Partner sites

  1. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
  2. Humboldt University zu Berlin (Germany)
  3. University of Tasmania, Launceston (Australia)
  4. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian (China)
  5. Osaka University (Japan)
  6. Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow (Russia)
  7. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
  8. Tadeusz Koścuszko Cracow University of Technology (Poland)
  9. University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
  10. AGH University of Science and Technologies, Crakow (Poland)
  11. University of Warsaw (Poland)
  12. University College Dublin (Ireland)

Lecture Programme

The Lecture Programme of the 2023 Edition!!! Check back it will be updated!

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”