Artificial Cognitive Systems

Here are some links to resources that are relevant for my course on Artificial Cognitive Systems on my main website.

Videos

Elizabeth Spelke's talk on Core Knowledge of Number and Geometry at the inaugural meeting of euCognition in 2006
Daniel Wolpert TED Talk on the real reason for brains

Research Challenges

Social Cognition for Human-Robot Symbiosis—Challenges and Building Blocks

Surveys

40 years of cognitive architectures: core cognitive abilities and practical applications
Companion website for 40 years of cognitive architectures: core cognitive abilities and practical applications
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Society (BICA) comparison of 25 cognitive architectures A Framework for Comparing Agent Architectures A world survey of artificial brain projects, Part II: Biologically inspired cognitive architectures

Educational Resources

MIT Open Courseware: Computational Cognitive Science MIT Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) Science of Intelligence Learning Hub Cognitive Systems Outreach coordinated by Joanna Bryson, University of Bath, UK.

Definitions of Cognition

Over 40 Definitions of Cognition (it has proved difficult to define cognition and it is worth reading Aaron Sloman's argument that it isn't worth trying). A definition of a cognitive system from the Springer Reference Guide to Computer Vision.

White Papers

Computing, cognition and the future of knowing John Kelly, Senior Vice President, IBM Research and Solutions Portfolio. Action selection for Intelligent Systems, Cyril Brom, Charles University, Prague, and Joanna Bryson, University of Bath, UK.

Tutorials and Resources

Tutorial on Embodiment: a wide-ranging summary of the main aspects of this discipline, from cognitivist AI right through to embodied emergent cognition, by Matej Hoffmann, Dorit Assaf, and Rolf Pfeifer at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Informatics, University of Zurich Books and articles related to embodiment Situated / Embedded / Extended Cognition Resources: material provided by William Rapaport, University at Buffalo - State University of New York, for a course on cognitive science. Tutorial on Autpoiesis, Autonomy, and Enactive Cognitive Science by Randall Whittaker Teaching Material for the ACT-R Cognitive Architecture by William G. Kennedy

Journals

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems Cognitive Systems Research Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Constructivist Foundations Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Books

Cognitive Architectures by M. Ferreira, J. Sequeira, and R. Ventura (Eds.)

Research Networks and Societies

TC-CORO: IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Robotics euCognition: European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems. This network was the first in a series of three networks, culminating in EUCog below. EUCog: European Society for Cognitive Systems BICA: Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Society ESSCS: European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems

Degrees in Cognitive Systems

The following is a sample of the Master-level degrees that are available in cognitive systems. If you know of other degree programs that you think I should feature here, please send me an email (the address is on my website).

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain: Interdisciplinary Master in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media (60 ECTS) Technical University of Munich: Robotics, Cognition, and Intelligence University of Warwick: M.Sc. in Cognitive Systems University of Zurich: Master of Science in Informatics - Multimodal and Cognitive Systems Jacobs University, Germany: Cognitive Systems and Processes

Business Issues

Artificial Intelligence for the Real World A Harvard Business Review perspective on using artificial cognitive capabilities in business.