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GreenQloud Chosen Finalist in the CODE_n13 Contest

Icelandic company GreenQloud has been chosen as finalist in this years CODE_n13 Contest at CeBIT 2013, Hanover, Germany. GreenQloud, whose CEO Bala Kamallakharan happens to be a reserve board member at IIIM, is one of 50 young companies who came from all corners of the world to present their ideas. It were no less than 250 companies which entered the contest (representing 35 countries in total!), and from those only the fifty most outstanding companies were chosen.

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Rise of AI in Iceland: H+ Magazine Interview with the Thorisson Brothers who Helped Make it Happen

Recently, h+ Magazine published an article by Ben Goertzel titled “Land of Fire, Ice and Thinking Machines: The Recent Rise of AI in Iceland, and an Interview with the Thorisson Brothers who Helped Make it Happen”. In the article the author reviews the recent history of AI in Iceland and presents an interview with Kristinn R. Thórisson and Hrafn Thorri Thórisson. In this interview they go into some detail on their own backgrounds and ideas, as well as the rise of Icelandic AI. This article makes an interesting read for both those who are curious about AI and the connoisseurs of the field.  Continue reading Rise of AI in Iceland: H+ Magazine Interview with the Thorisson Brothers who Helped Make it Happen →

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Call for Papers – General Intelligence in Embodied Agents: Special Session in IEEE Symposium on Human-Level AI

A conference session on General Intelligence in Embodied Agents, as part of an IEEE Symposium on Human-Level AI will be held April 15-19, 2013 in Singapore.

Call for Papers: PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 23, no extensions given.

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BICA 2012 – Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson gives Keynote Talk

The Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecture (BICA) will be held from October 31st until November 3rd in Palermo, Italy.

The challenge of creating a real-life computational equivalent of the human mind, known as the BICA Challenge, calls for joint efforts to develop biologically-inspired intelligent agents that can be accepted and trusted in various roles by the human society, and putting them on equal footing with human agents. The main objective of BICA 2012 is to take a significant step forward towards the BICA Challenge.  Continue reading BICA 2012 – Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson gives Keynote Talk →