Human and machine perception 2 : emergence, attention, and creativity

Evolution.- The Dynamics of Biological Evolution and the Importance of Spatial Relations and Shapes.- Emergent Evolution of Cooperative Structures.- Intervention in Evolution: (Un)Predictability versus Control.- Panel Summary -Can Learning Guide Evolution?.- Emergence.- The Emerging Properties of Neuronal Networks: Focus on the Cerebellum.- Face Detection and Camouflage Breaking by Direct Convexity Estimation.- Coping with Uncertainty: the Self-Organisation of Social Systems.- Panel Summary -Multistimuli and Different Sensory Modalities.- Attention.- Variability, Ambiguity and Attention: a Perception Model based on Analog Induction.- Alerting Mechanisms in Attentive Vision Systems.- Purposive Visual Perception and Co-operative Behaviour:some Issues for the Design of Physical Agents.- Panel Summary -Planning and Problem Solving.- Creativity.- Creations and Discoveries in Science: the Role of Abductive Reasoning.- Analogy Perception and Creativity Mechanisms.- Panel Summary -Creativity in 22 Questions: What’s the Catch?.- Knowledge Management and Representation.- Recognising, Remembering and Knowing.- Panel Summary -Symbolism and Connectionism Paradigms.- Presence, Telepresence and Usability.- Non Linear Models for Speech Melody.- Panel Summary -“How Can I Know what I Think until I See what I Say?”.