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BCS Department Head Jim DiCarlo leads a panel of MIT faculty to discuss the quest to achieve true progress in our understanding of intelligence.
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To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge
October 4, 2018
To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge
by
David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
People sometimes mistakenly think of general anesthesia as just a really deep sleep, but in fact, anesthesia is really four brain states — unconsciousness, amnesia, immobility, and suppression of t
Ideas abound at Quest for Intelligence workshop
October 1, 2018
Ideas abound at Quest for Intelligence workshop
by
Brittany Flaherty | School of Science
From symbol classification in the brain to understanding built-in versus learned knowledge in children, the research ideas associated with the MIT Quest for Intelligence are pushing the boundaries
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
September 21, 2018
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
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MIT Quest for Intelligence
It’s hard to name a field that artificial intelligence hasn’t impacted already.
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
September 21, 2018
3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence
by
MIT Quest for Intelligence
It’s hard to name a field that artificial intelligence hasn’t impacted already.
Recognizing the partially seen
September 20, 2018
Recognizing the partially seen
by
Kris Brewer | Center for Brains, Minds and Machines
When we open our eyes in the morning and take in that first scene of the day, we don’t give much thought to the fact that our brain is processing the objects within our field of view with great eff
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Closed-Loop Real-Time Imaging Enables Fully Automated Cell-Targeted Patch-Clamp Neural Recording In Vivo
Oct
Mon
15
October 15, 2018
Closed-Loop Real-Time Imaging Enables Fully Automated Cell-Targeted Patch-Clamp Neural Recording In Vivo
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Speaker(s):
Intuitive Statistics and Metacognition in Children and Adults | Auditory Texture Models Derived from Task-Optimized Deep Neural Network Representations
Oct
Tue
16
October 16, 2018
Intuitive Statistics and Metacognition in Children and Adults | Auditory Texture Models Derived from Task-Optimized Deep Neural Network Representations
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Speaker(s):
Madeline Pelz, Jenelle Feather
Computation Tutorial: Classification and Geometry of General Perceptual Manifolds
Oct
Tue
16
October 16, 2018
Computation Tutorial: Classification and Geometry of General Perceptual Manifolds
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Speaker(s):
SueYeon Chung
Synapse loss, innate immunity and Alzheimer's disease
Oct
Thu
18
October 18, 2018
Synapse loss, innate immunity and Alzheimer's disease
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Speaker(s):
Morgan Sheng, Ph.D.
Hans-Lukas Teuber Memorial Lecture: Towards bridging the gap between deep learning and brains
Oct
Thu
18
October 18, 2018
Hans-Lukas Teuber Memorial Lecture: Towards bridging the gap between deep learning and brains
4:00pm to 5:00pm