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Summary of Thinking Systems Projects
New South Wales
The University of New South Wales
TS0669860 Dr MJ Breakspear; A/Prof JW Morley; Dr JA
Harris; Prof CA Sammut; A/Prof GJ Goodhill; Prof G Paxinos; Prof NH Lovell;
Dr SA Knock; Dr J Lagopoulos; Dr GS Malhi; Dr V Macefield
Approved Project Title: Optimizing autonomous system control
with brain-like hierarchical control systems
2006: $644,000
2007: $671,000
2008: $679,000
2009: $679,000
2010: $627,000
Primary RFCD 2802 INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS
Collaborating Countries
USA
UK
France
Administering Institution The University of New South
Wales
Project Summary
We will unite two broad research streams - neuroscience and robotics
- with the aim of endowing autonomous systems with specific biological
advantages. Whereas traditional exchanges between these domains have
often progressed little beyond a vague sharing of conceptual terms, we
propose a series of direct collaborative projects spanning these two
scientific disciplines. We will investigate the hierarchical nature of
real neuronal systems & use these data to underpin the next generation
of robotic control systems. The immediate outcome will be novel control
systems that use brain-like sensorimotor architectures. This work will
have wide application in robotic control systems & will significantly
advance our understanding of the human brain.
University of Western Sydney
TS0669874 Prof DK Burnham; Prof R Dale; A/Prof CJ Stevens;
A/Prof DM Powers; Dr CW Davis; Dr JM Buchholz; Dr T Kuratate; Dr J Kim;
Dr GC Paine; Dr CM Kitamura; Prof M Wagner; Dr S Moeller; Dr AW Black;
Dr T Schultz; A/Prof HH Bothe
Approved Project Title: From Talking Heads to Thinking Heads:
A Research Platform for Human Communication Science
2006: $617,000
2007: $641,000
2008: $765,000
2009: $711,000
2010: $666,000
Primary RFCD 3801 LEARNING, MEMORY COGNITION AND LANGUAGE
Collaborating Countries
Germany
Denmark
USA
Administering Institution University of Western Sydney
Project Summary
In this project current Talking Head technology will be taken into the
realm of a high-fidelity Thinking Head, with implications and applications
for basic and applied research. Outcomes will bear on human-machine communication,
telecommunications, e-commerce, and mobile phone technology; personalised
aids for disabled users, the hearing impaired, the elderly, and children
with learning difficulties, foreign language learning; and will facilitate
the development of animation in new media, film, and games. In addition
to output in scholarly journals, beta-versions of the Head will be made
available, and public visibility for the project will be facilitated
by the incorporation of high-profile installations and exhibitions.
Queensland
The University of Queensland
TS0669699 Prof J Wiles; Prof PF Bartlett; Prof K Burrage;
A/Prof GJ Goodhill; Prof JB Mattingley; Prof P Sah; Dr AE Smith; Prof
MV Srinivasan; Dr GF Wyeth; Prof MA Arbib; Prof JL Elman; Prof JM O'Keefe
Approved Project Title: Thinking Systems: Navigating Through
Real and Conceptual Spaces
2006: $639,000
2007: $639,000
2008: $670,000
2009: $660,000
2010: $692,000
Primary RFCD 2802 SIMULATION AND MODELLING
Collaborating Countries
USA
UK
Administering Institution The University of Queensland
Project Summary
The project will provide fundamental insights into physical and conceptual
spaces and develop applications in robotics and information systems.
The project brings together national and international researchers to
study how humans and other animals navigate: how trajectories through
space are used to build maps, the neural bases of these mapping processes
and how to use maps to achieve goals. The project will develop a new
generation of robots that can learn about the physical spaces they work
in, and create concept-mapping systems that can map and navigate information
spaces. Also, it will provide new insights into the mechanisms regulating
human cognition and mental dysfunctions.
