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'''David Kirsh''' is a researcher in the area of [[cognitive science]]. He is currently a Professor and Department Chair at [[University of California, San Diego]] (UCSD), where he heads the [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/ Interactive Cognition Lab]. He received his BA from the [[University of Toronto]] and his [[D.Phil.]] from [[Oxford University]].<ref name="Kirsh biography">{{cite web |url=http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/ |title=David Kirsh |accessdate=2007-09-24}}</ref> Prior to arriving at UCSD, he spent five years as a research scientist at the [[MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]].
His research interests include interactive design, collaborative environments, cognitive aspects of multimedia design, [[information architecture]], [[attention management]] and [[human-computer interaction]].
== References ==
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== Writings ==
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/metacognition/metacognition.pdf Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual Design]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/HCI/context_of_work.pdf The Context of Work, Human computer Interaction, 2001 Vol 16(2-4), pp. 305-322]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/implicit_explicit/implicit_explicit.pdf Implicit and Explicit Representation , Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, 2003]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/overload/cognitive_overload.pdf A Few Thoughts on Cognitive Overload, Intellectica, 2000 pp 19-51]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/Italy/published.html Distributed Cognition, Coordination and Environment Design, Proceedings of the European conference on Cognitive Science. 1999 pp 1-11.]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/adaptive/adapting_env_00.pdf Adapting the Environment instead of Oneself. Adaptive Behavior 4(3-4):415-452, 1996]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/cogsci95/cogsci95.html Complementary strategies: Why we use our hands when we think. In Johanna D. Moore and Jill Fain Lehman (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Pp. 212-217. 1995.]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/space/intelligent_useof_space.pdf The Intelligent Use of Space. Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 73, Number 1-2, pp. 31-68, (1995).]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/cogscijournal/cogsci_journal.pdf On Distinguishing Epistemic from Pragmatic Actions. (written with P. Maglio). Cognitive Science. (1995).]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/earwig/earwig-cleaned.html Today the Earwig Tomorrow Man? Artificial Intelligence. (1991).]
*[http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/articles/representation/representation.pdf When is Information Explicitly Represented? The Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science. (1990) pp. 340-365.]
== Courses ==
Recently Professor Kirsh has taught such courses as:
* Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
* [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/elearning/cogs87 Cognitive Science 87: Designing Digital Environments]
* [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/elearning/cogs187a Cognitive Science 187A: Cognitive Aspects of Multimedia Design]
* [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/elearning/cogs187b Cognitive Science 187B: Cognitive Aspects of Multimedia Design, Projects]
== External links ==
* [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/kirsh/ David Kirsh] at UCSD
* [http://adrenaline.ucsd.edu/ Interactive Cognition Lab]
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