WHO ARE WE?
- Develop internal identify (of euCognition as a network)
- Already many separate identities, don't create yet another
- Integrate separate streams
- Watch out for possible bias towards computer vision, robotics, etc.
- Reach out to speech and language
- What about emotions?
- Building bridges to other fields of study
- Cognitive science conference
- Psychology
- Create an "Oh, I should have known about that" phenomenon.
WHERE ARE WE? (in the scientific landscape)
- What is already there?
- Who else uses the 'cognitive systems' label, and for what?
- Related programs within the EC
- Related disciplines (how are the boundaries defined?)
- Cognitive science (cognitive ergonomics, cognitive engineering)
- AI, machine learning
- Autonomous systems
- Embedded intelligence
- Intelligent control
- Planning and scheduling
- ...
WHAT SHOULD WE BECOME?
- European Society for the Study of Cognitive Systems (already exists?)
- Make the group known
- Identify target groups and specific audiences
- Industry (make ourselves attractive)
- Get their requirements and needs for cognitive systems
- What can we offer to industry, and what can they offer to us?
- How to build reliable cognitive systems
- Practical solutions rather than names or terms
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? - SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH
- Special sessions in other workshops and conferences related to cognitive systems/cognition
- IEEE, Cognitive Science, Annual European Conference on Complex Systems
- Cognitive systems wiki
- Cognitive Manifesto
- Cognitive briefings
- Natural vs. technical (artefactual) cognitive systems
- Special issues (of journals)
- Prize for embedded cognition, cognitive system
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? - PRACTICAL/APPLIED OUTREACH
- Science = understanding; engineering = building
- Links to cities, public bodies, street cameras, large publicly available datasets
- Foresight book on Cognitive Systems
- IEEE Spectrum
- Promote externally what happens internally
WHAT SHOULD WE DO? - PUBLIC OUTREACH
- A stand (at conferences) with CS success stories
- A 'sales booth' with successful projects
- Hire a PR company
- Create a CS alternative to robocup
- Essays, writings aimed at schoolchildren, non-students (non-academics)
- 'Best essay' competition - with prizes!
- BBC, Discovery Channel
- Involve media
- Scientific American, Science
- Cognitive systems and 'smart' or 'intelligent' gadgets