The Department of Engineering’s Bio-inspired Robotics Laboratory will host an international conference on the research field of embodied intelligence – attracting expert speakers including philosophers, neuroscientists, biologists and roboticists.
We have organised this conference for free so that all academics and students can learn more about this broad, fascinating field from world-leading researchers.
Professor Fumiya Iida
Taking place online from 22-24 March, the International Conference on Embodied Intelligence, which is free to attend, aims to discuss the challenges and opportunities in embodied intelligence – a research field closely linked to computational intelligence, robotics and neuroscience.
The conference will answer a number of questions, including, but not limited to:
- How does computation come about from embodiment?
- How does language emerge?
- How do we understand intelligence and what theories and technologies do we have to represent it?
- How can we measure complexity, consciousness, and intelligence?
- What ethical questions arise from embodied intelligence?
The conference is structured with a morning session and afternoon session each day to accommodate different time zones. Each session includes plenary talks, panel discussions (including flash talks by leading researchers) and breakout sessions. While plenary and panel speakers are by invitation-only, wider contributions in breakout sessions for more focused and technical discussions are encouraged.
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Register to attend by Friday 17 March. |
Professor Fumiya Iida, one of the conference organisers and general chair, said: “This is our third International Conference on Embodied Intelligence and our annual flagship event that attracts worldwide attention.
“Superstars in the field of embodied intelligence research make up our confirmed plenary and invited speakers from disciplines including robotics, AI, material science, engineering, psychology and philosophy. They come from across the globe including the UK, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, China, South Korea, Sweden, Singapore, Spain, Czech Republic and more. We have organised this conference for free so that all academics and students can learn more about this broad, fascinating field from world-leading researchers.”
Confirmed plenary/invited speakers:
John Rogers, Northwestern University, USA
Ellen Roche, MIT, USA
Anil Seth, Sussex University, UK
Ilana Nisky, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Jan Peters, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Aude Billard, EPFL, Switzerland
Davide Scaramuzza, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Shoji Takeuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Tetsushi Nonaka, Kobe University, Japan
Guangming Xie, Beijing University, China
Yong-Lae Park, Seoul National, South Korea
Tamim Asfour, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Tom Ziemke, Linköping University, Sweden
Guoying Gu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Cecilia Laschi, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Kirstin Petersen, Cornell University, USA
Matej Hoffmann, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Josh Bongard, University of Vermont, USA
Josie Hughes, EPFL, Switzerland
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow, UK
Concepcion Alicia Monje Michaeret, University of Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Jake Abbott, University of Utah, USA
Andrew Sabelhaus, Boston University, USA
John Rieffel, Union College, USA
Singo Shimoda, Riken, Japan
Poramate Manoonpong, University of Southern Denmark
Surya Nurzaman, Monash University, Malaysia
Thomas George Thuruthel, UCL, UK
Thilina Lalitharatne, QMUL, UK
Helmut Hauser, University of Bristol, UK
Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Waterloo, Canada
Alexandre Pitti, CY Cergy Paris Université, France
...and many more to follow.
