Dear All,
The informatics colloquium of today with Prof. Cangelosi will be held in
room B-201 from 4 to 6 pm. The Colloquium Committee is looking forward to
sharing this talk with you.
With best regards,
On behalf of the Colloquium Committee
Stephanie Schulte Hemming
Am 30.03.15 14:38 schrieb "Schulte Hemming, Stephanie" unter
<schulte@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>:
>This is an invitation to the next "UHH Informatik Kolloquium"
>https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/home/news/kolloquium/sose15.html
>
>
>
>
>SPEAKER:
>
>Prof. Angelo Cangelosi
>Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems
>School of Computing and Mathematics
>University of Plymouth
>https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/angelo-cangelosi
>http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/angelo/
>
>
>
>
>DATE:
>
>THURSDAY, 16.04.2015, 16:00-18:00.
>
>
>
>PLACE:
>
>Konrad-Zuse-Hörsaal, Informatikum, B-201
>http://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/de/service/location
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>TOPIC: Developmental Robotics for Embodied Language Learning
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>This talk will be held in English
>
>
>
>
>ABSTRACT:
>
>Growing theoretical and experimental research on action and language
>processing and on number learning and space epresentation clearly
>demonstrates the role of embodiment in cognition and language processing.
>In psychology And neuroscience this evidence constitutes the basis of
>embodied cognition, also known as grounded cognition (Pezzulo et al.
>2012). In robotics, these studies have important implications for the
>design of linguistic capabilities in cognitive agents and robots for
>human-robot communication, and have led to the new interdisciplinary
>approach of Developmental Robotics (Cangelosi & Schlesinger 2015). During
>the talk we will present examples of developmental robotics models and
>experimental results from iCub experiments on the embodiment biases in
>early word acquisition studies, on word order cues for lexical development
>and number and space interaction effects. The presentation will also
>discuss the implications for the ³symbol grounding problem²
>(Cangelosi,2012) and how embodied robots can help addressing the issue of
>embodied cognition and the grounding of symbol manipulation use on
>sensorimotor intelligence.
>
>
>
>REFERENCES:
>
>- Cangelosi A. (2012). Solutions and open challenges for the symbol
>grounding problem. International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems,
>1(1), 49-54 (with commentaries)
>- Cangelosi A, Schlesinger M (2015). Developmental Robotics: From Babies
>to Robots. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
>- Pezzulo G., Barsalou L.W., Cangelosi A., Fischer M.H., McRae K, Spivey
>M.J. (2011). The mechanics of embodiment: a dialog on embodiment and
>computational modelling. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(5), 1-21
>
>
>
>
>BIO:
>
>Angelo Cangelosi is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognition and
>the Director of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems at Plymouth
>University (UK). Cangelosi studied psychology and cognitive science at the
>Universities of Rome La Sapienza and at the University of Genoa, and has
>been visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego and the
>University of Southampton. Cangelosi's main research expertise is on
>language and cognitive modelling in humanoid robots, on language evolution
>in multi-agent systems, and the application of bio-inspired techniques to
>robot control (e.g. swarm of UAVs). He is the coordinator of the Marie
>Curie ITN "RobotDoC: Robotics for Development of Cognition" (2009-2014)
>and the UK EPSRC project ³BABEL: Bio-inspired Architecture for Brain
>Embodied Language² (2012-2016), and of the FP7 project "ITALK² completed
>in 2012. Cangelosi has produced more than 200 scientific publications, and
>has chaired numerous workshops and conferences including the IEEE
>ICDL-EpiRob 2011 Conference (Frankfurt, August 2011). In 2012-13 he was
>Chair of the International IEEE Technical Committee on Autonomous Mental
>Development. He will be Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions from
>Autonomous Development from January 2015, and currently is Editor of the
>journal Interaction Studies. He is co-author, with Matt Schlesinger, of
>the forthcoming book ³Developmental Robotics: From Babies to Robots² (MIT
>Press, 2015).
>
>
>
>
>
>CONTACT:
>Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter - WTM
>Department of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
>https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~wermter/
>Phone: +49-(0)40-42883-2434
>
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The informatics colloquium of today with Prof. Cangelosi will be held in
room B-201 from 4 to 6 pm. The Colloquium Committee is looking forward to
sharing this talk with you.
With best regards,
On behalf of the Colloquium Committee
Stephanie Schulte Hemming
Am 30.03.15 14:38 schrieb "Schulte Hemming, Stephanie" unter
<schulte@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>:
>This is an invitation to the next "UHH Informatik Kolloquium"
>https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/home/news/kolloquium/sose15.html
>
>
>
>
>SPEAKER:
>
>Prof. Angelo Cangelosi
>Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems
>School of Computing and Mathematics
>University of Plymouth
>https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/angelo-cangelosi
>http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/angelo/
>
>
>
>
>DATE:
>
>THURSDAY, 16.04.2015, 16:00-18:00.
>
>
>
>PLACE:
>
>Konrad-Zuse-Hörsaal, Informatikum, B-201
>http://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/de/service/location
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>TOPIC: Developmental Robotics for Embodied Language Learning
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>This talk will be held in English
>
>
>
>
>ABSTRACT:
>
>Growing theoretical and experimental research on action and language
>processing and on number learning and space epresentation clearly
>demonstrates the role of embodiment in cognition and language processing.
>In psychology And neuroscience this evidence constitutes the basis of
>embodied cognition, also known as grounded cognition (Pezzulo et al.
>2012). In robotics, these studies have important implications for the
>design of linguistic capabilities in cognitive agents and robots for
>human-robot communication, and have led to the new interdisciplinary
>approach of Developmental Robotics (Cangelosi & Schlesinger 2015). During
>the talk we will present examples of developmental robotics models and
>experimental results from iCub experiments on the embodiment biases in
>early word acquisition studies, on word order cues for lexical development
>and number and space interaction effects. The presentation will also
>discuss the implications for the ³symbol grounding problem²
>(Cangelosi,2012) and how embodied robots can help addressing the issue of
>embodied cognition and the grounding of symbol manipulation use on
>sensorimotor intelligence.
>
>
>
>REFERENCES:
>
>- Cangelosi A. (2012). Solutions and open challenges for the symbol
>grounding problem. International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems,
>1(1), 49-54 (with commentaries)
>- Cangelosi A, Schlesinger M (2015). Developmental Robotics: From Babies
>to Robots. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
>- Pezzulo G., Barsalou L.W., Cangelosi A., Fischer M.H., McRae K, Spivey
>M.J. (2011). The mechanics of embodiment: a dialog on embodiment and
>computational modelling. Frontiers in Psychology, 2(5), 1-21
>
>
>
>
>BIO:
>
>Angelo Cangelosi is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognition and
>the Director of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems at Plymouth
>University (UK). Cangelosi studied psychology and cognitive science at the
>Universities of Rome La Sapienza and at the University of Genoa, and has
>been visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego and the
>University of Southampton. Cangelosi's main research expertise is on
>language and cognitive modelling in humanoid robots, on language evolution
>in multi-agent systems, and the application of bio-inspired techniques to
>robot control (e.g. swarm of UAVs). He is the coordinator of the Marie
>Curie ITN "RobotDoC: Robotics for Development of Cognition" (2009-2014)
>and the UK EPSRC project ³BABEL: Bio-inspired Architecture for Brain
>Embodied Language² (2012-2016), and of the FP7 project "ITALK² completed
>in 2012. Cangelosi has produced more than 200 scientific publications, and
>has chaired numerous workshops and conferences including the IEEE
>ICDL-EpiRob 2011 Conference (Frankfurt, August 2011). In 2012-13 he was
>Chair of the International IEEE Technical Committee on Autonomous Mental
>Development. He will be Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions from
>Autonomous Development from January 2015, and currently is Editor of the
>journal Interaction Studies. He is co-author, with Matt Schlesinger, of
>the forthcoming book ³Developmental Robotics: From Babies to Robots² (MIT
>Press, 2015).
>
>
>
>
>
>CONTACT:
>Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter - WTM
>Department of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
>https://www2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~wermter/
>Phone: +49-(0)40-42883-2434
>
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