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Welcome to the Convergent Science Network Podcast!
During the BCBT Summerschools (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) hosting professors Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott interviewed several speakers after their lectures. Interviews are also conducted on other occasions with various scientist in converging fields.
About the hosts: Paul Verschure is ICREA Professor at SPECS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.
The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN, www.csnetwork.eu) is a coordination action for the development of future real-world technologies. CSN is supported through the Future and Emerging Technology programs (FET) of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) work programme of Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission.
Audio (post-)production: Sytse Wierenga. Podcast site: Alberto Betella.
Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems
We can learn a lot from brains and bodies when making machines and robots. But reversely, building complex machine systems can also give ideas about how brains and bodies have implemented their functioning over the evolution of ages. This podcast discusses various themes and aspects in-between robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, biology, and technology.
Interview Murray Shanahan
05-04-2018
Murray Shanahan (Cognitive Robotics, Imperial College London) discusses his work on the dynamics of cortical networks and their non-linear properties. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 58.41MB - Duration: 42:32 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Jon Kaas (2014)
05-04-2018
Jon Kaas (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) discusses his view on the evolution of brains from early mammals to humans. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 89.5MB - Duration: 1:05:10 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Henry Kennedy
05-04-2018
Henry Kennedy (Stem-Cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon) discusses his work on the anatomical structure of the primate cortex. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 70.36MB - Duration: 51:14 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview with Etienne Koechlin
05-04-2018
Etienne Koechlin (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) discusses with Paul Verschure the functional organization of the human prefrontal-cortex function underpinning reasoning, learning and exploration in the service of decision-making and adaptive behavior.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 94.57MB - Duration: 1:43:17 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview David Redish
05-04-2018
David Redish (Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, ) discusses his work on the neuronal substrate of spatial navigation, memory and regret. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 138.61MB - Duration: 1:40:56 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Gary Marcus
05-04-2018
Gary Marcus (NYU Center for Language and Music, New York) discusses his criticism of the current views of cortical organization and his proposal on an alternative perspective. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 86.4MB - Duration: 1:02:55 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Dorothy Fragaszy
05-04-2018
Dorothy Fragaszy (Primate Behavior Laboratory, University of Georgia) discusses her work on tool use in non-human primates. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 83.3MB - Duration: 1:00:39 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Danielle Stolzenberg
05-04-2018
Danielle Stolzenberg (University of California, Davis) discusses her work on innate behaviors and their genetic and neuronal regulation in the hypothalamus. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 85.76MB - Duration: 1:02:27 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Gary Hesslow
05-04-2018
Germund Hesslow (Lund University) discusses with Paul Verschure the role of the cerebellum in the animal brain. Behavioral learning, prediction and the neural substrate underlying these functions are discussed with a focus on Classical Conditioning.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 58.82MB - Duration: 1:04:15 m (128 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview with Eberhard Fetz
05-04-2018
Eberhard Fetz (University of Washington, Seattle) discusses with Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott the neural substrate of action coding in the light of the experimental results obtained from an autonomous implantable recurrent brain-computer interface.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 78.72MB - Duration: 1:25:59 m (128 kbps 48000 Hz)
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