Luc Steels
Encyclopedia
Luc Steels is a Belgian
scientist, and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
. He is also heading the Sony
Computer Science Laboratory in Paris
. Steels, along with Rodney Brooks
(his one-time office mate), was one of the initiators of the behaviour-based robotics approach to artificial intelligence
and is closely linked to artificial life
. He also designed Fluid Construction Grammar
.
His recent work on evolutionary linguistics
has shown increasing signs of some reconciliation with representationalism.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
scientist, and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a Flemish university located in Brussels, Belgium. It has two campuses referred to as Etterbeek and Jette.The university's name is sometimes abbreviated by "VUB" or translated to "Free University of Brussels"...
. He is also heading the Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
Computer Science Laboratory in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Steels, along with Rodney Brooks
Rodney Brooks
Rodney Allen Brooks is the former Panasonic professor of robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 1986 he has authored a series of highly influential papers which have inaugurated a fundamental shift in artificial intelligence research...
(his one-time office mate), was one of the initiators of the behaviour-based robotics approach to artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
and is closely linked to artificial life
Artificial life
Artificial life is a field of study and an associated art form which examine systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations using computer models, robotics, and biochemistry. The discipline was named by Christopher Langton, an American computer scientist, in 1986...
. He also designed Fluid Construction Grammar
Fluid construction grammar
Fluid construction grammar is a construction grammar formalism designed by Luc Steels implementing the notion of emergent grammar and operates from a multi-agent perspective , useful for studies in evolutionary linguistics.FCG is a fully operational formalism for construction grammars and proposes...
.
His recent work on evolutionary linguistics
Evolutionary linguistics
Evolutionary linguistics is the scientific study of the origins and development of language. The main challenge in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves practically no traces. This led to an abandonment of the field for more than a century...
has shown increasing signs of some reconciliation with representationalism.
See also
- Behavior based robotics
- Evolutionary linguisticsEvolutionary linguisticsEvolutionary linguistics is the scientific study of the origins and development of language. The main challenge in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves practically no traces. This led to an abandonment of the field for more than a century...
- Fluid construction grammarFluid construction grammarFluid construction grammar is a construction grammar formalism designed by Luc Steels implementing the notion of emergent grammar and operates from a multi-agent perspective , useful for studies in evolutionary linguistics.FCG is a fully operational formalism for construction grammars and proposes...