Lecture Programme

The Lecture Programme of the 2023 Edition

Lecture 0: Overview

  • 2023-10-26 09:00 to 11:00 CEST
  • AI and Robotics as tools to face our times’ global dramatic challenges
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 1: AI, Robotics, Embodied AI: Questioning received opinions

  • 2023-11-2 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • The Role of Embodiment in Intelligent Systems vs. Practical Robotics in 2023
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:15 Guest Lecture by Krzysztof Pomorski
    • Technical University of Lodz, Institute of Physics, Lodz, Poland
    • “Thermodynamics in Stochastic Conway’s Game of Life”
    • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 2: Evolution: Cognition from Scratch

  • 2023-11-9 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Emerging Intelligence: Embodiment, Cognition from Interaction, Development and Evolution
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 10:15 INTERACTIVE SESSION with Fabio Bonsignorio (respondent) and Enrica Zereik (speaker):
    • CNR - INM, Heron@Cnr Joint Lab, Genoa, Italy
    • *“Dialogue on the Chief Systems of AI and Robotics :-) *

Lecture 3: Morphological Computation, Self-Organization of Behaviors and Adaptive Morphologies

  • 2023-11-16 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Morphological Computation, Self-Organization of Behaviors and Adaptive Morphologies
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 09:50 Koans Announcement
  • The Koans and related instructions are here.
  • 10:15 Guest lecture by Amit Kumar Pandey:
    • Rovial Space, Paris, France
    • “An Industrial perspective of Robotics: from Social Space to Outer Space””

Lecture 4: Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective I

  • 2023-11-23 09:00 to 11:15 CET
  • *Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective I *
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 10:15 Guest lecture by Perla Maiolino:
    • Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    • “Why robots need soft and perceptive bodies”

Lecture 5: Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective II

  • 2023-11-30 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • *Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective II *
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 10:15 INTERACTIVE SESSION with Fabio Bonsignorio (respondent) and Ezio Andreta (speaker):
    • Foresight Project Coordinator, CNR Italy, Retired Director EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium
    • *“Why complexity matters with the ecological transition”

Lecture 6: Embodied Intelligence: principles and open issues

  • 2023-12-7 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Embodied Intelligence: principles and open issues.
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 10:15 Guest lecture by Tetsuya Ogata
    • Waseda University, Director, Open Innovation Promotion Section, Research Innovation Center, Director, Institute for AI and Robotics,…, Tokyo, Japan
    • “AI and Deep Predictive Learning Methods in Robotics”

Lecture 7: Grab Bag, Summary, Discussion

  • 2023-12-14 09:00 to 11:30 CET
  • Grab Bag, Summary and topics to discuss: Video is killing the radio stars
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • 09:15 Guest lecture by Concha Monje
    • University Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
    • “Fractional Control and (Soft) Robots “
  • 10:15 Guest lecture by Josh Bongard
    • University of Vermont, Burlington (VT), USA
    • “Evolutionary Robotics, Xenobots and beyond”