Connectionists: Prestigious Lecture Series - Live Talk by Prof. Tony Prescott - University of Sheffield

[Amir Aly]

Dear All

* *Apologies for cross-posting**

I’m pleased to share that the next talk of the *CRNS Talk Series* at
the University of Plymouth, scheduled for May 14th, will be an
*IEEE-RAS* *co-sponsored Prestigious
Lecture.*

*Prof. Tony Prescott *from the University of Sheffield will deliver a talk
on Wednesday, *May 14th *from *11:00 AM - 12:30 PM*  (*London time*) over
Zoom. *Thank you for forwarding the invitation to any of your colleagues
who might be interested*.

>> *Events*: The CRNS talk series will cover a wide range of topics
including Social and Cognitive Robotics, Computational Neuroscience,
Developmental Psychology, Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Vision, AI
and Machine Learning, and healthcare. More details are available here:

 https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/robotics-neural-systems/whats-on
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>> *Link for the next event*: According to IEEE regulations, registration
to the event is required (*Registration Link
<https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/484198>*).  A Zoom link will
be sent to registered persons prior to the event.

>> *Title of the talk:  **Analysis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A
Robotics Perspective*

*Abstract*:

This talk will consider the specific challenge of synthesizing a robot
“sense of self”. The starting point is an analysis of the human self that
sees it as brought into being by the activity of a set of transient
self-processes instantiated by the brain and body. I propose that we can
better understand this self-system, and thereby this core aspect of the
human condition, through embodied (robotic) modelling. The self begins with
the brain’s discovery of the body, of its ability to control it, and of the
distinctive dynamics of interoceptive compared to exteroceptive sensory
signals. These processes give rise to a minimal sense of self as a bounded
agent, upon which layers of reflective self-processes are constructed that
extend the self in space and time and that allow the recognition of other
selves. To illustrate the talk, I will discuss ongoing attempts to create a
sense of self for robots within my own lab and others.


>> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me,

Regards

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*Dr. Amir Aly*, PhD, FHEA, SIEEE
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Programme Manager of Artificial Intelligence
UK and Ireland IEEE RAS Chapter Vice Chair
Director of the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)
School of Engineering, Computing, and Mathematics

Room A307 Portland Square, Drake Circus, PL4 8AA

University of Plymouth, UK
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