C:ADM2010 International Conference

C:ADM2010 International Conference

July 30th to August 2nd 2010 (with surrounding events)

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Robert Trappl

Robert Trappl is head of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna, which was founded in 1984. He is professor of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. He holds a PhD in psychology (minor: astronomy), a diploma in sociology (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna), and is engineer for electrical engineering. His main research focus at present is the investigation of the potential contributions of Artificial Intelligence methods to the avoidance of outbreaks of wars or in ending them, and the development of intelligent and emotional personality agents both for synthetic actors in films, television and interactive media, especially games, and with a view on their consequences for theories on cognition and emotion.

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It is with great sorrow that we have to report to members the death of Ernst von Glasersfeld. Ernst died 12 November 2010, at 7am US east coast time. Here is an obituary on the Constructivist Psychology Network. Another obituary by AP in the Washington Post. A recent Special Issue of Constructivist foundations dedicated to the work and memory of Ernst von Glasersfeld.

The website of the Cybernetics of Cybernetics Competition is now on-line.

C:ADM2010 participants can continue to work their paper proposals and discuss each others' paper proposals via the profile page.

To give some background on the format of C:ADM2010, we have posted a short text by Nagib Callaos on conversational conferences here.

The C:ADM2010 blog is now open. Please feel free to use it to suggest and discuss how the conference conference shall unfold.

Ernst von Glasersfeld delivered a talk after the C:ADM2010 conference dinner. Listen to it here. UPDATE: Manuscript added.

John Sims, member of the C:ADM2010 International Advisory Board recently gave this interview to Nature magazine.

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