Transcript What are we talking about?

Neuro-IT
Neurosciences for new approaches in IT
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Since 2000 in IST-FET (56 M€ in FP5, already ~22 M€ in FP6)
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FP5 - Artefacts that Live and Grow (11 + 2 projects)
FP5 - Life Like Perception Systems (11 projects)
FP5 - Presence (11 projects)
FP6 - Beyond Robotics (3 IPs, 1 NoE)
via “FET-Open” : “Neurones on Silicon” (4 projects)
– One Thematic Network: http://www.neuro-it.net/
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New initiative in 2004 - 2005 ?
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fethome.htm
For bold ideas that might have high impact on IT in the long run
(Click on Neuro-IT at the right)
Models of consciousness workshop - Birmingham 1-3 Sept 2003 - slide 1/2
Consciousness project(s) ?
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Immediately, via FET-Open: 2 steps (STREPS, CA or SSA)
Part of a next FP6 proactive initiative, or FP7 ?
– Influence the planning
• participate to the roadmapping exercise of Neuro-IT.net
• give evidence for:
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necessity and added value of collaboration at EU level
existence of a critical mass of research centres across Europe (list)
new approach, beyond state of art, with possibility of a breakthrough
high pay-off in IT if successful (compare with “mainstream” research)
• Get support from opinion leaders in your Member State from
Research Policy and possibly Industry
– Visit FET web regularly for information on calls, planning
documents, web consultations, pre-proposals …
Models of consciousness workshop - Birmingham 1-3 Sept 2003 - slide 2/2
What are we talking about?
Cognitive systems – artificial systems combining perception, action,
reasoning, learning and communication
may derive inspiration from biological intelligence
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exhibit generalisation - cover diverse set of tasks and domains.
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need for a scientific foundation
– new concepts & methods,
experimental validation, theoretical contributions,
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provide an enabling technology
for robotics & automation,
natural language understanding, man-machine interaction, etc
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emphasis is on systems and on interrelation between functions
and not component methods for specialised tasks
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/presentations.htm
Contact persons:
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