Toward A Science of Consciousness 2010 April 12-17, 2010 Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona Sponsored by: The Center for Consciousness Studies, The University of Arizona www.consciousness.arizona.edu The ninth biennial Tucson conference Toward a Science of Consciousness will take place April…
The 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will be held in Toronto, Canada from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th, June 2010. Symposium and Tutorial proposals due Oct. 30th 2009. Confirmed Speakers: • Robert Knight…
Information Integration Theory of Consciousness According to this theory, consciousness corresponds to the capacity of a system to integrate information [1]. There are two main concepts which are central to this theory: differentiation and integration. Indeed, in this context consciousness…
TNGS – Theory of Neuronal Group Selection TNGS and the dynamic core hypothesis have been proposed by Gerald M. Edelman as an explanation for the neural correlates of consciousness. As its name indicates, the theory is based on the concept…
The Singularity. Could robots take over the world? Madrid Science Week talk by Raul Arrabales. FNAC Parquesur. November 12, 2009. 19:00. Current developments in AI and Artificial Cognitive Systems, specifically those based on Machine Consciousness, make us wonder what could…
NIPS International Workshop for Scientific Study of Consciousness The NIPS international workshop for Scientific Study of Consciousness (NIPS-SSC) will be held at the Okazaki Conference Center (Aichi, Japan) in Sep 19-20, 2009. This workshop is an official satellite event for…
AAAI 2008 Fall Symposium Series Arlington, Virginia — November 5–7, 2009 The challenge of designing a human-level learner is central to creating a real-life computational equivalent of the human mind. It demands the level of robustness and flexibility of learning…
{mosimage} BICS 2010: Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems Conference Madrid, Spain, July 14-16, 2010 www.bicsconference.org Ricardo Sanz, General Chair Sponsored by ICSC [Due to several requests, the submission deadline for BICS 2010 has been extended to: January 18, 2010] BICS 2010 is a…
First Issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness Available The first issue of the International Journal of Machine Consciousness is available online (Vol. 1. Issue 1. June 2009)! This new journal, exclusively dedicated to the field of Machine Consciousness…
According to Damasio, a thing achieves self-awareness when its brain models its body, the outside world, and their interactions. At this point, the thing is self-aware, but only from moment to moment. It is not a very interesting creature. If…