Foundations of mind residential summer school on “Natural and artificial Intelligence” Siena, Italy, September 2-7 2018
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University of Ireland
Jun 4, 2018, 5:45:46 AM6/4/18
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We have now finalized the schedule and list of instructors. please
note it is taking place in 2018 and total cost including full board is
only 350 euro for the waged;
Foundations of mind residential summer school on “Natural and
artificial Intelligence”
Noceto retreat center, Siena, Italy, September 2-7 2018
In the light of the current recent technological breakthroughs made in
AI, the relative lack of progress in neuroscience and other sciences
of the mind may come as a surprise. Surely success in one should
spread to the other, as they are essentially the same object of
study? While arguing that this is not in fact the case, this summer
school will equip the student with cutting-edge tools both to take
part in the current AI revolution and to understand where future
breakthroughs in neuroscience and cognitive science in general are
likely to come from.
Our worldclass instructors are offering courses in the foundations of
cognition and consciousness studies; signal processing for
neuroscience; techniques and sociophilosophical issues in AI; Quantum
mind; and neurodynamics. The instructors include Sean O Nuallain,
Bruno Neri, Arnold Smith, Shantena Sabbadini, and Giuseppe Vitiello.
1st the neurodynamics course is going to introduce techniques from
physics from the harmonic oscillator through dynamical systems in
general to field theory. The instructor will be Giuseppe Vitiello
The quantum physics and mind course will centre on the fact that
quantum physics has its own set of terms like observation which it
shares with psychology. In general they mean different things but
quantum physics has proven to be the most successful Theory in the
history of science. The instructor will be Shantena Sabbadini
Artificial intelligence has recently had many enormous breakthroughs.
Both AI and brain science are the subjects of massive state
investment. It is important for graduates in areas related to
cognitive science that they learn basics of programming in a language
like python, understand how “neural” nets work, and become au fait
with the social and philosophical issues involved.
The instructor will be Arnold Smith.
One of the major problems in neuroscience is that the skull acts very
effectively as a low pass filter. That has led to research in signal
processing particularly for techniques like eeg. The instructor will
be Bruno NerI. This is called “outer empiricism”, the projection of
scientific techniques into phenomenal space. The remainder of this
course will concern itself with “inner empiricism”, the experience of
consciousness from within and this will be taught by Tania Re.
Cognitive science has become an extremely exciting area as algorithms
used in deep learning have proved to be enormously successful. Yet
many central issues about the relationship between mind and brain ,
the structure of language, and anthropology remained unasked in the
current technological drive. The instructor will be Sean o Nuallain
who is the overall programme coordinator
The format of the program will be five days of intensive instruction
with one hour class from each presenter everyday. It is antedated we
will have 3 1-hour talks each morning and 2 such each afternoon, with
each day ending with a general, moderated discussion followed by a
trip to the thermal paths nearby, Siena or whatever is the
participants’ choice.
Foundations of mind
In its first four years of existence, the non-profit Foundations of
mind has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers, the result of 6
international conferences. Its page view rate, at over 1 million per
week, and download rate of 130k per year are unprecedented in academic
history. Moreover, the bulk of the papers is available free on the
journal Cosmos and History, with authors maintaining copyright without
paying to do so.
The summer school will be held at the idyllic Noceto retreat center,
15 minutes south of beautiful Siena, and the location for our April
2018 conference . It will segue into the nearby Pari center’s
conference on Time starting on September 8 2018. Students registered
officially and full-time at academic institutions will be asked only
to pay only for food and lodging. A leading Italian university has
offered academic accreditation and discussions are ongoing. The
language of instruction is English, with translation from Italian+
French offered for Q+A.
A more detailed specification of two of the courses is attached.
Students who wish to prepare themselves to gain max benefit by taking
preparatory online courses are welcome to do so. The center is Wifi
enabled, and students are encouraged to keep their smartphones on to
check instructors’ statements!
At the time of writing, we anticipate about E350 for food, , and
lodging. Salaried attendees will pay E100 for tuition also; nobody
turned away for lack of funds. Space is limited to 20. We expect to
finalize all aspects of the program by June 1 2018.
Please contact universit...@gmail.com with any queries.
note it is taking place in 2018 and total cost including full board is
only 350 euro for the waged;
Foundations of mind residential summer school on “Natural and
artificial Intelligence”
Noceto retreat center, Siena, Italy, September 2-7 2018
In the light of the current recent technological breakthroughs made in
AI, the relative lack of progress in neuroscience and other sciences
of the mind may come as a surprise. Surely success in one should
spread to the other, as they are essentially the same object of
study? While arguing that this is not in fact the case, this summer
school will equip the student with cutting-edge tools both to take
part in the current AI revolution and to understand where future
breakthroughs in neuroscience and cognitive science in general are
likely to come from.
Our worldclass instructors are offering courses in the foundations of
cognition and consciousness studies; signal processing for
neuroscience; techniques and sociophilosophical issues in AI; Quantum
mind; and neurodynamics. The instructors include Sean O Nuallain,
Bruno Neri, Arnold Smith, Shantena Sabbadini, and Giuseppe Vitiello.
1st the neurodynamics course is going to introduce techniques from
physics from the harmonic oscillator through dynamical systems in
general to field theory. The instructor will be Giuseppe Vitiello
The quantum physics and mind course will centre on the fact that
quantum physics has its own set of terms like observation which it
shares with psychology. In general they mean different things but
quantum physics has proven to be the most successful Theory in the
history of science. The instructor will be Shantena Sabbadini
Artificial intelligence has recently had many enormous breakthroughs.
Both AI and brain science are the subjects of massive state
investment. It is important for graduates in areas related to
cognitive science that they learn basics of programming in a language
like python, understand how “neural” nets work, and become au fait
with the social and philosophical issues involved.
The instructor will be Arnold Smith.
One of the major problems in neuroscience is that the skull acts very
effectively as a low pass filter. That has led to research in signal
processing particularly for techniques like eeg. The instructor will
be Bruno NerI. This is called “outer empiricism”, the projection of
scientific techniques into phenomenal space. The remainder of this
course will concern itself with “inner empiricism”, the experience of
consciousness from within and this will be taught by Tania Re.
Cognitive science has become an extremely exciting area as algorithms
used in deep learning have proved to be enormously successful. Yet
many central issues about the relationship between mind and brain ,
the structure of language, and anthropology remained unasked in the
current technological drive. The instructor will be Sean o Nuallain
who is the overall programme coordinator
The format of the program will be five days of intensive instruction
with one hour class from each presenter everyday. It is antedated we
will have 3 1-hour talks each morning and 2 such each afternoon, with
each day ending with a general, moderated discussion followed by a
trip to the thermal paths nearby, Siena or whatever is the
participants’ choice.
Foundations of mind
In its first four years of existence, the non-profit Foundations of
mind has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers, the result of 6
international conferences. Its page view rate, at over 1 million per
week, and download rate of 130k per year are unprecedented in academic
history. Moreover, the bulk of the papers is available free on the
journal Cosmos and History, with authors maintaining copyright without
paying to do so.
The summer school will be held at the idyllic Noceto retreat center,
15 minutes south of beautiful Siena, and the location for our April
2018 conference . It will segue into the nearby Pari center’s
conference on Time starting on September 8 2018. Students registered
officially and full-time at academic institutions will be asked only
to pay only for food and lodging. A leading Italian university has
offered academic accreditation and discussions are ongoing. The
language of instruction is English, with translation from Italian+
French offered for Q+A.
A more detailed specification of two of the courses is attached.
Students who wish to prepare themselves to gain max benefit by taking
preparatory online courses are welcome to do so. The center is Wifi
enabled, and students are encouraged to keep their smartphones on to
check instructors’ statements!
At the time of writing, we anticipate about E350 for food, , and
lodging. Salaried attendees will pay E100 for tuition also; nobody
turned away for lack of funds. Space is limited to 20. We expect to
finalize all aspects of the program by June 1 2018.
Please contact universit...@gmail.com with any queries.
Gur Pyari Jandial
Jun 6, 2018, 8:25:48 AM6/6/18
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