Schedule

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8:00-8:20 Opening remarks from the MAIN Organising Committee by Dr Karim Jerbi (Université de Montréal)

8:20-9:00 Dr Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research, NYC, USA) - Toward a Human-like Reinforcement Learning

9:00-9:40 Dr James Whittington (University of Oxford, UK) - The Tolman-Eichenbaum Machine: Unifying space and relational memory in the hippocampal formation

9:40-10:20 Dr Kareem Zaghloul (NIH, NINDS, USA) - Neural signatures of memory and information in the human brain

10:20-10:30 break

10:30-11:30 Dr Nicole Rust (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA) (Keynote #1) - How we remember what we've seen

11:30-12:30 Panel discussion: Memory in Brains and Machines / Dr Tim Behrens (University of Oxford, UK), Dr Kareem Zaghloul, Dr Ida Momennejad, Dr Nicole Rust & Dr Blake Richards (Mila, McGill University) (moderator)

12:30 -13:20 Lunch & Networking

Chair: Dr Guillaume Lajoie (Mila, Université de Montréal)

13:20-14:00 Dr Alona Fyshe (University of Alberta, Canada) - How can brain imaging data guide model training?

14:00-14:40 Dr Ian Charest (University of Birmingham, UK) - Semantic representations of natural scenes in the human brain

14:40-15:20 Dr Becket Ebitz (Université de Montréal) - The neuroscience of exploration

15:20-15:30 break

15:30-16:30 Dr Eve Marder (Brandeis University, MA, USA) (Keynote #2) - Differential Resilience to Perturbations of Circuits with Similar Performance

16:30-17:30 Q&A with Dr Sara Solla (Northwestern University, IL, USA) (Session organized by the Students from the UNIQUE Neuro-AI Centre, Quebec)

17:30-18:30 Social + Networking

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Chair: Dr Karim Jerbi (Université de Montréal)

8:00-8:20 Opening remarks for Day 2 (Dr Karim Jerbi, Université de Montréal)

8:20-9:00 Dr Anil Seth (University of Sussex, UK) - The strength of weak artificial consciousness

9:00-9:40 Dr Lisa Miracchi (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA) - Relevance, Echo Chambers, and Generative Explanation

9:40-10:20 Dr Yoshua Bengio (Mila, Université de Montréal) - Deep Learning and Neuroscience Synergy: from synapses to consciousness

10:20-10:30 break

10:30-11:30 Dr Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France, Paris) (Keynote #3) - Consciousness: From Computation to Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience and the Clinic

11:30-12:30 Panel discussion: Consciousness in Brains and Machines / Dr Stanislas Dehaene, Dr Yoshua Bengio, Dr Lisa Miracchi, Dr Anil Seth, Dr Dan Dennett (Tufts University, MA, USA) (tbc), Dr Lucia Melloni (Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt, Germany)

12:30 -13:20 Lunch & Networking

Chair: Dr Guillaume Lajoie (Mila, Université de Montréal)

13:20-14:00 Dr Kimberly Stachenfeld (Google DeepMind, UK) - Representation Learning in the Hippocampal-Entorhinal Circuit

14:00-14:40 Dr Pouya Bashivan (McGill University) - Computational models of visual perception for neural prediction and control

14:40-15:20 Dr Guillaume Dumas (Université de Montréal) - From Social Physiology to Social Neuro-AI

15:20-15:30 break

15:30-16:30 Dr Danielle Bassett (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA) (Keynote #4) - State transitions in matter and mind

16:30-17:30 Social + Networking

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Chair: Elizabeth DuPre

8:00-8:20 Opening remarks for Day 3

8:20-9:00 Dr Stefanie Blain-Moraes (McGill University) - Introduction to the Neuroscience of Consciousness

9:00-9:40 Dr Pradeep Reddy Raamana (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - Introduction to Machine Learning

9:40-10:20 Dr Doina Precup (Mila, McGill University) - Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

10:20-10:30 break

10:30-11:30 Dr Irina Rish (Université de Montréal) - Introduction to Continual Learning

11:30-12:30 Dr Gunnar Blohm (Queen's University) - Introduction to Writing Scientific Papers

12:30 -13:20 Lunch & Networking

Chair: Dr Pierre Bellec

13:20-14:00 Dr Paul Cisek (Université de Montréal) - Introduction to Decision Making models

14:00-14:40 Dr Sara A Solla (Northwestern University, IL, USA) - Introduction to Dimensionality Reduction

14:40-15:20 Dr Jessica Thompson (Mila - Université de Montréal) - Comparing the activity of artificial and biological networks

15:20-15:30 break

15:30-16:30 Dr Pamela Douglas (UCF/UCLA, CA, USA) - Introduction to Interpreting Deep Learning Models

16:30-17:30 MAIN 2020 Bye Bye Session 😢