Human and Machine Perception:
Emergence, Attention and Creativity

Pavia, September 14 - 17, 1998

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MONDAY, September 14, 1998

8:15 - 8:45
 Registration
8:45 - 9:00
 Opening session

SESSION 1: Lectures


9:00 - 10:00
 At the Edge of Chaos

Roberto D'Autilia, Univ. of Roma - Italy
10:00 - 11:00
 Self-organisation: The Emergence of Order, Organisation
 and Meaning in Nature and Society
Günter Küppers, Univ. of Bielefeld - Germany


Coffee Break


11:20 - 12:20
 Intervention in Evolution: Unpredictability versus Control

Jörg Becker, Univ. of München - Germany


Lunch

SESSION 2: Lectures

14:30 - 15:30
 The Dynamics of Biological Evolution

Luciano da Fontoura Costa, Univ. of Sao Paulo - Brazil
15:30 - 16:30
 Emergent Evolution of Cooperative Structures
Piero Mussio, Univ. of Brescia - Italy


Coffee Break

SESSION 2: Panel

16:50 - 18:30
 Multistimuli and Action

Giorgio Grisanti, Univ. of Palermo - Italy,
Luc Steels, VRIJE Univ. of Brussel - Belgium
Silvana Vallerga, CNR of Genova - Italy


TUESDAY, September 15, 1998

SESSION 3: Lectures

9:00 - 10:00
 Creations and Discoveries in Science

Lorenzo Magnani, Univ. of Pavia - Italy
10:00 - 11:00
 Analogy Perception and Creativity Mechanisms
Bruno Vivicorsi, Univ. of Provence - France


Coffee Break

SESSION 3: Panel

11:20 - 13:00
 Strategies for Nurturing Creativity

Bertrand Zavidovique, Univ. of Paris XI - France


Lunch

SESSION 4: Lectures

14:30 - 15:30
 The Emerging Properties of Neuronal Networks

Egidio D'Angelo, Univ. of Pavia - Italy
15:30 - 16:30
 Dealing with Data Variability, Representational Ambiguity
  and Selective Attention
Jean-Sylvain Liénard, LIMSI-CNRS - France


Coffee Break

SESSION 4: Panel

16:50 - 18:30
 May Learning Guide the Evolution?

Roberto Bordogna, ESAS STM - Italy,
Richard Walker, University of Palermo - Italy


WEDNESDAY, September 16, 1998

SESSION 5: Lectures

9:00 - 10:00
 Diffused and Focused Attention

Hezy Yeshurun, Univ. of Tel Aviv - Israel
10:00 - 11:00
 Alerting Mechanisms in Attentive Systems
Giovanni Garibotto, Elsag - Italy


Coffee Break

SESSION 5: Panel

11:20 - 13:00
 Planning and Problem Solving

Maurizio Cardaci, Univ. of Palermo - Italy,
Salvatore Gaglio, Univ. of Palermo - Italy,
Ingrid Isenhardt, Univ. of Technology - Aachen - Germany,
Massimo Savini, Univ. of Pavia - Italy


Lunch

SESSION 6: Lectures

14:30 - 15:30
 The Role of Similarity in Concept Formation

Peter Gärdenfors, Univ. of Lund - Sweden
15:30 - 16:30
 Purposive Visual Perception, Cooperative Behaviours, and Creativity
Giovanni Adorni, Univ. of Parma - Italy


Coffee Break

SESSION 6: Panel

16:50 - 18:30
 Symbolism and Connectionism Paradigms

Antonio Chella, Univ. of Palermo - Italy,
Lorenzo Magnani, Univ. of Pavia - Italy


THURSDAY, September 17, 1998

SESSION 7: Lectures

9:00 - 10:00
 Recognizing, Remembering and Knowing

Ornella Andreani Dentici, Univ. of Pavia - Italy


10:00 - 11:00
 Presence, Telepresence and Usability

Stefano Levialdi, Univ. of Roma - Italy


Coffee Break

SESSION 7: Panel

11:20 - 13:00
 'How can I know what I think until I see what I say?'

Walter Gerbino, Univ. of Trieste - Italy,
Santo Sciacca, Comune of Pavia - Italy

 

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