<div dir="ltr"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-size:12pt;border:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Dear All</span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36)"></span></span></span><font color="black" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br class="gmail-ContentPasted0"></div><div class="gmail-ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)">*<u class="gmail-ContentPasted0">Apologies for cross-posting</u>*</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br class="gmail-ContentPasted0"></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-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talk</span>:  <strong class="gmail-ContentPasted0" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box">Exploring robotic minds by extending the framework of predictive coding and active inference</strong></b><br class="gmail-ContentPasted0"></div><div style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><div style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(50,49,48)"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br class="gmail-ContentPasted0"></div><div class="gmail-ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><b class="gmail-ContentPasted0">Abstract</b>:</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br class="gmail-ContentPasted0"></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><p style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.5pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Times,serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></span></p></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><span style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></div></span></span></div><span class="gmail-ContentPasted0" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The focus of my research has been to investigate how cognitive agents can develop structural representation and functions via iterative interaction with the world, exercising agency and learning from resultant perceptual experience. For this purpose, my team has developed various models analogous to predictive coding and active inference frameworks based on the free energy principle. Those models have been used for conducting diverse robotics experiments which include goal-directed planning and replanning in a dynamic environment, social embodied interactions with others, development o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