International Workshop on Artificial Consciousness 23-24 November - Agrigento - Sicily |
Full Program
Wednesday 23rd of November: 9:00
Introduction
Prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco: Full Professor of Bioengineering –
University of Genoa
Prof. Salvatore Gaglio: Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence –
University of Palermo
I Session:The race for Artificial Consciousness
Chairman: Prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco
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Prof. John Taylor:
Director of Centre for Neural Networks - King’s College,
London
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Prof. Peter Gardenfors:
Director of Lund University Cognitive Science, Lund, Sweden
Coffee
break
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Prof. Tom Ziemke:
Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Università di Skövde,
Sweden.
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Prof. Igor Aleksander:
Full Professor of Neural Systems Engineering – Imperial
College, London
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Dr. Andrea Lavazza:
Scientific Journalist
Discussion
II Session: Design and Implementation of an Artificial Machine
Wednesday, 23rd of November. Ore 16:00
Chairman: Prof. Salvatore Gaglio
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Prof. Maurizio Cardaci:
Full Professor of General Psychology – University of Palermo
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Prof. Luc Steels:
Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab – Free University
of Bruxelles, Director of the SONY Computer Science Laboratory - Paris
Coffee
break
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Prof. Antonio Chella:
Full Professor of Robotics – University of Palermo
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Prof. Ricardo Sanz:
Full Professor of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering –
University of Madrid
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Prof. Owen Holland:
Director of the Department of Computer Science – University
of Essex.
Discussion
III Session: Artificial and natural consciousness
Thursday, 24th of November: 9:00
Chairman: Prof. John Taylor
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Prof. Ted
Honderich: Grote Professor Emeritus Of The Philosophy Of Mind And Logic,
University College London
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Prof. Riccardo Manzotti:
Assistant Professor of Psychology – IULM (Milan)
Coffee break
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Prof.
Domenico Parisi: Professor of Psychology - Institute of Cognitive Sciences
and Technologies - National Research Council
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Prof. Alberto Faro:
Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence – University
of Catania
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Prof. Piero Morasso:
Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering – University of Genoa (Italy)
Discussion
Conclusion
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Prof. Vincenzo Tagliasco: University of Genova
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Prof. Salvatore Gaglio: University of Palermo
