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March 6, 2014
The CBMM postdoc group (announced on December 12, 2013) is part of a mentoring plan aimed to provide postdoctoral researches supported by the center, a flexible framework for professional and career development. This plan...
March 5, 2014
“So there is this enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked, and the BRAIN Initiative will change that by giving scientists the tools they need to get a dynamic picture of the brain in action and better understand how we think and...
February 6, 2014
CBMM doctoral students are encouraged to apply for an internship with industrial partner – Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK.
Deadline of Feb 28th.Click here for online application.
Microsoft Research suggests that applicants...
Deadline of Feb 28th.Click here for online application.
Microsoft Research suggests that applicants...
January 30, 2014
Two of the Center’s industrial partners have been in the news this week. Congratulations to Demis Hassabis on the recent acquisition of DeepMind by Google.
Links to some of the recent articles:
Google buys UK artificial...
Links to some of the recent articles:
Google buys UK artificial...
January 30, 2014
Tomaso Poggio, Director of CBMM, participated in a panel discussion entitled “Il linguaggio degli umani e quello delle macchine - Human language and machine language”, as part of the Rome Science Festival 2014. Dr. Poggio’s...
October 7, 2013
MIT center, backed by $25m federal grant, learning from infant brain research.
CAMBRIDGE — The bold quest to build intelligent machines has, after more than half a century, brought us to this point: Scientists can build a “...
CAMBRIDGE — The bold quest to build intelligent machines has, after more than half a century, brought us to this point: Scientists can build a “...
September 10, 2013
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $25 million award over 5 years to a new Science and Technology Center (STC) called the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines. This STC will be a multi-institution collaboration,...
September 9, 2013
NSF awards $25 million to MIT-based center to advance brain understanding
Siri and Watson may seem brainy in certain situations, but to build truly smart, world-changing machines, researchers must understand how human...
Siri and Watson may seem brainy in certain situations, but to build truly smart, world-changing machines, researchers must understand how human...
September 9, 2013
A new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.
Read the Press Release from Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office >
Read the Press Release from Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office >