Seminars : Centre for Cognitive Science (COGS) : �鶹��ý of Sussex

Centre for Cognitive Science (COGS)

Seminars

COGS Seminars provide a forum for internationally recognised researchers from all corners of cognitive science research to present and discuss their latest findings. All are welcome to attend.

Autumn 2024

Tuesdays 16:00-17:30

Date	Seminar	Venue
Sep 17	Unconventional cognition through the lens of cellular collective intelligence in morphogenesis Prof Michael Levin Tufts Abstract: The emerging field of Diverse Intelligence seeks to understand what is common to all active agents, regardless of their composition or origin story. My group works to integrate developmental biophysics, computer science, and cognitive science as tools with which to test empirical consequences of diverse intelligence perspectives. In this talk, I will discuss a framework for detecting, creating, and ethically relating to minds in unconventional embodiments. The problem-solving competencies of cells during embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer will be used to illustrate how simple cognitive systems can arise and scale into new problem spaces. I will talk about the implications of these ideas for evolution, regenerative medicine, and robotics, via synthetic biobots and the plasticity of the agential material of life.	online Passcode: 173954
Oct 15	Rejecting personal/subpersonal distinction Prof Rob Rupert Colorado Abstract: tba	Fulton Building, FUL-109 Zoom ID: Passcode:
Oct 22	tba Prof Michael Silberstein Elizabethtown Abstract: tba	Fulton Building, FUL-109 Zoom ID: Passcode:
Oct 29	tba Prof Dan Zahavi Copenhagen Abstract: tba	Fulton Building, FUL-109 Zoom ID: Passcode:
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Date

Seminar

Venue

Sep 17

Unconventional cognition through the lens of cellular collective intelligence in morphogenesis
Prof Michael Levin
Tufts

Abstract: The emerging field of Diverse Intelligence seeks to understand what is common to all active agents, regardless of their composition or origin story. My group works to integrate developmental biophysics, computer science, and cognitive science as tools with which to test empirical consequences of diverse intelligence perspectives. In this talk, I will discuss a framework for detecting, creating, and ethically relating to minds in unconventional embodiments. The problem-solving competencies of cells during embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer will be used to illustrate how simple cognitive systems can arise and scale into new problem spaces. I will talk about the implications of these ideas for evolution, regenerative medicine, and robotics, via synthetic biobots and the plasticity of the agential material of life.

online

Passcode: 173954

Oct 15

Rejecting personal/subpersonal distinction
Prof Rob Rupert
Colorado

Abstract: tba

Fulton Building, FUL-109

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Oct 22

tba
Prof Michael Silberstein
Elizabethtown

Abstract: tba

Fulton Building, FUL-109

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Oct 29

tba
Prof Dan Zahavi
Copenhagen

Abstract: tba

Fulton Building, FUL-109

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Abstract: tba

Fulton Building, FUL-109

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