Stefano Nolfi

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Stefano Nolfi (born 23 September 1963, Rome) is a senior researcher of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and head of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robots. He is one of the founders of Evolutionary robotics (see his book published by MIT Press in 2000). Nolfi's research interests include neural networks, representation and adaptive behaviour, and genetic algorithms.

Stefano Nolfi's team at Institute is researching a new approach in developing artificial intelligence in relation to language,[1] and behaviour development.[2]


Nolfi received his laurea (master's) degree in literature and philosophy from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1986.

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  1. ^ PhysOrg.com (2006-26-22). "When Robots Learn Social Skills". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
  2. ^ Nolfi, Stefano & Marocco, Davide (2007), “Communication in Natural and Artificial Organisms Experiments in Evolutionary Robotics”, in Lyon, C.; Nehaniv, C. & Cangelosi, A., Emergence of Communication and Language, vol. 11, Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 189-206, <http://laral.istc.cnr.it/nolfi/papers/marocco_nolfi_cs.pdf> 

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