Animal-AI Olympics: WBA Prize for Biological Plausibility

The WBA (Whole Brain Architecture) Prize will be awarded to the most biologically plausible entry:

• $4,000 grant (from WBAI)
• up to US$1,000 travel grant (from the organizer - see competition rules for terms and conditions).

Submission Guidelines

You must write your team ID and the date of application at the top of the summary.
The summary should detail your approach with a particular focus on the ways in which it is biologically plausible.

Length should be 1,000-1,500 words (English).

More specifically:

• State structural correspondence between your architecture and brain architecture, if any (a block diagram would help). 
• State mechanisms being used that are similar to those found in the brain, if any.
• State if you have modeled your solution on certain animals (including humans).
• Include details about how you think your approach can help us understand biological intelligence.

Please also include a link to your source code on GitHub.

• We appreciate code readable for the reviewers.

Closing date is 1st November 2019 (Anywhere on earth time)

Review Process

An independent panel of experts will be convened for review.

Biological plausibility as well as generality and the simplicity of the code will be appreciated (see the GPS criteria).  Biological plausibility will be evaluated by your summary.  Generality will be evaluated from your score in the competition. The code will be used to evaluate the simplicity and validate the summary.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to animalaiolympics@gmail.com