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Research Fellow Candidate Presentations

Presentations by Kempner Research Fellowship candidates, via Zoom, open to the Kempner community and general public.

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026 Time: 10:00am - 1:45pm Virtual Link , opens in a new tab/window

Thursday, November 19th:

  • 10am: Daniel Barzilai, Weizmann Institute of Science, “Some Very Old and Very New Problems in Learning Theory”
  • 10:45am: Gege Gao, University of Tübingen & ETH Zürich, “Structure as a Harness: Toward Physically Grounded World Models”
  • 11:30am: Ábel Ságodi, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Dynamical archetypes identify attractor structure in neural circuits
  • 12:15pm: Alex Gower, University of Cambridge, “How Much Intelligence Can You Get from Relaxation?”
  • 1:00pm: Nikhil Bhattasali, New York University, “Building embodied, integrated models of the nervous system”