The annual event celebrates and investigates the complexities of the human mind, with contributions by recognized neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers and computer scientists. The event is free and open to the public.
The following experts will present their latest research:
· 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Kenneth Miller (Columbia University) on The Stabilized Supralinear Network: A Simple Circuit Motif Underlying Cortical Multi-input Integration
· 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Mriganka Sur (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on The Functional Logic of Cortical Circuits
· 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Thomas Griffiths (University of California, Berkeley) on Revealing Human Inductive Biases by Simulating Cultural Evolution
· 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Valerie G. Hardcastle (University of Cincinnati) on Radical Embodied Cognition, Projection, and the Problem of Consciousness
Date: Wednesday April 8, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Room 1408, Environment 3, University of Waterloo
Parking: Pay parking available in Lot H
Professor Chris Eliasmith, from Waterloo’s departments of Philosophy and Systems Design Engineering, is the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, where his team built Spaun, the world’s largest simulation of a functioning brain. He is Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Neuroscience and was recently awarded the prestigious John C. Polanyi award. Professor Eliasmith is available to speak to the media.
