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Section: Partnerships and Cooperations
International Initiatives
Inria Associate Teams Not Involved in an Inria International Labs
NEUROCURIOSITY
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Curiosity can be understood as a family of mechanisms that evolved to allow agents to maximize their knowledge of the useful properties of the world. In this project we will study how different internal drives of an animal, e.g. for novelty, for action, for liking, are combined to generate the rich variety of behaviors found in nature. We will approach such challenge by studying monkeys, children and by developing new computational tools.
Idex Bordeaux-Univ. Waterloo collaborative project on curiosity in HCI
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Pierre-Yves Oudeyer collaborated with Edith Law's HCI research group at University of Waterloo on the topic of "Curiosity in HCI system". They obtained a grant from Univ. Bordeaux to set up a project with Inria Potioc team and with Dana Kulic, Robotics lab, Univ. Waterloo. They organized several cross visits and collaborated on the design and experimentation of an educational interactive robotic system to foster curiosity-driven learning. This led to two articles accepted at CHI 2019 and CHI2020 (see new results section).
To continue this collaborative research, a new proposal on « Curiosity-driven learning and personalized (re-)education technologies across the lifespan » have been successfully submitted to UB-UW IDEX call regarding the projects in the field of AI and health sciences (PI: E. Law, PY Oudeyer ; co-PI : M. Fernandes, H. Sauzéon & F. Lotte )
Idex Bordeaux-Univ. Waterloo collaborative project on Virtual realty-based study on spatial learning in aging
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Helene Sauzéon collaborated with Myra Fernandes’s cognitive neuroscience Lab at University of Waterloo on the topic of "VR based study of spatial learning in older adults". They obtained a grant from Univ. Bordeaux to set up a project with Quincy Almeida, head of Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre, Laurier University. They organized several cross visits and collaborated on the design and experimentation of a virtual reality application allowing to investigate intrinsic motivation (i.e., Active exploration) as cognitive support for older adults’ spatial learning. This led to an article published in Brain Science in 2019 (see new results section).
Informal International Partners
Pierre-Yves Oudeyer and Didier Roy have created a collaboration with LSRO EPFL and Pr Francesco Mondada, about Robotics and education. The two teams co-organize the annual conference "Robotics and Education"in Bordeaux. Didier Roy teaches "Robotics and Education" in EPFL several times a year.
Didier Roy has created a collaboration with HEP Vaud (Teachers High School) and Bernard Baumberger and Morgane Chevalier, about Robotics and education. Scientific discussions and shared professional training.
Didier Roy has created a collaboration with Biorob - EPFL, LEARN - EPFL, and Canton de Vaud, about Robotics and Computer Science education. Scientific discussions and shared professional training.
Didier Roy has created a collaboration with Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius Education Institute and AUF, about Robotics, AI and Computer Science projects, teaching and learning. Scientific discussions and shared professional training. With Gérard Giraudon (Advisor to the President of Inria, with in particular a mission on "Digital & Training").
A collaboration with Johan Lilius and Sebastien Lafond from Abo Akademi University, Turku (Finland) is ongoing to sign an Erasmus contract for researchers and students visits on the topic of autonomous boats.
Funding applications have been submitted jointly with Davide Maltoni and Vincenzo Lomonaco from University of Bologna (Italy) on the topic of continual learning. Also the project https://www.continualai.org/ is being further developed jointly and on the way to become a non-profit organization.
Participation in Other International Programs
David Filliat participates in the ITEA3 DANGUN project with Renault S.A.S. in france and partners in Korea. The purpose of the DANGUN project is to develop a Traffic Jam Pilot function with autonomous capabilities using low-cost automotive components operating in France and Korea. By incorporating low-cost advanced sensors and simplifying the vehicle designs as well as testing in different scenarios (France & Korea), a solution that is the result of technical cooperation between both countries should lead to more affordable propositions to respond to client needs in the fast moving market of intelligent mobility.
Natalia Díaz Rodríguez collaborates with the Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland on the autonomous navigation systems project, involving the sailing schools of Novia and Naval Group (France). She also collaborates with the Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence https://dasci.es (DaSCI) and the University of Granada (Spain) on explainable AI.