Project/Program Management

Project/Program Management

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

ArXiv link for Benchmarking Vision-Language Models on Synapse and Neuron Proofreading in Connectomics

"Can artificial systems become conscious?—Recursive embodied closure as an integrative framework" Recent advances in artificial intelligence, connectomics, and computational neuroscience increasingly raise the question of whether artificial systems—or even pure computer simulations—could become conscious. Contemporary theories emphasize embodiment, predictive processing, homeostatic regulation, and continuous interaction between cognition, body, and environment rather than isolated computation. We propose recursive embodied closure as an integrative framework linking embodied, predictive, functionalist, and dynamical approaches to consciousness.

Charles Darwin was captivated by the insect brain, describing it as “one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of man” (1), because of what it can do...