Connectionists: Workshop: Math Models of Cognitive Behaviour - call for participation

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Workshop Announcement - Call for Participation

Mathematical Models of Cognitive Behaviour
Avon Gorge Hotel, Bristol
November 9th, 2007 (9am - 5pm)

http://patterns.enm.bris.ac.uk/cognitive-systems-workshop

Workshop of the Pascal Network of Excellence and the euCognition Network


Probabilistic approaches to Artificial Intelligence have become
mainstream in the past decade. Statistical methods are routinely used
in machine learning, machine translation, machine vision, speech
recognition. We are interested in applying this methodology to the
more general problem of modeling cognitive systems.
The theoretical focus of this workshop is to model cognitive abilities
as forms of probabilistic inference. In particular we want to focus on
statistical and reactive models of behaviour, in various systems.
The idea is to present recent models of natural cognitive systems
together with recent advances in modeling of artificial cognitive
systems, and discuss of relations.
Learning, decision making, perception, and goal-seeking are
significant aspects of cognitive behavior that will be covered.


Preliminary List of Speakers


*Ralf Herbrich * Microsoft Research
*Behavior in Videogames
*
*Dennis Bray*, University of Cambridge
*Bacterial Chemotaxis
*

 *Nello Cristianini* University of Bristol
*TBA*

*James Marshall* , *
Nigel Franks* University of Bristol
*Collective Decision-Making in Social Insect Colonies
*

*Nick Chater* University College London
General principles of cognition

*Chris Watkins* Royal Holloway, University of London
Behavioural Learning and Evolution: what can we deduce from first
principles about behavioural learning, given that behaviour is
evolved?

*Richard Gregory* University of Bristol
*TBA *

*Alan Roberts * University of Bristol
*Simple Nervous Systems
*

*Rafal Bogacz*, University of Bristol
*Optimal Decision Making in Biological Systems
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*Alan Winfield*, University of West of England,
*Robot Behaviour *



Panel Discussion:

*Tom Troscianko* , *John Shawe-Taylor*,
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REGISTRATION
Registration is free, but the number of participants will be limited by
space.
So you will be required to register in advance, by following instructions
in:
http://patterns.enm.bris.ac.uk/cognitive-systems-workshop