
Recorded:
Aug 19, 2016
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July 5, 2017
Part of
All Captioned Videos, Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course 2016
Speaker(s):
Jacqueline Gottlieb
Jacqueline Gottlieb, The Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University
Introduction to physiological studies of the control of eye movements and attention in the frontal eye fields and lateral intraparietal cortex of the primate...
Introduction to physiological studies of the control of eye movements and attention in the frontal eye fields and lateral intraparietal cortex of the primate...
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Aug 18, 2016
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July 5, 2017
Part of
Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course 2016
Speaker(s):
Lydia Ng
Lydia Ng, Allen Institute for Brain Science
In-depth overview of public resources created by the Allen Institute for Brain Science, including the Connectivity Atlas, Cell Types Database, and Brain Observatory, describing the nature of the data, how...
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Aug 18, 2016
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July 5, 2017
Part of
Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course 2016
CBMM Speaker(s):
Christof Koch
Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Reflection on the history of research on what is consciousness, what is currently known about the nature of conscious experience, and what are possible neural correlates of consciousness. Summary of...

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May 26, 2017
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June 30, 2017
Part of
All Captioned Videos, Brains, Minds and Machines Seminar Series
Speaker(s):
Kevin Murphy (Google Research)
Abstract: In this talk, Kevin Murphy summarizes some recent work in his group related to visual scene understanding and "grounded" language understanding. In particular, he discussed the following topics:
Our DeepLab system for semantic segmentation...

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May 30, 2017
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June 30, 2017
Part of
All Captioned Videos, CBMM Special Seminars
Speaker(s):
Noam Chomsky
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On May 30th, 2017, during a CBMM Research Talk, Noam Chomsky shared insight into his latest book, “Why Only Us: Language and Evolution” (co-authored with Robert C. Berwick) where they...
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Jun 16, 2017
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June 29, 2017
Part of
Computational Tutorials
CBMM Speaker(s):
Samuel Gershman
This tutorial introduces the basic concepts of reinforcement learning and how they have been applied in psychology and neuroscience. Hands-on exercises explore how simple algorithms can explain aspects of animal learning and the firing of...

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Apr 12, 2017
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May 25, 2017
Part of
All Captioned Videos, CBMM Special Seminars
Speaker(s):
David Vogel
David Vogel, Trustee (Voloridge Investment Management, LLC)
Abstract: The introductory portion of this talk will review some state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. We will discuss concepts of ensembles and popular methodologies within this...
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May 10, 2017
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May 12, 2017
Part of
Computational Tutorials
Speaker(s):
Eric Denovellis
This tutorial focuses on best coding practices to develop code that is reusable, sharable, and bug free. It highlights issues such as documentation, version control, and unit testing, through hands-on computer exercises.
Taught by: Eric Denovellis,...
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Apr 26, 2017
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April 28, 2017
Part of
Computational Tutorials
Speaker(s):
Harini Suresh, Nicholas Locascio
Long Short Term Memory networks (LSTMs) are a type of recurrent neural network that can capture long term dependencies, which are frequently used for natural language modeling and speech recognition. This tutorial covers the conceptual basics of...

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Apr 21, 2017
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April 24, 2017
Part of
All Captioned Videos, Brains, Minds and Machines Seminar Series
Speaker(s):
Jacob Feldman
Jacob Feldman - Rutgers University
Abstract: Perceptual organization is the process by which the visual system groups the visual image into distinct clusters or units. In this talk I'll sketch a Bayesian approach to grouping, formulating it as an...