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 Marc Toussaint
05-04-2018
Marc Toussaint (University of Stuttgart), interviewed by Paul Verschure, presents his computational approach to planning and optimal control introducing an hypothesis on how neural systems might solve stochastic optimal control and RL problems.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 71.82MB - Duration: 52:18 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Huoseng Hu
05-04-2018
Huoseng Hu (University of Essex, UK) moved from industrial to service & field robotics. He discusses the building of robot fish with Tony Prescott, but also the development of a semi-robotic wheelchair controlled with thoughts.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 35.83MB - Duration: 31:03 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with John Doyle
04-04-2018
John Doyle discusses with Paul Verschure control architectures in single cellular organisms. These small systems seem to very successfully combine small-time scale robustness with long term adaptibility.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 34.07MB - Duration: 59:33 m (80 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Ricardo Sanz
03-04-2018
After the speaker's talk at the Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summerschool 2010 at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott go deeper into the subjects presented.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 36.73MB - Duration: 31:58 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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