RIKEN CBS Co-Creation International Conference


Registration deadline Dec. 15
Poster presentation application deadline Nov. 22

This conference series aims to spark and strengthen scientific relationships among Japanese and international researchers. Each conference will focus on a specific topic within neuroscience and engage leading scientists around the world.


Intelligent neural systems: what, how, and why?

Neural systems demonstrate a remarkable capacity for intelligence. While this capacity stems from the computations of single neurons, it is ultimately the collective behavior of many neural units that produces some of the most impressive feats observed in biological and machine learning. Understanding the emergence of intelligence in neural systems requires theoretical approaches for at least three reasons. First, our observations of large neural systems are often obfuscated by complexity and high dimensionality. What do our datasets even mean? Second, increasing neuron number without significant changes to single-neuron properties is often sufficient to produce new features of intelligence. How do sophisticated computations arise from the interactions among many neurons? Third, while we may appreciate the ultimate goal of neural systems, such as survival, reproduction, or an engineered objective, the algorithmic path to this goal can be deeply mysterious. Why do neural systems operate in the way they do?


The purpose of this workshop is to bring together leaders across a variety of theoretical fields in order to address the what, the how, and the why of intelligent neural systems. Each field offers different approaches that may be suited to different types of questions. While much progress has been made in individual domains, collaboration across them will be required to achieve breakthroughs in our understanding. During the first day, we will focus mostly on brain computation and advanced techniques developed to analyze brain data. During the second day, we will focus mostly on artificial neural networks and general principles of intelligence common to machines and brains.


Date

January 16 - 17, 2025

Venue

RIKEN Wako Campus
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

Speakers

  • Shun-ichi Amari
    Honorary Scientist, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  • Anne Collins
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Tomoki Fukai
    Professor, Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
  • Pulin Gong
    Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney
  • Ryo Karakida
    Senior Researcher, Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Taegon Kim
    Senior Researcher, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
  • Máté Lengyel
    Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
    Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University
  • Anna Levina
    Assistant Professor for Computational Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen
  • Yukie Nagai
    Project Professor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, University of Tokyo
  • Mizuki Oka
    Associate Professor, Graduate School for Sciences and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba
  • Masafumi Oizumi
    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo
  • Tomoyo Shiramatsu
    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo

Poster presentation application

This conference offers researchers of all levels of experience opportunities to engage in scientific discussion with a vibrant, distinguished audience. Please use this link to apply to present a poster. Limited transportation support is available for student presenters within Japan but outside of Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba prefectures. The application deadline is November 22, 2024.

Poster presentation application

Registration

The conference is free of charge and only available as an in-person event. Please use this link to register. The registration deadline is December 15, 2024.

Register

Language

All presentations will be in English.

Organizing Committee

  • Louis Kang (Unit Leader, RIKEN CBS)
  • Takeru Matsuda (Unit Leader, RIKEN CBS; Associate Professor, University of Tokyo)
  • Sukbin Lim (Assistant Professor, New York University, Shanghai)
  • Hirokazu Takahashi (Professor, University of Tokyo)

Contact

cbs_co_creation3[at]ml.riken.jp

Please replace "[at]" with "@"

RIKEN Center for Brain Science
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan