Presenter Mitya Chklovskii, Simons Foundation The goal of Mitya Chklovskii’s research is to reverse engineer the brain on the algorithmic level. Informed by anatomical and physiological neuroscience data, his group develops algorithms that model brain computation and solve machine learning tasks. Chklovskii is also on the faculty of the NYU Medical Center. Before coming to… Continue reading Mitya Chklovskii | What Does a Neuron Do? @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Tamuz Hod, UCSD Computational Neuroscience Lab Summary: This talk summary is about Tamuz Hod, a Signal Processing and ML Infrastructure expert, discussing the use of machine learning techniques to improve small manipulation and increase alignment in AI systems. Hod highlights the major bottlenecks in small manipulation, such as image labeling and the need for… Continue reading Tamuz Hod | Signal Processing, ML Infrastructure @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Sumner Norman, Caltech My research aims to give abilities back to people living with a neurological injury or disease. Throughout my time as a postdoc at Caltech, I developed a new, less invasive method for high performance brain-computer interfacing or “BCI” based on ultrasound. I’m a Scientist at Convergent Research, BCI Strategist at AE… Continue reading Sumner Norman | BCI Capabilities Relevant to WBES @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Barry Bentley, Bioengineering Research Group Barry L. Bentley is a Reader in Bioengineering, Head of the Bioengineering Research Group, and Deputy Director of the EUREKA Robotics Centre, in the Cardiff School of Technologies at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He is also a 2023-24 Fulbright Scholar in the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Technologies… Continue reading Barry Bentley | Extrasynaptic Interactions Between Neurons @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Diana Savile, BrainMind Co-Founder + COO of BrainMind, Co-Founder + President of Entrepreneur of Your Own Life (EYOL), Director of the Global Leadership Incubator (GLI), former CIO of the Angiogenesis Foundation. Expert in creative communication of complex scientific concepts, clients at MIT, Harvard, MGH, Berkeley, Columbia, NYU. Organizes top-flight expert summits on scientific and… Continue reading Diana Savile | Important and Impactful Ideas in Brain Science @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Jacob Cannell, Vast.ai I am technologist, and a transhumanist. My medium term mission is to create altruistic universal learning machines – ie friendly AGI. My longer term mission is to save the world in the literal sense. Through the power of a benevolent superintelligence, we can develop the advanced uploading and simulation tech required… Continue reading Jacob Cannell | WBE: The Economic Parity Challenge @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Robert Long, The Center for AI Safety I’m Robert Long. I work on issues at the intersection of philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and ethics of AI. I’m current a Philosophy Fellow at the Center for AI Safety in San Francisco, CA. Before that I was a Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity… Continue reading Robert Long | Whole Brain Emulation & AI Strategy @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Roman Bauer, University of Surrey I am a scientist in Computational Biology at the University of Surrey. After studying my basis year in Physics at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), I continued in Computational Science and Engineering (“Rechnergestuetzte Wissenschaften”) also at ETH Zurich. I then followed up with a PhD in Neuroinformatics, where I studied how… Continue reading Roman Bauer | Modeling the Brain Structure @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Lisa Thiergart, SERI MATS Independent Researcher @ SERI MATS | CS @Georgia Tech | TUM | CDTM | UCL | previously Research Scientist @ Brainamics | Founder @PhilosophiaMunich Summary: This talk summary by Lisa Thiergart at the WBE Workshop 2023 discusses various perspectives on alignment in the field of AI research. Lisa highlights the… Continue reading Lisa Thiergart | Alignment Perspectives @ WBE Workshop 2023
Presenter Todd Huffman, e11 Bio Co-Founder / Senior Advisor at E11 Bio. Todd is an emerging technology entrepreneur working at the intersection of new science and a changing world. He is an experienced company founder and early team member with a demonstrated history of working in biotechnology, geography, and disaster response. He enjoys developing technology,… Continue reading Todd Huffman | Slicing & Mapping your Brain @ WBE Workshop 2023
