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Welcome to the Convergent Science Network Podcast!
During the BCBT Summerschools (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) hosting professors Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott interviewed several speakers after their lectures. Interviews are also conducted on other occasions with various scientist in converging fields.
About the hosts: Paul Verschure is ICREA Professor at SPECS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.
The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN, www.csnetwork.eu) is a coordination action for the development of future real-world technologies. CSN is supported through the Future and Emerging Technology programs (FET) of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) work programme of Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission.
Audio (post-)production: Sytse Wierenga. Podcast site: Alberto Betella.
Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems
We can learn a lot from brains and bodies when making machines and robots. But reversely, building complex machine systems can also give ideas about how brains and bodies have implemented their functioning over the evolution of ages. This podcast discusses various themes and aspects in-between robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, biology, and technology.
Interview Semir Zeki
05-04-2018
Semir Zeki speaks on the visual system of the human brain and how it can give rise to aesthetic experiences.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 164.64MB - Duration: 1:30:07 m (255 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Peter Gärdenfors
05-04-2018
Peter Gärdenfors (Lund University) discusses with Paul Verschure how the mind can represent knowledge. He introduces a cognitive theory of conceptual spaces, built from dimensions derived from perception, action, and social grounding in society.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 95.79MB - Duration: 1:09:33 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Moshe Bar
05-04-2018
Moshe Bar (Harvard Medical School, Charlestown) argues for a cognitive model that blends expectation (top-down) and sensation (bottom-up) processing. With Paul Verschure he discusses also imagination, meditation, and depression treatment in this context.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 90.23MB - Duration: 1:05:30 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Mandyam Srinivasan
05-04-2018
Mandyam Srinivasan's research (University of Queensland, Brisbane) centers on vision and cognition of flying insects, especially bees. He discusses it with Paul Verschure and special guest Partha Mitra (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York).
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 88.29MB - Duration: 1:04:05 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Nick Strausfeld
05-04-2018
Nick Strausfeld's interest (University of Arizona, Tucson) lies in evolution and comparative neurobiology. With Paul & Tony he discusses how common denominators of insect brains lead us to find core system architectures.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 66.97MB - Duration: 48:34 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Dmitri B. Chklovskii
05-04-2018
Dmitri B. Chklovskii (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) discusses the idea of the brain as an adaptive filter, and what theoretical and experimental implications this approach entails.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 74.45MB - Duration: 54:01 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Dana Ballard
05-04-2018
Dana Ballard (University of Texas, Austin) argues that vision is agenda-driven, rather than saliency-driven alone. With Paul Verschure he discusses how the idea of gathering and integrating information quanta into a mental scene applies to a wider model.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 89.17MB - Duration: 1:04:44 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Kevin O'Regan
05-04-2018
Kevin O'Regan (Université Paris Descartes, France) theorizes building robots that can feel. Passing topics like sensory presence and sensorimotor laws, he and Paul Verschure reach the boundaries of what it means to 'feel'.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 87.14MB - Duration: 1:15:53 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Andy Phillipides
05-04-2018
Andy Philipides (University of Sussex, UK) studies insect navigation, as e.g. ants do. With Tony Prescott he discusses the importance of studying real ants in natural environments next to lab modeling, and themes like path integration and visual memory.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 31.84MB - Duration: 27:34 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Mitra Hartmann
05-04-2018
Mitra Hartmann (Northwestern University, USA) researches perception, particularly 'active sensing'. With Tony Prescott, a colleague in the field, she discusses what can be learnt from exploratory behavior like whisking, including behavior and biology.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 19.54MB - Duration: 16:49 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)
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