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20222025
most citedCuriosity as filling, compressing, and reconfiguring knowledge networks

2 citations · 3 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

cs.RO2025

Iterative Compositional Data Generation for Robot Control

Anh-Quan Pham, Marcel Hussing, Shubhankar P. Patankar +3

Collecting robotic manipulation data is expensive, making it impractical to acquire demonstrations for the combinatorially large space of tasks that arise in multi-object, multi-ro…

cs.SI2024

Citation Sentiment Reflects Multiscale Sociocultural Norms

Xiaohuan Xia, Mathieu Ouellet, Shubhankar P. Patankar +2

Modern science is formally structured around scholarly publication, where scientific knowledge is canonized through citation. Precisely how citations are given and accrued can prov…

cond-mat.soft2024

Mechanical prions: Self-assembling microstructures

Mathieu Ouellet, Dani S. Bassett, Lee C. Bassett +2

Prions are misfolded proteins that transmit their structural arrangement to neighboring proteins. In biological systems, prion dynamics can produce a variety of complex functional…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Intrinsically motivated graph exploration using network theories of human curiosity

Shubhankar P. Patankar, Mathieu Ouellet, Juan Cervino +3

Intrinsically motivated exploration has proven useful for reinforcement learning, even without additional extrinsic rewards. When the environment is naturally represented as a grap…

q-bio.NC2022★ 2 cited

Curiosity as filling, compressing, and reconfiguring knowledge networks

Shubhankar P. Patankar, Dale Zhou, Christopher W. Lynn +6

Due to the significant role that curiosity plays in our lives, several theoretical constructs, such as the information gap theory and compression progress theory, have sought to ex…