CBMM, NSF STC | The Center for Brains, Minds & Machines

The Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) Concludes

A note from CBMM's co-Director Tomaso Poggio.
Words for Kathleen & Kris

A note from CBMM's co-Director Tomaso Poggio.
The Center for Brains, Minds & Machines (2013-2025)

Our final message:
A fond farewell!

Join us in celebrating the work and contributions of Kathleen Sullivan and Kris Brewer to the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines. We are wishing them farewell and best of luck on their next endeavors, while celebrating the end of CBMM.
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The Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBMM)
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dedicated to the study of intelligence - how the brain produces intelligent
behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines.

The Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) is a multi-institutional NSF Science and Technology Center dedicated to the study of intelligence - how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines.

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Brains, Minds, and Machines Summer Course

A CBMM flagship program, the Brains, Minds, and Machines Summer Course is an immersive 3-week course that provides a broad introduction to research on human & machine intelligence, combining three core disciplines — computation, neuroscience, and cognition — where students learn about common empirical & theoretical methods used in the field, and compelling results of this research, with an emphasis on the scientific mission of the Center.read more »

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Matt Wilson, Professor of Neuroscience, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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Featured news

What Can a Cell Remember? [Quanta Magazine]

August 5, 2025

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory...

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Seminars + events

With the ending of CBMM, Center events will not continue. But, please enjoy the listings, videos and other associated materials from our past events using the link below.

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CBMM spotlight

Infants make more attempts to achieve a goal when they see adults persist

Associated Research Module:

Module 3: The Cognitive Core (geometry, physics, psychology)

Associated Research Thrust(s):

Development of Intelligence

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Highlighted publications

CBMM Memo No:

158

R. Dubach, Abdallah, M. S., and Poggio, T., “Multiplicative Regularization Generalizes Better Than Additive Regularization”. 2025.

CBMM Memo No:

159

D. A. Danhofer, D’Ascenzo, D., Dubach, R., and Poggio, T., “Position: A Theory of Deep Learning Must Include Compositional Sparsity”. 2025.

R. T. Pramod, Mieczkowski, E., Fang, C. X., Tenenbaum, J. B., and Kanwisher, N., “Decoding predicted future states from the brain’s “physics engine””...

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Advice for a (young) investigator in the first and last days of the Anthropocene

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