INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Urban Kordeš is a professor of Cognitive Science and first-person research at the University of Ljubljana where he is currently heading the joint master’s programme in cognitive science, Center for Cognitive Science, and Laboratory for Empirical Phenomenology. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Physics and a doctorate in the Philosophy of Cognitive Science. His research and educational interests include in-depth empirical phenomenological research, neurophenomenology, as well as challenges of interdisciplinary and collaborative knowledge creation.

Toma Strle is an assistant professor at the University of Ljubljana where he teaches within the joint Middle European interdisciplinary master’s programme in Cognitive Science. His research interests include decision-making, human experience, neurophenomenology, embodied cognition and self-reference.

Zarja Muršič makes sure everything runs smoothly from the University of Ljubljana to support the EUTOPIA learning unit: Introduction to Cognitive Science. She is curious about social cognition in humans and has recently finished her PhD in social learning and innovation in the context of an informal learning environment.

Rob Lowe is a Docent in Cognitive Science, and an associate professor, at the University of Gothenburg. His research interests are focused on computational modelling and gamification of cognitive science tasks focused on memory and decision making as affected by (social) interaction and emotion. He also works with robots to study how such models can be used as cognitive controllers in physically embodied artificial agents. He teaches introductory courses in Artificial Intelligence focused on Deep Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning in the context of gaming.

Liz Blagrove teaches and researches at the University of Warwick, across a variety of Psychological Science topics. She specializes in the interaction of cognition and emotion and is fascinated by the expressiveness of the human face.

Dimitris Kotzinos is a professor at the Department of Computer Science of the CY Cergy Paris University, a member of the ETIS Lab and a member of the MIDI team of the lab. His main research interests include data management algorithms, techniques and tools; the development of methodologies, algorithms and tools for web-based information systems, portals and web services; and the understanding of the meaning (semantics) of interoperable data and services on the web. Recently he has started working on studying the formation and evolution of discussions in online social networks using Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. Additionally, he has started working in the area of accountability, explainability and fairness of the ML and AI algorithms, especially when applied to data engineering and analysis problems.