<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) of Italian National Research Council (CNR) is now accepting applications for eight open calls for carrying out scientific research within the large Foundational AI project “Future Artificial Intelligence Research – FAIR".</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">Topics include:<br class=""><br class="">1) Hybrid collective intelligence systems for decision support in complex open-ended problems<br class="">2) Computational models based on probabilistic inference and information theory<br class="">3) Autonomous robot controllers based on open-ended learning<br class="">4) Social norms and their dynamics<br class="">5) Goal-oriented control systems in robotics<br class="">6) Grounded World Models with multilevel knowledge graphs using neuro-symbolic methods<br class="">7) Algorithms for alignment and integration of heterogeneous data sources with foundational ontologies<br class="">8) Cognitive architectures for human-machine interaction<br class=""><br class="">Deadlines range from June 22nd to July 6th.<br class=""><br class="">All details for the calls are in the following page: <a href="https://www.istc.cnr.it/en/media/news/eight-open-calls-fair-project" class="">https://www.istc.cnr.it/en/media/news/eight-open-calls-fair-project</a><br class=""><br class="">ISTC-CNR is a world-class interdisciplinary institute based in Rome, with branches in Catania, Trento, Padova, Bologna. It performs foundational AI research within eight laboratories, which have joined up in the FAIR project.</div></div></body></html>