The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence (SQI) is a community of scientists, engineers, faculty, students, staff, and supporters that aim to understand intelligence – how brains produce it and how it can be replicated in artificial systems.  Together, we approach intelligence as a single grand challenge requiring the organized, collaborative efforts of science, engineering, the humanities, and beyond.  To achieve this vision, scientific theories of natural intelligence must be developed, computational models must be created, and these models must be compared against the capabilities and neural mechanisms of natural intelligence and tested on real-world problems. 

The Embodied Intelligence Mission at SQI explores how humans and robots perceive the world and translate that information into purposeful action. The Mission's scientific goals center on three key areas: understanding how perception, planning, and action work together; developing methods for efficient learning from limited data; and creating behavioral benchmarks to measure progress.

PIs Nancy Kanwisher and Leslie Kaelbling will present an update on the latest research being done in the Embodied Intelligence Mission on Tuesday, March 31st at 4:00 PM in 45-792.