[Colloquium] 11/28 TTIC Colloquium: Konrad Kording, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

[Mary Marre via Colloquium]

When:     Monday, November 28th at 11:00 a.m.

Where:    TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue, 5th Floor, Room 526

Who:       Konrad Kording, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago


Title:  What Would It Take for a Neuroscientist to Understand a
Microprocessor

Abstract: We have recently shown how the methods that are popular in
neuroscience would not work when applied to a microprocessor. I will
discuss how we can solve those problems. (1) I think we should use deep
learning as opposed to Bayesian statistics as a central inspiration for
understanding brains. (2) I think we need to develop data analysis methods
that can meaningfully describe the properties of networks that exist in
real brains. This is a hard problem due to the massive scale of brain
networks. (3) I think we need to establish optimal sampling approaches in
neuroscience. Altogether, we need to develop a new range of methods that
allow reverse engineering non-simple systems. This objective is shared with
the computational goal of understanding how solutions to machine learning
problems actually work.


host: Nathan Srebro <nati at ttic.edu>



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Mary C. Marre
Administrative Assistant
*Toyota Technological Institute*
*6045 S. Kenwood Avenue*
*Room 504*
*Chicago, IL  60637*
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*mmarre at ttic.edu <mmarre at ttic.edu>*
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