Monday, March 19, 2012

Baby Brain May Hold Secret to Smarter Computers, Scientists Say

Professor Alison Gopnik (IHD member)and her colleagues have been researching the cognitive steps that babies, toddlers and preschoolers use to solve problems. Drawing from their research, they have been able to create blueprints into computational models.

For more information, click on the following link:
Baby Brainpower

Monday, March 12, 2012

Scientists tap the genius of babies and youngsters to make computers smarter

Prof. Alison Gopnik's and Prof. Fei Xu's research with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on cognitive development to inform computational models is featured in the following article:
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/12/babyeinsteins/