AISB20: Communication and Conversation, April 6-9, 2020, St. Mary's University @AISB_soc

From Dr Yasemin J. Erden, AISB Vice Chair, Senior Lecturer, Philosophy, St Mary's University

AISB20: Communication and Conversation, 6 – 9 April 2020, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, UK

The society for the study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (the AISB) annual convention will be held at St Mary’s University, Twickenham in London, UK from 6 - 9 April 2020. 

This year the theme broadly covers topics in language, communication and conversation, though there will be a range of symposia covering a range of topics in philosophy, AI, computing, etc.

The convention will follow the same overall structure as previous conventions, namely a set of co-located parallel symposia, as well as invited and plenary lectures and sessions.

Based in leafy Richmond borough, St Mary's University has a long and distinguished history. Strawberry Hill House, located in the University grounds, is Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture (known locally as the Gothic Castle). The institute benefits from lots of green spaces, whilst being only a short distance from The Thames, Richmond Park, and central London (we’re just 35 minutes on the train from Waterloo). You can view a virtual tour of the campus here: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/contact/virtual-tour.aspxhttps://www.stmarys.ac.uk/contact/virtual-tour.aspx

Here is a full list of symposia for the conference.

• AISB AI & Games 2020 (AI&G)
• 2nd Symposium on AI and Robotics Normative Spheres: Towards a Sustainable Society and Technology (AIRoNoS)
• AI and Moral Learning (AIML)
• 7th Computational creativity symposium (CC20)
• First AISB Symposium on Conversational AI (SoCAI)
• Do Robots Talk? Philosophical Implications of Describing Human-Machine Communication (DoRoTa)
• Habits and rituals in real and virtual societies (H&R)
• The Impact of Anthropomorphism on Human Understanding of Intelligent Systems (Anthro2020)
• Philosophy after AI: meaning and understanding (PhAI2020)
• Overcoming Opacity in Machine Learning (Opacity)
• Representation and Reality In Humans, Other Living Organisms and Machines (R&R)
• Responsibility and control: communication and conversation through technology (RACCT)
• Social Interactions in Complex Intelligent Systems (SICIS) 

More information is available here.