Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines
News
- "The Future of AI"
(or link) - interview with Kristinn R. Thórisson on the talkshow Robots. Robotspodcast.com. March 12, 2010 - "Gervigreind og hermun í Vitvélastofnun Íslands"
(or link) - interview with Kristinn R. Thórisson regarding IIIM. Midjan.is, Iceland. February 24, 2010 - "Að stofna rannsóknarsetur" - interview with K. R. Thórisson by Ásrún Matthíasdóttir about founding research institutes. Tölvumál - tímarit Skýrslutæknifélags Íslands. 1. tbl., 34. árgangur. November 2009
- "Trӓnar på låtsas för att bli bӓttre i verkligheten" - interview with IIIM Associate Director Stacy Marsella regarding an invited talk in Sweden. Boras Tidning, Sweden. November 27, 2009
About IIIM
The Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines (IIIM) is a new institute structured specifically to catalyze innovation, using artificial intelligence and simulation to accelerate development. Fields include manufacturing, consumer products, bioinformatics, virtual worlds and games, energy and climate research. IIIM's management schemes present a powerful framework for:- Collaboration between parties from different industries
- Generating successful spinoff companies
- Providing Iceland with a permanent, self-sustaining institute of innovation and education in advanced technologies
Bridging Academia and Industry
IIIM's three to nine- year development horizon connects industry's typical two-year product horizon and the decade-or-more research horizon in academia. Industrial sponsors can more effectively plan their product development trajectories while enabling exploration of applied research problems in wider contexts.A 60/40 ratio between externally and internally motivated research not only stimulates progress in sponsors' interest areas but also advances intelligent machines and simulation.
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The institute is funded through sponsorship from industrial and academic institutions, competitive research funds and technology licensing. Industrial members provide challenging practical questions, while universities provide doctoral students, postdoctoral associates, and research faculty.