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Dear colleagues,<br>
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You might be interested in this new book about the connectionist
brain-mind.<br>
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-John<br>
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<h2>Natural and Artificial Intelligence</h2>
<h4>Introduction to Computational Brain-Mind</h4>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cse.msu.edu/%7Eweng/"><em>Juyang
Weng</em></a></p>
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Press</a>, 2012<br>
Hardcover, 445 pages, 104 illustrations<br>
Monograph and textbook with problems &
math appendix<br>
Instructors contact the author for the
instructor's package<br>
ISBN: 978-0-9858757-2-5 <br>
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Price $65</p>
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<h3>About the book<br>
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<p> The mind is what the brain does. This book tries
to map a mind model to the corresponding brain so as
to not only deepen our understanding of both the
brain and the mind, but also unveil computational
underpinnings. That is why the words “Brain-Mind”
are hyphenated in the title. </p>
<p>This volume strives to unify natural intelligence
with artificial intelligence. It approaches
intelligence through not only what intelligence is
but also how intelligence arises.</p>
<p>Examples of disciplinary questions related to the
material in this book:</p>
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<li>Biology: How does each autonomous cell interact
with the environment to give rise to animal
behaviors, and what cellular roles is the genome
likely to play?</li>
<li>Neuroscience: From an overarching perspective,
how does a brain self-wire, perform top-down
attention, and develop its functions?</li>
<li>Psychology: How does an integrated brain
architecture accomplish multiple psychological
learning models and develop brain’s external
behaviors?</li>
<li>Computer Science: How does a brain-like network
compute, adapt, reason, and generalize, and how is
the automaton theory related to the brain-like
network?</li>
<li>Electrical Engineering: How does a brain-like
network perform general-purpose, nonlinear,
feedback sensing-and-control, beyond traditional
nonlinear control?</li>
<li>Mathematics: How does a brain-like network
perform general-purpose, nonlinear optimization,
and how does a brain realize emergent functionals?</li>
<li>Physics: How do meanings arise from physics, and
how does a brain-like network treat space and time
in a unified way, reminiscent of relativity?</li>
<li>Social sciences: How do computational principles
of human brains provide insight into possible
solutions to a variety of social and political
problems? </li>
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<h3>Short bio about the author</h3>
<p>Juyang Weng received his BS degree from Fudan
University, and MS and PhD degrees from University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, all in Computer
Science. He is a professor at the Dept. of Computer
Science and Engineering, a faculty member of the
Cognitive Science Program and the Neuroscience
Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan, USA. He is a fellow of IEEE.</p>
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