Neuroinformatics for 'living' artefacts

[Cristina Versino]

The Information Society Technologies programme
and the Quality of Life programme are launching 
a joint call for project proposals 
on "Neuroinformatics for 'living' artefacts".

The call objective is to explore new synergies 
between Neurosciences and Information Technologies 
in order to enable the construction of hardware/software 
"artefacts that live and grow", i.e. artefacts 
that self-adapt and evolve beyond pure programming.
Preference will be given to work that demonstrates 
adaptability and growth in the "real world" and 
that does not simply extrapolate from an already 
established research field (such as neural-networks 
or genetic algorithms).

An Information Workshop on the call will take place 
in Brussels on the 9th of June.

The workshop will feature:
- An in-depth presentation of the call 
  by European Commission staff.
- To stimulate thinking and discussion, 
  invited speakers will present topics of their choice 
  that relate to the call.
- _Stand up and speak_: anybody having registered 
  can speak for 2 minutes to describe their 
  interests and the kind of partnerships they are seeking.

Updated information on the workshop:
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetni-iw.htm

Information on the call:
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fetni.htm
http://www.cordis.lu/life/src/neuro.htm