Overview
This site provides an introduction to the research on emergent and evolutionary languages as conducted at the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris and the AI-Lab at the VUB in Brussels. One of the principle objectives of this research is to identify the cognitive capabilities that artificial agents must posses to enable, in a population of such agents, the emergence and evolution of a language that exhibits characteristic features identified in natural languages.
The primary tools used for this research are computer simulations and robotic experiments involving computational models of a language system and a conceptual system. The language model is based on Fluid Construction Grammar, while the conceptual model is based on what we call Constraint-based Semantics. These models are implemented in Common Lisp, and together with a multi-agent experiment framework, integrated in what is called Babel2. Further details on these systems and other topics can be found through the menu next on your right side.
This research has been partially supported by the ECAGENTS project funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies programme (IST-FET) of the European Community under EU R&D contract IST-2003-1940.
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