Swaroop Vattam

Projects

Publications

2014

• Goel, A. K., Zhang, G., Wiltgen, B., Zhang, Y., Vattam, S., & Yen, J. (2014). The Design Study Library: Compiling, Analyzing and Using Biologically Inspired Design Case Studies. Sixth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'14), June 23-25, 2014
• Goel, A. K., Vattam, S., Wiltgen, B., & Helms, M. (2014). Information Processing Theories of Biologically Inspired Design. To appear - Biologically Inspired Design: Computational Methods and Tools, A. K. Goel, D. McAdams & R. Stone (editors), Springer. pp. 127-152.

2013

• Vattam, S., & Goel, A. (2013). Seeking bioinspiration online: a descriptive account. In DS 75-7: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13), Design for Harmonies, Vol. 7: Human Behaviour in Design, Seoul, Korea, 19-22.08. 2013. View More...
• Vattam, S. S., & Goel, A. K. (2013, July). Biological solutions for engineering problems: a study in cross-domain textual case-based reasoning. In International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (pp. 343-357). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. View More...
• Goel, A. K., Rugaber, S., Joyner, D. A., Vattam, S. S., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Jordan, R., ... & Eberbach, C. (2013). Learning functional models of aquaria: The ACT project on ecosystem learning in middle school science. In International Handbook of Metacognition and Learning Technologies (pp. 545-559). Springer, New York, NY. View More...
• Goel, A. K., Rugaber, S., Joyner, D. A., Vattam, S., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Sinha, S., Honwad, S., & Eberbach, C. (2013). Learning Functional Models of Aquaria: The ACT Project on Ecosystem Learning in Middle School Science. International Handbook of Metacognition and Learning Technologies, R. Azevedo & V. Aleven (editors). Springer International Handbooks of Education Volume 28, 2013, pp 545-559.
• Goel, A. K., Kunda, M., Joyner, D. A., & Vattam, S. (2013). Learning about Representational Modality: Design and Programming Projects for Knowledge-Based AI. Fourth AAAI Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence

2012

• Goel, A. K., Vattam, S., Wiltgen, B., & Helms, M. (2012). Cognitive, Collaborative, Conceptual and Creative - Four Characteristics of the Next Generation of Knowledge-Based CAD Systems: A Study in Biologically Inspired Design. Computer-Aided Design, Special Issue on Fundamentals of Next Generation CAD/E Systems, Yong Zeng and Imre Horvath (editors), Elsevier. Volume 44, Issue 10, pp. 879–900.

2011

• Wiltgen, B., Vattam, S., Helms, M., Goel, A. K., & Yen, J. (2011). Learning Functional Models of Biological Systems for Biologically Inspired Design. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, GA. pp. 355-357.
• Wiltgen, B., Goel, A. K., & Vattam, S. (2011). Representation, Indexing, and Retrieval of Biological Cases for Biologically Inspired Design. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Case Based Reasoning, Greenwich, London. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 6880, pp 334-347.
• Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2011). Foraging for Inspiration: Understanding and Supporting the Online Information Seeking Practices of Biologically Inspired Designers. In Proceeedings of the ASME DETC Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Washington DC,. pp. 177-186.
• Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2011). Model-based Tagging: Promoting Access to Online Texts on Complex Systems for Interdisciplinary Learning. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, GA. pp. 375-377.
• Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2011). Semantically Annotating Research Articles for Interdisciplinary Design. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Capture . Banff, Canada, June 2011. pp. 165-166.
• Helms, M., Vattam, S., Goel, A. K., & Yen, J. (2011). Enhanced Understand of Biological Systems Using Structure-Behavior-Function Models. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, GA. pp. 239-243.
• Goel, A. K., Vattam, S., Wiltgen, B., & Helms, M. (2011). An Information-Processing Account of Creative Analogies in Biologically Inspired Design. In Proceedings of the Eighth ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Atlanta, GA, pp. 71-80.
• Goel, A. K., Bras, B., Helms, M., Rugaber, S., Tovey, C., Vattam, S., Weissburg, M., Wiltgen, B., & Yen, J. (2011). Design Patterns and Cross-Domain Analogies in Biologically Inspired Sustainable Design. In Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Sustainable Design, Stanford University, Palo Alto, pp. 45-52.
• Vattam, S., Goel, A. K., Rugaber, S., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Gray, S., & Sinha, S. (2011). Understanding Complex Natural Systems by Articulating Structure-Behavior-Function Models. Educational Technology & Society , Special Issue on Creative Design, 14 (1), pp. 66-81.
• Vattam, S., Goel, A. K., & Rugaber, S. (2011). Behavior Patterns: Bridging Conceptual Models and Agent-Based Simulations in Interactive Learning Environments. In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Athens, Georgia, USA, July 2011. pp. 139-141.

2010

• Sinha, S., Gray, S., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Honwad, S., Eberbach, C., Rugaber, S., Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2010). Appropriating Conceptual Representations: A Case of Transfer in a Middle School Science Teacher. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, June 28-29, 2010.
• Honwad, S., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Eberbach, C., Gray, S., Sinha, S., Goel, A. K., Vattam, S., Rugaber, S., & Joyner, D. A. (2010). Connecting the Visible to the Invisible: Helping Middle School Students Understand Complex Ecosystem Processes. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cogntive Science Society, Portland, Oregon. pp. 133-138.
• Hmelo-Silver, C., Sinha, S., Gray, S., Jordan, R., Honwad, S., Rugaber, S., Vattam, S., Goel, A. K., Ford, W., & Schmidt, C. (2010). Appropriating Conceptual Representations: A Case of Transfer in a Middle School Science Teacher. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA. pp. 834-841.
• Goel, A. K., Vattam, S., Rugaber, S., Joyner, D. A., Hmelo-Silver, C., Jordan, R., Honwad, S., Gray, S., & Sinha, S. (2010). Learning Functional and Causal Abstractions of Classroom Aquaria. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cogntive Science Society, Portland, Oregon.
• Yen, J., Helms, M., Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2010). Evaluating Biological Systems for Their Potential in Engineering Design. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Bionic Engineering, Zhuhai, China. Advances in Natural Science
  3 (2), pp. 27-40.
• Vattam, S., Helms, M., & Goel, A. K. (2010). A Content Account of Creative Analogies in Biologically Inspired Design. AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Special Issue on Biologically Inspired Design , 24(4): pp. 467-481.
• Vattam, S., Wiltgen, B., Helms, M., Goel, A. K., & Yen, J. (2010). DANE: Fostering Creativity in and through Biologically Inspired Design. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Design Creativity, Kobe, Japan. pp. 115-122.
• Vattam, S., Helms, M., & Goel, A. K. (2010). Biologically Inspired Design: A Macrocognitive Account. In Proceedings of the ASME 2010 IDETC/CIE Conference, Volume 5: 22nd International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Montreal, Canada. pp. 129-138.
• Helms, M., Vattam, S., & Goel, A. K. (2010). The Effect of Functional Modeling on Understanding Complex Biological Systems. In Proceedings of the ASME 2010 IDETC/CIE Conference, Volume 5: 22nd International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Montreal, Canada. pp. 107-115.

2009

• Goel, A. K., Rugaber, S., & Vattam, S. (2009). Structure, behavior, and function of complex systems: The structure, behavior, and function modeling language. Ai Edam, 23(1), 23-35. View More...
• Helms, M., Vattam, S. S., & Goel, A. K. (2009). Biologically inspired design: process and products. Design studies, 30(5), 606-622. View More...
• Vattam, S. S., Helms, M. E., & Goel, A. K. (2009, October). Nature of creative analogies in biologically inspired innovative design. In Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition (pp. 255-264). ACM. View More...
• Vattam, S., Goel, A., Rugaber, S., Hmelo-Silver, C. & Jordan, R. (2009, July). From Conceptual Representations to Simulations: Why and How. In Proc. Fourteenth International Conference on AI in Education, Brighton, UK. 593-595. View More...
• Goel, A. K., Vattam, S. S., & Helms, M. E. (2009, July). Biologically Inspired Design: Human Reasoning Using Nature’s Experiences. In IJCAI Workshop on Grand Challenges in Reasoning From Experience. View More...
• Goel, A. K., Rugaber, S., & Vattam, S. (2009). Structure, behavior, and function of complex systems: The structure, behavior, and function modeling language. International Journal of AI in Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Special Issue on Developing and Using Engineering Ontologies, 23: 23-35, 2009.

2008

• Helms, M. E., Vattam, S. S., Goel, A. K., Yen, J., & Weissburg, M. (2008). Problem-driven and solution-based design: twin processes of biologically inspired design. View More...
• Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Jordan, R., Liu, L., Gray, S., Demeter, M., Rugaber, S., ... & Goel, A. (2008). Focusing on Function: Thinking below the Surface of Complex Natural Systems. Science Scope, 31(9), 27-35. View More...
• Vattam, S., Helms, M. E., Goel, A., Yen, J., & Weissburg, M. J. (2008, June). Learning about and through biologically inspired design. Georgia Institute of Technology. View More...
• Vattam, S. S., Helms, M. E., & Goel, A. K. (2008). Compound analogical design: interaction between problem decomposition and analogical transfer in biologically inspired design. In Design Computing and Cognition'08 (pp. 377-396). Springer, Dordrecht. View More...
• Helms, M. E., Vattam, S., & Goel, A. (2008, January). Compound analogical design, or how to make a surfboard disappear. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 30, No. 30). View More...