Frontier Research and Artificial Intelligence
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PROGRAMME
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OPENING SESSION |
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| 08.30 - 09.00 | Registration |
| 9.15 |
Welcome Address Jean-Pierre Bourguignon President of the European Research Council "ERC's contribution to Artificial Intelligence" |
| 9.25 |
Opening Address Signe Ratso Deputy Director-General Research and Innovation "The EU's role in Artificial Intelligence" |
| 09.40 |
Scientific overview talk Michael Bronstein "Frontier research and Artificial Intelligence: key areas and future prospects" |
| 10.00 | Q&A |
| 10.15 | Coffee break |
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SESSION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Moderator: Alejandro Martin-Hobdey, Head of Call and Project Follow-up Coordination Unit, ERCEA |
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| 10.45 |
Simon Thorpe "Memory Mechanisms in Man and Machine" |
| 11.05 |
Francis Bach "Robust algorithms for learning from modern data" |
| 11.25 |
Barbara Caputo "Robots learning about objects from externalized knowledge sources" |
| 11.45 |
Nello Cristianini "Patterns in Big Data: Methods, Applications and Implications" |
| 12.05 | Q&A |
| 12.20 | Lunch break |
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SESSION 2: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE BRAIN
Moderator: Carmen Garcia Fernandez, Acting Head of Life Sciences Unit, ERCEA |
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| 13.20 |
Axel Cleeremans The Radical Plasticity Thesis: How we learn to be conscious" |
| 13.40 |
Suliann Ben Hamed "Invasive cognitive brain computer interfaces to enhance and restore attention: proof of concept and underlying cortical mechanisms" |
| 14.00 |
Giacomo Indiveri "Neuromorphic Electronic Agents: from sensory processing to autonomous cognitive behavior" |
| 14.20 |
Tamar Makin "EmbodiedTech: Can humans embody augmentative robotics technology?" |
| 14.40 | Q&A |
| 14.55 | Coffee break |
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SESSION 3: THE ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Moderator: Michel Vanbiervliet, Head of Ethics Review and Expert Management Unit, ERCEA |
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| 15.25 |
Jeroen van den Hoven Member of European Group of Ethics "The ethical challenges of Artificial Intelligence" |
| 15.45 |
Agnieszka Wykowska "Intentional stance for social attunement" |
| 16.05 |
Karim Benchenane "Brain computer interface to study and manipulate memories of aversive experience during sleep" |
| 16.25 |
Carme Torras "CLOTH manIpulation Learning from Demonstrations" |
| 16.45 | Q&A |
| 17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.30 |
Eva Kaili |
| 17.40 |
Cédric Villani Member French Parliament, Leader AI report "The Artificial Intelligence strategy for France and Europe" |
| 18.10 | Coffee break |
| 18.30 | END OF DAY ONE SESSIONS |
| 19.30 | Speaker dinner |
Friday: 26 October 2016: 9.00 – 13.00
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SESSION 4: APPLY AI: VISION, MOBILITY, LANGUAGE AND SCIENCE
Moderator: Martin Penny, Head of Physical Sciences and Engineering Unit, ERCEA |
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| 9.00 |
Christian Sminchisescu "Learning to See in a Dynamic World" |
| 9.20 |
Jean-Baptiste Mouret "Robots with animal-like resilience" |
| 9.40 |
Gemma Boleda A distributional MOdel of Reference to Entities" |
| 10.00 |
Josef Urban "Artificial Intelligence for Large-Scale Computer-Assisted Reasoning" |
| 10.20 | Q&A |
| 10.35 | Coffee break |
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SESSION 5: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIETY: WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
Moderator: Angela Liberatore, Head of Social Sciences and Humanities Unit, ERCEA |
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| 11.05 |
Philip Howard "Computational Propaganda: Investigating the Impact of Algorithms and Bots on Political Discourse in Europe" |
| 11.25 |
Emily Cross "Mechanisms and Consequences of Attributing Socialness to Artificial Agents" |
| 11.45 |
Jochen Peter "Children and social robots: An integrative framework" |
| 12.05 |
Laura Elo "From longitudinal proteomics to dynamic individualized diagnostics" |
| 12.25 | Q&A |
| 12.40 | Closing remarks ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon |
| 13.00 | END OF CONFERENCE |
