Matter of Minds
Advancing the Science and Engineering of Intelligence
What makes a mind intelligent? Can machines ever come close?
The livestream for this event is available here.
The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence seeks to leverage studies of the brain to produce advances in machine learning—work that will produce not just smarter machines, but also a deeper understanding of how our brains function.
On Friday, October 30th, we invite you to join us for a day of presentations and discussions with the world’s foremost neuroscience and machine learning experts who are shaping the next generation of science, engineering, and technology. Industry experts will join to share early real-world applications of the science of intelligence, and attendees will have the opportunity to continue the conversation over lunch and a closing poster session.
In-person and remote attendance options are available.
Speakers
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Director, MIT Siegel Family Quest for IntelligencePeter de Florez Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesInvestigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research- Computational Neuroscience
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
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Executive DirectorProjects -
Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of ComputingPanasonic Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning
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Director of Research, MIT Siegel Family Quest for IntelligencePanasonic Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory- AI Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Computer Vision
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Walter A. Rosenblith Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesInvestigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research- Computational Cognition
- Computational Neuroscience
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Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory- Natural Language Processing
- Machine Learning
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Director of Science, MIT Siegel Family Quest for IntelligenceWhitehead Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive SciencesComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory- Computational Cognition
- Machine Learning
- AI Explainability
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Director, MIT SQI Systems EngineeringProfessor, Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticsComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory- Machine Learning
- Efficient AI
- AI Robotics
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John W. Jarve (1978) Professor, Brain and Cognitive SciencesAssociate Dean, School of ScienceMissions -
Toyota Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory- AI Robotics
- Intelligent Sensors
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Schedule
Matter of Minds: Advancing the Science and Engineering of Intelligence
Registration
Introduction & Roadmap
Prof. Jim DiCarlo (Director, SQI)
Mission Lightning Talks
Prof. Josh Tenenbaum, with students Vicente Vivanco, Tracey Mills and Nicole Coates (Developing Intelligence Mission)
Prof. Leslie Kaelbling and Prof. Nancy Kanwisher, with students Aryan Zoroufi and Sahit Chintalapudi (Embodied Intelligence Mission)
Prof. Jacob Andreas, with students Guangyuan Jiang and Veronica Boyce (Language & Thought Mission)
Prof. Josh Tenenbaum (Perceptual Intelligence Mission and Integrated Efforts)
Announcements
Prof. Jim DiCarlo
Prof. Rebecca Saxe
Lunch & Poster Session
Reconvene & Afternoon Roadmap
Dan Huttenlocher (Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing)
Platform Spotlight: memo and Children Helping Science
Kartik Chandra (PhD student, CSAIL)
Melissa Kline Struhl (Research Scientist, BCS and Executive Director, Children Helping Science)
Startup Spotlight: Walden Robotics
Prof. Russ Tedrake (Founder, Walden Robotics)
Fireside Chat
Katy Knight (President and Executive Director, Siegel Family Endowment)
Erik Vogan (Executive Director, SQI)
Break
Panel: The Future of the Quest
Prof. Asu Ozdaglar (moderator)
Prof. Jim DiCarlo
Prof. Nick Roy
Prof. Josh Tenenbaum
Prof. Leslie Kaelbling
Erik Vogan
Closing Remarks
Prof. Jim DiCarlo
Reception