VRSSF - VERSES named as Presenting Sponsor of the 4th International Workshop on Active Inference | Benzinga
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQX:VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company"), a cognitive computing company specializing in the next generation of artificial intelligence announces an agreement as exclusive corporate sponsor of the 4th International Workshop on Active Inference.
Active Inference, first developed by VERSES Chief Scientist, Karl Friston, is increasingly recognized as a potentially superior approach to AI development that represents a radical departure from conventional machine learning. Additionally, Verses' foundational platform KOSM™ positions the company as a leader in the use of active inference principles in the development of AI. For example, VERSES' WayFinder™ suite of services and applications use dynamic AI routing to improve logistics productivity in the logistics industry.
The 4th International Workshop on Active Inference (IWAI), which is to be held September 13-15, 2023 at St Peter's Abbey, in Ghent, Belgium, brings together researchers on active inference from around the world. In addition to VERSES AI, serving as Presenting Sponsor; Flanders AI Research Program, Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC), Internet & Data Lab (IDLab) and Ghent University are all IWAI supporting sponsors.
"We are very pleased to support the 4th International Workshop on Active Inference," said Gabriel René, Founder and CEO of VERSES. "This is the only event in the world that brings together both the top researchers in the field and presents the most noteworthy publications that explore real-world applications in artificial intelligence."
Keynotes include Tetsuya Ogata, Professor with the Faculty of Science and Engineering, at Waseda University, and a Joint-appointed Fellow with the Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo; Antonella Maselli, of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technology, at the Italia National Research Council of Italy; and the aforementioned Karl Friston, a neuroscientist and theoretician at University College London who is the key architect of the free energy principle and active inference and VERSES' Chief Scientist.
The IWAI will also recognize a number of accepted papers that include: Designing explainable artificial ...