February 16, 2024 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Active Predictive Coding: A Sensory-Motor Theory of the Neocortex and a Unifying Framework for AI Speaker: Rajesh Rao Kempner Seminar Series
February 23, 2024 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Larry Abbott: Kempner Seminar Series Lecture Speaker: Larry Abbott Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: SEC LL2.224 Kempner Seminar Series
March 15, 2024 | 2:15 pm Using the Tools of Cognitive Science to Understand the Behavior of Large Language Models Speaker: Tom Griffiths Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: SEC LL2.224Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
March 22, 2024 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Solving overparametrized systems of nonlinear equations Speaker: Andrea Montanari Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224 Kempner Seminar Series
April 5, 2024 | 2:15 pm – 4:00 pm Score Entropy Discrete Diffusion Models Speaker: Stefano Ermon Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224 Kempner Seminar Series
April 12, 2024 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Structured Predictive Models for Neuroscience + AI Speaker: Kim Stachenfeld Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
April 19, 2024 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm CANCELLED: The Language System in the Broader Landscape of the Human Brain Speaker: Ev Fedorenko Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224 Kempner Seminar Series
May 17, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Constructing Spiking Networks as a Foundation for the Theory of Manifolds as Computational Substrate Brian DePasquale Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
May 31, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Transmission Versus Truth: AI Models as Cultural Technologies and Epistemic Agents Allison Gopnik Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
September 20, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Kempner Seminar Series Reasoning With Language Models (and People) Noah Goodman Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224 Kempner Seminar Series
October 4, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Kempner Seminar Series From Spikes to Factors: Understanding Large-Scale Neural Computations Mark Churchland Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.221Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
October 11, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Kempner Seminar Series State Space Models for Natural and Artificial Intelligence Scott Linderman Location: SEC 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA, United States Room: LL2.224Talk Recordingopens in a new tab/window Kempner Seminar Series
