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Celebrating the life and work of Professor Margaret Boden
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The Centre for Cognitive Science (COGS) is holding a day of talks to celebrate Professor Margaret Boden. This event will be held at the University of Sussex in Pevensey 1A7.
There will be a number of academic talks on current themes related to Professor Boden’s work, personal reflections on her life and influence, and a panel discussion on her legacy.
Schedule
9.30am – Coffee and pastries (outside Pevensey 1A7)
10am-1pm – Reflections:
- Ernest Edmonds: ‘Being creative about creativity’
- Dave Cliff
- Yvonne Rogers: ‘Maggie – the storyteller’
- Mike Sharples and Rafael Pérez y Pérez: ‘Maggie Boden: Creativity and Care’.
Selection of video contributions:
- Steve Torrance: ‘Remembering Maggie; Remembering AI’
- Blay Whitby: ‘Preserving Human Values in a Mechanistic Universe [DOCX 13.3KB]’.
Lunch break
2pm-4pm – Computational creativity talks (with link up to the International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC’26, in Portugal):
- Mike Wheeler: ‘The Mechanisms and the Myths: Boden, Byrne and the Creative Mind [DOCX 14.2KB]’
- Anna Jordanous: The Computationally Creative Mind: Boden’s influence on Computational Creativity research
- Dustin Stokes: ‘Generative AI, Creativity and Autonomy: Reflections on Boden [DOCX 14.3KB].’
Coffee break
4.30pm-5.30pm – Panel discussion on Prof Boden’s legacy:
- Andy Clark
- Anil Seth
- Joanna Bryson
- Pasha Parpia
- Ron Chrisley.
Drinks reception (location TBC)
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Delegates of the AISB 2026 Convention are also welcome to attend.
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