Juyang (John) Weng is a professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, a member of the MSU Cognitive Science Program and a member of the MSU Neuroscience Program . His research interests lie in the intersection of the general fields of computer science and engineering, brain science, and cognitive science. He is a co-founder of the Embodied Intelligence Laboratory. Weng is the author or coauthor of over two hundred research articles and book chapters.
Are Natural Languages Symbolic in the Brain?
Many of the readers may think that I am asking a stupid question. However, I hope that this question can lead to meaningful further dialogs and hopefully some clarification following the dialog of "The Symbol Ground-ing Problem Has Been Solved: Or Maybe Not?"– initiated by Angelo Cangelosi and appeared in AMD News-letter vol. 7, no. 1, April 2010. (Click here to read more.)
"Please don't use that kind of language in front of the robot!"
Setting a good example for an impressionable child is hardly a new idea. After all, human society depends on the careful rearing of infants into responsible, thoughtful adults. But when a youngster is a hulking five-foot-nine assemblage of wheels, gears, and video cameras, giving it a good upbringing may not seem like a high priority. That is, unless you're computer scientest John Weng. ... (Click here to read more.)
Michigan State University researcher Juyang Weng shows off his "developmental" robots, which learn the same way kids do. (Click here to read more.)
