The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy
Posted on: July 2, 2014
Date of the event:
July 2-4, 2014
The 29th annual conference on Computing and Philosophy will be held at Anatolia College/ACT in Thessaloniki, Greece.
We expect ca. 80 researchers from around the world; half from Europe and half from the Americas and Asia.
http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/registered-participants
Some of the problems discussed are:
- What can computers do?
- Is the human brain a computer and is thinking computing?
- Are computers intelligent or will they be?
- What would happen if computers and robots are more intelligent than humans?
- What are the limits of computer science?
- What are the ethical problems generated by computers?
- How do computers influence culture?
http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/program
Guests are welcome for the keynote talks. Otherwise, registration is necessary: http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/registration
Several of the speakers are world-leading experts in their fields, for example:
Ronald Arkin - robotics, ethics of robotics (esp. robots in war)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_C._Arkin
Gregory Chaitin - theoretical computer science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Chaitin
Selmer Bringsjord - philosophy of computing and artificial intelligence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selmer_Bringsjord
S. Barry Cooper - theoretical computer science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Barry_Cooper
Wilfried Sieg - mathematical logic
http://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/faculty-sieg.php
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Contact:
Organiser:
Prof. Vincent C. Müller
http://www.sophia.de, <vmueller@act.edu>
+30 6942 606171
Management:
Theodoros Gantinas
<gantinas@act.edu>
+30 694 4841005
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