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Gastprofessur WS 2008/09

Im Oktober 2008 ist Prof. Dr. Michael A. Arbib zu Gast am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschungskolleg. Im Rahmen seines Aufenthalts finden folgende Veranstaltungen statt:

The Mirror System Hypothesis: On Being Moved

Workshop

Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2008, 10.00-18.30 Uhr
Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2008, 9.30-13.30 Uhr
Neuer Senatssaal der Universität zu Köln

Schema Theory as a Framework for Studying the Brain Mechanisms of Action, Passion, and Language

Vortrag

Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2008, 16.00-17.30 Uhr s.t.
Neuer Senatssaal der Universität zu Köln

Born in England in 1940, Michael A. Arbib grew up in Australia and obtained a B.Sc.(Hons.) from Sydney University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT in 1963. After five years at Stanford, Arbib became chairman of the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. In September he joined at the University of Southern California where he is a Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience. The thrust of his work is expressed in the title of his first book, Brains, Machines and Mathematics, based on lectures given at the University of New South Wales in the Southern hemisphere winter of 1962. His research focuses on mechanisms underlying the coordination of perception and action. This is tackled at two levels: via schema theory, which is applicable both in top-down analyses of brain function and human cognition as well as in studies of machine vision and robotics; and through the detailed analysis of neural networks, working closely with the experimental findings of neuroscientists. An overview of his work as of 1988 is given in The Metaphorical Brain 2: Neural Networks and Beyond, 1989, Wiley-Interscience. His concern for the social implications of computer science was given textbook expression in Computers and the Cybernetic Society. In 1983 he and Mary Hesse delivered the Gifford Lectures in Natural Theology at the University of Edinburgh, since published 1986 as The Construction of Reality, extending schema theory to provide a coherent epistemology for both individual and social knowledge. At present, his work in brain modeling is complemented by research on the evolution of language. His Mirror System Hypothesis provides an evolutionary framework for neurolinguistics (cf. his edited volume Action to Language via the Mirror Neuron System, 2006, Cambridge University Press).

Veranstaltungstyp: Gastprofessuren

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