CITATION.cff

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title: "AION-BRAIN: Cognitive Infrastructure for Human-AI Collaboration"
message: "If you use or reference AION-BRAIN in research, teaching, or development, please cite as below."
type: "software"
date-released: "2026-02-06"

# Primary Author and Contact
authors:
  - family-names: "Salmon"
    given-names: "Sheldon K."
    alias: "Mr. AION"
    email: "AIONSYSTEM@outlook.com"
    orcid: "" # Recommended to add if you have one
    affiliation: "Independent Researcher"

# Project Metadata
repository-code: "https://github.com/AION-BRAIN"
url: "https://github.com/AION-BRAIN"
license: "Apache-2.0" # Changed from MIT to match your LICENSE
license-url: "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
version: "1.0.0" # Reset to reflect current research phase
doi: "" # Recommended: Get when paper is published
abstract: >-
  AION-BRAIN is a research-grade cognitive architecture providing systematic
  frameworks for human-AI collaboration. The project offers 30+ designed
  cognitive engines with 7 reference implementations, focusing on epistemic
  humility, contamination prevention, and systematic reasoning across medical,
  legal, financial, and strategic domains. Unlike prompt collections,
  AION-BRAIN provides falsifiable hypotheses, standardized test scenarios,
  and reproducible validation protocols. The architecture is designed to work
  with any large language model (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) while
  maintaining human cognitive sovereignty through systematic thinking protocols.

# Keywords for Discovery
keywords:
  - "cognitive-architecture"
  - "ai-safety"
  - "systematic-thinking"
  - "epistemic-humility"
  - "contamination-prevention"
  - "human-ai-collaboration"
  - "decision-support-systems"
  - "cognitive-frameworks"
  - "prompt-engineering"
  - "ai-alignment"
  - "research-software"
  - "open-science"

# Funding Acknowledgments (Update when applicable)
#funding:
#  - "No current external funding"
#  - "Seeking research validation funding"

# Project Status
status: "active"
#development-status: "3 - Alpha" # Alpha, Beta, Production
development-status: "2 - Pre-Alpha (Research Prototype)"

# Technical Requirements (For software citation context)
#requires:
#  - "Python >=3.8"
#  - "Access to LLM API (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)"

# Research Context
# (Uncomment when you have associated publications)
#related:
#  - type: "doi"
#    value: "10.xxxx/xxxxxx" # Your paper DOI when published
#  - type: "arXiv"
#    value: "arXiv:xxxx.xxxxx" # Your arXiv ID when submitted

# Individual Engine Citations
# Differentiated by implementation status

references:
  # ✅ Implemented Engines (Reference Implementations Available)
  - type: "software"
    title: "Oracle Layer v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Confidence calibration engine implementing structured uncertainty declaration protocols"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-11-01"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Decision Engine v1.0 (DECIDERE)"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Multi-framework decision support system with bias mitigation protocols"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-10-15"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Strategy Engine v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Strategic analysis framework integrating competitive dynamics and risk assessment"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-10-20"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Credibility Engine v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Source verification and information credibility assessment system"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-11-10"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Explanation Engine v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Audience-adapted explanation generation with complexity management"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-11-05"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Benchmark Engine v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Standardized testing framework for cognitive engine validation"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-11-15"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "SIMPLEXITY Engine v1.0"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "1.0"
    abstract: "Complexity management system with 8-module analysis framework"
    status: "implemented"
    date-released: "2025-10-25"

  # 🧪 Designed Engines (Specifications Complete, Implementation Pending)
  - type: "software"
    title: "Medical Safety Engine v0.1"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "0.1"
    abstract: "Clinical reasoning protocols with safety constraints (designed specification)"
    status: "designed"
    date-released: "2025-11-20"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Legal Analysis Engine v0.1"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "0.1"
    abstract: "Legal reasoning framework with citation verification (designed specification)"
    status: "designed"
    date-released: "2025-11-18"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Financial Validation Engine v0.1"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "0.1"
    abstract: "Financial assumption transparency and validation system (designed specification)"
    status: "designed"
    date-released: "2025-11-22"
    
  - type: "software"
    title: "Crisis Protocol Engine v0.1"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
    version: "0.1"
    abstract: "Emergency response and counseling safety protocols (designed specification)"
    status: "designed"
    date-released: "2025-11-25"

  # 📚 Methodology Papers (When published, add here)
  # - type: "article"
  #   authors:
  #     - family-names: "Salmon"
  #       given-names: "Sheldon K."
  #   title: "Systematic Thinking Protocols for Human-AI Collaboration"
  #   journal: "Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research"
  #   year: "2026"
  #   doi: "10.xxxx/xxxxxx"

# Version History (For transparency)
# changelog:
#   - version: "1.0.0"
#     date-released: "2026-02-06"
#     changes:
#       - "Initial public release of research architecture"
#       - "7 reference implementations with test scenarios"
#       - "30+ engine specifications with validation protocols"

# Citation Instructions
preferred-citation:
  - type: "software"
    title: "AION-BRAIN: Cognitive Infrastructure for Human-AI Collaboration"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Salmon"
        given-names: "Sheldon K."
        alias: "Mr. AION"
    year: "2026"
    version: "1.0.0"
    url: "https://github.com/AION-BRAIN"
    doi: "" # Add when available
    note: "Research software - Architecture complete, validation pending"

# Alternative Citation Formats
citation-format:
  apa: >-
    Salmon, S. K. (2026). AION-BRAIN: Cognitive Infrastructure for Human-AI 
    Collaboration (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved from 
    https://github.com/AION-BRAIN
  bibtex: >-
    @software{Salmon_AION-BRAIN_2026,
      author = {Salmon, Sheldon K.},
      license = {Apache-2.0},
      month = {2},
      title = {{AION-BRAIN: Cognitive Infrastructure for Human-AI Collaboration}},
      url = {https://github.com/AION-BRAIN},
      version = {1.0.0},
      year = {2026}
    }
  mla: >-
    Salmon, Sheldon K. AION-BRAIN: Cognitive Infrastructure for Human-AI 
    Collaboration. Version 1.0.0, 2026, https://github.com/AION-BRAIN.

# Usage Notes
notes: >-
  This is research software, not production code. All performance claims are 
  hypotheses requiring empirical validation. Medical, legal, and financial 
  applications require professional oversight. The architecture is designed 
  for systematic evaluation of cognitive augmentation approaches.

# Acknowledgments
acknowledgements: >-
  The AION-BRAIN project acknowledges the cognitive science, AI safety, and 
  systems thinking communities whose work informs this architecture. Special 
  thanks to early collaborators and contributors who help refine these 
  systematic thinking tools.

# Contact for Citation Updates
contact:
  - email: "AIONSYSTEM@outlook.com"
    name: "Sheldon K. Salmon"
    orcid: "" # Add when available

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