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Jul 11, 2023
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July 11, 2023
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Laureline Logiaco, Research Scientist, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Laureline Logiaco, Research Scientist, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Want to learn more? Thalamic control of cortical dynamics in a model of flexible motor sequencing [Cell reports] Laureline Logiaco, PhD - Modeling Movement in the Brain...
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June 27, 2023
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Jerry Ngo
Jerry Ngo, Research Technician, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Want to learn more? Is CLIP Fooled by Optical Illusions? [ICLR] A visualization of the Vasarely Illusion Victor Vasarely: The art that tricks the eyes [BBC] #...
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May 18, 2023
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June 22, 2023
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Dan Yamins, Stanford University
Abstract: The emerging field of NeuroAI has leveraged techniques from artificial intelligence to model brain data. In this talk, I will show that the connection between neuroscience and AI can be fruitful in both directions. Towards "AI driving...
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June 20, 2023
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Jessica Chomik-Morales
Want to learn more? Why Do Fruit Flies Take Naps? NHLBI Investigator Studies Connections Between Sleep Patterns and Gene Networks in Fruit Flies [NIH] Fruit Flies Reveal Sleep Secrets [Scientific American] Fly naps inspire dreams of sleep genetics...
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June 13, 2023
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Jeff Clune, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia; Canada CIFAR AI Chair and Faculty Member, Vector Institute; Senior Research Advisor, DeepMind
Want to learn more? The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities [MIT Press] Selective pressures for accurate altruism targeting: evidence from...
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Jun 6, 2023
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June 6, 2023
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Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson, Professor of Neuroscience, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Want to learn more? https://teachmesomething.mit.edu/tms/do-rats-dream Reading the Minds of Rats - Matt Wilson- TEDxCoconutGrove "Memory experts show sleeping rats...
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May 23, 2023
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May 23, 2023
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R.T. Pramod
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How are we able to see (how the brain works)? Pramod RT, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Want to learn more? Check these out: Nancy’s Brain Talks (videos), jump to Section 3....
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May 19, 2023
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May 19, 2023
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Taylor Baum
MIT PhD candidate Taylor Baum talks about her passion project, Sprouting, an organization which hosted a 5-day hackathon for educators and students to empower them to teach coding and computer science in their classrooms and communities with the...
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May 9, 2023
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May 19, 2023
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Eero Simoncelli, Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science, Mathematics, Data Science and Psychology, NYU
Abstract: Inference problems in machine or biological vision generally rely on knowledge of prior probabilities, such as spectral or sparsity models. In recent years, machine learning has provided dramatic improvements in most of these problems...
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May 16, 2023
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May 16, 2023
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Jeff Clune, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia; Canada CIFAR AI Chair and Faculty Member, Vector Institute; Senior Research Advisor, DeepMind
https://teachmesomething.mit.edu/tms/can-computers-learn-humans Want to learn more? https://teachmesomething.mit.edu/tms/can-computers-learn-humans Watch these videos on Deep Learning: “Tutorial: Deep Learning” from our BMM Summer Course 2018 by...

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