For the work presented at the double event, consisting of the 2017 Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures ( BICA 2017), also known as the 8° Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, and the 1° International Early Research Career Enhancement School on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures and CyberSecurity (FIERCES 2017), both held in Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow, Russia on August 1-5, 2017.