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Membership Options and Rates Updated

RobW — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:00:02 +0000

Following a committee decision to review membership fees and categories, international members now benefit from the same rates as UK/EU members. We have also introduced a new three-year discounted student/unwaged/retired rate. Membership rates were last increased in 2018. Since then, we have all experienced significant inflation, and AISB’s administrative costs have increased significantly. EurAI will be increasing their affiliation fee by 33% in 2026. In the UK the cumulative inflation since 2018 has been almost 29%. Whilst we recognise that academic members’ salaries may not have kept pace with inflation, we feel it is essential to increase membership fees to help address increased costs. The new Ordinary Member rate of £55 represents an increase of just under 15%. The new rates are available on the web site: https://aisb.org.uk/membership-options/

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Michael Faraday Prize Lecture: This is not the AI we were promised

RobW — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:22:45 +0000

Talk Announcement: Professor Michael Wooldridge, AISB Fellow

18 February 2026
18:30 – 19:30
The Royal Society
Watch online

Contemporary AI systems such as ChatGPT seem to offer articulate, wide-ranging expertise — yet beneath the surface, they fail many basic tests of rational intelligence. In this engaging talk, Professor Michael Wooldridge (Fellow of AISB) explores how these systems actually work and why they display such strange, inconsistent, and often entertaining behaviour. He will contrast today’s AI with classical ideas of logic and reason, and discuss what these developments mean for the future frontiers of artificial intelligence — and for the enduring dream of truly intelligent machines.

Full details are available here on the Royal Society web site.

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Member discounts on DELL equipment

RobW — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:58:33 +0000

We are delighted to announce that AISB members can now receive discounts on DELL computer equipment and accessories. Simply log in to the AISB web site, access the ‘Members Area’ menu and select the ‘Member benefits from DELL’ menu item for full instructions.

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Michael Faraday Prize awarded to AISB Fellow Prof Mike Wooldridge

RobW — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:19:25 +0000

It is with great joy that we note this week that the Royal Society has awarded the Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture 2025 to AISB Fellow Professor Michael Wooldridge.

The award was made based on Professor Wooldridge’s award-winning work as a leading researcher, educator and commentator in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). His popular science books, lectures and media appearances have informed millions. Full details are available on the Royal Society web site.

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Tony Cohn awarded EurAI Distinguished Service Award 2024

RobW — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:01:13 +0000

It is with great pride and pleasure that we can announce the recipient of the EurAI Distinguished Service Award 2024 is AISB Fellow Anthony (Tony) G. Cohn, Professor of Automated Reasoning at the University of Leeds.Tony has served the European and international AI communities in numerous roles since the 1980s, including as president of both AISB and ECCAI/EurAI, as PC chair of ECAI-1994, and as editor-in-chief of the AI journal. Tony was presented with this award during the 50th Anniversary Session on the History of AI in Europe.

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AI and Big Data Expo

Bertie Müller — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 21:56:56 +0000

AI and Big Data Expo

Expert line-up announced for the upcoming AI & Big Data Expo Global! Explore the latest innovations within AI & Big Data, and join top-level content and thought leadership discussion with industry-leading experts. @ai_expo #AI #BigData

Explore the future of AI & Big Data – Olympia, London between 5th – 6th February 2025. Learn more about the in-person event here: https://www.ai-expo.net/global/ @ai_expo #AI #BigData

Register today for the in-person event exploring AI & Big Data between 5th – 6th February. AI & Big Data will explore the future of #AI and #BigData via live sessions over two days. Find out more: https://www.ai-expo.net/global/ @ai_expo #AI #BigData

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AISB Convention 2025 – Call for Symposia Proposals

RobW — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:17:21 +0000

AISB Convention 2025 – CALL FOR SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

priority deadline: 2 August 2024
regular deadline: 30 August 2024

14-16 January 2025, University of the West of England UWE, Bristol, UK
https://aisb.org.uk/aisb-convention-2025-non-members/

The society for the study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (the AISB) annual convention will be held at UWE Bristol, UK on 14-16 January 2025. The convention will follow the same overall structure as previous conventions, namely a set of co-located, parallel symposia, as well as invited and plenary lectures and sessions. We are currently seeking proposals for these symposia. Typical symposia last for one or two days, and can include any type of event of academic benefit: talks, posters, panels, discussions, demonstrations, outreach sessions, etc. Proposals to run symposia are welcomed across all areas of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, broadly understood. This includes interdisciplinary topics rooted in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Possible themes are listed below (not an exhaustive list):

Knowledge Representation
Discourse and Dialogue
Natural Language Processing
Computational Intelligence
Computational Theory of Mind
Philosophical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Consciousness and Machine Consciousness
Human and Machine Creativity
Simulation of Human and Animal Behaviour
Neural Networks and Machine Learning
Computational Neuroscience
Robotics and Robot Ethics
Epigenetic and Developmental Robotics
Autonomous Agents and Agent Based Computing
Enactivism
Embodied Cognition
Ecological Cognition
Embedded [Social] Cognition
Extended Cognition
Affective Intelligence and Behaviour
Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction
Style in Text; Textual Forensics
Robotics, Perception and Art
Live Algorithms
Cultural, Social and Media Theory and Computing
Sensorimotor Theory
Cybernetics and Human Knowing
Sensory Substitution
Distributed Thinking
Robot Language and Communication
Proposing a Symposium

Symposia Organisation

Each symposium is organised by its own organising committee. The committee proposes the symposium, defines the area(s) and structure for it, issues calls for abstracts/papers etc., manages the process of selecting submitted papers for inclusion, and compiles an electronic file for inclusion in the convention proceedings. Organisers are welcome and encouraged to invite keynote speakers to their symposia, but they are also encouraged to seek external funding in order to pay keynote speakers’ registration fees and other costs. Symposium organisers and all speakers will be expected to pay registration fees.
Proposers are welcome to submit, or be involved with more than one proposal.
Proposers need not already be members of the AISB (though you will be expected to join the AISB if your symposium proposal is accepted).

Symposium proposals will be handled in two phases: For early approval, apply by the priority deadline. This will ensure the symposium is hosted at AISB 2025 if it meets the basic criteria. Proposals received after the priority deadline but before the standard deadline will undergo the same process, but acceptance is subject to conference venue logistics, such as room availability.

Priority deadline for symposium proposals: 2 August 2024
Notification of acceptance (first round): 9 August 2024
Standard deadline for symposium proposals: 30 August 2024
Notification of acceptance (second round): 6 September 2024

Submissions should consist of the following:

A title
A 300-1000 word description of the scope of the symposium, and its relevance to the convention along with the nature of the academic events (talks, posters, panels, demonstrations, etc.)
Whether the symposium is intended as a sequel to a symposium at a previous AISB conference.
An indication of whether submissions will be by abstract, extended abstract or full paper.
Your preferences about the intended length of the symposium as a number of days (preferably one or two days, but anything from half a day to three days), together with a brief justification.
A description (up to 500 words) of any experience you have in organisation of academic research meetings (please note that it is not a requirement that you have such experience).
Names and affiliations of any invited speakers that you may have in mind for the symposium.
Your names and full contact details, together with, if possible, names and workplaces of the members of a preliminary, partial programme committee.

Please email your completed proposal to symposia-proposals@aisb.org.uk

Venue

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is thrilled to welcome you to our vibrant and dynamic campus, known for its cutting-edge facilities and strong connections with industry. We hope you enjoy your stay and take advantage of all that UWE Bristol and the beautiful city of Bristol have to offer. UWE Bristol’s main campus is located 2 miles from the M4 and M5 motorways and has good links with Bristol Parkway train station and city centre buses.

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AI and Democracy

Bertie Müller — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:03:26 +0000

AISB Fellow Professor Luciano Floridi will give the annual keynote lecture for the "AI and Democracy" seminar on January 16 at 18:00 (CET). The focus is on a philosophical understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact.

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AISB partnering with Big Data & AI World 2024

Bertie Müller — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 10:21:24 +0000

We’re excited to announce that we are partnering with Big Data & AI World 2024 again this year. The event is taking place on 6 & 7 March at ExCeL, London. We will also be partnering with the Frankfurt edition of Big Data & AI World in May.

It would be great to see you there, register for free to join us: Click here to register

Follow the latest news and speaker lineup: Stellar speaker lineup announced for Tech Show London 2024

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AISB Fellow Prof Mike Wooldridge to Deliver Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

RobW — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:27:06 +0000

Professor Mike Wooldridge, Fellow of AISB, Professor of AI at Oxford University and Director for AI at The Alan Turing Institute in London will present the prestigious Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in December 2023. He will tackle the big questions facing AI research. He will illustrate the mind-boggling scale of modern AI systems, while showing us the role that AI already plays in our lives, without us even being aware of it. With today’s AI tools such as ChatGPT and AlphaGo being just a hint of what is to come, Mike will also discuss the ethical and societal questions that AI raises, from machines adopting human prejudices, through to machines that operate as our boss at work, to questions about whether AI might even be a risk to humanity. And finally, he’ll address the really big question of AI: can it ever truly be like us, or are humans unique?

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