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同学会成员做什么

fellows 工作在一個定義的項目或研究領域 — 研究、軟體、教育材料、詞彙體、應用或生態系統支援 — 并定期報告進展。報告是公開的： fellows 通過社群雜誌、專案會議或公開貼文分享更新。

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一个团队需要什么？

Research Fellow角色是一个无薪的非雇员职位，默认任期为两年，可能可以续期。

当前研究 fellows

研究院当前的 Research Fellows，他们的任命开始时间，项目焦点， ORCID iD，以及他们对研究的个人描述列在下面的表格中。名单来自研究院的 fellows 登记册，因此反映了当前的任命，而不是固定在文字中的快照。

谁应该申请

Fellowship 适合那些已经通过志愿服务、实习或独立研究与研究院有过互动的人，他们准备好承担更大的、更持久的承诺。对 Active Inference 有经验是预期的—— fellows 是可以与一个明确问题进行显著自主工作的贡献者。

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申请要求

完整的研究 fellow 申请包包括申请人已阅读并同意 fellows 计划条款的确认；一份一到六页的研究提案（不包括引用）包含摘要、研究问题和目标、意义、方法论、与研究所使命的一致性、预期成果和时间表；当前简历；一封至三封推荐信；以及最多五份代表性的出版物或产品。已完成的包和问题发送到 blanket@activeinference.institute，并在主题行中包含 [RESEARCH FELLOWS]。

输出和公开记录

Fellowship 输出旨在成为公共有用。论文、软件仓库、教育课程材料、本体贡献、数据集和项目文档均视为 Fellowship 输出。

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如何成为同仁

Fellowship 开始于对您的提议工作及其与研究院和生态系统目标的一致性的讨论。fellows 路径页描述了表达兴趣并提出 fellowship 范围的当前流程。

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Fellowship 条款

Research Fellow角色是无偿且非员工的，受一份签署的雇佣信和一系列项目条款的管辖。 Fellows需定期（例如每季度）提交进展报告，描述其研究活动、成就和挑战，并参与年度评估。

最佳下一步行动

下一步去哪里

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当前研究 fellows

Research Fellows当前9名

每位 fellows 在一个定义的研究范围内工作，并公开报告。行来自 Institute 的 Research Fellows 入 roster。

Current Research Fellows at the Active Inference Institute.
研究员	位置	自成为 fellow 以来	焦点	ORCID	研究
Alexander Hemming	Research Fellow	3/2026	Foundations of Ideology	—	Cross-disciplinary framework rooted in political neuroscience offering a normative account of how ideologies form, update, and interact, grounded in the Free Energy Principle.
Jake Hooper	Research Fellow	3/2026	—	—	—
Mahault Albarracin	Research Fellow	3/2026	AI2C: Active Inference Alignment Coalition	0000-0003-0916-4645	Proposal for the Active Inference Alignment Coalition, a multi-institution consortium producing large-scale proposals for AI alignment grounded in the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference, with a standardized governance framework, reusable proposal modules, and shared infrastructure for evidence synthesis, benchmarking, and stakeholder engagement.
Hongju Pae	Research Fellow	11/2025	Perspective Architectures for Coherent and Attuned Artificial Agency	0000-0002-5174-8858	Develops computational and theoretical frameworks for modeling how artificial agents form perspective, maintain coherent affect, and achieve developmental alignment, integrating Active Inference with phenomenological insights. Builds simulation prototypes toward testable architectures of sentience for safe, ecologically grounded machine minds.
Sheila Macrine	Research Fellow	11/2025	Multi-dimensional taxonomy of agency	0000-0002-8600-0938	Extends the framework from the forthcoming book 'Embodied Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Natural, Artificial, and Hybrid Systems' (MIT Press, 2026). Proposes a multi-dimensional taxonomy of agency formalizing nine qualitative dimensions — intentionality, autonomy, reflexivity, and others — as tunable Active Inference parameters, distinguishing agency (the driver) from intelligence (the engine).
Shagor Rahman	Research Fellow	8/2025	Myth of Objectivity	0009-0004-0460-0078	Investigates how morality and symbolic thought co-evolved (the Myth of Objectivity Hypothesis): the capacity to model shared cultural expectations enabled humans to transcend individual perspectives. Uses multi-agent active inference simulations and transcendental model selection, and offers a perspective on AI and AGI alignment.
Robert Worden	Research Fellow	10/2024	Wave Hypothesis	0000-0001-7304-2752	Two main research interests: 3-D spatial cognition, proposing wave-based rather than pure neural-firing models of consciousness in the thalamus and insect central body; and language, covering its evolution, learning, and brain mechanisms.
Jean-François Cloutier	Research Fellow	5/2024	Symbolic Cognitive Robotics	0009-0001-1841-2279	I seek to find out what it takes, at a minimum, for a robot to learn, on its own, how to survive in a world it knows initially almost nothing about. Continuation of a project of many years programming simple autonomous robots to develop and ground understanding of cognition. Drawn into Active Inference, Kantian epistemology, map vs territory, biosemiotics, mortal computing, collective intelligence, autopoiesis and constraint closure.
John Boik	Research Fellow	5/2024	Cognitive Narrative Ecosystem (CogNarr)	0000-0003-1289-7997	Continuation of work described in a book and two series of concept papers exploring science-driven de novo development of new cognitive architectures fit for purpose. First series: new societal (economic and governance) systems as components of a society's cognitive architecture. Second series: an online ecosystem facilitating cognition in the large-group setting.