BICA 2018: Ninth Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Czech Technical University Prague, Czechia, August 22-24, 2018 |
Conference website | http://bica2018.bicasociety.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bica2018 |
Poster | download |
Submission deadline | July 11, 2018 |
BICA 2018 is the Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, which is also the Ninth Annual Meeting of the BICA Society. Started as a continuation of AAAI Fall Symposia on BICA (2008, 2009), the BICA conference demonstrated a steady growth in popularity over years, with remarkable success in many parts of the world (2010, 2011: Washington, D.C.; 2012: Palermo, Italy; 2013: Kiev, Ukraine; 2014: MIT, Boston, MA; 2015: Lyon, France; 2016: New York, USA; 2017: Moscow, Russia: http://bicasociety.org/meetings). This year's BICA conference is a part of the Multi-Conference on Human-Level AI: HLAI-18.
Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) are computational frameworks for building intelligent agents that are inspired from biological intelligence. Biological intelligent systems, notably animals such as humans, have many qualities that are often lacking in artificially designed systems including robustness, flexibility and adaptability to environments. At a point in time where visibility into naturally intelligent systems is exploding, thanks to modern brain imaging and recording techniques allowing us to map brain structures and functions, our ability to learn lessons from nature and to build biologically inspired intelligent systems has never been greater. At the same time, the growth in computer science and technology has unleashed enough computational power at sufficiently low prices, that an explosion of intelligent applications from driverless vehicles, to augmented reality, to ubiquitous robots, is now almost certain. The growth in these fields challenges the computational replication of all essential aspects of the human mind (the BICA Challenge), an endeavor which is interdisciplinary in nature and promises to yield bi-directional flow of understanding between all involved disciplines.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Research Papers describing new exciting advances or preliminary results in experiment, theory, modeling or technology;
- Position Papers describing original visions of an area, a problem or a challenge, supported by a minireview;
- Abstracts for local distribution only (without publication), describing a talk, a demo, a discussion panel, or a poster.
List of Topics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
- Social, Economic and Educational Sciences
Committees
Program Committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (NRNU MEPhI, RF, and GMU, USA): PC Chair
- Vladimir Redko (ISA RAN, RF)
- Thomas Collins (USC, USA)
- plus over 200 PC Members
Organizing committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (NRNU MEPhI, RF, and GMU, USA): General Chair
- Paul Robertson (DOLL, Inc., USA)
- Terry C. Stewart (U.Waterloo, Canada)
- Kamilla R. Jóhannsdóttir (Reykjavik University, Iceland)
- Antonio Chella (U.Palermo, Italy)
- Olivier Georgeon (Catholique University of Lyon, France)
- Christian Lebiere (CMU, USA)
Confirmed Speakers
- Eva Hudlicka
- Paul Robertson
- Robert Laddaga
- Vladimir Redko
- Pentti Haikonen
- Junichi Takeno
- Olivier Georgeon
- Ricardo Gudwin
- Jan Treur
- Antonio Lieto
- Antonio Chella
- Agnese Augello
- Ignazio Infantino
- Umberto Maniscalco
- Giovanni Pilato
- Filippo Vella
- Frank Dignum
- Manuel Gentile
Publication
BICA 2018 proceedings will be published in Elsevier's Procedia Computer Science (open-access, Scopus). Selected papers will be invited to Elsevier's journal BICA (5-year JCR impact factor >1).
Venue
- The conference will be held at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic.
- For convenient lodging, we recommend the Vienna House Diplomat Prague Hotel.
- All recommended and discounted housing options for participants are available here: https://www.hlai-conf.org/venues
Registration
Registration is open at https://www.hlai-conf.org/registration and includes admission to all HLAI-18 events and meals. Registration is 450 Euro + tax. Student discounts are no longer available.
Contact
All questions about submission, participation and discounts should be emailed to Alexei Samsonovich (asamsono@gmu.edu).