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Under the basic idea that living beings and machines can be understood using the same experimental methodology and the same theoretical and formal tools, the interdisciplinary team of the IWANN2001 program committee recognizes as global goals the following:

I. Foundations and methodology:

Cybernetics and connectionism used for knowledge modeling and engineering implementations.

II. From artificial to natural:

Systems Theory, Electronics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to the understanding of nervous system and the cognitive processes.

III. From natural to artificial:

The understanding of nervous system and cognitive processes used for the formulation of bio-inspired models of artificial neurons and learning algorithms.

IV. Biotechnology and the man-machine relations:

Bio-inspired formulations for tasks and methods of value in the context of Medicine, Neuroscience and Technology.