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Thinking Systems Symposium: Brains, Robots and Navigation Monday 22 November 2010 10.30am - 5.30pm Queensland Brain Institute level 7 Auditorium
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How well do you navigate? Could you get lost on the way to your morning coffee or are you one of the lucky ones who never gets lost? The Thinking Systems project studies which parts of your brain help you find your way (among many other things), and are developing new technologies, including robots that create their own maps inspired by biology.
The Thinking Systems research team will present a day of exciting findings from the last 4 years. Hear about how neuroscientists and engineers have been working together to study the amazing abilities of big and small brains, from honeybees to humans, and rats to robots. You will hear about virtual reality worlds for studying bee flight and human navigation, how rats and robots use place cells to navigate, and how navigation is inspiring new ways to understand complex thinking.
PROGRAM
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10.30 - 11.00am |
Tea/Coffee |
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11.00 - 11.10am |
Janet Wiles:
Welcome |
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11.30 - 12.00pm |
Mandyam Srinivasan and Tien Luu |
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12.00 - 12.30pm |
Pankaj Sah and Francois Windels |
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12.30 - 1.00pm |
Gordon Wyeth and Michael Milford |
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1.00 - 1.30pm |
Lunch |
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1.30 - 2.00pm |
Jason Mattingley and Oliver Baumann |
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2.00 - 2.30pm |
Andrew Smith and Daniel Angus |
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2.30 - 3.00pm |
Allen Cheung |
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3:00 - 3:15pm |
Tea/Coffee |
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3.15 - 3.45pm |
Peter Stratton |
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3.45 - 4.15pm |
David Ball |
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4.15 - 4.45pm |
Jeff Elman:
Closing Address |
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4.45 - 5.30pm |
Discussion |
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5.30pm |
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