Richly structured reward predictions in dopaminergic learning circuits Angela Langdon from the National Institute of Mental Health will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! Theories from reinforcement learning have been highly influential for interpreting neural activity in the biological circuits critical for animal and human learning. Central among […]
Cognitive tools for uncovering useful abstractions Judith Fan, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford, will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! In the 17th century, the Cartesian coordinate system was groundbreaking. It exposed the unity between algebra and geometry, accelerating the development of the math that took […]
Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical plasticity within and across lifetimes. Leah Krubitzer, Professor of Psychology at UC-Davis, a will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! The neocortex is one of the most distinctive structures of the mammalian brain, yet also one of the most varied in terms of both size and […]
Elizabeth Spelke, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! Title and Abstract coming soon.
Caitlin Corona-Long's public presentation of her PhD Dissertation in Ames 234
Clarice Diebold's public presentation of her PhD Dissertation in Ames 234
Qiong Cao will be defending her dissertation on Wednesday, October 9th from 11-11:45am in Krieger 110.
Ames 234 PBS Graduate & Postdoctoral student presentation series GKP & Y-FL presenting
Seeing social interactions Our very own Leyla Isik will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! Humans see the world in rich social detail. We effortlessly recognize not only objects and people in our environment, but also social interactions between people. The ability to perceive and understand others’ interactions […]
Engineering Human-Level Machine Theory of Mind Our very own Tianmin Shu will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! Abstract: Despite our tremendous progress in AI, current AI systems, including large language models (LLMs), still cannot adequately understand humans and flexibly interact with humans in real-world settings. One of the key […]
Dimensions of visual representation Our very own Mick Bonner will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! A central challenge in studying the brain is that its computations are carried out in high dimensions—they rely on the coordinated interplay of immense populations of neurons. To make sense of high-dimensional […]
Ames 234 PBS Graduate & Postdoctoral student presentation series LW & GAT presenting