March 28, 2023 - 4:00 pm
McGovern Reading Room (46-5165)
H. N. Mhaskar - Claremont Graduate University, Claremont.
The fundamental problem of machine learning is often formulated as the problem of function approximation. For example, we have data of the form {(xj,yj)}, where yj is the class label for xj, and we want to approximate the class label as a function of the input x. The standard way for this...
March 14, 2023 - 4:00 pm
MIBR Reading Room 45-5165
Sugandha Sharma (Ila Fiete's lab) and Akshay Rangamani (Poggio lab)
Abstracts
Su Sharma:
Content-addressable memory (CAM) networks, so-called because stored items can be recalled by partial or corrupted versions of the items, exhibit near-perfect recall of a small number of information-dense patterns below capacity and a ‘memory cliff’ beyond, such that inserting a...
Su Sharma:
Content-addressable memory (CAM) networks, so-called because stored items can be recalled by partial or corrupted versions of the items, exhibit near-perfect recall of a small number of information-dense patterns below capacity and a ‘memory cliff’ beyond, such that inserting a...
February 28, 2023 - 4:00 pm
McGovern Reading Room (46-5165)
Meenakshi Khosla (Kanwisher lab postdoc)
Abstract: Neuroscience is currently undergoing an explosion in the availability of large-scale brain activity data, so the major challenge no longer lies in data collection, but also in deriving understanding from this abundant stream of complex, high-dimensional, noisy data with methods that fully...
February 14, 2023 - 4:00 pm
McGovern Reading Room (46-5165)
Akhilan Boopathy, MIT graduate student in the Fiete Lab
Abstract: The measure of a machine learning algorithm is the difficulty of the tasks it can perform, and sufficiently difficult tasks are critical drivers of strong machine learning models. However, quantifying the generalization difficulty of machine learning benchmarks has remained challenging....
December 6, 2022 - 4:00 pm
McGovern Seminar Room (46-3189)
Diego Mendoza-Halliday, Research Scientist, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
In person and open to the MIT Community.
Abstract:
Visual attention and working memory are two different cognitive functions. However, because of their close relationship and interactions, it is often claimed that they share the same underlying neuronal mechanisms. Here, I will first describe...
Abstract:
Visual attention and working memory are two different cognitive functions. However, because of their close relationship and interactions, it is often claimed that they share the same underlying neuronal mechanisms. Here, I will first describe...
October 11, 2022 - 4:00 pm
MIBR Reading Room 45-5165
Phillip Isola and Brian Cheung.
This is meant to be an informal discussion in which Phillip and Brian will give an overview of transformer networks and then we will open the floor for questions and discussion. It is likely that we will have another meeting at a later time discussing what transformers may contribute to...
September 13, 2022 - 4:00 pm
McGovern Reading Room (fallback Singleton Auditorium 46-3002)
Profs. Jim DiCarlo (Director, MIT Quest) and Tomaso Poggio (Director, CBMM)
Topic: New Home: CBMM is now part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence Initiative
We will have a combined CBMM | Quest research meeting to discuss CBMM’s recent move to the MIT Quest for Intelligence Initiative (MIT Quest.) A reception will be held immediately following the meeting. Hope you will be...
We will have a combined CBMM | Quest research meeting to discuss CBMM’s recent move to the MIT Quest for Intelligence Initiative (MIT Quest.) A reception will be held immediately following the meeting. Hope you will be...
February 15, 2022 - 4:00 pm
Dr. Kohitij Kar, DiCarlo Lab, MIT
The Spring 2022 CBMM Research Meetings will be hosted in a hybrid format. Please see the information included below regarding attending the event either in-person or remotely via Zoom connection
Please note, MIT is requiring that all attendees, including MIT COVIDpass users, sign-in to the event...
Please note, MIT is requiring that all attendees, including MIT COVIDpass users, sign-in to the event...
November 30, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Dr. Andrei Barbu, Research Scientist, InfoLab, CSAIL MITYen-Ling Kuo, InfoLab, CSAIL MIT
Please note the change in date and format for this research meeting. This meeting will be held on Tues., Nov. 30, 2021; (Previously scheduled for Nov. 23rd.) This meeting will also be held in a fully remote format via Zoom.
Abstract: Language, and more generally the principle of compositionality,...
Abstract: Language, and more generally the principle of compositionality,...
November 2, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Vivian Paulun
Title: Wobbling, drooping, bouncing—Visual perception of materials and their properties
Abstract: Visual inference of material properties like mass, compliance, elasticity or fragility is crucial to predicting and interacting with our environment. Yet, it is unclear how the brain achieves...
Abstract: Visual inference of material properties like mass, compliance, elasticity or fragility is crucial to predicting and interacting with our environment. Yet, it is unclear how the brain achieves...
October 26, 2021 - 4:00 pm
MIBR Seminar Room 46-3189
Drs. Jie Zheng and Mengmi Zhang
Please note, Dr. Zhang will be presenting remotely via Zoom.
Abstract:
Jie Zheng's presentation:
Title: Neurons that structure memories of ordered experience in human
Abstract: The process of constructing temporal associations among related events is essential to episodic memory. However, what neural mechanism helps accomplish this function remains unclear...
Jie Zheng's presentation:
Title: Neurons that structure memories of ordered experience in human
Abstract: The process of constructing temporal associations among related events is essential to episodic memory. However, what neural mechanism helps accomplish this function remains unclear...
October 19, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Trenton Bricken and Will Xiao, Kreiman Lab
Will Xiao's presentation
Title: What you see is what IT gets: Responses in primate visual cortex during natural viewing
Abstract: How does the brain support our ability to see? Studies of primate vision have typically focused on controlled viewing conditions exemplified by the rapid serial visual...
Title: What you see is what IT gets: Responses in primate visual cortex during natural viewing
Abstract: How does the brain support our ability to see? Studies of primate vision have typically focused on controlled viewing conditions exemplified by the rapid serial visual...
September 28, 2021 - 4:00 pm
PILM Seminar Room 46-3310
Dr. Lucas Tian, Rockefeller University
Abstract: Compositionality is a key signature of the mind. It is the ability to generalize from a small set of rules to an almost unlimited set of complex thoughts and behaviors. Compositionality is critical for many domains of intelligence, such as language, social reasoning, and motor planning....
April 27, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Dr. Ben Deen (Rockefeller University)
Host: Prof. Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University)
Abstract: What is the cognitive and neural architecture of core reasoning systems for understanding people and places? In this talk, we will outline a novel theoretical framework, arguing that internal models of people and places are implemented...
Abstract: What is the cognitive and neural architecture of core reasoning systems for understanding people and places? In this talk, we will outline a novel theoretical framework, arguing that internal models of people and places are implemented...
April 6, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Dr. Andrei Barbu, InfoLab, CSAIL
Host: Prof. Boris Katz (CSAIL, MIT)
Abstract: Children acquire language from very little data by observing and interacting with other agents and their environment. We demonstrate how by combining methods from robotics, vision, and NLP with a compositional approach, we can create a semantic parser...
Abstract: Children acquire language from very little data by observing and interacting with other agents and their environment. We demonstrate how by combining methods from robotics, vision, and NLP with a compositional approach, we can create a semantic parser...