Synthetic, Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS)
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The “Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS)” group (http://specs-lab.com/) is a multidisciplinary research group interested in understanding the neuronal, psychological and behavioural principles underlying perception, emotion and cognition.
SPECS mission is to understand mind, brain and behaviour through constructing synthetic perceptive, emotive and cognitive systems.
SPECS’s interdisciplinary research has a long-standing tradition in the domains of computational neuroscience, cognitive science and interactive systems with a focus on neuro-technologies, robotics and AI, combining real word systems such as large-scale interactive systems, robots and virtual reality systems to understand build and repair the brain and the body.
Following a deductive medicine, approach SPECS is investigating a range of brain pathologies where medical interventions are explicit validations of scientific predictions.
The cornerstone of SPECS’s work on the biological principles underlying perception, cognition and behaviour is provided by the Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC) architecture. The DAC architecture is built on a series of neuronal models of learning and problem solving, developed over the last 15 years and constitutes an evolving candidate theory of general intelligence and cognition. DAC has become a standard in the field of artificial intelligence and behavior based robotics. DAC can account for aspects of human cognition that are usually only addressed with top-down symbolic models.
SPECS is also involved in the following activities:
Master program: Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media at UPF
Summer school: Barcelona Cognition Brain and Technology
Conference: LIVING MACHINES conference
Summer courses: NEURO-ROBOTICS for children (BIYSC)
Dissemination: Outreach Activities Escolab – Semana Cerebro – Festa de la Ciencia – Bojos…
BrainX3 visualized in the Experience Induction Machines (XIM by SPECS-lab)
BrainX3 is an interactive platform for 3D visualization, analysis and simulation of human neuroimaging data and brain models.
A humanoid Robot (Pepper) interacts with a researcher from SPECS-lab to test the brain-based Cognitive Architecture DAC (Verschure et al. 1999-2016) and explore Human-Robot Collaboration.
Projects
NATIONAL PROJECTS
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TECSAM · Xarxa d’Innovació de Noves Tecnologies en Salut Mental
AGAUR
Anna Mura
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
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RGS@HOME Scaling ICT based neurorehabilitation to personalized 24/7 home care (2019-2021)
VirtualBrainCloud Personalized Recommendations for Neurodegenerative Disease (2018-2022)
European Comission Digital transformation in Health and Care
Anna Mura
HR-Recycler Hybrid Human-Robot RECYcling plant for electriCal and eLEctRonic equipment (2018-2022)
European Comission Transforming European Industry
Anna Mura
iNavigate Brain-inspired technologies for intelligent navigation and mobility (2019-2023)
European Comission Marie Curie
Anna Mura
ReHyb Rehabilitation based on Hybrid neuroprosthesis (2020-2023)
European Comission
Anna Mura
EIT Health is supported by EIT, a body of the European Union
FINISHED PROJECTS
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cRGS Cognitive Rehabilitation Gamming System (cRGS): a novel Virtual Reality-based system for the conjunctive training of stroke-derived cognitive impairments (2019-2021)
European Comission ERC – PoC
Anna Mura
RGS@HOME The RGS@home project: Scaling ICT based neurorehabilitation to personalized 24/7 home care (2019-2021)
EIT Health, European Institute of Technology (EIT)
Anna Mura
ANITA Advanced tools for fighting oNline Illegal TrAfficking (2018-2021)
European Comission Research and Innovation action
Anna Mura
HBP Education Activity (2020)
European Comission FET Flaships
Anna Mura
DAC-CHM Distributed Adaptive Control of Consciousness in Humans and Machines (2017-2020)
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