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A paper co-authored by Project Prof. Nagai has been accepted in Neural Networks. It proposes a neural network model that works like a mirror neuron system. M. Yunus Seker, Alper Ahmetoglu, Yukie Nagai, Minoru Asada, Erhan Oztop, and Emre Ugur, “Imitation and mirror systems in robots through Deep Modality Blending Networks,” Neural Networks, in press. [HP]

Project Prof. Nagai is going to give a talk at the Research Results Presentation of the Institute for AI and Beyond, which will be held on November 19, 2021. Yukie Nagai, “AI x Tojisha-Kenkyu: Computational Neuroscience for Systematic Understanding of Cognitive Individuality,” Research Results Presentation of the Institute for AI and Beyond, Tokyo, November 19, 2021. (Online) [HP]

A paper written by Dr. Horii has been accepted in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. It presents an active inference mechanism based on the free energy principle. Takato Horii and Yukie Nagai, “Active Inference through Energy Minimization in Multimodal Affective Human-Robot Interaction,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, in press. [HP]

Project Prof. Nagai’s interview has been published in UTokyo FOCUS. UTokyo FOCUS, “AI to understand and support people with disabilities: Diversity & Inclusion Research 02,” October 14, 2021. [HP]

This annual meeting intends to discuss neural and cognitive development in humans and AI/robots and computational neuroscience studies to elucidate the principle of development and disorders. Please feel free to join it! Date November 20 – 21, 2021 Place Online Homepage https://jsdn2021.com (in Japanese)

The following project, for which Project Prof. Nagai serves as Principal Investigator, has been accepted for CREST. Please check here for more details. CREST “Cognitive Feelings that Mediate Between Perception and Emotion” [CREST][HP] Principal Investigator: Yukie Nagai Period: 2021.10-2027.03

A paper co-authored by Project Prof. Nagai has been accepted in Neural Networks. It discusses intelligence in both humans and AI together with Prof. Karl Friston and Prof. Josh Tenenbaum, who are known for the unified theories of intelligence. Karl Friston, Rosalyn J. Moran, Yukie Nagai, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Hiroaki Gomi, and Josh Tenenbaum, “World model learning and inference,” Neural Networks, […]

A paper written by Dr. Daikoku has been accepted in Thinking Skills and Creativity. It discusses how environmental factors affect the temporal dynamics of creativity. Tatsuya Daikoku, Qi Fang, Tomohito Hamada, Youichi Handa, and Yukie Nagai, “Importance of environmental settings for the temporal dynamics of creativity,” Thinking Skills and Creativity, online available. [HP]

The following projects, for which Project Prof. Yukie Nagai serves as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator, have been accepted for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S). Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Understanding Cognitive Individuality Based on a Unified Brain Theory: Assisting People with Developmental Disorders” [KAKEN][Project page] Principal Investigator: Yukie Nagai Period: 2021.07-2026.03 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Dynamics of Mother-infant interaction: […]