Research

In a wider scientific panorama, it is possible to identify research areas relevant for Cognitive Computing for which several persons are already working  at the University of Roma Tor Vergata. Among others, involved topics are:

  • Methodological open questions on AI and Cognition
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Knowledge Representation and Cognition
  • Knowledge discovery and acquisition
  • Modelling of human learning and knowledge acquisition in complex domains
  • Cognition and the Semantic Web
  • Language Acquisition and Use in Artificial Systems
  • Speech Processing
  • Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Understanding
  • Cognitively inspired Machine Learning
  • Computational Theories of Learning
  • Computational Natural Language Learning
  • Logic and Automated reasoning: deductive, probabilistic, diagnostic, causal and analogical inference
  • Ontology definition and updating
  • Cognitive Architectures and Cognitive modelling for Artificial Systems
  • Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) and BICA systems
  • Cognitive Robotics
  • Evaluation of cognitively driven AI systems compared with other AI approaches
  • Decision Support System