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UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING

understanding

a relation between the knower and an object of knowledge

the totality of one’s knowledge of an object…to support intelligent action

awareness

to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects, or sensory patterns

sense data can be confirmed by an observer without necessarily implying understanding

situational awareness

The perception of elements in the environment within a volume of time and space…the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future

situational awareness

knowing what is going on so you can figure out what to do

directed consciousness within a dynamic task environment

to keep the operator tightly coupled to the dynamics of the environment

perception

the processing of sensory data in order to represent and understand the environment

the key to survival is the effective organization of action appropriate to the environment

Perception developed from action to serve action

perception

the application of distinction

shaped by learning, memory, expectation, and attention

perception is paying attention

change blindness

the failure to detect changes in a visual scene, resulting from the conditions under which the change occurs

Language

A means to communicate the contents of perception of one individual to another

developed to serve perception and in turn to serve effective action

a flexible instrument designed to match human experience (perception and action)

DRAMATISM

Life is drama (in the sense of fiction)

we discover the motives of actors by looking for their particular type of motivation in action and discourse

DRAMATISM PENTAD

Act

agent

agency

scenepurpose

attitude

DRAMATISM PENTAD

Act - What was done?

Scene - Where was it done?

Agent - Who did it?

Agency - how was it done?

Purpose - Why did it happen?

CRIME SCENE PROFILING

WHAT - THE CRIME (ACT) COMMITTED

WHERE - THE SCENE WHERE IT HAPPENED

WHEN - THE TIME WHEN THE ACT TOOK PLACE

HOW - THE PERFORMANCE (ACTION)

WHY - THE MOTIVE (INTENT)

WHO - THE AGENT (ACTOR)

CRIME SCENE PROFILING

THE NATURE OF ACTS AND AGENTS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SCENE

MOTIVES ARE SHORTHAND TERMS FOR SITUATIONS

IT IS THE SCENE THAT CONNECTS AGENT AND ACT

ATTITUDE INCLINES THE AGENT TOWARD CERTAIN PATTERNS OF ACTS..THE SCENE PRECIPITATES THEM

structurational theory

structure is produced and reproduced in what people do

actions reinforce and reproduce a set of expectationS which make up the 'social forces' and 'social structures’

observational learning

attention - Observers cannot learn unless they pay attention to what's happening

memory - Observers must not only recognize behavior but also remember it

motor - Observers must be physically and/intellectually capable of producing the act

experiential learning

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them

when a person involved in an activity looks back and evaluates it, determines what was useful or important to remember, and uses this information to perform another activity

experiential learning

Did I notice what happened?

Why did it happen?

Does that happen often?

Why does that happen?

How can I use that?

activity theory

activity system

Subject (actor)

object (context)

Instrument (agency)

activity theory

subject - an actor engaged in activities

instruments - tools used by an actor

community - all actors involved

object - transformed into outcome by actor

rules - regulation of activity system

division of labor - hierarchical structure

activity hierarchy

Activity Motive PRESCRIBED

action goal planned

operation conditioN provisional

Embodied cognition

Cognitive activity takes place in the context of a real-world environment, and inherently involves perception and action

The function of the mind is to guide action

Even when decoupled from the environment, the activity of the mind is grounded in mechanisms that evolved for interaction with the environment

good regulator theorem

every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system

All doing is knowing and all knowing is doing

human-centered Computing

computers must share a conceptual system with humans

sensory lets us perceive and understand actions

motor lets us produce actions

language lets us communicate actions

Cognizant Computing

Cognizant machines

simulation

the imitation of the operation of a system

requires a model be developed representing key system characteristics and behaviors

a model represents the system

a simulation represents the system over time

replication

involves sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility

simulation Theory (of the Mind)

humans anticipate and make sense of the behavior of others by activating mental processes that, if carried into action, would produce similar behavior

We form predictions and explanations of someone by putting ourselves in the shoes of another person and simulating them

mirror neurons

Mirroring is formed by activations within a neural cortical system when a person experiences an event endogenously or when the person perceives an action by another person that correlates to the event

mirror system

is used to retrodict as well as predict mental states, allowing us to work backwards and draw an inference from the observed action to a hypothesized goal state as well as generate explanations of the target’s behavior

threat simulation theory

dreams evolved as an offline simulation to repeatedly experience life threatening events as a means to increase survival rates in priming response behavior

episodic memories

memory of experiences and specific events in time in a serial form, from which we can reconstruct the actual moment or act

Individuals tend to see themselves as actors

the context surrounding an event is usually part of the memory

simulated reality

reality could be simulated to a degree indistinguishable from "true" reality

conscious minds may not be fully aware that they are living inside a simulation

unprovable as any "evidence" that is directly observed could be another simulation itself

control theory

Evidence

Relevance

Consequence

Action Feedback Loop

Observation

JudgementReaction

Regulation

measured observations

Collect Measure Instrument

metric monitoring vs

activity metering

monitoring focuses on detecting pixel changes

each pixel is a metric

identification of actor & env

the begin and end events of an activity are measured

perception of actor & action is near impossible

movement through space is trackable

metering is motion

environment

context

acto

rs

acti

viti

es

motionspatial

temporal

Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement

activity metering

Model Activity Resource

Device Probe Meter

Develop Code Counter

Design Behavior Usage

Data Group Metering

activity metering

Context+Thread

Probe =Code

Metering

Measurement

Meter+Resource

actoractivity

begin event end event

call

act(ion)

activity metering

Actor Activity

Context

Coordinate

Event

Environment

Resource

simulation demonstrations

software activity the motion picture

software memories & simulated dreams

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✂revised

recording

original recording

"metering playback

"metering playback

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Application

metered threads

metering recorder

Disk

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metering recorder

Disk

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filtered playback

software mirrored simulated realities

Application Instance #1

The view the service provider has of the infrastructure and applications.

Application

The view a PaaS vendor or managed service provider offers to customers.

Application

The view a customer needs of applications deployed to PaaS.

Infrastructure Infrastructure

Application Instance #2

Application Instance #3

software mirrored simulated realities

Infrastructure

Application Instance #1

Customer Dev(Ops) & Test

Teams

Mirroring & Simulation

Simz Service

Single Application Monitoring

Plane

Metering Feed

UnidirectionalApplication Instance #2

Application Instance #3

software mirrored simulated realities

Infrastructure

Application Instance #1

Security & Auditing

Mirroring & Simulation

Simz Service

Simulated Application

Metering Feed

UnidirectionalApplication Instance #2

Application Instance #3

Business Analytics

Service Level Management

API

API

Ping JVM

metering engine

simz playback

satoris agent

metering engine

simz client

Precept

game

Precept

set state

metered activity

replicate action

ping event(s)

simz server

pong JVM

metering engine

satoris agent

simz playback

metering engine

simz server

Precept

game

Precept

set statemetered

activity

pong event(s) simz

client simulate action

simulate action

replicate action

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ping actor

pong actor

mind sim

mind sim

action > ping pong < actionprecept < pong ping > precept

metering feed

ping

Pong

Mirrored simulation

mechanical sympathy

algorithms & structurescode

optimization

execution heuristics

software adaptation

system dynamics

execution caches

the underworld Elysium

software memorization

execution parallelism

dataset training

online learning

embodiment & augmentation

emergent behavior

pipelining & prediction

software performance improvement techniques

software execution

model

system execution

model

corruptive influence

collective intelligence