Fierces 2016 - First International Early Research Career Enhancement School on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures

Intended topics and scope of Fierces on BICA include the following (please also refer to the diagram on the right).
In the Spotlight:
Models of perception, cognition and action
Study of cognitive evolution
Emotionally intelligent BICA
Narrative intelligence in BICA
Models of prospective episodic memory
Theory-of-mind reasoning
Character reasoning
Narrative goal reasoning
Active learning in artifacts
BICA models of self-regulated learning
Believable autonomous social actors
Secure authentication of the mind
Benchmarks, metrics, tests and challenges for BICA
Fundamental theoretical questions in BICA research
The roadmap for the BICA Challenge
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Figure: Generic extended BICA.
Neuroscience:
“B” in BICA: useful biological constraints for cognitive architectures
Bridging the gap between artificial and natural information processing
Cognitive and learning mechanisms informed by neuroscience
Neural correlates of cognitive and meta-cognitive processes
Robustness, scalability and adaptability in neuromorphic systems
Neurophysiological underpinnings of reinforcement learning
Physiological mechanisms of memory formation and (re)consolidation
Representation of contextual and conceptual knowledge in neural systems
Social, Economic and Educational Sciences:
Mixed-initiative systems based on inspirations from biology
Agents possessing human-level social, narrative, and emotional intelligence
BICA in pedagogical, learning, and tutoring technologies and education
BICA models of self and their application to self-aware perception and action
Representation, perception, understanding, processing and expression of emotions
Virtual characters and narratives, artificial personalities and human-compatibility of BICA
Agent-based modeling of intelligent social phenomena (are there any?)
Applications of BICA technologies in elderly care
Cognitive Science:
Perception, reasoning, decision making and action in BICA
Combining natural and artificial approaches to cognition
Comparison of different forms of learning, memory, and cognitive growth
Theory-of-Mind, episodic and autobiographical memory in cognitive systems
Introspection, metacognitive reasoning and self-awareness in BICA
Models of learning and memory: robustness, flexibility, transferability
Natural and body language and its role in intelligence, cognition and interaction
Unifying frameworks and constraints for cognitive architectures: the grand unification
Artificial Intelligence:
Creativity, goal reasoning and human-level autonomy in artifacts
Embodied vs. ambient intelligence: embedding or embodiment?
Natural Language capabilities and social competence of BICA
Learning by reading, by observation, by reasoning and by analogy
Robust and scalable machine learning mechanisms in BICA
Self-regulated learning, bootstrapped and meta-learning and the critical mass
The place for BICA in tomorrow's textbook of artificial intelligence
General:
Mathematical basis for BICA and fundamental theoretical questions in BICA research
Alternative substrates for implementation of BICA: smart materials, quantum and biocomputing
Alternative approaches to the development of BICA: evolutionary, system-theoretic, educational
Fundamental academic, practical and theoretical questions in BICA research and technology
Cognitive Decathlon and Grand Challenges for BICA as components of the BICA Challenge
Critical mass for a universal human-level learner and a roadmap to solving the BICA Challenge
Metrics, tests, proximity measures and the roadmap to human-level / human-compatible AI
Leveraging the cloud, world-wide-web, and social-media: possible role for BICA?
Cybersecurity and secure authentication methods based on BICA
Interdisciplinary research opportunities involving BICA
International trends and opportunities in funding BICA related research