Schedule
The MAIN 2020 Schedule
All the talks will be streamed on Crowdcast. The link you need to use to connect to the MAIN 2020 event and attend the talks throughout the three days (Dec 1-3rd) is the following: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/main2020
You can also follow the event on the MAIN 2020 youtube channel (incl. live stream)
Tuesday Dec 1st, 2020 / MAIN 2020 - Day 1
All times are provided in ET (eastern time zone)
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
Wednesday Dec 2nd, 2020 / MAIN 2020 - Day 2
All times are provided in ET (eastern time zone)
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
Thursday Dec 3rd, 2020 / MAIN 2020 - Day 3 - Educational Lectures
All times are provided in ET (eastern time zone)
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 😢