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<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsGoalseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
What is euCognition?<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsGoalsFP6 Project 26408 (Coordination Action)Funded by <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> CommissionUnit E5 – CognitionDuration: 1/1/06 → 31/12/08Budget: €1.6 meuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
What do we do?<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsGoalsFoster inter-disciplinary interactionBuild <strong>the</strong> scientific & engineering foundations <strong>of</strong> cognitive systemsFacilitate• Workshops• Conferences• Courses• Exchanges <strong>of</strong> staff and students• Development & dissemination <strong>of</strong> training material• Access to development plat<strong>for</strong>ms• Research planning• … but not researcheuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsGoalsWho is it <strong>for</strong>?Open to anyone doing research in <strong>the</strong> many disciplines thataddress <strong>the</strong> issues <strong>of</strong> creating artificial cognitive systemsincluding (but not limited to)• Neuroscience• Psychology• Cognitive science• Machine Learning• Autonomous systems <strong>the</strong>ory• Cognitive robotics• Ma<strong>the</strong>matical modelling• Cognitive Vision• …euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsAIPsychologyNeuroscienceNon-linear dynamicalsystems <strong>the</strong>orySynergeticsAutonomous systems <strong>the</strong>oryMachine learningPattern recognitionComputer visionHaptic sensingCyberneticsNeural networksEpistemologyPhilosophyLanguageSemioticsRoboticsManipulationCommunication…Problems:• Different perspectives• Different languages• Hard & S<strong>of</strong>t ScienceMa<strong>the</strong>matical ModelseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsActivitieseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
How does it work?<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsActivitiesCommunityOutreach<strong>Network</strong>ActionsScientificOutlookOn-LineResourceswww.euCognition.orgEducationeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems<strong>Network</strong> ActivitiesEducation– Alleviate difficulties posed by <strong>the</strong> multi-disciplinary nature <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> area– Bridge gaps between sub-disciplines– Targetted at• Research practitioners• Graduate students– Summer schools (cf. commitments <strong>of</strong> intergrated projects)– Creation <strong>of</strong> teaching materialeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsOutcomes & On-line ResourceseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
www.euCognition.org<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsOn-line resources– Dynamic repository <strong>of</strong> resources: outreach, outlook, education– Cognitive systems community• Research• Education– Visibility in <strong>the</strong> greater community– Show-case results & example validation experiments– Forum <strong>for</strong> sharing in<strong>for</strong>mationeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsWebsite Statistics (28/06/07)http://www.eucognition.org/website_statistics.htmeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systemshttp://www.eucognition.org/website_statistics.htmeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systemshttp://www.eucognition.org/website_statistics.htmeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsPeople and ForumseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsThree principal bodies are involved in <strong>the</strong>running <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> network:1. The Executive Committee2. A CogSys Project Coordinators Round-Table Forum3. The <strong>European</strong> Commission Project OfficerHans-Georg StorkeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsExecutive Committee<strong>David</strong> <strong>Vernon</strong><strong>Network</strong> CoordinatorFred CumminsUniversity College DublinMarkus VinczeTechnische Universitaet WienTom ZiemkeHögskolan i SkövdeErik HollnagelLinköpings UniversitetChristoph von der Malsburg Ruhr-Universitaet BochumBill SharpeThe Appliance Studio Ltd.Guy TiberghienCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Juergen JostMax Planck Institute <strong>for</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics in <strong>the</strong> SciencesAndreas EngelUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfPeter F. DomineyCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Matthias ScheutzNotre Dame UniversityeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsBecoming a MembereuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsMembership• Membership open to anyone who is active in <strong>the</strong> domain <strong>of</strong>cognitive systems– Submit membership application <strong>for</strong>m– Subject to reviewed by Executive Committee• All those that are part <strong>of</strong> an FP6 cognitive systems projectautomatically members– Need an application <strong>for</strong>m to collect member data• All members <strong>of</strong> ECVision (www.ECVision.org) areautomatically eligible <strong>for</strong> membership– Need an application <strong>for</strong>m to collect member data• Membership is personal not institutional.euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems‘The Cognitive Systems Community’• 219 Members (116 in July 2006)• Of which, 46 Student Members (5 in July 2006)• 123 members NOT <strong>for</strong>mally associated with CogSys projects(57 in July 2006)• List on <strong>the</strong> websiteeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsMembership• Non-labour costs incurred by member– Reimbursed directly by <strong>the</strong> coordinating contractor– Send in claim with travel receipts, reimbursed by electronictransfer within a month (or less)• Labour costs– Ei<strong>the</strong>r member becomes a contractor (preferred option)– Or reimbursed via a subcontract (avoid if possible)euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsMembership• All members eligible to claim travel costs associated with <strong>of</strong>ficialeuCognition event– As advertized on <strong>the</strong> website– Subject to guidelines (more later)• Eligible to apply <strong>for</strong> limited funding <strong>for</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Actions– Reviewed by Executive Committee– Final approval from Commission POeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsMembershipAll members commit <strong>the</strong>mselves to making a contributionto <strong>the</strong> network within <strong>the</strong> first yeareuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsClaiming CostseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseTickets … please make sure you provide stubs <strong>of</strong> boarding passeseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsApplying <strong>for</strong> <strong>Network</strong> Action fundingeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems<strong>Network</strong> Actions (25 to date)euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
• 2006– 26 Funded– 3 Declined• 2007– 15 Funded– 5 Declined– 2 Pending<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems<strong>Network</strong> ActionseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
• Every action<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems<strong>Network</strong> Actions– (meeting, student exchange, tutorial, …)• Must have a concrete output in a persistent <strong>for</strong>m– (document, video, commentary, … )• Archived on <strong>the</strong> eCognition website• Reimbursement <strong>of</strong> costs conditional on submission• Contribution <strong>of</strong> a ‘Cognition Briefing’ to <strong>the</strong> Wiki• Contribution, where appropriate, to <strong>the</strong> RoadmapeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive Systems<strong>Network</strong> Actions• euCognition does not give 'Grants',i.e. cash donations to support <strong>the</strong> running <strong>of</strong> events• All we can do is help defray <strong>the</strong> actual costs incurred, i.e. weneed receipts to show actual expenditureeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition RoadmapeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsDevelop a dialogue between cognitive systems research andindustry applications that promotes <strong>the</strong> emergence <strong>of</strong> a sharedsystems engineering research agenda with industry impactRequirement-ledCapability-driveneuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsSource: Aaron Sloman, AAAI’06euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
Step 1: Collection <strong>of</strong> scenariosTreppenhausRobot• Background• Day in <strong>the</strong> life• Challenges• Cognitive capabilitiesneeded to cope<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong>Scenario 2Scenario 3<strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsScenario 1• Background• Day in <strong>the</strong> life• Challenges• Cognitive capabilitiesneeded to cope• Background• Day in <strong>the</strong> life• Challenges• Cognitive capabilitiesneeded to cope• Background• Day in <strong>the</strong> life• Challenges• Cognitive capabilitiesneeded to copeN~20Collect viawebtoolsStep 2: Analyse Scenarios, distill commonalitiesTreppenhausRobot / Stairwell RobotBackground:The key capability is learning how to navigate and clean in a domestic type space. A <strong>for</strong>m <strong>of</strong> this capability already exists in <strong>the</strong> iRobot'Roomba' robotic vacuum cleaner, albeit <strong>for</strong> large American-sized living spaces. This application extends this to <strong>the</strong> next step to take itinto a different environments. The task is thus extended to be more challenging, more <strong>European</strong> but still useful to millions <strong>of</strong> people.Day in <strong>the</strong> life:It's 8am on Saturday morning, and <strong>the</strong> low pr<strong>of</strong>ile robot wakes up. It navigates out <strong>of</strong> it's restingpod and checks <strong>the</strong> power levels and levels <strong>of</strong> cleaning solution. All seems ok. It moves to <strong>the</strong> first landing and proceeds to clean <strong>the</strong>tiled surfaces between flats 11 and 12 by applying cleaning solution, scrubbing, rinsing and drying. It manoeuvres around <strong>the</strong> plant potholder in <strong>the</strong> corner. It moves to <strong>the</strong> edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first step in <strong>the</strong> staircase, moves its cleaning mechanism and repeats <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> step….Challenges:different surfaces (carpet, wood, mixed), temporary obstacles like prams, doormats, changing conditions (sunlight, mud), people or petsappear and interfere, …Cognitive capabilities needed to cope:navigation in a controlled indoor space, spatial perception, adaptation to changing circumstances, planning & goal satisfaction, 2Dspatial learning, embodied system with multiple degrees <strong>of</strong> freedom.Step 3: Identify research issues, problems, challengesInput <strong>for</strong> milestone definition in road mapPatrick Courtney, Pia Boettcher, Bill SharpeeuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsSource: Aaron Sloman, AAAI’06euCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemsStableStableUnstable:Source: Aaron Sloman, AAAI’06Lack interdisciplinary cohesionLack conceptual frameworkLack shared application focuseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007Budget833799
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Advancement</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Artificial</strong> Cognitive SystemseuCognition Review 30 th June 2007
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