Scholar
Polyphony Bruna
Google Scholar ID: fKn2HsgAAAAJ
PhD Student, University of California Merced
Citations & Impact
Citations
20
H-index
2
i10-index
1
Publications
9
Co-authors
0
Publications
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Academic Achievements
- Awarded a Humane Studies Fellowship from the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University for research on alignment in humans and machines.
Research Experience
- Participated in the Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science at the Santa Fe Institute, attended the Complexity Science Hub's annual winter school, and became a graduate fellow in the Mathematics of Intelligences program at UCLA.
Education
- Graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Psi Chi honors, cum laude generali et cum laude in materia subiecta. Currently pursuing a PhD in Cognitive and Information Sciences at UC Merced.
Background
- PhD student in Cognitive and Information Sciences, using information theory, complex and dynamical systems, and neural networks to develop computational models of coordination and alignment in collective intelligences. Aims to transform the ways we think about language, thought, and meaning.
Miscellany
- Interested in the philosophy of modeling, issues in metaphilosophy and philosophy of science concerning rationality, dialectics, and the hermeneutic circle. Influenced by W. V. O. Quine and Donald Davidson, focusing on the philosophy of translation and the notion of incommensurability. Admires The Cornaro Window at Vassar’s Thompson Memorial Library.
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