2026年2月13日

社外の研究者や有識者から多様な視点や最新の知見を得るため、このたび弊社和光本社にて社内講演会「KAIWA」を開催いたしました。

講演者: 

氏名：Dr. Kai Arulkumaran

所属：Research Scientist at Sakana AI

WEB:　 https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=QKCypSoAAAAJ&hl=ja

Title of the talk: "Artificial and Biological Neurons, General and Embodied Intelligence”

Abstract:

In this talk, I aim to cover my research journey, working at the intersection of artificial and biological intelligence. The question that has driven me from the start of my research career is, “how can we replicate biological intelligence, artificially?” From more abstract theories of artificial general intelligence, I went from deep reinforcement learning to more neuroscientically-inspired methods, and eventually transitioned into the science of consciousness. But this was also driven by a desire to apply technology in the real world, and for the last few years I have been working on embodied intelligence, in the form of brain-robot interfaces and assistive robotics. Finally, I want to revisit principles from computational neuroscience and cognitive science to try and address the shortcomings of current systems.

Profile:

Dr. Kai Arulkumaran is a Research Scientist at Sakana AI, working on biologically-inspired intelligence, and a Visiting Researcher at Araya, working on brain-controlled robots as a PI on the JST Moonshot R&D program. Previously, he completed his BA in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, his PhD in Bioengineering at Imperial College London, and had work experience at DeepMind, FAIR, Microsoft Research, Twitter Cortex, and NNAISENSE. His research areas are deep learning, reinforcement learning, evolutionary computation, and computational neuroscience.