Workshop on Distributed Cognition
This EON mini-workshop will tackle the phenomenon of distributed cognition, between biological life and technology, within the general framework of looking for the fundamental principles of the emergence of life. The discussions will be oriented towards an interdisciplinary research directions to understand how distributed processes arise among networks of single entities, from collections of cells in early life, to swarms of insects, fish schools, neural structures in the brain and transient structures on the internet of things. The main events will take place on the afternoons of June 26 and 28, from 2pm till 5pm, room 205, ELSI-1. The event is open for anyone interested in the topic to attend. Invited speakers will include: Hiro Iizuka (Hokkaido University), Tom Froese (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Nicholas Guttenberg (ELSI/Araya), Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo), Keisuke Suzuki (Sussex University), Nathaniel Virgo (ELSI) and Olaf Witkowski (ELSI).
[…] Today and on Wednesday there will be a Workshop on Distributed Cognition taking place at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI). The workshop is organized by the ELSI Origins Network. […]