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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 with Moshe Bar
05-04-2018
Moshe Bar (Harvard Medical School, Charlestown) argues for a cognitive model that blends expectation (top-down) and sensation (bottom-up) processing. With Paul Verschure he discusses also imagination, meditation, and depression treatment in this context.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 90.23MB - Duration: 1:05:30 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Mandyam Srinivasan
05-04-2018
Mandyam Srinivasan's research (University of Queensland, Brisbane) centers on vision and cognition of flying insects, especially bees. He discusses it with Paul Verschure and special guest Partha Mitra (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York).
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 88.29MB - Duration: 1:04:05 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Giovanni Pezzulo
05-04-2018
Giovanni Pezzulo (Institute of Cognitive Sciences & Technologies, Rome) discusses with Paul Verschure the concept of the predictive brain that actively anticipates body movement.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 82.74MB - Duration: 1:00:03 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Nick Strausfeld
05-04-2018
Nick Strausfeld's interest (University of Arizona, Tucson) lies in evolution and comparative neurobiology. With Paul & Tony he discusses how common denominators of insect brains lead us to find core system architectures.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 66.97MB - Duration: 48:34 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Guenther Knoblich
05-04-2018
Guenther Knoblich's work (Central European University, Budapest) focuses on joint action like performed in team sports, and acrobatics. With Paul Verschure he discusses cognitive aspects of coordination, timing, and signalling while moving together.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 88.47MB - Duration: 1:04:14 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Dmitri B. Chklovskii
05-04-2018
Dmitri B. Chklovskii (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) discusses the idea of the brain as an adaptive filter, and what theoretical and experimental implications this approach entails.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 74.45MB - Duration: 54:01 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Donald W. Pfaff
05-04-2018
Donald W. Pfaff heads the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rokefeller University. With Paul Verschure he discusses the central role of the arousal system in mind, brain, and behavior.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 91.79MB - Duration: 1:06:39 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Dana Ballard
05-04-2018
Dana Ballard (University of Texas, Austin) argues that vision is agenda-driven, rather than saliency-driven alone. With Paul Verschure he discusses how the idea of gathering and integrating information quanta into a mental scene applies to a wider model.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 89.17MB - Duration: 1:04:44 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Jon Kaas (2012)
05-04-2018
Jon Kaas (Vanderbilt University) is an expert on the evolution of the brain. Together with Paul & Tony he discusses similarities in neural architectures between different species. [A technical problem affected the guest's recording up to minute 6
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 78.97MB - Duration: 1:08:45 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Maria Chiara Carozza
05-04-2018
Maria Chiara Carozza (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy) talks with Tony Prescott about the development of robotic prosthetic hands, exoskeletons, and skin, and the ways this could help people increase body movement control and rehabilitate.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 36.81MB - Duration: 31:55 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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