BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250516T063156Z UID:9F890267-D0D0-40A7-9F86-4E50CAAF0F74 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250514T123000 DESCRIPTION:Prof. Tony Prescott (Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the Uni versity of Sheffield in the UK) will present a Prestigious Lecture on "Ana lysis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective" at 11am (UTC+1) on 14 May 2025.\n\nTony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotic s at the University of Sheffield in the UK. His background mixes psycholog y\, neuroethology and brain theory with robotics and AI\, and his research aims at answering questions about natural intelligence by creating synthe tic entities with capacities such as perception\, memory\, emotion and sen se of self. He has co-founded the International Living Machines conference series\, and two UK companies developing robotic platforms and software. He has worked extensively on brain-inspired cognitive architectures for bo th mammal-like and humanoid robots\, and with his collaborators he has cre ated a number of novel animal-like robot platforms including Scratchbot\, Shrewbot\, and the commercial biomimetic robot MiRo-e. Tony has co-authore d over 250 journal articles and conference papers and the edited volumes S cholarpedia of Touch and the Handbook of Living Machines. His popular scie nce book The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence\, published in 2024\, e xplores the similarities and differences between human and artificial inte lligence. Tony has received over £10M in research funding from UK and Eur opean Union sponsors and is currently funded by the EIC Pathfinder project CAVAA which is concerned with possibility of creating artificial awarenes s in machines. His research has been covered by major news and scientific media including the BBC\, CNN\, Discovery Channel\, Science Magazine\, Fra nce 24 and New Scientist.\n\nAbstract: This talk will consider the specifi c challenge of synthesizing a robot “sense of self”. The starting poin t is an analysis of the human self that sees it as brought into being by t he activity of a set of transient self-processes instantiated by the brain and body. I propose that we can better understand this self-system\, and thereby this core aspect of the human condition\, through embodied (roboti c) modelling. The self begins with the brain’s discovery of the body\, o f its ability to control it\, and of the distinctive dynamics of interocep tive compared to exteroceptive sensory signals. These processes give rise to a minimal sense of self as a bounded agent\, upon which layers of refle ctive self-processes are constructed that extend the self in space and tim e and that allow the recognition of other-selves. To illustrate the talk\, I will discuss ongoing attempts to create a sense of self for robots with in my own lab and others.\n\nCo-sponsored by: University of Plymouth \n\nA genda: \nProf. Tony Prescott (Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the Unive rsity of Sheffield in the UK) will present a Prestigious Lecture on "Analy sis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective" at 11am (U TC+1) on 14 May 2025.\n\nThe talk will last 90 minutes distributed between the Prestigious Lecture\, followed by questions & answers.\n\nVirtual: ht tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/484198 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/484198 ORGANIZER:amir.aly@plymouth.ac.uk SEQUENCE:7 SUMMARY:[IEEE UKI-RAS]-[Prestigious Talk] Prof. Tony Prescott --- Analysis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/484198 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Prof. Tony Prescott</strong> (Prof essor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheffield in the UK) will present a Prestigious Lecture on "Analysis and Synthesis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective" at 11am (UTC+1) on 14 May 2025.&nbsp\;</p>\n <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Tony Prescott</strong> is Professor of Cognitiv e Robotics at the University of Sheffield in the UK. His background mixes psychology\, neuroethology and brain theory with robotics and AI\, and his research aims at answering questions about natural intelligence by creati ng synthetic entities with capacities such as perception\, memory\, emotio n and sense of self. He has co-founded the International Living Machines c onference series\, and two UK companies developing robotic platforms and s oftware. He has worked extensively on brain-inspired cognitive architectur es for both mammal-like and humanoid robots\, and with his collaborators h e has created a number of novel animal-like robot platforms including Scra tchbot\, Shrewbot\, and the commercial biomimetic robot MiRo-e. Tony has c o-authored over 250 journal articles and conference papers and the edited volumes Scholarpedia of Touch and the Handbook of Living Machines. His pop ular science book The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence\, published in 2024\, explores the similarities and differences between human and artifi cial intelligence. Tony has received over &pound\;10M in research funding from UK and European Union sponsors and is currently funded by the EIC Pat hfinder project CAVAA which is concerned with possibility of creating arti ficial awareness in machines. His research has been covered by major news and scientific media including the BBC\, CNN\, Discovery Channel\, Science Magazine\, France 24 and New Scientist.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>A bstract</strong>: This talk will consider the specific challenge of synthe sizing a robot &ldquo\;sense of self&rdquo\;. The starting point is an ana lysis of the human self that sees it as brought into being by the activity of a set of transient self-processes instantiated by the brain and body. I propose that we can better understand this self-system\, and thereby thi s core aspect of the human condition\, through embodied (robotic) modellin g. The self begins with the brain&rsquo\;s discovery of the body\, of its ability to control it\, and of the distinctive dynamics of interoceptive c ompared to exteroceptive sensory signals. These processes give rise to a m inimal sense of self as a bounded agent\, upon which layers of reflective self-processes are constructed that extend the self in space and time and that allow the recognition of other-selves. To illustrate the talk\, I wil l discuss ongoing attempts to create a sense of self for robots within my own lab and others.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>Prof. Tony Pre scott</strong> (Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheff ield in the UK) will present a Prestigious Lecture on "Analysis and Synthe sis of the Embodied Self: A Robotics Perspective" at 11am (UTC+1) on 14 Ma y 2025.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The talk will last 90 minutes distributed between t he Prestigious Lecture\, followed by questions &amp\; answers.&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR