"Brain-inspired information technology" is one of key concepts for the development of information technology in the next generation. Explosive progress of computer technology has been continuing based on a simple principle called "if-then rule". This means that the programmer of software have to direct every action of the computer programs in response to various inputs. There inherently is a limitation of complexity because we human have a limited capacity for managing complex systems. Actually, many bugs, mistakes of programming, exist in computer software, and it is quite difficult to extinguish them. The parts of computer programs where computer viruses attack are also a kind of programming mistakes, called security hole. Of course, human body or nervous system is not perfect. No creator or director, however, exists for us. The function of our brain is equipped by learning, self-organization, natural selection, and etc, resulting in adaptive and flexible information system. Brain-inspired information technology is aiming to realize such nature-made information processing system by using present computer system or specific hardware. To do so, researchers in various research fields are getting together to inspire each other and challenge cooperatively for the same goal.
Author(s): Sandor M. Veres (auth.), Akitoshi Hanazawa, Tsutom Miki, Keiichi Horio (eds.)
Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence 266
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 178
Tags: Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Neurosciences
Front Matter....Pages -
Mission Capable Autonomous Control Systems in the Oceans, in the Air and in Space....Pages 1-10
Three Paths to Relevance....Pages 11-13
Brain-Like Evolving Spiking Neural Networks for Multimodal Information Processing....Pages 15-27
Human-Like Local Navigation System Inspired by a Hippocampal Memory Mechanism....Pages 29-32
Brain-Inspired Emergence of Behaviors Based on Values and Curiosity in Mobile Robots....Pages 33-38
Emergence of Behaviors by Reinforcement Learning Based on the Desire for Existence....Pages 39-44
Classification and Novelty Detection of Omni-view Images Taken from a Mobile Robot....Pages 45-49
Curiosity and Boredom Based on Prediction Error as Novel Internal Rewards....Pages 51-55
Skill Transfer of a Mobile Robot Obtained by Reinforcement Learning to a Different Mobile Robot....Pages 57-62
Effect of Fitness Functions on the Performance of Evolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization....Pages 63-68
Constraint Satisfaction with Neural Network for Trajectory Planning....Pages 69-72
Acquisition and Extinction of Avoidance Response by Social Interaction in Rats....Pages 73-78
Positive and Negative Effects of Environmental Chemicals on Brain Function in Rodents....Pages 79-84
Category Recognition in the Monkey Orbitofrontal Cortex....Pages 85-89
An Adaptive Controller System Using mnSOM (2nd Report: Implementation into an Autonomous Underwater Robot)....Pages 91-96
An Environment Recognition System Using SOM....Pages 97-102
A Novel Embedded Computer Based Autonomous Robot for Sewer Pipe Inspection....Pages 103-108
The Angular Threshold for Frog Collision Avoidance Behavior Changes Depending on Not Only the Stimulus Location But Also the Behavioral Strategy....Pages 109-113
Spike-Timing-Dependent LTP/LTD Caused by Uncorrelated Signals through Medial and Lateral Perforant Pathways in the Dentate Granule Cell....Pages 115-118
Spatiotemporal Synchronization of Neuronal Activity in a Hippocampal CA3 Network Model Including the O-LM Cell....Pages 119-122
The Regulation of Glutamate-Induced Astrocytic [Ca 2 + ]i Responses by the Desensitization of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor....Pages 123-127
Functional Properties of Resonate-and-Fire Neuron Circuits for Bio-Inspired Chemical Sensor Array....Pages 129-133
A Robot Vision System Using a Silicon Retina....Pages 135-139
Real-Time Human-Machine Interaction System Based on Face Authentication and Arm Posture Recognition....Pages 141-145
Shadow Elimination Mimicking the Human Visual System....Pages 147-151
An FPGA-Based Collision Warning System Using Moving-Object Detection Inspired by Neuronal Propagation in the Hippocampus....Pages 153-158
A Chemical Sensor Array Inspired by Mouse Taste Buds....Pages 159-164
Emotional Behavior and Expression Based on a Neural Network Model of Amygdala....Pages 165-170
Effective and Adaptive Learning Based on Diversive/Specific Curiosity....Pages 171-175
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