Stefano Nolfi
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Stefano Nolfi is a director of research of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
and head of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robots and Artificial Life. He is one of the founders of Evolutionary robotics
(see his book published by MIT Press
in 2000). Nolfi's research interests include: evolution of communication and language, language and action, adaptive behavior, swarm robotics.
Stefano Nolfi's team at Institute is researching a new approach in developing artificial intelligence in relation to language
, and behaviour development
.
Nolfi received his laurea (master's) degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza
in 1986.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
The Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche or National Research Council, is an Italian public organization set up to support scientific and technological research. Its headquarters are in Rome.-History:The institution was founded in 1923...
and head of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robots and Artificial Life. He is one of the founders of Evolutionary robotics
Evolutionary robotics
Evolutionary robotics is a methodology that uses evolutionary computation to develop controllers for autonomous robots. Algorithms in ER frequently operate on populations of candidate controllers, initially selected from some distribution. This population is then repeatedly modified according to...
(see his book published by MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
in 2000). Nolfi's research interests include: evolution of communication and language, language and action, adaptive behavior, swarm robotics.
Stefano Nolfi's team at Institute is researching a new approach in developing artificial intelligence in relation to language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
, and behaviour development
Sapir–Whorf hypothesis
The principle of linguistic relativity holds that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers are able to conceptualize their world, i.e. their world view...
.
Nolfi received his laurea (master's) degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza
University of Rome La Sapienza
The Sapienza University of Rome, officially Sapienza – Università di Roma, formerly known as Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a coeducational, autonomous state university in Rome, Italy...
in 1986.