The Brain is Embodied and the Body is Embedded in the Environment

Jeff KrichmarDepartment of Cognitive SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine

Reverse Engineering the Brain:Understanding Through Building

Cognitive and neural robotics Replicate human and animal behaviors in

robots to provide insight into neuroscience and cognitive science.

Understand brain mechanisms of learning and adaptive behavior through physical systems.

High-performance Computing Develop computing tools for large-scale neural

simulations.

Truly intelligent machines are…A long way off and far, far away

High Performance ComputingNeuromorphic Computers

Today's computers are limited by Computational capacity An architecture that is serial and

programmable in its design.

Biological systems automatically learn relevant features and associations.

Develop computers and computation based on a neurobiological architecture. DARPA SyNAPSE EU FACETS

Organizing Principles in the Computing and Biological Sciences

Embodiment Brain, body, and environment are

closely coupled. The body shapes the way we think.

The brain is not a computer.

Adaptive Behavior Lifetime scale Evolutionary time-scale

Organizing Principles in the Computing and Biological Sciences

Understanding through building. Physical systems Reverse engineering Tools and materials!

Need truly interdisciplinary training that combines, biomedical engineering, cognitive sciences, computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering.