This book presents cutting-edge research focused on current challenges towards the realization
of Biologically Inspired intelligent agents or Cognitive Architectures (BICA). The chapters
are written by both world-recognized experts (including Antonio Chella Olivier Georgeon
Oliver Kutz Antonio Lieto David Vernon Paul Verschure and others) and young researchers.
Together they constitute a good mixture of new findings with tutorial-based reviews and
position papers all presented at the First International Early Research Career Enhancement
School on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (FIERCES on BICA 2016) held April
21-24 in Moscow Russia. Most works included here cross boundaries between disciplines: from
neuroscience to social science from cognitive science to robotics and from bioengineering to
artificial intelligence. A special emphasis is given to novel solutions to urgent problems that
have been resisting traditional approaches for decades. Intended for providing readers with an
update on biologically inspired approaches towards the computational replication of all the
essential aspects of the human mind (the BICA Challenge) this book is expected to foster
lively discussions on the topic and stimulate cross-disciplinary cross-generation and
cross-cultural collaboration.
