Growing up in Science is a worldwide set of conversations about the lived experiences of scientists. In 2014, it was started by Wei Ji Ma as a monthly mentorship series at New York University. In a typical event, one faculty member shares their life story, with a focus on struggles, failures, doubts, detours, and weaknesses. […]
Title: The cognitive science of multi-step planning Weiji Ma, a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at NYU will be giving a Colloquium talk at 3:30 pm with a Q+A to follow! Abstract: As DeepMind has revolutionized the AI of planning in combinatorially large problems, our lack of understanding of how humans plan in such […]