Harold Chaput

Harold Henry Chaput received his B.A. in Computer Studies from Northwestern University in 1990. After working at a startup company and the Institute for the Learning Sciences (a research lab for designing educational software), he moved to Austin to study in the doctoral program at the University of Texas Department of Computer Sciences. He recently finished his dissertation on infant cognitive development and its applications to autonomous robotics. In 1997, he co-founded the Austin Museum of Digital Art and served as president. In addition, Harold was co-director of the UT Forum for Artificial Intelligence, and sat on the steering committee of the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He was also on the advisory board of the Griffin School, a private high school for at-risk students, where he taught Computer Programming, Art and Music History, and Web Design.

Infant Cognition Lab Research Areas:

• Infant Causal Perception
• Theoretical Reviews

Selected Publications:

• Chaput, H. H. & Cohen, L. B. (In press). A model of infant causal perception and its development.  Proceedings of the 2001 Cognitive Science Society Meeting, Edinburgh.
  
  
• Cohen, L. B. & Chaput, H. H. (In press). Connectionist models of infant perceptual and cognitive development. Developmental Science.

Selected Conference Presentations:

• Chaput, H. H. & Cohen, L. B. (2001, August). A model of infant causal perception and its development.  Poster presented at Cognitive Science Society Meeting, Edinburgh.