Invited speakers - The past and future of the animat (and related) approach(es)

Michael A. Arbib

Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science;

Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology

USC Brain Project

Title: From mirror writing to mirror neurons

Rodney Brooks

Panasonic Professor of Robotics (on leave) MIT

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab

Title: Beyond academia: animats as real entities in our world

Aaron Sloman

Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at Birmingham.

Title: Using virtual machinery to bridge the "explanatory gap"