常人之间进行正常的交流，从而避免了使用哑语带来的不便。     

CSCL Script理论研究与系统设计

CSCL Script的研究成为当前CSCL领域中新的研究热点。为了更好的支持协同学习过程的设计,文章在综述和研究CSCL Script相关理论的基础上，重点设计了模型基本框架、主要功能和各模块之间关系,最后采用“面向行为流”方法基于树型结构设计实现该系统。     

Perceptually Grounded Language Learning: Part 2—DETE: A Neural/Procedural Model

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we introduced Katamic memory—a neural network architecture capable of robust sequence learning and recognition. In Part 2, we introduce the Blobs World taskjdomain for language learning and describe the DETE language learning system, which is composed of over 50 Katamic memory modules. DETE currently learns small subsets of English and Spanish via association with perceptual! motor inputs. In addition to Kaiamic memory, DETE employs several other novel features: (1) use of feature planes, to encode visual shapes, spatial relationships and the motions of objects, (2) phase-locking of neural firing, in order to represent focus of atention and to bind objects across multiple feature planes, and (3) a method for encoding temporal relationships, so that DETE can learn utterances involving the immediate past and future. We compare DETE to related models and discuss the implications of this approach for language-learning research.     

用C语言链表解决大整数运算的精度问题

介绍用C语言链表解决大整数运算的精度问题的方法。     

三维动画表演教学研究——浅析动画表演中角色动作与角色情感性格

随着科技的发展,数字动画及影视特技特效越来越被广泛应用,三维动画作为新兴科技、艺术、技术和表演的综合体,被广泛应用在虚拟现实中。动画师作为动画角色的创作者表演有着至关重要作用。在动画创作过程中,要使动画师能够抓住角色的性格,必须亲身体验角色表演的整个过程,抓住角色的肢体语言动作与角色的情态特征,使所创作的角色更加鲜活。