KCIST Kolloquium - How to Build Developing Minds

  • Tagungsort:

    Adenauerring 2, Geb. 50.20, Raum 148, 76131 Karlsruhe

  • Datum:

    9. Dezember 2022 - 11:00 Uhr

  • Referent:

    Prof. Yukie Nagai, Project Professor, Universität Tokio
     

    Yukie Nagai ist Project Professor am International Research Center for Neurointelligence an der Universität Tokio. Sie promovierte 2004 in Ingenieurwissenschaften an der Universität Osaka und arbeitete anschließend am National Institute of Information and Communications Technology der Universität Bielefeld und der Universität Osaka. Seit 2019 leitet sie das Cognitive Developmental Robotics Lab an der Universität von Tokio. Zu ihren Forschungsinteressen gehören kognitive Entwicklungsrobotik, Computational Neuroscience und assistive Technologien für Entwicklungsstörungen. Sie wurde 2019 in die Liste der "30 Women in Robotics you need to know about", 2020 in die Liste der "World's 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics" und 2022 in die Liste der "35 Women in Robotics Engineering and Science" gewählt.

  • Zusammenfassung:

    What neural mechanisms underlie cognitive development?
     

    Can we build developing minds in robots?
     

    My research group has been investigating human minds by a computational approach. We suggest that a neuroscience theory called predictive coding provides a unified account for developing minds. My talk first shows how artificial neural networks based on predictive coding enable robots to acquire various cognitive functions. Social behaviors such as reading intention/emotion and altruistic behavior emerge through prediction error minimization. Our experiments further demonstrate influences of altered predictive processing on cognitive development. Aberrant precision of prediction and sensation produce neurodiverse behaviors as observed in developmental disorders. I will discuss potentials and new challenges in building developing minds in robots.