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The Program

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The programme includes short presentations of 20-30 min by leading academics and business leaders from UK, USA, Italy, New Zealand and Bulgaria, followed by panel and public discussions.

 

Attendance is free for all participants, with prior-registration required, including on the site registration. 

 

The summer school will be held in a hybrid mode, both on-site and on-line and the Zoom link will be announced on the N3BG site. ​​

 

To register in advance, please send the name and the email address of the participant(s) to Iman (iabouhassan@tu-sofia.bg.

 

All members of the N3BG group and presenters are automatically registered for the event. The summer school will be held in a hybrid mode, both on-site and on-line and the Zoom link will be announced through an email to all participants.

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Download the programme as pdf

 

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30.04.2025, Start 9:30am EEST (Bulgarian Time)

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Part I: Methods and systems

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Session chair: N. Kasabov (AUT NZ, IICT/BAS, KECL, TUS)

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9:30-10:00  What is missing in the current AI revolution: The FAIR Project  (C.Morabito, INNS President) 

 

10:00-10:30 Anomalous consciousness: brain mechanisms underpinning hallucinations in schizophrenia?  (A. Sumich, NTU UK)

 

10:30-10:50  Conscious decision making: A case on neuromarketing (Z.Doborjeh, AUT, NZ)

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10:50-11:15 Break

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Session Chair: I.Abouhassan, Technical University of Sofia

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11:15-11:45 Towards machine consciousness: A brain-Inspired approach (N.Kasabov; A.Yang, I. AbouHassan)

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11:45-12:00 Bioinspired neural networks (G. Momcheva, IMI, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

 

12:00-12:30 Quantum computers and their hybrid implementations (R.Jha, U.Ulster, UK)

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Lunch break: 12:30-13:30
 

Part II: Applications
 

Session Chair: R.Trifonov, Technical University of Sofia

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13:30-14:00 AI Verification and Machine Consciousness (T. Lappas, Conscium Ltd., UK)

 

14:00-14:30 Design of brain- inspired computational models and applications (P.Koprinkova and S. Jordanov, IICT, BAS, BG)

 

14:30-15:00 A new explainable, computationally efficient and novelty-detecting neural network (G.Mengov, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, BG)

 

15:00-15:20 break

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 Session chair: G.Pavlova, Technical University of Sofia

 

15:20 -16:00 Panel: AI in Health, including: AI decision support during labour and delivery (I.Jordanov); AI in mental health (E.Kenderov, psychologist, BG); presentations from the audience 

(Moderator I. Jordanov, U. Portsmouth, UK.)

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16:00-16:30 Panel: How to create successful AI start-ups?

(Moderator K.Eskenazi; Panelists: I.Trendafilov and the  AI/Bio Clusters, BG)

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16:30-17:00 Panel: Can AI machines discover misinformation? How to teach ethical AI in schools and Universities?

 (Moderator S. Gyoshev, U.Exeter, UK; Panelists: L. Litov, C.Pirinski , C4BG team (USA)   

 

The session includes introduction and demos on a new smart-phone enhanced board game developed by a team, including Vihar, the founder of Truth Detectives (https://truthdetectiv.es/) and Andrew Howes (https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/41016-andrew-howes).

 

17:00-17:25 Neurocomputers for AI (A.Dimitrov, Washington State University Vancouver, USA) 

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17:25 -17:30 Closing discussion

(Moderators: N.Kasabov, R.Trifonov, G.Pavlova, I. Abouhassan, P. Koprinkova-Hristova, I. Jordanov)

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End 17:30pm