The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Neurology
Dimitri Yatsenko will be talking about data analysis in the MICrONS project (Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks). MICrONS is a multi-institution initiative that seeks to revolutionize machine learning by reverse-engineering the algorithms of the brain.
Meet the Speakers
Dimitri Yatsenko
Baylor College of Medicine
Dimitri Yatsenko currently works at the Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine. He also co-founded Vathes LLC and is the principal investigator on a project to launch DataJoint as a computational platform for machine learning and computational neuroscience. At BCM, Dimitri does research in Neuroscience, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. His current projects are MICrONS, DataJoint, Functional Connectivity, and Neurophotonics.
Thinking about thinking
Xaq Pitkow
Baylor College of Medicine
Computational neuroscientist, artist, musician
We'll talk about principles of how smart machines (brains and computers) understand their world. We'll see some optical illusions and surprising interactive demos.