On 1 – 4 April 2014, Goldsmiths hosts the 50th anniversary convention for the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB).

Plenary speakers

• Professor Susan Stepney (asking “When does a slime mould compute?”)
• Professor Lucy Suchman (presenting a lecture entitled “Human(oid) Robot Reconfigurations”)
• Professor Terrence Deacon (examining the foundational requirements for a “living machine”)
• Professor Humberto Maturana (posing the “Ethical dilemma of the AnthropoRobotic”)

There will be three evening public lectures:

• John Barnden: “Creative Metaphor, Mind Out! Or Rather, Mind In”.
• Simon Colton: “The Painting Fool: Weak and Strong Computational Creativity Research in Action”
• Dr. Hannah Smithson: “New perspectives on colour from a 13th century account of light, material and rainbows”

To compliment the standard registration packages, there will be some Day Registrations and Associate Day Passes available each day on the door. Conference website