News about the institution, its research & recent advances
The IIIM has put together a new issue of its newsletter. In it, you’ll find highlights from several projects our researchers have been involved in.
Please take a look. In this issue you can find introductions to Claudio Pedica’s Impulsion Project, Gudrun Fema’s project on the human heart, and an article on Dr. Ben Goertzel’s views on the future of Artificial General Intelligence and Cognitive Synergy.
Happy reading!
For those of you who missed the first issue, you can have a look here.
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.
Continue reading Video Presentation from IIIM’s and CADIA’s Open Day – Dr. Jacky Mallett
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
Do you want to meet the people behind the presentations and papers? Then join the IIIM at the annual Visindavaka Festival (Researchers’ Night) on Friday, September 28th. Come and visit us in Háskólabíó to learn more about our work and projects, or ask questions about the field and its opportunities.
Continue reading Meet Us at Vísindavaka (Researchers’ Night) on Friday September 28th!
