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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

Video Presentation from IIIM’s and CADIA’s Open Day – Dr. Jacky Mallett

Dr. Jacky Mallett.

At a time of uncertainty in the global economy, it is time to examine accepted economic theories. This is why Dr. Jacky Mallett introduced a very simple simulation of a one product economy with a constant money supply. Working with established equations, Dr. Mallett began questioning theories at the heart of the field. The results of her simulation have revealed that even the simplest economy has complexities that economists do not fully take into account, and that the market can behave in unexpected ways.

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Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson Keynote Speaker at the Workshop on ACCSDS

Creating systems that respond promptly to human cues is a daunting task that requires international and cross-field collaboration. On October 5-6th, IIIM Director Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson will feature as the keynote speaker of a workshop in Hamburg, Germany. In Dr. Thórisson’s two decades of experience in industry and academia, he has pioneered new ideas in the area of communicative, multimodal intelligent agents and developed a cognitive architecture for the humanoid robot ASIMO.  Continue reading Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson Keynote Speaker at the Workshop on ACCSDS