{"id":2898,"date":"2016-12-03T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T08:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingmachinesconference.eu\/?page_id=2898"},"modified":"2017-07-25T01:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:26:29","slug":"worshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingmachinesconference.eu\/2017\/worshops\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

To participate register at\u00a0https:\/\/livingmachinesconference.eu\/2017\/registrations\/<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

All workshops will be held at\u00a0Peterson Engineering Building 550<\/a><\/strong>, 416 Escondido Mall; the same building as the main conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Workshop 1.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bioinspired Aerial Vehicles<\/h3>\n

This workshop explores topics at the intersection of aerial robotics and biology. Confirmed participants include\u00a0<\/span>a mixture of researchers in flying and perching robots, biology and the biomechanics of flight. In addition to short talks\u00a0<\/span>and discussion sessions we will organize a couple of\u00a0 \u201chands on\u201d events for participants involving demonstrations<\/span><\/span>
\n of high speed filming of avian and robotic flying and perching. These events will take advantage of facilities at the\u00a0<\/span>Lentink Lab and Cutkosky Lab at Stanford. Attendees are encouraged to contact the organizers about bringing their own fliers<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Organizers<\/h3>\n

Alexis Lussier Desbiens<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 – Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/span>
\n Mark<\/span> Cutkosky <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Stanford University\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n David Lentink<\/a> –<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Stanford University \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Full day:<\/strong> 25 July, 09:00-17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

Confirmed speakers and program<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0https:\/\/alexislussierdesbi.wixsite.com\/bavw-lm2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Workshop 2.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Evo Devo of Living Machines<\/h3>\n

In recent decades the evo-devo\u2014evolutionary and developmental\u2014approach has become central to our current understanding of evolvability in the natural world. By identifying, simulating and abstracting evo-devo mechanisms it should be possible to assemble a powerful toolkit for the design of new kinds of artificial systems. To this end, researchers have explored generative methods, such as self-organization, selective methods, such as genetic algorithms and genetic programming, and adaptive methods such as reinforcement and supervised learning. A significant community has also begun to explore how such mechanisms can operate together more holistically and to develop designs for evolvable control system architectures that can generate life-like behavior in simulated organisms and biomimetic robots. This workshop will explore both the biological basis for the evolution of complex living systems and synthetic approaches inspired by nature that seek to assemble new kinds of artificial entities. The overall goal is to synthesize a new understanding of the evo-devo of \u2018living machines\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organizers<\/h3>\n

Tony Prescott<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>– Cognitive Neuroscience <\/span>
\n Leah Krubitzer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0Psychology Neuroscience\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Full day:<\/strong> 25 July, 09:00-17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

Invited Talks<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nTony Prescott,<\/strong> University of Sheffield<\/span>
\nIntroduction: The evo-devo of living machines<\/span><\/p>\n

Josh Bongard<\/strong>, University of Vermont<\/span>
\nEvo-Devo-SoRo: Evolving developmental trajectories for soft robots<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Halley<\/strong>,\u00a0University of California, Davis<\/span>
\nThe evolution of primate brain and body growth during embryonic and fetal development<\/span><\/p>\n

Leah Krubitzer<\/strong>, University of Davis<\/span>
\nCortical plasticity within and across lifetimes<\/span><\/p>\n

Stuart Wilson<\/strong>, University of Sheffield<\/span>
\nThermoregulatory huddling as a model for the evo-devo of social <\/span>behaviour<\/p>\n

Kenneth Stanley<\/strong>, Univ. of Central Florida & Uber AI Labs<\/span>
\nCompositional Pattern Producing Networks: A High-Level Abstraction of Biological Development<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucia Jacobs<\/strong>, UC Berkeley<\/span>
\nHow phylogenetic constraints shape the evolution of vertebrate olfactory systems<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Talks<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nHani Ben Amor<\/strong>, Arizona State University<\/span>
\nFrom the lab to the desert: fast prototyping and learning for living machines<\/span><\/p>\n

Gabriel Axel Montes<\/strong>, Newcastle University, Australia<\/span>
\nCausal Biomimesis: Self-replication as Evolutionary Consequence<\/span><\/p>\n

Full program with abstracts at:<\/span><\/strong>
\n https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/12yf2PZZusRDMcdWAp54ayHLPd-VfClmmVe4hzOFaWKI\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This workshop is part-supported by the European FET Flagship Programme through the Human Brain Project (HBP-SGA1 grant agreement 72027<\/span><\/p>\n


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Workshop 3.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Control Architectures for Living Machines<\/h3>\n

How can we assemble components into complex systems that function and are robust and versatile? This is the question of architecture. From the architecture of the internet to that of the brain. This workshop brings together experts in the fields of artificial and biological network architectures to analyze the current state of the art in computer and internet architectures and their natural counterparts in the brain. From this broad perspective, we will aim to identify current obstacles in integration and scaling of artificial neural architectures and emerging principles that can overcome these glanced from their biological counterparts. Conversely, we will analyze\u00a0how we can improve our understanding of the architecture of Living Machines with the tools generated to build complex synthetic systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Organizers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Paul Verschure<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0–Cognitive Neuroscience\u00a0and Neurorobotics<\/span>
\nJohn Doyle<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0BioEngineering<\/span><\/p>\n

Full day:<\/strong>\u00a025 July, 09:00-17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

Confirmed Speakers & Program<\/h3>\n

9:00-915 Introduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

9:15- 10:00 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Paul Verschure –<\/strong>\u00a0 Pompeu Fabra\u00a0University<\/span>
\nOverview and Intro to the Brain Architecture DAC\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

10:00- 11:00 \u00a0Bruno Olshausen – <\/strong>UC Berkeley\u00a0<\/span>
\nVision for Living Machines\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

11:00-11:30 Coffee break<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11:30 – 12:30 \u00a0Tony Prescott –<\/strong>\u00a0 Sheffield\u00a0University<\/span>
\nLayered cognitive architecture of mam<\/span>malian spatial attention<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

12:30- 13:00\u00a0Discussion session<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

13:00 \u00a0Lunch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

14:00 – 15:00<\/span> John Doyle<\/span> –<\/strong>\u00a0Caltech<\/span>
\n Motor control experiments and theory, comparison with bacteria and a bit of technology\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

15:00 – 16:00 Nikolai Matni\u00a0 –\u00a0<\/strong>Caltech\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nNew math for Living Machines<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

16:00 – 17:00 Discussion and wrap up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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