FrontierMap

Repository for the FrontierMap project

This repo is for a wide ranging collection of educational materials in order to create a wide range of primers for those interested in working on the advanced topics such as cognitive science, embodied cognition, and learning. The scope is inherently multidisciplinary, and the primary facet of the project will take some time to complete. As much as "map" of sorts aims to be a final deliverable, there will be shorter term items such as literature reviews, coding projects, and other products that will compromise the individual bricks to be stacked along the way, creating the foundation and structure of overall endeavor.

This project is a slow-burn and will likely not be completed in a direct fashion. It is more a collection of puzzle pieces to be slowly put together in a grand narrative fashion, rather than creating a specific series of developments. Other Repos and projects will be more discrete chunks or efforts or products, along the way.

Collaboration

While this is a self-generated, I appreciate the guidenace of Dr Bradley Alicea of Orthogonal Lab. Therein, I am currenty a Post-Bac researcher in a variety of working groups, such as the Modeling Neural Development with Braitenberg Vehicles GSoC team, and DevoWorm under the banner of OpenWorm. Many of my projects within these working groups has led me to a broader ranging effort in organizing and mapping out the space in which these projects would be operating.

I appreciate collaborative and constructive input!

Method

Using GitHub and Jupyter Notebooks to store and create educational materials
In the future, there may also be advances visualizations, interactive timelines, videos, and articles/blogposts created.

Project Log Updates

Here is a selection of milstones in tracking the course of the FrontierMap project. For more information, see my website or the Project Section of this Repo.

2020.08.01 Establishment of Cognition Study Group
2020.07.xx Neuromatch Academy & related preparations. Insights gained into online education and crafting educational materials
2020.06.15 Updates underway for Ideas: incorporation of Phillosophy & Timeline
2020.03-05 Project on Haitus during COVID-19 Pandemic and other issues
2020.03.10 Addition of broad folder categories: techniques, discoveries, ideas
2020.03.05 Acceptance of related talk at CSV,conf,v5 conference in Washington DC
2020.02.06 Adding Mathematics Branch, and work on Embodied Cognition (part of Orthogonal Lab works)
2019.12.30 Major Updates for #AIDebate (Marcus - Bengio)
2019.10.25 Project Inception

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