IST 2001-37173 - ADAPT
Artificial Development Approach
to Presence Technologies
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Goal:
– study how the perception of self in the environment emerges during the early
stages of human development and to implement an artificial instance of such
developmental processes in an embodied artifact
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A two-pronged strategy is pursued:
– we aim at realizing an artificial system capable of building internal
representations
– we will investigate when and how the developing brain starts to produce the
unique experience-based repertoire of intentional percepts and actions
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Expected results:
– Get a functional artifact incorporating model of the sense of presence
– Formulate and test a theory of the development of coherent multisensory
representation in humans
Project funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies arm of the IST Programme
FET-Open scheme <or name of proactive initiative>
Project summary
Participant Role
Participant Name
Short Name
Country
Coordinator
DIST – University of Genova
DIST
I
Partner
University of Zurich, Dept. of
Information Technology
UNIZH
CH
Partner
UMR7593, CNRS, University
Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris
CNRS
F
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Total cost: 1335141 € - Community funding: 469000 €
Project start date: October 1st, 2002
Project duration: 36 months
Project funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies arm of the IST Programme
FET-Open scheme <or name of proactive initiative>