IEEE ICCI*CC Series in Year 20: Latest Advances in Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing towards General AI (Plenary Panel Report-I)

Cognitive Informatics (CI) and Cognitive Computing (CC) are fundamental intelligence theories and general AI technologies triggered by the transdisciplinary advances in intelligence, computer, brain, knowledge, cognitive, robotic, and cybernetic sciences for engineering implementations. This paper presents a summary of the plenary panel (Part I) on the theoretical foundations of CI/CC as well recent breakthroughs in AI engineering reported in the 20th IEEE International ICCI*CC Conference (ICCI*CC'21). The latest advances in CI and CC towards general AI are presented by twenty-two distinguished panelists. Strategic AI engineering applications in CI, CC, and cognitive systems are elaborated for abstract intelligence, general AI, cognitive robots, autonomous systems, intelligent vehicles, and safety-and-mission-critical systems.