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Friday, June 20, 2014

The Record: University “brain camp” showcases robots

Summer camp: it's not just for school-aged kids. A group of researchers, psychologists and computer scientists from around the world flocked to the University of Waterloo to attend a summer camp where they learned how to build brains.

Chris Eliasmith, director of the university's Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, affectionately calls it "brain camp."

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Building better brains at neuroscience event

Tomorrow, participants in a University of Waterloo-hosted workshop will be demonstrating large-scale brain models they have built over the last two weeks, running on laptops, robots, and specialized brain-like computers as they simulate neural functions.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Waterloo Intelligence Day

The University of Waterloo Cognitive Science Program presents

Waterloo Intelligence Day:  Intelligence in Machines, Humans, and Other Animals

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
PAS (Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology building)
Room 2083

Speakers

Machines: Shai Ben-David, Computer Science | Hamid Tizhoosh, Systems Design Engineering

Friday, November 29, 2013

CBC Radio: Saving the World One Idea at a Time

For many of us, that's just an expression. But for Canada's most outstanding researchers, it's a calling. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy in conversation with prize-winning thinkers about why they're driven to investigate some of the world's most pressing problems. Recorded at Rideau Hall, the 2013 Killam Prize Symposium celebrates the achievements of some of the Canada Council's Killam Prize winners.