Brain-Mind Machinery: Brain-Inspired Computing and Mind Opening (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789812790255)

Brain and mind continue to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. With the recent advances in measuring instruments such as two-photon laser scanning microscopy and fMRI, the neuronal connectivity and circuitry of how the brain's various regions are hierarchically interconnected and organized are better understood now than ever before. By reverse engineering the brain, computer scientists hope to build cognitively intelligent systems that will revolutionize the artificial intelligence paradigm. Brain-Mind Machinery provides a walkthrough to the world of brain-inspired computing and mind-related questions. Bringing together diverse viewpoints and expertise from multidisciplinary communities, the book explores the human quest to build a thinking machine with human-like capabilities. Readers will acquire a first-hand understanding of the brain and mind mechanisms and machineries, as well as how much we have progressed in and how far we are from building a truly general intelligent system like the human brain.

Author: Gee-Wah Ng
ISBN-10: 981279025X
ISBN-13: 9789812790255
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2008
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2010
Scitech Book News 09/01/2009 pg. 26