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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

Summary of Workshop on Self-Programming, 2011 (AGI-11, Google, CA.)

On Thursday, August 4, IIIM organized a workshop on self-programming in AGI systems at the Fourth Conference on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in Google’s headquarters, Mountain View, CA. The workshop featured presentations by seven authors on the subject of self-programming systems and a panel discussion among the participants.
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HUMANOBS Workshop on Constructivist Methodologies for Building Artificial Intelligence

HUMANOBS workshop poster

Time & Location

September 1-2, 2011 in Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
Full information can be found on the HUMANOBS workshop wiki

The HUMANOBS Workshop is focused on the impending paradigm shift from constructionist to constructivist methodologies for building artificial intelligence. Constructionist refers to traditional top-down software design, which places serious limitations on scaling, while Constructivist refers to self-organizing systems that manage their own growth.

Update, August: Please note that the final program agenda is subject to change. Final details are kept up to date on the official HUMANOBS workshop website. Continue reading HUMANOBS Workshop on Constructivist Methodologies for Building Artificial Intelligence