MBM 2016 - Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course 2016

Brains, Minds and Machines
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A Special Topics Course at MBL Woods Hole, MA
Directors: Gabriel Kreiman, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; and Tomaso Poggio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
More information: http://cbmm.mit.edu/summer-school/2016
* Application Deadline *: March 14, 2016
Apply: http://www.mbl.edu/education/special-topics-course...
The problem of intelligence ? how the brain produces intelligent behavior and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines ? is arguably the greatest problem in science and technology. To solve it we will need to understand how human intelligence emerges from computation in neural circuits, with rigor sufficient to reproduce similar intelligent behavior in machines. A synergistic combination of cognitive science, neurobiology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science holds the promise to build much more robust and sophisticated algorithms implemented in intelligent machines.
Set in the charming town of Woods Hole, MA, the Brains, Minds and Machines 2016 Summer Course, organized by the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) will feature lectures and tutorials by leaders in the field, covering among others Neuroscience: neurons and models, Computational vision, Biological vision, Machine learning, Bayesian inference, Planning and motor control, Memory, Social cognition, Inverse problems & well-posedness, Audition and speech processing, Natural language processing. In addition, students will be working on cutting-edge projects with the help of faculty and teaching assistants. CBMM will also be hosting an Evening Lecture Series, including speakers from both industry and academia, in the fields of neuroscience, computer science, and cognitive science. The course aims to cross-educate computer engineers and neuroscientists; it is appropriate for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in computer science and/or neuroscience.
All local costs of participating in this course (tuition, MBL room & board) are provided by an NSF Science and Technology Center award to the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, Grant No. CCF-1231216. Limited travel reimbursement may be available for admitted students.