#  MBB Minisymposium: Do neural networks teach us anything about brains, and vice versa? 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 15, 2019** 

 09:15AM - 01:15PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Wasserstein Hall 2036 Milstein East B (Harvard Law School)**  



 

 



 

 March 15, 2019   
9:15 – 1:15 (Lunch will be provided)

 The Mind Brain Behavior (MBB) Interfaculty Initiative invites you to attend the minisymposium, **Do Neural Networks Teach Us Anything About Brains, and Vice Versa?**

 FEATURED SPEAKERS

- Chris Eliasmith (University of Waterloo)
    - *Concepts and Mental Representation: Are Neural Networks Enough?*
- Nikolaus Kriegeskorte (Columbia University)
    - *What Neural Networks Teach Us About Brains, and Vice Versa*
- Josh Tenenbaum (MIT)
    - *Neural Networks, Symbol Systems, and Probabilistic Programs: An Emerging Toolkit for Reverse-Engineering Intelligence in the Mind and Brain*
- Jonathan Zittrain (Harvard Law School) 
    - *Machine Learning and the Accrual of Intellectual Debt*

 Commentary provided by Yann LeCun (Facebook AI Research & New York University)

 The workshop will be held at the Harvard Law School in Wasserstein Hall 2036 Milstein East B (1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge). Lunch will be provided to registered attendees.

 **REGISTRATION.** Attendance is free but registration is mandatory. [RSVP Here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeOh_JQCltufkyPgnXqj85H2RhquxIN7kx34gX-sduUvAZ0w/viewform?usp=sf_link) by **March 4th.**



 

 



 

 

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