Selma Saidi

TU Braunschweig, Germany

Can Machines Collectively Think?

Abstract

The idea of creating machines able to reason like humans is not new and has been introduced by Alan Turing in his seminal paper ”Can Machines Think?” which gave raise to the imitation test, together with other work on computability and the premises of artificial intelligence. Today, with the increased prevalence of i) autonomy, and ii) connectivity of compute systems, the question of whether machines can think, and further think collectively, is becoming more relevant than ever to consider in order be able to sustain the development of future compute systems.

Biography

Selma Saidi is full professor of Computer Engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. Her research focus is on the design, implementation and validation of innovative intelligent computing systems where connectivity, real-time and safety requirements play an important role. Her application areas include avionics, automotive and more recently human-assistive robotics. She is one of the initiators of the DATE Special Initiative on Autonomous Systems Design.