Brain-Mind Machinery: Brain-Inspired Computing and Mind Opening - Hardcover

NG Gee-Wah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 981279025X ISBN 13: 9789812790255

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Brain and mind continue to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. With the recent advances in measuring instruments such as two-photon laser scanning microscopy and fMRI, the neuronal connectivity and circuitry of how the brain's various regions are hierarchically interconnected and organized are better understood now than ever before. By reverse engineering the brain, computer scientists hope to build cognitively intelligent systems that will revolutionize the artificial intelligence paradigm. Brain-Mind Machinery provides a walkthrough to the world of brain-inspired computing and mind-related questions. Bringing together diverse viewpoints and expertise from multidisciplinary communities, the book explores the human quest to build a thinking machine with human-like capabilities. Readers will acquire a first-hand understanding of the brain and mind mechanisms and machineries, as well as how much we have progressed in and how far we are from building a truly general intelligent system like the human brain.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981279025X
• ISBN 13: 9789812790255
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384