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SUMMARY:Computers and Minds
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LOCATION:Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>COMPUTERS AND MINDS</strong></p>\n<p><em>The Human Mind Project</em></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>University of Edinburgh\, Friday 21 November\, 2014</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Speakers</strong></p>\n<p>Andy Clark (Edinburgh)</p>\n<p>Frances Egan (Rutgers)</p>\n<p>Anil Seth (Sussex)</p>\n<p>Murray Shanahan (Imperial College London)</p>\n<p>Aaron Sloman (Birmingham)</p>\n<p>Sethu Vijayakumar (Edinburgh)</p>\n\n\n<p>The next public event of&nbsp\;<em>The Human Mind Project</em>&nbsp\;will take place in Edinburgh as part of&nbsp\;<em>Being Human</em>\, the UK&rsquo\;s first national festival of the humanities.&nbsp\;&ldquo\;Computers and Minds&rdquo\; will bring together leading academics to discuss the current state of the art of research at the interface of philosophy\, computational neuroscience\, robotics and artificial intelligence. The one-day event will feature a specialist workshop with talks by leading academics on computational theories of mind\, the cognitive neuroscience of self-consciousness and body awareness\, and the implications of the latest advances in artificial intelligence for understanding the human mind. The workshop will be&nbsp\;followed in the early evening by a public event\, with a presentation and demonstration on robotics by Sethu Vijayakumar and a lecture by Andy Clark entitled "Being and Computing: Are You Your Brain\, and Is Your Brain a Computer?&rdquo\;</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><em>The Human Mind Project</em>&nbsp\;highlights the contribution of the arts and humanities to the study of human nature\, and the importance of a comprehensive\, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the mind\, integrating science and the humanities.</p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration and Scientific Organization</strong></p>\n\n<p>Attendance is free of charge\, but space is limited. Please visit the event page on the website of&nbsp\;<em>Being Human</em>&nbsp\;and register on Eventbrite:</p>\n\n<p>http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/computers-and-minds-tickets-12665600151</a></p>\n\n<p>This conference is sponsored by&nbsp\;<em>The</em>&nbsp\;<em>Human Mind Project</em>&nbsp\;and organized by Mattia Gallotti (University of London) and Sanjay Modgil&nbsp\;(King&rsquo\;s College London).&nbsp\;For further information\, contact&nbsp\;info@humanmind.ac.uk</a>.</p>
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