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You are hereby invited to the twenty-ninth seminar organized in
2005 by the "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" research group:
A network of bootstraps to
ground language for higher-level agent cognition
by
(ECCO)
Place: room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus
Etterbeek
Time: Friday, Dec. 16, at 17:00 h.
Abstract
We introduce an evolutionary-cybernetic control model for agent
cognition, using programming modelling to go from conceptual design to
implementation. We show how primitive instructions can be integrated
via a bootstrapping network into higher-level cognition. The basic
cognitive module loops between the semantic meaning of input and the
syntactic aspects of the associated memory. The loop performs a
context-dependent focus evaluation. Three context-focus modules,
perception, motivation and reasoning, together create the agent
cognition. The interaction leads to actions and to a constructive
learning behaviour, where the learning will define the syntax.
More info
Kiemen M. (2005): A triple loop model of
agent cognition (ECCO working report 2005-09, submitted to EMCSR
2006)
About the speaker
Mixel Kiemen is a computer scientist with a MSc in Theoretical
Informatics (2003) from the VUB. He has been responsible for
developing the Cartography of
Research Actors project of DISC, the Brussels center for the
knowledge society. His present research focuses on context-aware
information technology for virtual communities, as part of the KNOSOS
project.
ECCO
seminar programme coming weeks
- 23 Dec: Nathalie Gontier: Symbiogenesis as a Fundamental Evolutionary Principle
ECCO seminars normally take place each Friday at 17h00 in room
3C204 of the VUB Campus Etterbeek. Everyone interested is welcome. The
seminars are very interactive, with small groups (about 8 people). The
intention is to discuss in depth the research being proposed, and to
look for interdisciplinary connections with other themes related to
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition. Seminars last about two hours,
after which the remaining participants go to take a drink or a snack
in the Opinio Café on the campus, to continue the discussion in a
more relaxed setting.
--
Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
