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Computational Cognitive Science

Computational Cognitive Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Introduction to computational theories of human cognition. Focuses on principles of inductive learning and inference, and the representation of knowledge. Computational frameworks include Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian models, probabilistic graphical models, nonparametric statistical models and the Bayesian Occam's razor, sampling algorithms for approximate learning and inference, and probabilistic models defined over structured representations such as first-order logic, grammars, or relational schemas. Applications to understanding core aspects of cognition, such as concept learning and categorization, causal reasoning, theory formation, language acquisition, and social inference.

Science of Intelligence

Science of Intelligence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Explores the problem of intelligence - its nature, how it is produced by the brain and how it could be replicated in machines - with an approach that integrates computational modeling, neuroscience and cognitive science. Focuses on four intellectual thrusts: how intelligence is grounded in computation, how these computations develop in childhood, how they are implemented in neural systems, and how social interaction enhances these computations. Research within these thrusts is integrated through an overarching theme of how they contribute to a computational account of how humans analyze dynamic visual imagery to understand objects and actions in the world.

Computation and Cognition: The Probabilistic Approach

Computation and Cognition: The Probabilistic Approach
Stanford University
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This course introduces the probabilistic approach to cognitive science, in which learning and reasoning are understood as inference in complex probabilistic models. Examples are drawn from areas including concept learning, causal reasoning, social cognition, and language understanding. Formal modeling ideas and techniques are discussed in concert with relevant empirical phenomena.

Computational Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience
Harvard University
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Follows trends in modern brain theory, focusing on local neuronal circuits and deep architectures. Explores the relation between network structure, dynamics, and function. Introduces tools from information theory, dynamical systems, statistics, and learning theory in the study of experience-dependent neural computation. Specific topics include: computational principles of early sensory systems; unsupervised, supervised and reinforcement learning; attractor computation and memory in recurrent cortical circuits; noise, chaos, and coding in neuronal systems; learning and computation in deep networks in the brain and in AI systems. Cross-listed in Physics and SEAS.

Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognitive Neuroscience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control, navigation, and memory. Introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition. Discusses methods by which inferences about the brain bases of cognition are made. Considers evidence from human and animal models. Students prepare presentations summarizing journal articles.

The Human Intelligence Enterprise

The Human Intelligence Enterprise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Analyzes seminal work directed at the development of a computational understanding of human intelligence, such as work on learning, language, vision, event representation, commonsense reasoning, self reflection, story understanding, and analogy. Reviews visionary ideas of Turing, Minsky, and other influential thinkers. Examines the implications of work on brain scanning, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. Emphasis on discussion and analysis of original papers. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

Responsible Conduct in Science

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Provides instruction and dialogue on practical ethical issues relating to the responsible conduct of human and animal research in the brain and cognitive sciences. Specific emphasis on topics relevant to young researchers including data handling, animal and human subjects, misconduct, mentoring, intellectual property, and publication. Preliminary assigned readings and initial faculty lecture followed by discussion groups of four to five students each. A short written summary of the discussions submitted at the end of each class.

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