Extending the frontiers of artificial intelligence

The world of artificial cognitive systems and machine learning is moving at a fast pace and is becoming a major international research challenge. New techniques are being developed in this field that will transform many aspects of our day-to-day lives and work. The SIMBAD project, backed by the EU with EUR 1.6 million in financing, is now looking at some of the ways that this research may be put to use. SIMBAD aims to fully develop the new technology that is emerging within the pattern recognition and machine learning fields, and is researching the use of 'similarity information' rather than its previous feature-based approach, says the project's scientific coordinator, Professor Marcello Pelillo. Society is increasingly developing complex machines such as robots to carry out many of our everyday needs, he says. Artificial cognitive systems (ACSs) are now becoming a top international research priority and in accordance with this priority the European Commission has made this area one of the seven key research areas that Europe must develop in order to become one of the world leaders in next generation information and communication technologies (ICT). Fruitful research into this area will lead to the development of many tools that will have a great social and economic impact on the EU, he goes on to say. Vehicle control, control of communication networks, medical diagnostics, and human-machine interaction are just a few of the areas that will benefit. There will also be many economic benefits that will boost European competitiveness...............

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