Jan 15, 2016 - 10:00 am Venue:  MIT Singleton Auditorium (46-3002) Address:  43 Vassar St., Cambridge MA 02139 3rd Floor, MIT Bldg 46., Singleton Auditrium Room 46-3002 Speaker/s:  Tomaso Poggio

Neuroscience has made huge advances in the last few years. We now know more about how the brain works than we have ever known before. Likewise, Computer  Science and Artificial Intelligence have made enormous steps forward and have become part of our every-day lives. The interaction between Neuroscience and Computer Science has driven some of the most recent advances in Artificial Intelligence and this interaction  has become a critical stepping stone for AI research. We have assembled a stellar list of speakers at the intersection of Neuroscience and AI from both sides of Vassar Street who will give an account of how this multi-disciplinary interaction affects their work.

Location:
46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium)  | IAP Activity Page  | Information Page

Schedule:

10:00-10:15   Opening remarks
10:15-11:00   Bill Freeman
11:00-11:45   Joshua Tenenbaum
11:45-12:15   Coffee break
12:15-01:00   Ed Boyden
01:00-02:15   Lunch break
02:15-03:00   Nancy Kanwisher
03:00-03:45   Feng Zhang
03:45-04:15   Coffee break
04:15-05:00   Tomaso Poggio
05:00-06:00   Reception

 

 

Organizer:  Tomaso Poggio

Jan 4, 2016 - 12:00 am Venue:  McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (MIT Bldg 46) Address:  McGovern Reading Room #46-5165, 5th Floor, MIT Bldg 46 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA 02139

Greg Hale (CBMM Application Developer) will be leading two activities during MIT IAP 2016. Everyone in the CBMM community is invited to attend.

Give version control a try, in a laid back environment that's about you, your experiments, your class projects, etc. Getting over the hump with git can make life a lot easier if you keep multiple copies of files, want to try out experimental changes without fear of breaking things, or collaborate with others. You don't need to take a class to learn git, but it can be nice to have an ice-breaker, so bring along your own homework or personal projects and we can get set up.

We will run three sessions, you probably only need to attend one. But if you come to more than one, you might already feel capable of helping newcomers.

Some start-ups now spend more time looking at Github profiles than CV's. No matter how small your personal projects are, putting them up on Github can be great boost your career.

Instructor: Greg Hale
Meeting times: Jan 4, 6, 8; from 3-4:30pm
Location: McGovern Reading Room # 46-5165, 5th Floor of MIT Bldg. 46, 43 Vassar St., Cambridge MA 02139
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Greg Hale, 46-5169, email: greghale at mit.edu
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: N/A
No fee required

Link to MIT IAP listing:: http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-9289af8f51100344015126db3107020f.html

See MIT Registrar website for MIT Cross-registration Instructions for Harvard Students: http://web.mit.edu/registrar/reg/xreg/HarvardtoMIT.html

The Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a special term at MIT that runs from early January until the end of the month. IAP 2013 will run from Monday, January 7 through Friday, February 1, 2013.

IAP provides members of the MIT community (students, faculty, staff, and alums) with a unique opportunity to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, recitals and contests.