BICA*AI 2020: 2020 Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence: Eleventh Annual Meeting of the BICA Society Virtual Convention Center (VCC) Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, November 10-15, 2020 |
Conference website | https://bica2020.bicasociety.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bicaai2020 |
Conference program | https://easychair.org/smart-program/BICAAI2020/ |
Abstract registration deadline | September 24, 2020 |
Submission deadline | September 24, 2020 |
BICA*AI 2020 is the 11th Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence, which is also the Eleventh 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; 2018: Prague, Czech Republic; 2019: Seattle, WA, USA). This year's BICA conference is held online and in Natal, Brazil.
Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) are computational frameworks for building intelligent agents that are inspired from natural intelligence. Biological intelligent systems, notably the human brain, 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 brain-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 online posting only (without publication), describing a talk, a demo, a discussion panel, or a poster.
All submissions should be made via EasyChair. Papers should be prepared based on the Springers' template for "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing". For more details, please go to the BICA*AI 2020 submission site. Remote participation with a publication, or participation without a paper is also welcome. For remote participation, please select the JVRT track.
List of Topics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive Science
- Models of Learning and Memory
- Neuroscience
- Social, Economic and Educational Sciences
- Intelligent cognitive systems
- Social emotional robots
- Human analogous learning
- Artificial creativity
Artificial Intelligence: Creativity, goal reasoning and autonomy in artifacts. Embodied vs. ambient intelligence. Language capabilities and social competence. Learning by reading, by observation, by reasoning and analogy. Robust and scalable machine learning mechanisms. Self-regulated learning, bootstrapped and meta-learning. The role of emotions in artificial intelligence and their BICA models. Tests and metrics for BICA in the context of the BICA Challenge. Cognitive Science: Perception, reasoning, decision making and action in BICA. Combining natural and artificial approaches to cognition. Comparison of different forms of learning and memory. Theory-of-Mind, episodic and autobiographical memory in cognitive systems. Introspection, metacognitive reasoning and self-awareness in BICA. Models of learning and memory: robustness, flexibility, transferability. Natural language and its role in intelligence, cognition and interaction. Unifying frameworks and constraints for cognitive architectures. Neuroscience: Bridging the gap between artificial and natural information processing. Cognitive and learning mechanisms informed by neuroscience. Neural correlates of cognitive and meta-cognitive processes. Robustness, scalability and adaptability in neuromorphic systems. Neurophysiological underpinnings and implications of deep learning models. Physiological mechanisms of memory formation and (re)consolidation. Representation of contextual and conceptual knowledge in neural systems. Social, Economic and Educational Sciences: Mixed-initiative systems based on inspirations from studies on brain and mind.. Agents possessing human-level social and emotional intelligence. BICA in learning and tutoring technologies and education. BICA models of self and their application to perception and action. Representation, perception, understanding and expression of emotions. Virtual characters, artificial personalities and human-compatibility. Agent-based modeling of intelligent social phenomena. General: Mathematical basis for BICA and fundamental theoretical questions in BICA research. Alternative substrates for implementation of BICA: smart materials, neuromorphic, quantum and biocomputing. Alternative approaches to the development of BICA such as: evolutionary, system-theoretic, educational. Fundamental practical and theoretical questions in BICA research and technology. Cognitive Decathlon and Grand Challenges for BICA as components of the BICA Challenge. Critical mass for a universal human-level learner and a roadmap to the BICA Challenge. Metrics, tests, proximity measures and the roadmap to human-level / human-compatible AI. Leveraging the cloud, world-wide-web, and social-media: possible role for BICA in big data?. Interdisciplinary research opportunities and ideas for new initiatives. International trends in funding of BICA research.
Committees
Program Committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (NRNU MEPhI, RF) — General & PC Chair
- Ricardo Gudwin (Unicamp, Brazil) — General & PC Chair
- Alexandre da Silva Simões (Unesp, Brazil) — PC Chair
- PC Members: Antonio Lieto (University of Turin, Italy), Pei Wang (Bowie State University, USA), Frank Ritter (Pennsylvania State University, USA), Kenji Araki (Hokkaido University, Japan), Joscha Bach (AI Foundation), Paul Baxter (Plymouth University, USA), Darsana Josyula (Bowie State University, USA), Paul Benjamin (Pace University, New York, USA), Tarek Besold (Alpha Health AI Lab, Telefonica Innovation Alpha), Jordi Bieger (Reykjavik University), Perrin Bignoli (Yahoo Labs, USA), Douglas Blank (Bryn Mawr College, USA), Peter Boltuc (University of Illinois, USA), Jonathan Bona (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), Michael Brady (Boston University), Mikhail Burtsev (MIPT, Russia), Erik Cambria (Nanyang Technological University), Suhas Chelian (Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.), Antonio Chella (Università di Palermo, Italy), Thomas Collins (University of Southern California, USA), Christopher Dancy (Penn State University, USA), Haris Dindo (University of Palermo, Italy), Sergey A. Dolenko (Moscow State University, Russia), Jim Eilbert (AP Technology, USA), Thomas Eskridge (Florida Institute of Technology, USA), Usef Faghihi (Professor At Universite de Quebce in Trois-rivier), Elena Fedorovskaya (Rochester Institute of Technology), Stan Franklin (University of Memphis, USA), Marcello Frixione (University of Genova, Italy), Salvatore Gaglio (University of Palermo, Italy), Olivier Georgeon (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France), John Gero (UNCC, USA), Jaime Gomez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Eva Hudlicka (Psychometrix Associates, USA), Dusan Husek (Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic), Christian Huyck (Middlesex University, UK), Ignazio Infantino (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy), Eduardo Izquierdo (Indiana University, USA), Alex James (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China), Li Jinhai (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China), Magnus Johnsson (Malmo University, Sweden), Kamilla Jóhannsdóttir (Reykjavik University, Iceland), Omid Kavehei (The University of Sydney, Australia), Troy Kelley (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA), William Kennedy (George Mason University, USA), Deepak Khosla (HRL Laboratories LLC, USA), Swathi Kiran (Boston University, USA), Muneo Kitajima (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan), Unmesh Kurup (LG Electronics), Giuseppe La Tona (University of Palermo, Italy), Luis Lamb (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Leonardo Lana de Carvalho (Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Brazil), Othalia Larue (University of Quebec, Canada), Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), Jürgen Leitner (Australian Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision, Australia), Simon Levy (Washington and Lee University, USA), James Marshall (Sarah Lawrence College, USA), Olga Mishulina (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia), Steve Morphet (Enabling Tech Foundation, USA), Amitabha Mukerjee (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India), Daniele Nardi (Sapienza University of Rome), Sergei Nirenburg (RPI), David Noelle (University of California Merced, USA), Andrea Omicini (Università di Bologna, Italy), Marek Otahal (CIIRC, Czech Republic), David Peebles (University of Huddersfield, UK), Giovanni Pilato (ICAR-CNR, Italy), Roberto Pirrone (Università degli Studi di Palermo), Michal Ptaszynski (Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan), Nicholas Pym (Elsevier), Uma Ramamurthy (Baylor College of Medicine), Thomas Recchia (US Army ARDEC, USA), James Reggia (University of Maryland, USA), Paul Robertson (DOLL Inc., USA), Brandon Rohrer (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Christopher Rouff (Near Infinity Corporation, USA), Rafal Rzepka (Hokkaido University, Japan), Ilias Sakellariou (University of Macedonia, Greece), Fredrik Sandini, (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden), Ricardo Sanz (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain), Michael Schader (Yellow House Associates, USA), Howard Schneider (Sheppard Clinic North), Michael Schoelles (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA), Valeria Seidita (Università degli Studi di Palermo), Ignacio Serrano (Instituto de Automtica Industrial - CSIC, Spain), Javier Snaider (University of Memphis, USA), Donald Sofge (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Meehae Song (Simon Fraser University), Rosario Sorbello (University of Palermo), John Sowa (Kyndi, Inc., USA), Terry Stewart (University of Waterloo, Canada), Sherin Sugathan (Enview Research & Development Labs, India), Junichi Takeno (Meiji University, Japan), Knud Thomsen (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland), Daria Tikhomirova (NRNU MEPhI, Moscow, RF), Jan Treur (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Vadim L. Ushakov (NRNU MEPhI, Russia), Alexsander V. Vartanov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia), Rodrigo Ventura (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Evgenii Vityaev (Sobolev Institute of Matematic SB RAS. Russia), Mark Waser (Digital Wisdom Institute, USA), Roseli S. Wedemann (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Özge Nilay Yalçın (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Terry Zimmerman (University of Washington -Bothell, USA), Galina A Beskhlebnova (ISA RAN, Moscow, RF), Olga Chernavskaya (P N Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, RF), David Kelley (Artificial General Intelligence Inc., USA), Valentin Klimov (NRNU Mephi, Moscow, RF), Alexandr I. Panov (FRC CSC RAS, Moscow, RF), Feras Batarseh (GMU, USA).
Organizing committee
- Alexei Samsonovich (NRNU MEPhI, RF) — General & PC Chair
- Ricardo Gudwin (Unicamp, Brazil) — General & PC Chair
- Alexandre da Silva Simões (Unesp, Brazil) — PC Chair
- Esther Colombini (Unicamp, Brazil) — Local Chair
- David Kelley (AGI Lab @ Microsoft, USA)
- Antonio Chella (University of Palermo, Italy)
- Rosario Sorbello (University of Palermo, Italy)
- Jan Treur (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Paul Robertson (DOLL, Inc., USA)
- Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
- Olivier Georgeon (Catholique University of Lyon, France)
- Junichi Takeno (Mejij University, Japan)
Invited Speakers
- Agnese Augello (ICAR CNR, Italy)
- Roger Azevedo (University of Central Florida, USA)
- Peter Boltuc (University of Illinois, USA)
- Antonio Chella (University of Palermo, Italy)
- Olga Chernavskaya (Lebedev Inst., Russia)
- Steve DiPaola (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
- Olivier Georgeon (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France)
- Ricardo Gudwin (University of Campinas, Brazil)
- Ignazio Infantino (National Research Council, Italy)
- Magnus Johnsson (Malmo University, Sweden)
- Robert Laddaga (MIT, USA)
- John Laird (University of Michigan, USA) — keynote
- Antonio Lieto (University of Turin, Italy)
- Paul Robertson (DOLL, Inc., USA)
- Rosario Sorbello (University of Palermo, Italy)
- Junichi Takeno (Meiji University, Japan)
- Jan Treur (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Paul Verschure (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Publication
BICA*AI 2020 proceedings will be published in Elsevier's Cognitive Systems Research and in Springer's Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. All submissions should be made via EasyChair and formatted for Springer (this is necessary to make locally distributed unpublished proceedings formatted uniformly). Submissions are processed in sequential rounds - please see details regarding up-to-date deadlines at the conference web site (https://bica2020.bicasociety.org).
Venue
The conference will be held in association with Robotica 2020 in Natal, Brazil on November 10-15 (Main Event) and in association with the First (Russian) National Congress on Cognitive Research, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroinformatics on October 10-11 (JVRT Event). In both cases, the event will be purely virtual and live, hosted using the platform called Virtual Convention Center (VCC). Participation without publication is possible, and the registration in this case is free of charge. Please see details at https://bica2020.bicasociety.org/venue/.
Contact
All questions should be emailed to Alexei Samsonovich (alexei.samsonovich@gmail.com).
Sponsors