Academic Publications
Dissertation
Asaro, P. (2006). "On the Origins of the Synthetic Mind: Working Models, Mechanisms and Simulations." Submitted for completion of the doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Edited Journals
Asaro, P., and G. J. Klir (eds.) (forthcoming 2009). "Introduction: Special Issue on the Intellectual Legacy of W. Ross Ashby," International Journal of General Systems, 38 (2).
Journal Articles
Asaro, P. (forthcoming 2009). "Modeling the Moral User: Designing Ethical Interfaces for Tele-Operation," IEEE Technology & Society.
Asaro, P. (forthcoming 2009). "Information and Regulation in Robots, Perception and Consciousness: Ashby's Embodied Minds," International Journal of General Systems, 38 (2).
Asaro, P. (forthcoming 2008). "Computers as Models of the Mind: On Simulations, Brains and the Design of Early Computers," Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 19 (4). (published in German).
Asaro, P. (2006). "What Should We Want from a Robot Ethic?" Special Issue on Ethics in Robotics, Karsten Weber, Daniela Cerquie and Jutta Weber (eds.), International Review of Information Ethics 6 (12), pp. 9-16.
Asaro, P. (2006). "Working Models and the Synthetic Method: Electronic Brains as Mediators Between Neurons and Behavior," Special Issue on Models and Simulations, Tarja Knuuttila, Erika Mattila and Martina Merz (eds.), Science Studies 19 (1), pp. 12-34.
Asaro, P. (2000). "Transforming Society by Transforming Technology: The Science and Politics of Participatory Design," Accounting, Management and Information Technologies, Special Issue on Critical Studies of Information Practice, 10 (2000) 257-290.
Book Contributions and Chapters
Asaro, P. (forthcoming 2009). "Computers as Models of the Mind: On Simulations, Brains and the Design of Early Computers," in Stefano Franchi and Franceso Bianchini (eds.) Towards an Archaeology of Artificial Intelligence. Springer.
Asaro, P. (2008). "From Mechanisms of Adaptation to Intelligence Amplifiers: The Philosophy of W. Ross Ashby," in Michael Wheeler, Philip Husbands and Owen Holland (eds.) The Mechanical Mind in History, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Asaro, P. (2008). "How Just Could a Robot War Be?" in Philip Brey, Adam Briggle and Katinka Waelbers (eds.), Current Issues in Computing And Philosophy, Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Publishers.
Asaro, P. and Vann K. (2008). "Pornomechanics: Sex Robots and the Mechanisms of Love," in Johannes Grenzfurthner, Günther Fieslinger and Daniel Fabry (eds.) prOnnovation? Pornography and Technological Innovation, San Francisco, CA: RE/Search Publications, pp. 16-29.
Asaro, P. (2007). "Whatever Happened to Cybernetics?" in Johannes Grenzfurthner (ed.) Monochrom Yearbook 2007. Vienna, Austria: Monochrom.
Audio MP3Asaro, P. (2007). "Heinz von Foerster and the Bio-Computing Movements of the 1960s," in Albert Müller and Karl H. Müller (eds.) An Unfinished Revolution? Heinz von Foerster and the Biological Computer Laboratory | BCL 1958-1976. Vienna, Austria: Edition Echoraum.
Asaro, P. (2006). "A.I. and Emotional Robots: Collaborative Fiction in Science and Film," in Günther Friesinger and Karin Harrasser (eds.) Public Fiction. Innsbruck, Austria: Studien Verlag (published in German), and in Johannes Grenzfurthner (ed.) Monochrom Yearbook 2006. Vienna, Austria: Monochrom (published in English).
Asaro, P., C. Hayes, and P. Jones (2001). "CoRAVEN: A Cognitive Tool for Intelligence Analysis," in Marius S. Vassiliou and Thomas S. Huang (eds.) Computer-Science Handbook for Displays. Thousand Oaks, CA: Rockwell Scientific Company, pp. 221-236. ISBN 0-9716052-0-3
Encyclopedia Articles
Asaro, P. (2005). "Participatory Design," in Carl Mitcham (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics. New York, NY: Macmillon, ISBN 0-02-865831-0.
Asaro, P. (2005). "Artificial Intelligence," in Colin Hempstead and William E. Worthington (eds.), The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology. London, UK: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, ISBN 1-57958463-2.
Asaro, P. (2001). "Artificial Intelligence," "Artificial Life," "Cybernetics," "Cybernetic Writings of Norbert Wiener," "Cyborg," "McCulloch, Warren," and "Neural Networks" in Raul Rojas (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History, London, UK: The Moschovitis Group and Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pp. 52-59, 211-216, 219-221, 574-577. ISBN 1-57958-235-4
Book Reviews
Asaro, P. (2001). Techno-prophesy: Fantasy or Theology? A Review of Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind by Hans Moravec, in Minds and Machines, February 2001, 11 (1), pp. 143-147.
Asaro, P. (2001). A Review of Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks, by James A. Anderson and Edward Rosenfeld (eds.), in The Journal of the History of Neurosciences, 10 (1), pp. 122-124.
Asaro, P. (2001). A Review of Enchanted Looms: Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers, by Rodney Cotterill, in The Journal of the History of Neurosciences, 10 (2), pp. 218-220.
Asaro, P. (1998). A Review of Technology and the Politics of Knowledge, by Andrew Feenberg and Alastair Hannay (eds.), in The Information Society, 14 (1).
Invited Talks, Conferences & Proceedings
Asaro, P. (2008). "Social Cognition & Social Relations," presented at the Social Robotics Workshop, Social Robotics Consortium of the Capital Region, Schenectady, NY, November 19, 2008.
Asaro, P. (2008). "Modeling the Moral User: Tele-Operation and Interfaces for Military Technology," presented at the Technology & Ethics Lecture Series, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 22, 2008.
Asaro, P. (2008). "New Media Interfaces and Military Robotics," presented to the Science and Technology Studies Program, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 12, 2008.
Asaro, P. (2008). "Robotics, the Military, and New Media Interfaces," presented at the School of Communications, Department of Radio/TV/Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, March 19, 2008.
Asaro, P. (2008). "Armed Robots & Arms Control: Precedents & Strategies," Presented at the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Technology in Wartime Conference, Stanford University Law School, Stanford, California, January 26, 2008.
Asaro, P. (2007). "The Ethics of Designing Autonomous Technologies," Presented at the Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Deflt, Netherlands, October 29-31, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "Intelligence Amplifiers and Robot Ethics," presented at the Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 19, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "How Just Could a Robot War Be?," Presented at the European Computing and Philosophy Conference, Twente University, Enschede, Netherlands, June 21-23, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "Autonomous Technology as a Challenge to Just War Theory," Presented at Filosofidagarna, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, June 8-10, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "Robots and Responsibility from a Legal Perspective," Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Roboethics, Rome, April 14, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "On the Ethics of Robots and Autonomous Technologies," Presented at the HUMlab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, May 31, 2007.
VideoAsaro, P. (2007). "How Just Could a Robot War Be?," Presented at the Department of Philosophy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, May 18, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2007). "An Unfinished Revolution? Heinz von Foerster and the U of I Biological Computer Laboratory," (moderator) A panel discussion with Albert Müller, Karl H. Müller, Paul E. Weston and Ricardo Uribe, Presented at the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, March 28, 2007.
Asaro, P. (2006). "Robots that Kill: The Ethics of Social and Anti-Social Robots," Presented at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Duisberg-Essen, Mercator House, Duisberg, Germany, December 13, 2006.
Asaro, P. (2006) "Herbert Brün: Formalism and Feedback in Composition," Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science, Vancouver, Canada, November 2-4, 2006.
Asaro, P. (2005). "Robots as Working Models for Neuroscience," Presented at the Workshop on "A New Form of Experiment? Exploring the Performative Potential of Models and Computer Simulations." Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, October 18-19, 2005.
Asaro, P. (2005) "Working Models and Simulations in the Brain Sciences." Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Pasadena, California, October 20-22, 2005.
Asaro, P. (2004). "Models and Simulations: A Cybernetic Epistemology." Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science/EASST Joint Conference, Ecole des Mines, Paris, France, August 26-28th, 2004.
Asaro, P. (2004). Session Organizer and Respondent to "Exploring the Mangle of Practice." Society for Social Studies of Science/EASST Joint Conference, Ecole des Mines, Paris, France, August 26-28th, 2004.
Asaro, P. (2004). "Ashby's Embodied Representations: Towards a Theory of Perception and Mind." Presented at the W. Ross Ashby Centenary Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, March 4-6th, 2004.
Asaro, P. (2003). "Heinz von Foerster and the Bio-Computing Movements of the 1960s." Presented at the International Heinz von Foerster Congress, Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria, November 13-15th, 2003.
Asaro, P. (2003). "Machines, Memory and Intelligence: Three Computer Models of Mind." Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 15-18th, 2003.
Asaro, P. (2003). "Heinz von Foerster and the Bio-Computing Movements of the 1960s." Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science, Atlanta, Georgia, October 15-18th, 2003.
Asaro, P. (2002). "Let Us Now Forget." A response to Geoffrey Bowker's Memory Practices in the Sciences and Synchronization 4: Hermes, Angels and the Narrative of the Archive. Presented at the Workshop on New Ontologies: Transdisciplinary Objects at the University of Illinois, Urbana, March 29-30th, 2002.
Jones, P. M., Hayes, C. C., Asaro, P., Fleury, T., Gwon, Y., Ergan, H., Lu, L., and N. Tu. (2001). "Collaboration Architecture for Intelligence Planning and Analysis: Beyond CoRAVEN," Proceedings of the 2000 Army Research Laboratory Federated Labs 5th Annual Symposium, Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Consortium. College Park, MD, March 2001.
Hayes, C., R. Penner, H. Ergan, L. Lu, N. Tu, P. Jones, P. Asaro, R. Bargar, O. Chernyshenko, I. Choi, N. Danner, O. Mengshoel, J. Sniezek, D. Wilkins. "CoRAVEN: Model-Based Design of a Cognitive Tool for Real-Time Intelligence Monitoring and Analysis." Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Nashville, TN, October 2000, Volume 2, pp. 1117-1122.
Jones, P. M., Hayes, C. C., Wilkins, D. C., Bargar, R., Sniezek, J., Asaro, P., Danner, N., Eychaner, J., Chernyshenko, S., Schrah, G., Ergan, H., Lu, L., Tu, N. and Schlabach, J. (2000). "CoRAVEN: Knowledge-Based Support for Intelligence Analysis," Proceedings of the 2000 Army Research Laboratory Federated Labs 4th Annual Symposium, Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Consortium. College Park, MD, March 2000.
Asaro, P. (1999). "Transforming Society by Transforming Technology: The Science and Politics of Participatory Design," Workshop on: Information Technology and Critical Theory in the New Millenium: Is there still hope? at the Critical Management Studies Conference, Hulme Hall, Manchester University, July 14-16, 1999.
Jones, P. M., Hayes, C. C., Wilkins, D. C., Bargar, R., Sniezek, J., Asaro, P., Mengshoel, O., Kessler, D., Lucenti, M., Choi, I. Tu, N. and Schlabach, J. (1999). "CoRAVEN: Modeling and Design of a Multimedia Intelligent Infrastructure for Collaborative Intelligence Analysis," Proceedings of the 1999 Army Research Laboratory Federated Labs 3rd Annual Symposium, Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Consortium. College Park, MD, March 1999.
Jones, P. M., Hayes, C. C., Wilkins, D. C., Bargar, R., Sniezek, J., Asaro, P., Mengshoel, O., Kessler, D., Lucenti, M., Choi, I. Tu, N. and Schlabach, J. (1998). "CoRAVEN: Modeling and Design of a Multimedia Intelligent Infrastructure for Collaborative Intelligence Analysis," Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, October 1998, Volume 1, pp. 914-919.
Asaro, P. (1994) "Connections, Symbols, and the Meaning of Intelligence." Illinois Wesleyan University, Psychology Honors Projects. Paper 108. pp. 1-46.
Asaro, P. (1994) "A Case for Private Language," Undergraduate Review: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 4, pp. 1-7.
Asaro. P. (1993) "Methodological Solipsism Reconsidered: Is There Anybody Out There?," Undergraduate Review: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 7, pp. 13-22.