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AGI & Constructivist AI Summer School

Reykjavik, Iceland
August 1-15 2012

Summer School Website
Detailed Schedule

This summer school focuses on issues related to the original goal of artificial general intelligence, namely that of building machines capable of operating in a range of different environments and domains, and doing a range of unrelated tasks in a coordinated manner, with a special focus on methodology, integration, and architecture.

More information follows in this post.
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Open Student Positions at the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines

IIIM logoThe Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines is currently looking for students who could work on various research projects. If you are interested please submit your application by sending your resume to: laura [at] iiim.is. Salary is commensurate with experience. Descriptions of projects and open positions follow in this post.
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In Local News (Video): IIIM Director’s Collaboration with HONDA on ASIMO robot Research

Dr. Kristinnn R. Thórisson.

Kristinn R. Thorisson recently appeared on RÚV news (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) sharing his experience on doing research in collaboration with Honda on ASIMO humanoid robot, the most advanced humanoid robot in the world.

For the past few years Kristinn R. Thorisson has been collaborating with the excellent team at Honda Research Institute USA and Communicative Machines in developing integrated cognitive architectures for humanoid robots; their developed Cognitive Map Architecture (PDF) which, for example, enables ASIMO to play board games with kids.  Continue reading In Local News (Video): IIIM Director’s Collaboration with HONDA on ASIMO robot Research

IIIM at Global Entrepreneurship Week (Alþjóðleg Afhafnavika) 2011

The 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Week or Alþjóðleg Athafnavika (in Icelandic) will be held from November 14-20 featuring week-long series of events around the country. IIIM is going to participate in collaboration with Reykjavík University.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
we will present few short talks about
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