<s>
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
infocommunications	I-General_Concept
(	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
)	O
investigates	O
the	O
link	O
between	O
the	O
research	O
areas	O
of	O
infocommunications	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
cognitive	O
sciences	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
various	O
engineering	O
applications	O
which	O
have	O
emerged	O
as	O
the	O
synergic	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
systematic	O
view	O
of	O
how	O
cognitive	O
processes	O
can	O
co-evolve	O
with	O
infocommunications	B-General_Concept
devices	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
brain	O
may	O
not	O
only	O
be	O
extended	O
through	O
these	O
devices	O
,	O
irrespective	O
of	O
geographical	O
distance	O
,	O
but	O
may	O
also	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
any	O
artificially	O
cognitive	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
merging	O
and	O
extension	O
of	O
cognitive	O
capabilities	O
is	O
targeted	O
towards	O
engineering	O
applications	O
in	O
which	O
artificial	O
and/or	O
natural	O
cognitive	B-Application
systems	I-Application
are	O
enabled	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
more	O
effectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
important	O
dimensions	O
of	O
cognitive	B-General_Concept
infocommunications	I-General_Concept
are	O
the	O
mode	O
of	O
communication	O
and	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
between	O
a	O
human	O
and	O
an	O
artificially	O
cognitive	B-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sensor-sharing	O
application	O
of	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
brings	O
novelty	O
to	O
traditional	O
infocommunications	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
convey	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
signal	O
normally	O
perceptible	O
through	O
the	O
actor	O
's	O
senses	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
without	O
a	O
distance	O
to	O
communicate	O
across	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
communication	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
the	O
transferred	O
information	O
type	O
is	O
imperceptible	O
to	O
the	O
receiving	O
actor	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
an	O
appropriate	O
sensory	O
modality	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
because	O
its	O
cognitive	B-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
information	O
type	O
)	O
the	O
communication	O
of	O
information	O
will	O
necessarily	O
occur	O
through	O
sensor	O
bridging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
application	O
can	O
be	O
regarded	O
as	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
representation	O
sharing	O
even	O
if	O
it	O
bridges	O
between	O
different	O
sensors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
same	O
token	O
,	O
a	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
application	O
can	O
be	O
regarded	O
as	O
representation	O
bridging	O
even	O
if	O
it	O
uses	O
sensor	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
draft	O
definition	O
of	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
was	O
given	O
in	O
"	O
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
Infocommunications	I-General_Concept
:	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
definition	O
was	O
finalized	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
paper	O
with	O
the	O
joint	O
participation	O
of	O
the	O
Startup	O
Committee	O
at	O
the	O
1st	O
International	O
Workshop	O
on	O
Cognitive	B-General_Concept
Infocommunications	I-General_Concept
,	O
held	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recent	O
overview	O
and	O
further	O
information	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
two	O
special	O
issues	O
on	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
which	O
have	O
been	O
published	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
of	O
CogInfoCom	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
