Positions
Associate Professor of Physics and Cognitive Science
Director of HiLab Usability Lab, CEECCS, NBU (http://hilab.nbu.bg)
Research interests
Cognitive Modelling, Cognitive Systems, Decision Making, Experimental Economics, Usability, E-learning, Eye-tracking and Biosignals
Publications
Papers and conference talks in the field of cognitive science:
Cognitive science:
2010
Grinberg, M., Hristova E., & Lalev, E. (2010) Models for cooperative decisions in prisoner’s dilemma, Eds. Gray, J. & Nefti-Meziani, S., IET, book chapter, in press.
Hristova, E., & Grinberg, M. (2010). Multi-Modal Analysis of Decision Making in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. Proceedings of the WIRN 2010: COST 2102 Special session, invited talk, to appear in IOS.
Grinberg, M., Haltakov, V., & Stefanov, H. (2010). Spreading Activation Machanisms for Efficent Knowledge Retrieval form Large Datasets . Multi-Modal Analysis of Decision Making in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. Proceedings of the WIRN 2010: COST 2102 Special session, invited talk, to appear in IOS.
Grinberg, M. (2010). A Cognitive Approach to Web-Based Intelligent Agents: The TRIPLE Architecture, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems Journal, to appear
Hristova, E., Georgieva, S. & Grinberg, M. (2010). Top-down Influences on Eye-Movements during Painting Perception: The Effect of Task and Titles. Post-proceedings of 3rd COST 2102 International Training School on Toward Autonomous, Adaptive, and Context-Aware Multimodal Interfaces: Theoretical and Practical Issues. LNCS, Springer, in press.
Kiriazov, K. & Grinberg, M. (2010). Integrating Emotions in the TRIPLE ECA model. In: Development of Multimodal Interfaces: Active Listening and Synchrony, Esposito, A. et al. (Eds.), LNCS 5967, pp. 122-133.
Hristova, E. & Grinberg, M. (2010). Testing Two Explanations for the Disjunction Effect in Prisoner’s Dilemma Games: Complexity and Quasi-Magical Thinking. Proceedings of the 32th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.
Hristova, E. & Grinberg, M. (2010). How we look at paintings: the influence of the viewer’s task. 4rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Tomsk, Russia, extended abstract.
2009
Grinberg M. & Haltakov, V. (2009). The TRIPLE model: connectionist aspects. In: Proceeding of the 2009 conference on Neural Nets WIRN09, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, May 28-30, 2009, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 204, pp. 293–305.
Grinberg, M., Hristova, E., & Georgieva, S. (2009). Looking at paintings: The influence of titles. 15th European Conference on Eye Movements, abstract, talk.
Gerganov, A., Grinberg M., & Goldstone, R. (2009). Partial Position Transfer in Categorical Perceptual Learning. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.
Grinberg, M., Haltakov, V., Laftchiev, H., Kostadinov, S., & Kyriazov, K. (2009). The TRIPLE Cognitive Architecture: Implementation of Embodied Agents Based on a Cognitive Model. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, abstract, poster.
Grinberg, M. & Lalev, E. (2009) The Role of Anticipation on Cooperation and Coordination in Simulated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game Playing, G. Pezzulo et al. (Eds.): ABiALS 2008, LNAI 5499, pp. 209–228, Springer.
Grinberg M. & Haltakov, V. (2009). Analogy making in the TRIPLE model, In: Kokinov, B., Holyoak, K., & Gentner, D. (Eds), New Frontiers of Analogy Research, Analogy’09, NBU press.
Grinberg, M., Hristova, E., & Lalev, E. (2009). Biosignal based emotion analysis of human-agent interactions. Proceedings of COST action 2102 International conference on cross-modal analysis of speech, gestures, gaze, and facial expressions, LNSC, Springer.
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E. (2009). SARL: A Computational Reinforcement Learning Model with Selective Attention. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.
2008
Grinberg M., & Lalev, E. (2008). Anticipation in Coordination. In: The Challenge of Anticipation, eds: Pezzulo, G., Butz, M. V., Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R., LNAI 5225, pp. 219–239.
Grinberg, M. & Kostadinov, S. (2008). The Triple Model: Combining Cutting-Edge Web Technologies with a Cognitive Model in an ECA, ABC’08, Wisla, Poland, IEEE Explore database.
Hristova, E., & Grinberg, M. (2008). Investigation of the Players’s Selective Attention in the Prisonner’s Dilemma Game. 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Moscow, June 20-26, Proceedings, p. 62
Kostadinov, St., Petkov, G., & Grinberg, M. (2008). Embodied conversational agent based on the DUAL cognitive architecture, Proceedings of WEBIST 2008, International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Madeira.
Hristova, E., & Grinberg, M. (2008). Disjunction effect in prisoner's dilemma: Evidences from an eye-tracking study, Cogsci 2008, Washington, July 22-26, proceedings.
Kuzmova., G., Hristova, E., & Grinberg, M. (2008). Effects of action orientation on coping with negativity in prisoners dilemma game playing, Cogsci 2008, Washington, July 22-26, proceedings.
Vankov, I., Kiryazov, K., & Grinberg, M. (2008). Impact of emotions on an analogy-making robot. Cogsci 2008, Washington, July 22-26, proceedings.
Maurice Grinberg, M. & Lalev, E (2008) The Role of Anticipation on Cooperation and Coordination in Simulated Prisoner's Dilemma Game Playing. ABiALS 2008, Muenich, Germany, June 26, proceedings.
Chater, N., Vlaev, I., & Grinberg, M. (2008). A new consequence of Simpson’s paradox: Stable cooperation in one-shot prisoner’s dilemma from populations of individualistic learning agents. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 136 (3), (lead article).
Kostadinov, S. & Grinberg M. (2008). The Embodiment of a DUAL/AMBR Based Cognitive Model in the RASCALLI Multi-Agent Platform. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2008, http://research.nii.ac.jp/~iva2008/, to appear, LNAI.
Kokinov B., Grinberg M., Petkov G., & Kiryazov, K. (2008). Anticipation by Analogy. In: The Challenge of Anticipation, eds: Pezzulo, G., Butz, M. V., Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R., LNAI 5225, 189-217.
2007
Grinberg, M. & Hristova E. (2007). SARL: A Computational Reinforcement Learning Model with Selective Attention, 14th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), 19-23 August 2007, Potsdam, Germany.
Popova, M., Hristova, Е., & Grinberg, M. (2007). Comparison of two process tracing methods in iterated Prisoner's Dilemma game, 14th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), 19-23 August 2007, Potsdam, Germany.
Gerganov, A., Grinberg, M., Quinn, P. C., & Goldstone, R. L. (2007). Simulating Conceptually-Guided Perceptual Learning. CogSci2007 – 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, August 26-29, 2007, Nashville, Tennessee
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E. (2007). Is Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game Due to Social Interaction? EuroCogSci07: The second European Cognitive Science Conference, Delphi, Greece, May 23-27, 2007.
Petkov, G., Kiryazov, K., Grinberg, M., & Kokinov, B. (2007). Modeling Top-Down Perception and Analogical Transfer with Single Anticipatory Mechanism. EuroCogSci07: The second European Cognitive Science Conference, Delphi, Greece, May 23-27, 2007.
Kiryazov, K., Petkov, G., Grinberg, M., & Kokinov, B., & Balkenius, Ch. (2007). The Interplay of Analogy-Making with Active Vision and Motor Control in Anticipatory Robots. In: Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems: From Brains to Individual and Social Behavior, eds. M. V. Butz, O. Sigaud, G. Baldassarre, & G. Pezzulo, Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems: From Brains to Individual and Social Behavior, LNAI 4520.
Lalev, E. & Grinberg, M. (2006). Backward vs Forward-Oriented Decision-Making in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma: A Comparison between Two Connectionist Models, ABiALS 2006, Rome, September 30st, proceedings; Post workshop proceedings: eds. M. V. Butz, O. Sigaud, G. Baldassarre, & G. Pezzulo, Anticipatory Behavior in Adaptive Learning Systems: From Brains to Individual and Social Behavior, LNAI 4520, (2007).
R. Dimitrov, R., Hristova, E., Trifonova, M., & Grinberg, M., Semantic structure of emotion concepts in patients with schizophrenia, 9th ECNP Regional Meeting, 27-29 April 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006
Grinberg, M., Hristova, E., & Popova, M. (2006). Applicability of Eye-Tracking Information Acquisition Methods for Studying the Strategy Dynamics in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. CogSci 2006, The 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, July 26-29, Position paper in the workshop: What have eye movements told us so far, and what is next.
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E. (2006). Cooperation in the PD game: Effects of the available information, The second biennial conference on cognitive science, St Petersburg, 9-13 June, Proceedings, p. 66.
Grinberg, M. & Falcone, R. (2006). An Integrated Approach to the Study of Anticipation (The MindRACES project), CogSys II, 12-13 April 2006, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
Petkov, G., Naydenov, Ch., Grinberg, M., & Kokinov B. (2006). Anticipation by Analogy, CogSys II, 12-13 April 2006, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL, poster.
Petkov, G., Naydenov, Ch., Grinberg, M., & Kokinov B. (2006). Building Robots with Analogy-Based Anticipation, KI 2006, 29th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 14-19 June.
2005
Grinberg, M., Gerganov, E., Hrisotova, E., & Pavlova, R. (2005), Evolution Of Concept Maps, ESF Exploratory Workshop on UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE, 17-19 November 2005, Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy, talk.
Grinberg, M. (2005). Context Effects in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Economics. Sofia, NBU Press, p. 59.
Grinberg, M., Hristova, E., Popova, M., & Haltakov, V. (2005). Strategies in Playing Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game: An Information Acquisition Study. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Economics. Sofia, NBU Press, p. 190.
Hristova, E. & Grinberg, M. (2005). Information Acquisition in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game: An Eye-Tracking Study. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Elbraum, Hillsdale, NJ.
Hristova, E. & Grinberg, M. (2005). Investigation of Context Effects in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. In: Dey, A., Kokinov, B., Leake, D., Turner, R. (Eds.) Modeling and Using Context, LNAI 3554, Springer Verlag.
2004
Hristova, E. & Grinberg M. (2004). Context Effects On Judgment Scales in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Game. Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Cognitive Economics. ECCE1, Gif-sur-Yvette, France http://ceco.polytechnique.fr/COLLOQUES/ECCE1
2003
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E. (2003). Dynamics of Cooperation in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Games, EuroCogSci03, Osnabrueck, Germany, September 10-13, 2003, Proceedings, poster.
Grinberg, M. & Kokinov, B. (2003). Simulation of Episode Blending in the AMBR Model, EuroCogSci03, Osnabrueck, Germany, September 10-13, 2003, Proceedings.
Grinberg, M. & Kokinov, B. (2003). Analogy Based Episode Blending in the AMBR model, International Workshop on Constructive Memory, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 12-14, 2003, Proceedings.
2001
Kokinov B. & Grinberg, M. (2001). Simulating context effects in problem-solving in AMBR. In: Modeling and Using Context, 3 rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2001, Dundee, UK, July 2001, Proceedings, eds. V. Akman et al., Springer.
Applied cognitive science:
Grinberg, M. (2008). Integrating approaches from education, usability and cognitive science for efficient e-learning deployment: The experience of the WELKOM Leonardo project. XXIX Congress of Psychology, Berlin, 20-25 July, 2008, invited symposium.
Grinberg, M. (2007). Integrated Deployment Methodology for CAT Systems: Results of the WELKOM Project, 26th European congress on Psychology, 3-6 July 2007, Prague, Czech Republic.
Hristova E., Gerganov, A. & Grinberg, M. (2007). How Users Adapt to New Web Applications: Evidence From Eye-Tracking Studies, Symposium: Eye tracking as a scientific key to the future of usability research, 14th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM), 19-23 August 2007, Potsdam, Germany.
Grinberg, M. & Hristova E. (2007). The Role of Usability Resting in an Integrated Approach to CAT Deployment: Experience from the WELKOM Project, 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST), 3-6 March, 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E., Psychological Evaluation of Brands’ Impact, 13th Early Fall School In Semiotics, “Sociosemiotics”, Granted Erasmus Intensive Programme, Workshop on The Semiotic Study of Brands, EFSS’ 2007, 8-18 September 2007, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
Hristova, E. & Grinberg, M., Measuring attention to ads and brands: eye-tracking studies, 13th Early Fall School In Semiotics, “Sociosemiotics”, Granted Erasmus Intensive Programme, Workshop on The Semiotic Study of Brands, EFSS’ 2007, 8-18 September 2007, Sozopol, Bulgaria
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E., Usability and Educational Efficiency of CAT Systems: Presentation of the WELKOM project, April 26, 2007 Training Fair AUKERA, Irun, Spain.
Grinberg, M., Hristova, E., Gerganov, E., & Djalev L. (2006). Developing an Integrated Methodology for CAT System Deployment (The WELKOM Project), 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, July 16-21, Athens, Greece, symposium.
Grinberg, M. & Hristova, E. (2006). Usability Testing for Efficient Development of CAT Systems, 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, July 16-21, Athens, Greece.
Selected papers in the field of theoretical physics:
Grinberg M., Protochristov Ch., Andrejtscheff W., Lo Bianco G. & Falconi G. Collective vibrational bands built on two-quasiparticle excitations in Te isotopes. Phys. Rev. C60 (2000) 167
Grinberg M., Stoyanov Ch. & Tsoneva N. Interplay of collective and non-collective modes at low-excitation energy in spherical nuclei. J. Part. Nucl. 29 (1998) 1456
Schwengner R., Schauer W., Winter G., von Brentano P., Eberth J., Enders J., von Egidy T., Grinberg M., Herzberg R.-D., Huxel N., Käubler L., von Neumann-Cosel P., Nicolay N., Ott J., Pietralla N., Prade H., Raman S., Reif J., Richter A., Schlegel C., Schnare H., Servene T., Skoda S., Stoyanov C. & Thomas H.G. Dipole exciations in 122Te, 126Te and 130Te. Z. Phys. A (1997) 197
Ullmo D., Grinberg M. & Tomsovic S. Near-integrable systems: Resonances and semiclassical trace formulas. Phys. Rev. E54 (1996) 136
Schwengner R., Winter G., Schauer W., Grinberg M., Becker F., von Brentano P., Eberth J., Enders J., von Egidy T., Herzberg R.-D., Huxel N., Käubler L., von Neumann-Cosel P., Nicolay N., Ott J., Pietralla N., Prade H., Raman S., Reif J., Richter A., Schlegel C., Schnare H., Servene T., Skoda S., Steinhardt T., Stoyanov C., Thomas H.G., Wiedenhoever I. & Zilges A. Two-phonon J=1 states in 122Te, 126Te and 130Te. Nucl. Phys. A620 (1997) 277
Tomsovic S., Grinberg M. & Ullmo, D. Semiclassical trace formulae of near-integrable systems: Resonances. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995) 4346
Grinberg M., Piepenbring R., Silvestre-Brac B. & Protassov, K. Collective and non-collective multiphonon states in even-even spherical nuclei. Nucl. Phys. A597 (1995) 355
Georgii R., von Neumann-Cosel P., von Egidy T., Grinberg M., Khirtov V.A., Ott J., Prokofjevs P., Richter A., Schauer W., Schlegel C., Shulz R., Simonova L.J., Stoyanov Ch., Sukhovoj A.M. & Vojnov A.V. Unusual neutron-capture gamma-ray cascade in 124Te: A fingerprint of octupole-coupled multiphonon states. Phys. Lett. B351 (1995) 82
Grinberg M. & Stoyanov Ch.. Enlargment of the collective basis of the Quasiparticle-phonon model. In "Frontiers in Nuclear Physics", dedicated to the 70th anniversary of V.G. Soloviev D4-95-308, Dubna, JINR (1995) 104-119
Grinberg M. & Stoyanov Ch. Two-phonon strength distribution in N=82 isotones, Nucl. Phys. A573 (1994) 231
Projects
EUROCOG: Project for Centre of Excellence – Integration of Central and East European Centre for Cognitive Science into the European Cognitive Science Research Area, EU FP5, 2002-2005
Mind RACES: from Reactive to Anticipatory Cognitive Embodied Systems, FP6 IST call, 2004-2007
WELKOM: Working and E-Learning with Knowledge and Operational Management, Leonardo program pilot project, 2004-2007
RASCALLI: Responsive Artificial Situated Cognitive Agents Living and Learning on the Internet, FP6 IST call project, 2006-2008
NETTLE: Network of European Tertiary Level Educators, www.nettle.soton.ac.uk, 2005-2008
ESF EUROCORES programme, CNCC: Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context, 2005-2007, contact person for Bulgaria
euCognition: European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, CogSys, Cognitive systems, EU FP6, 2006-2009
COST action 2102: Cross-modal analysis verbal and non-verbal communication, management committee member, 2008-2011
LarKC: The Large Knowledge Collider, EU FP 7 Large-Scale Integrating Project LarKC, 2008-2011
Mailing address:
Central and Eastern European Center
for Cognitive Science
New Bulgarian University
21 Montevideo Blvd.
Sofia, 1618
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Phone: (+359 2) 811 0416
Fax: (+ 359 2) 811 0401
Email: mgrinberg@nbu.bg
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