Professor's lecture Claes Strannegård: Computer models of cognitive processes

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Human intelligence has been a major source of inspiration for artificial intelligence (AI), ever since the earliest days of AI. For example, machine learning topics such as neural networks, reinforcement learning, and Bayesian methods started out as attempts to imitate various aspects of human cognitive processes. The same goes for many topics of classical AI, such as logic, search, and planning.

In the opposite direction, AI has contributed greatly to the understanding of human cognitive processes by providing algorithms that form the basis of cognitive models and enable prediction of human behavior.

In this talk, Professor Claes Strannegård will present some of his own research into cognitive science and AI. He will present work on human reasoning, artificial general intelligence, and ecosystem modeling, where computer models of animal cognition play a central part.

Finally, he will say a few words about AI ethics and a joint research project with Karolinska Institutet, where they use machine learning to identify patterns in cancer registry data.